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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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81 As we truly show our selves to hate sin; we love the contrary grace, and as we truly love virtue when we abhor the contrary sin: so we indeed hate sin, when we1 hate every little occasion to the sin; and we truly love virtue, when we seek and receive every little mean helping to that virtue, as namely evil company, which we must carefully avoid, unless we have either some special calling, or some particular gift of God his grace, which do only privilege us in this behalf.
81 As wee truely shew our selues to hate sinne; we loue the contrarie grace, and as we truly loue vertue when we abhorre the contrarie sinne: so we indeed hate sinne, when we1 hate euery little occasion to the sinne; and wee truly loue vertue, when wee seeke and receiue euery little meane helping to that vertue, as namely euill companie, which we must carefully auoide, vnlesse wee haue either some speciall calling, or some particular gift of God his grace, which doe onely priuiledge vs in this behalfe.
- 1A good note of our love to virtue.A good note of our loue to vertue.
82 It is dangerous to proceed in judgement against a man upon a bare suspicion,1 when no proof can be had, both because we would be loath that the Lord should so enter judgement with us, as also, because it were the way as well to judge good men undeservedly, as a wicked man deservedly, for that the one may be suspected as well as the other. The Lord hath therefore appointed, that rather an offender not convicted of offence should go unpunished, then that a man upon surmise should suffer, least so a good man should oft come into undeserved danger.