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,…

66 Until a man by feeling the sorrows of sins determineth to arise & go to his father,¹ the word doth say, he is not come to himself, as Luk: 15. in the lost child: contrariwise, when a man by feeling the sorrows of sin, saith, he will arise and go to the father, the ⟨p. 63⟩world crieth with Festus, he is besides himself, too much learning hath made him mad. So far differ the judgements of the word and of the world.

66 Vntill a man by feeling the sorrowes of sinnes determineth to arise & goe to his father,¹ the word doth say, he is not come to himselfe, as Luk: 15. in the lost child: contrariwise, when a man by feeling the sorrowes of sinne, saith, he will arise and goe to the father, the ⟨p. 63⟩world crieth with Festus, he is besides himselfe, too much learning hath made him mad. So farre differ the iudgements of the word and of the world.

1. 1How contrary the judgments of the word & worldare.How cōtrary the iudgmēts of the word & worldare.

67 As the Serpent was the first instrument of sin, •o sin retaineth still a quality of¹ the Serpent. For first it windeth round about us, as though it would embrace us, but in the end it playeth the Serpent, and with the tail it doth sting us. For the sorrows which belong unto sin, do not commonly accompany the fact to be committed, but the fault already committed, and doggeth the conscience to sting it to death at the time of most advantage, for sin taketh occasion by the law, and deceiveth, and therefore sayeth us. And let not him think that findeth not a present controlment of conscience for every sin committed, that therefore he hath not offended God, for we are ot suffered to have the spirit of slumber for a while, that the spirit of Christ Jesus might more perfectly awake us.