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,…

37 It is one thing to have our hearts hardening, and another to have them hardened.¹ Our hearts are hardened, when there is little hope of repentance, or at least hard coming to repentance: our hearts are hardening, when we are but in the way to the other, and this cometh either by wholly refusing of good things, or by some careless using of them; or else by doing of evil, and suffering our selves to be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. This deceivableness of sin is either an inarching upon us after some good fruit or Christian profession, when having been any long time well occupied, we have not through want of fear and privy pride, the former jealousy over our thoughts, but we are ready to give some larger liberty to our first motions, motions breeding consent, consent producing the action, the action iterated, bringing a custom, and custom casting us into hardness of heart, or else it sl• lie stealeth upon us, by leaving our exercises of religion, by little & little, when we can leave off for once, without any necessity one thing, and •not••r time another, until at the length our desire die, and our good purposes lye buried •re we •e aware.

37 It is one thing to haue our hearts hardening, and another to haue them hardened.¹ Our hearts are hardened, when there is litle hope of repentance, or at least hard comming to repentance: our hearts are hardening, when we are but in the way to the other, and this commeth either by wholly refusing of good things, or by some carelesse vsing of them; or else by doing of euill, and suffering our selues to be hardened through the deceitfulnes of sinne. This deceiueablenesse of sinne is either an inarching vpon vs after some good fruite or Christian profession, when hauing beene any long time well occupied, wee haue not through want of feare and priuie pride, the former iealouzie ouer our thoughts, but wee are ready to giue some larger libertie to our first motions, motions breeding consent, consent producing the action, the action iterated, bringing a custome, and custome casting vs into hardnes of heart, or else it sl lie stealeth vpon vs, by leauing our exercises of religion, by little & little, when we can leaue off for once, without any necessitie one thing, and notr time another, vntill at the length our desire die, and our good purposes lye buryed re we e aware.