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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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93 It is a danger to make a private offence public, because private offences would be privately admonished. Howbeit, if we see that notwithstanding our private dealing the1 sin doth still grow, then we are rather to make some hole into the same, than to loose the soul of such an offender, and in such a case (not we, but they) have published their own names.
93 It is a danger to make a priuate offence publike, because priuate offences would be priuately admonished. Howbeit, if we see that notwithstanding our priuate dealing the1 sinne doth still growe, then wee are rather to make some hole into the same, than to loose the soule of such an offender, and in such a case (not wee, but they) haue published their owne names.
- 1Admonition.
94 Although we are not to accept persons, yet we may make difference of persons, because1 some are more capable of good things than others. In which respect our Saviour Christ took some of his Disciples with him to pray, and yet but two, ••d those of choice: showing and teaching us thereby, that as we must avoid popularity, to seek our own▪ glory, so we must not hinder God his glory, nor cease to do pure things before others, who for their faithfulness have upright harts, and for their wisdom can discern of things to be well instructed thereby.
94 Although we are not to accept persons, yet we may make difference of persons, because1