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,…

And by the serious premeditation of the uncertain hour, of a most certain death, of the day of thy general, inevitable and dreadful judgement, of the horrible and everlasting pains of the wicked in the hells, and their loss of the inestimable joys of the heavens, stir up our dead hearts to seek thee O Father in thy Christ, and thy Son our Lord and Saviour in the Gospel. And finally, we pray that we may be even confounded in our selves, by the fruitful remembrance of thy blessed sufferings, the most precious blood-shedding and death of our Lord Jesus Christ, that so we may be humbled after that manner and measure thy children should be: beseeching thee, that we may so aforehand accuse our selves before thy blessed Majesty, that our adversary may have no power hereafter to accuse us, so judge our selves that we be not judged by thee: so with shame, sorrow, fear, and trembling, acknowledge the vileness of our sins wholly before the throne of thy justice, that we find it to be a throne of grace and mercy unto us in Jesus Christ our Lord.

And by the serious premeditation of the vncertaine houre, of a most certaine death, of the day of thy generall, ineuitable and dreadfull iudgement, of the horrible and euerlasting paines of the wicked in the helles, and their losse of the inestimable ioyes of the heauens, stirre vp our dead hearts to seeke thee O Father in thy Christ, and thy sonne our Lord and Sauiour in the Gospell. And finally, we pray that we may bee euen confounded in our selues, by the fruitfull remembrance of thy blessed sufferings, the most precious blood-sheading and death of our Lord Iesus Christ, that so we may be humbled after that manner and measure thy children should bee: beseeching thee, that wee may so aforehand accuse our selues before thy blessed Maiestie, that our aduersarie may haue no power hereafter to accuse vs, so iudge our selues that we be not iudged by thee: so with shame, sorrow, feare, and trembling, acknowledge the vilenes of our sinnes wholely before the throne of thy iustice, that wee finde it to be a throne of grace and mercie vnto vs in Iesus Christ our Lord.

Now O Lord, the searcher of the hearts and reins, thou knowing this to be the humble and single desire of our hearts, we fly unto thee for refuge, beseeching thee by thy holy spirit to work in us a clearer sight of the wisdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, whereby our minds may be further cleared from blindness, and we have a clearer sight of the whole ministry of our salvation in him; and grant us God a fuller persuasion of the discharge