Whatsoever is upon you is from the Lord, and whatsoever is from the Lord, to you it is in mercy; and whatsoever comes in mercy ought not to be grievous to you. What loss is it when the losing of earthly things is the gaining of spiritual things? All shall be for your good, if you make your use of all.

— Richard Greenham (1535–1594), Geistlicher und Theologe

Topics: Faith & Trust, Suffering & the Question of God

Occasions: For Reflection

Richard Greenham

Richard Greenham war ein englischer puritanischer Geistlicher und Theologe des 16. Jahrhunderts, der vor allem als Dorfpfarrer in Dry Drayton bei Cambridge sowie in London wirkte. Er gilt als Wegbereiter der praktischen Seelsorge und des englischen Sabbatarianismus, wobei er trotz kirchenrechtlicher Konflikte um liturgische Bräuche eine Abspaltung von der Church of England ablehnte. Bibellesern begegnet er heute vor allem durch seine Schriften zum Umgang mit geistlichen Anfechtungen und zur Begründung von Heilsgewissheit allein durch den Glauben.

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