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Paramythion two treatises of the comforting of an afflicted conscience, written by M. Richard Greenham, with certain epistles of the same argument. Hereunto are added two sermons, with certain grave and wise counsels and answers of the same author and argument.Paramythion tvvo treatises of the comforting of an afflicted conscience, written by M. Richard Greenham, with certaine epistles of the same argument. Heereunto are added two sermons, with certaine graue and wise counsells and answeres of the same author and argument.
London: printed by Richard Bradocke for Robert Dexter, 1598
The Second Sermon preached by M Richard Greenham.The Seconde Sermon preached by M Richard Greenham.
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Besides, the Lord God, saith Isaiah, 1whom the heavens cannot contain, nor the earth hold, will come and dwell with a lowly, poor, and troubled spirit, and which standeth in awe of his word. God doth not accept our sacrifices, which are offered ⟨p. 179⟩without trembling at his word, no more then if we should kill a man, & choke a dog, or offer swines flesh, which was counted an abominable thing among the Jews, or praise the thing that is unright. Lastly to this accordeth the Gospel, and the Apostles. Our saviour Christ Mat. 9.13. saith,2 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance, not every sinner, but that sinner, which condemneth sin in him, & is weary and laden with his sins. Mat. 11.28. Mat. 21.32. our Saviour Christ preferreth the harlots & Publicans before the Pharisees, for they being pricked for their sins & convicted, did sorrow, & heard John preaching unto them. So then Christ giveth relief to those that want, righteousness to them that feel themselves sinners, ease to them, which are burdened, light to them, which are in darkness, life to them which are dead, & salvation to them, which condemn themselves. 1. Cor. 14. the Apostle declareth, how the Corinthians were moved with strange tongues: but yet had not in admiration the word. Besides he showeth by comparing the gift of tongues & prophesying together, that if an Infidel or unlearned man should come, and hear them speak with strange tongues, he would say, they were out of the wits, but if he should hear them speak the word of god plainly, he would be rebuked of all men & judged of all men, & so the secrete of his heart should be mad manifest, he would fall down on his […] ⟨p. 180⟩and worship God and say plainly, when he feeleth his sins, they rifle mine heart, they show my secret sins, doubtless, this is Gods doing, God is in them, I will follow this religion. Wherefore in this appeareth the power of the word, in that it citeth and summoneth our consciences before the tribunal of God, and woundeth us with a lively feeling of Gods judgement, that he, who before thorough security did despise sound doctrine, may now be constrained to give the glory unto God. This appeareth more plainly: