A02178:5143
The works of the reverend and faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…The workes of the reuerend and faithfull seruant af Iesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…
The works of the reverend and faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. Richard Greenham, minister and preacher of the Word of God collected into one volume: revised, corrected, and published, for the further building of all such as love the truth, and desire to know the power of godliness. By H.H.The workes of the reuerend and faithfull seruant af Iesus Christ M. Richard Greenham, minister and preacher of the Word of God collected into one volume: reuised, corrected, and published, for the further building of all such as loue the truth, and desire to know the power of godlinesse. By H.H.
London: printed by Thomas Snodham and Thomas Creede for William Welby, 1612London: printed by Thomas Snodham and Thomas Creede for VVilliam VVelby, 1612
Part 4 › Letter: ANOTHER COMFORTABLE LETTER BY MASTER R. G. TO MASTER M.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
ANOTHER COMFORTABLE LETTER BY MASTER R. G. TO MASTER M.
Brother, beloved in our LORD JESUS CHRIST, seeing you have had heretofore not only Knowledge, but also experience of Gods gracious and merciful goodness in Jesus Christ, of your own unbelief, and of Satan's subtleness; I could marvel why you should give such place, and not keep your ground no surer, if I were not much acquainted with such occurrences. I know not therefore whether with words of rebuke, or of comfort, I should seek to relieve you. Because I cannot come unto you, my counsel and desire is, that you would come up to London the next Term at the farthest; that so I might ask of God to frame my speech to your good. In the mean season (I beseech you) to call unto mind that which you cannot be ignorant of; that in the Law Sacrifices were offered1 for Gods people, not only at their first entrance into covenant with the Lord, but2 also afterwards many times: and that not only for sins committed by ignorance, but3 also by error, that is, Forgetfulness, Frailness, Recklessness, Carelessness, &c. If you have not Tremelius his Translation by you, you must take heed of the English that hath ignorance: for they failed that so translated it.
BRother, beloued in our LORD IESVS CHRIST, seeing you haue had heretofore not onely Knowledge, but also experience of Gods gracious and mercifull goodnesse in Iesus Christ, of your owne vnbeliefe, and of Sathans subtlenesse; I could maruell why you should giue such place, and not keepe your ground no surer, if I were not much acquainted with such occurrences. I knowe not therefore whether with wordes of rebuke, or of comfort, I should seeke to relieue you. Because I cannot come vnto you, my counsell and desire is, that you would come vp to London the next Terme at the farthest; that so I might aske of God to frame my speech to your good. In the meane season (I beseech you) to call vnto minde that which you cannot bee ignorant of; that in the Lawe Sacrifices were offered