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The trumpet of the soul, sounding to judgementThe trumpet of the soule, sounding to iudgement
The trumpet of the soul, sounding to judgement by Henry Smith.The trumpet of the soule, sounding to iudgement by Henry Smith.
London: printed for John Perrin, 1591London: printed for Iohn Perrin, 1591
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And Esau crying for the blessing when it is too late, having sold his birth-right for a mess of pottage.
And Esaw crying for the blessing whē it is too late, hauing solde his birth-right for a messe of pottage.
Woe, woe, woe, that ever we were borne. O where is that Dives that would believe this, before he felt the fire in hell, or that would believe the poorest Lazarus in the world, to be better then himself, before that dreadful day come, when they cannot help it if they would never so same, when repentance is too late. Herod shall then with that he were John Baptist. Pharaoh would wish that he were Moses, and Saul would wish that he had been David. Nebuchadnezzar, that he he had been Daniel Hammon, to have been Mordecai Esau would wish to be Jacob, & Balaam would with he might dye the death of the righteous: Then he will say, I will give more then Hezekiah: ⟨image 10⟩cry more then Esau: Fast more then Moses: pray more then Daniel: weep more then Mary Magdalen: suffer more stripes then Paul: abide more imprisonment then Michai: abide more cruelty then any mortal man would do, that it might be, Item, go ye cursed: might become the blessed. Yea, I would give all the goods in the world, that I might escape this dread full day of wrath and judgement, & that I might not stand amongst the go: O that I might live a beggar all my life, and a leper. O that I might endure all plagues and sores from the top of the head to the sole of my foot: sustain all sickness and griefs, that I might escape this judgement.
Woe, woe, woe, that euer we were borne. O where is that Diues that would beleeue this, before he felt the fire in hel, or that would beleeue the poorest Lazarus in the worlde, to be better then himselfe, before that dreadfull day come, when they cannot help it if they would neuer so saine, when repentāce is too late. Herod shall then with that he were Iohn Baptist. Pharaoh wold wish that he were Moses, and Saule would wish that he had beene Dauid. Nabuchadnezzar, that he he had bene Daniell Hammon, to haue bene Mardocheus Esaw would wish to be Iacob, & Balam would with he might dye the death of the righteous: Then he will say, I will giue more then Ezekias: