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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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53 It is wonderful, how some delighting and lying in a sin, will correct the self1 same sin in others, and cannot abide it in their own children: and yet it hath been observed, that politic dames, civill housekeepers, cunning whores secretly bathing their bodies in filthiness, could not abide a wanton look, or unchaste behaviour in their children. Howbeit these secret sins, as all others in time have blurted out. And let such sinners know, that God will still give them some to be as a glass to see their own sins in them, as it were face to face. Thou complainest against thy son, thy servant, or against thy inferior: but doest thou govern him, hast thou taught, corrected, and reformed him, hast thou gone in and out in godly life before him, hast thou taught him publicly as well as privately, and at home as well as abroad? If thou hast, though thy son be a reprobate, or thy servant a castaway, thou hast at the least though not converted his hart, yet stricken him with confusion of conscience.
53 It is wonderfull, how some delighting and lying in a sinne, will correct the selfe1 same sinne in others, and cannot abide it in their owne children: and yet it hath been obserued, that politike dames, ciuill housekeepers, cunning whores secretly bathing their bodies in filthines, could not abide a wāton looke, or vnchast behauiour in their children. Howbeit these secret sinnes, as all others in time haue blurted out. And let such sinners know, that God will still giue them some to be as a glasse to see their owne sinnes in them, as it were face to face. Thou complainest against thy sonne, thy seruant, or against thy inferiour: but doest thou gouerne him, hast thou taught, corrected, and reformed him, hast thou gone in and out in godly life before him, hast thou taught him publikely as well as priuately, and at home as wel as abroade? If thou hast, though thy sonne be a reprobate, or thy seruant a castaway, thou hast at the least though not cōuerted his hart, yet striken him with confusion of conscience.
- 1How some can correct the same sin in others which they like in themselves.How some can correct the same sin in others which they like in themselues.