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The sermons of Master Henry Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his…The sermons of Maister Henrie Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his…
The sermons of Master Henry Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his corrected copies in his life time.The sermons of Maister Henrie Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his corrected copies in his life time.
London: printed by Richard Field for Thomas Man, 1593
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Beasts are ordained for food, and clothes for warmth, and flowers for pleasure, but the wife is ordained for man,1 like little Zoar, a City of refuge to fly to in all his troubles, and there is no peace comparable unto her, but the peace of conscience.
Beastes are ordeined for food, and cloathes for warmth, and flowers for pleasure, but the wife is ordeined for man,1 like litle Zoar, a Citie of refuge to flie to in all his troubles, and there is no peace comparable vnto her, but the peace of conscience.
Now it must needs be, that Marriage, which was ordained of such an excellent author, and in such a happy place, and of such an ancient time, and after such a notable order, must likewise have special causes for the ordinance of it. Therefore the holy Ghost doth show us three causes of this union.
Now it must needes bee, that Mariage, which was ordeined of such an excellent author, and in such a happie place, and of such an auncient time, and after such a notable order, must likewise haue speciall causes for the ordinance of it. Therefore the holy Ghost doth shew vs three causes of this vnion.
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