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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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47 The Ark had clean and unclean beasts, Abraham had Ishmael and Isaac, the1 Common-wealth true and false subjects, an house hath thrifty and unthrifty servants, the body members and excrements, the Church good and bad.
47 The Arke had cleane and vncleane beasts, Abraham had Ishmael and Isaac, the1 Common-wealth true and false subiects, an house hath thriftie and vnthriftie seruants, the body members and excrements, the Church good and bad.
- 1The Church hath a mixture of good and bad.
48 As he that hath ten grains of Pepper bruised, hath no more in quantity than the man that hath ten grains unbruised (howsoever he hath a more odoriferous quality1 than hath the other) so in substance the Fathers had no other faith than we have in Christ2 Jesus, howsoever it being more unfolded unto us, is more comfortable than to our Fathers.
48 As he that hath tenne graines of Pepper bruised, hath no more in quantitie than the man that hath tenne graines vnbruised (howsoeuer he hath a more odoriferous qualitie1 than hath the other) so in substance the Fathers had no other faith than we haue in Christ2 Iesus, howsoeuer it being more vnfolded vnto vs, is more comfortable than to our Fathers.