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A02183 Short rules sent by Maister Richard Greenham to a gentlewoman troubled in minde for her direction and consolation, also very necessary for euery Christian to be exercised withall: vvith directions for a Christian life.; Garden of spirituall flowers. Selections. Greenham, Richard. aut 1612 (1612) STC 12324; ESTC S116702 4,951 1

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thereby to keepe them from the true sight of their sinnes so to oppresse the sweet flocke of Christ with false and causlesse feares thereby to keepe them from the glorious feeling of their ●demption Hee knoweth to his griefe that ioy may be temporally interrupted but not finally or eternally be denyed Therefore he applyeth himselfe though he cannot extinguish it yet to diminish your iust and royall right in your Christ In regard whereof you stand guilty of not maintayning the Lords royaltie giuen to the elect if in the least measure you yeeld to these slauish feares of the aduersarie This subtile Serpent is not ignorant that by these pensiue practises he doth weare to a dulnes the edge of your praiers that he drawes from you with an vncomfortable tediousnesse the fruits of your faith and consequently by these meanes you are depriued of the fruit of a more comfortable seruice to your God The weake ones fearing also by your example the profession of Christ to be strict and comfortlesse 27 A straight course of Religion is somewhat an vncomfortable companion but blessed be that mortification which so farre estrangeth vs from the world that it changeth vs to the similitude of Christ to whom wee must be confirmed in sufferings that we may be like him in glory Suffer not your heart to be straight narrow and vncomfortable in heauenly things This draweth away both the breath blood and life of our godlinesse The Lord keepe you from euill the Lord satisfie you with gladnesse the Lord giue you the spirit of Prayer and heare your prayers the Lord be your teacher and your comfort Oh pray pray pray It is the best sacrifice to God and the most comfortable duty you can doe I am not loath to put you in minde of these things you haue many carefull for you in other things oh pardon me if I be bould in this one thing I trust I reioyce more in the good of your soule then euer I should reioyce in the fruit of mine owne body It would be a thousand deaths yea a thousand hels vnto me to see your soules miscarry Oh let me be accepted more then a ciuill friend more then a friend of the world Giue mee this benefit to be thought further then a friend of the flesh FINIS A Scoare of holesome Precepts or Directions for a Christian life 1 ACcompt not of your selfe better then you are for the more base you are in your owne conceit the more glorious are ye in the sight of God for God regardeth a lowly minde as the poore Publican that did deny himselfe had more fauour in the sight of God then the proud Pharisie that boasted of himselfe 2 Speake not of God but with reuerence knowing that we are not worthy to take his name in our mouth much more we ought not to take it vainely 3 Hold fast to God aswell in prosperitie as in aduersitie for in aduersitie we can come to God but in prosperitie we forget our selues often Also if you be in aduersitie despaire not but stick to God waight vpon him for deliuerance he wil send it when there is no hope of it to the glory of his owne name and for the good of his children as Daniell from the Lyons 4 Buy and redeeme the time past with repentance looke to the time present with diligence and to the time to come with prouidence 5 Let not malice make you to reueale that which friendship bound you once for to conceale 6 In Praysing be discreet In Saluting courteous and in admonishing brotherly not hastily and angerly 7 Reade something of Gods word daily and doe not onely count it sufficient that you serue God truely your selfe but also looke that all your charge and houshold doe the same truely 8 Whatsoeuer blessings yee craue of God aske them in the name of Christ. For no man commeth to the Father but by mee saith Christ in Iohn 14.6 9 Whatsoeuer you take in hand to doe before you doe it aske counsaile of God whether it be lawfull to be done and then doe it with peace of heart if it be lawfull 10 Looke that Meate Apparell and Recreation be needfull lawfull and moderate 11 Take heede of presumptuous sinnes for though many presume that God is a God of mercy yet though he be a God of mercy to the penitent yet he will not shew mercy to them that doe presume of his mercy 12 Forsake the World and flye to God for it is vnpossible that a man louing the World should haue any comfort from God for the loue of the World is enmity with God besides keepe not any thing of the World to you that may draw you from God for God will not haue part of the Man but the whole Man 13 Be alwayes armed against temptations for those that belong to Christ must looke for temptations alwayes and thinke not if that ye haue ouercome any temptation or trouble once or twice or often that then you are freed for Christ was tempted often so were the Apostles they had one time peace and then persecution and then peace after persecution so alwaies an intercourse and when they were in peace they made ready to be armed for temptation knowing that they should haue temptation therefore this life is called a Christian warfare 14 Besides if yee are tempted and tryed it sheweth manifestly that ye belong to God for God scourgeth euery Sonne that hee receiueth Besides those that haue no temptation or tryall it sheweth manifestly they belong to the Diuell for what neede hath hee to tempt them which hee hath already in bondage 15 Flye from all sinnes in generall indeauour and then God will accept your indeauours though weake and imperfect through the perfection of Christ and sticke to no darling Sinnes for the Diuell can as well hold a man in subiection by one sinne as by all sinnes 16 Let the words that you speake proceede from the good spirit not from the flesh for if they do God abhorreth them 17 As God doth abound in mercy and goodnesse towards you so be you enlarged to him in obedience 18 When yee are tempted at any time by the Diuell or his Ministers be sure to haue the word of God to answere him for the Word is compared to a two edged sword that doth not onely defend vs but also offend our enemies 19 Christ he vsed scripture to repell the diuell he could haue driuen the Diuell away with the breath of his nosthrils but hee did answere him with Scripture to shew vs exsample that if we were tempted at any time we should with scripture repell him And that euery one may know them the better they must read them often vse conference and marking the true meaning of the words and conferring one place of Scripture with another and praying to God for to giue thee the blessing of vnderstanding it truely and the like 20 Follow your Betters obserue and marke the Wise accompany the honest and loue the Godly FINIS Printed at London by T.S. for T.P. and are to be sould at the entring of the Exchange 1612.