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…

As there be two spirits, so there be two doctrines, two wisdoms, and two counsels. In 1. Timothy 4. 1. There is a doctrine of devils: if you hear that doctrine, you hearken to the Devil, as Saul did to a Witch. In the fifteenth of Math.¹ there is a doctrine of men, which Christ calls Leaven: if you hearken to that, you shall err like men, because the blind lead the blind. In Gen. 3. there is a counsel of the serpent: if you hearken to that, you shall perish like Eve. In the 2. Sam. 18. there is a wisdom of Ahithophel: if you hearken to that, you shall speed like Absalom. Of all these Solomon saith, Hearken no more to the words which make thee to err. ²But there is another doctrine, Act. 13. 12. which is called, The doctrine of the Lord of this it is said. Luk. 8. Whosoever hath an ear to hear let him hear.

As there be two spirites, so there be two doctrines, two wisdomes, and two counsels. In 1. Timothie 4. 1. There is a doctrine of diuels: if you heare that doctrine, you hearken to the Diuell, as Saul did to a Witch. In the fifteenth of Math.¹ there is a doctrine of men, which Christ calles Leauen: if you hearken to that, you shal erre like men, because the blind lead the blinde. In Gen. 3. there is a counsell of the serpent: if you hearken to that, you shal perish like Eue. In the 2. Sam. 18. there is a wisdom of Achitophel: if you hearkē to that, you shall speed like Absolon. Of all these Salomon saith, Hearken no more to the wordes which make thee to erre.