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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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76 Great is our corruption, which turneth the grace of God into wantonness, and maketh1 his bounteous liberality in outward things an occasion to serve our sin, whilst abundance in the unsanctified bringeth an englutting of the mind, the englutting of the mind breedeth unthankfulness, unthankfulness causeth coldness, coldness beginneth carelessness, carelessness is the way to hardness of heart and utter profaneness, and profaneness ripeneth us for the judgements of God to fall on us.
76 Great is our corruption, which turneth the grace of God into wantonnes, and maketh1 his bounteous liberalitie in outward things an occasion to serue our sinne, whilest abundance in the vnsanctified bringeth an inglutting of the minde, the inglutting of the minde breedeth vnthankfulnes, vnthankfulnes causeth coldnes, coldnes beginneth carelesnes, carelesnes is the way to hardnes of heart and vtter prophanenes, and prophanenes ripeneth vs for the iudgements of God to fall on vs.
- 1How corruption •urneth grace into wantonness.How corruption •urneth grace into wantonnes.
77 Our own kindred, that should draw us most to God, often hindereth us most from1 God, and it is Satan's policy when he cannot prevail against us with the world, to undermine us with nature. So he suborned Lots daughters against their father, Jobs wife against Job, and our Saviours own kinsfolk against him, Kain against Abel, Ishmael against Isaac, Esau against Jacob, the eleven brethren against Joseph, Joab against Abner, Saul against Jonathan.