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,…

For persuasion also, we acknowledge, that partly by the corruption of nature, and partly by his assaults, by the grace of God it is such, as the same is oftentimes assailed and shaken; yet faileth not, nor falleth unto the ground, but standeth invincible against all his attempts and invasions whatsoever. And finally, for that faith whereby we rest for our salvation upon Christ Jesus, we glory not in our own strength: but we say every one for himself with him in the Gospel, We believe, Lord help thou our unbelief. Fo• if faith he, as it is indeed, a repose, settling, placing, and putting of our trust and confidence ¹for our salvation in Christ whom the Father hath sealed; then we doubt not to prove against Satan and all his instruments of infidelity, that we do believe: and that the weakness of² our faith, which we willingly acknowledge, and that remnant of unbelief which yet hangeth upon us, is so far off from dismaying us, that it is both a warning and motive ⟨p. 873⟩unto us of great force to stir us up, and to set a work by all good means to establish and to increase our faith, when we find the good hand of the Lord not to be wanting unto us, and his ears not to be shut up against our prayers; in which we always say with the Apostles of Christ, Lord increase our faith. If it shall be objected, that because we have not the same sense and feeling of faith which sometime we had, as Satan himself could not then den•e, therefore we have now no faith, but have utterly lost the same: we may answer, the argument followeth not: for even in many diseases of the body it is so³ with them that have them, that they seem little better than dead corpses, and yet there is life in them, which hidden for a time, after is recovered and raised up again: so it is many times with the children of God, that being overborne and distressed with extremity of affliction and temptation, they seem for the time both to themselves and others, to have lost the life and light which once they enjoyed.

For perswasion also, we acknowledge, that partly by the corruption of nature, and partly by his assaults, by the grace of God it is such, as the same is oftentimes assailed and shaken; yet faileth not, nor falleth vnto the ground, but standeth inuincible against all his attempts and inuasions whatsoeuer. And finally, for that faith whereby we rest for our saluation vpon Christ Iesus, wee glorie not in our owne strength: but wee say euery one for himselfe with him in the Gospell, We beleeue, Lord helpe thou our vnbeleefe. Fo if faith he, as it is indeed, a repose, setling, placing, and putting of our trust and confidence