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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
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Many men think the word now preached not to be the right word, because no moe are brought to the obedience of God by so long preaching of it: but we must rather reason to the contrary, this is a sure note it is the true word, because it is so much refused, and men are made the worse by abusing the word, which as it would make them better, and doth make better all that do obey it; so it maketh worse all that do not obey it.
Many men thinke the word now preached not to be the right word, because no moe are brought to the obedience of God by so long preaching of it: but we must rather reason to the contrarie, this is a sure note it is the true word, because it is so much refused, and men are made the worse by abusing the word, which as it would make them better, and doth make better all that doe obey it; so it maketh worse all that doe not obey it.
22 Of all the Commandments we shall never be brought hungerly to seek Christ, until we can in the last precept, see and feel our natural corruption, whereof we must not only have a knowledge, but experience also, as Paul had, Rom 7. Now where the Papists1 say, that this corruption is a sin in the unregenerate, but not in the regenerate, we say it is a sin in both, & that which is sin in one is sin in another, without respect of persons: but yet we affirm that there is a divers quality in this sin in those divers subjects, because that sin is imputed to the one, and not to the other. The not diligent observing and understanding of this corruption doth hurt even some of the godly, bending to that other opinion, whiles they think too little of the first motions of sin: for which if they were humbled truly, it is sure that they should not only not break forth into any corrupt life, but also they should have less corrupted lips. I say a bare knowledge hereof also is not sufficient (for even the knowledge of our corruption is not without the corruption of privy pride) but we must join therewith faith in the judgements of God, which the Ninevites having escaped the wrath of God, which the old world not having fell into the wrath of God.