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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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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.
22 Of all the Commandements we shall neuer be brought hungerly to seeke Christ, vntill we can in the last precept, see and feele our naturall corruption, whereof we must not onely haue a knowledge, but experience also, as Paul had, Rom 7. Now where the Papists1 say, that this corruption is a sinne in the vnregenerate, but not in the regenerate, we say it is a sinne in both, & that which is sinne in one is sinne in another, without respect of persons: but yet we affirme that there is a diuers qualitie in this sinne in those diuers subiects, because that sinne is imputed to the one, and not to the other. The not diligent obseruing and vnderstanding of this corruption doth hurt euen some of the godly, bending to that other opinion, whiles they thinke too little of the first motions of sinne: for which if they were humbled truly, it is sure that they should not only not breake foorth into any corrupt life, but also they should haue lesse corrupted lips. I say a bare knowledge hereof also is not sufficiēt (for euen the knowledge of our corruption is not without the corruption of priuie pride) but we must ioyne therewith faith in the iudgements of God, which the Niniuites hauing escaped the wrath of God, which the old world not hauing fell into the wrath of God.