A12406:1048
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
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In Luke 2. the virgin teacheth us how to hear; when she heard the sayings of Anna and Simeon, and Christ, it is said that she pondered them, & laid them up in her heart: showing that our ears should be but messengers to the heart: for our treasure should be where ⟨p. 652⟩the heart is, as the heart is where the treasure is. In the 17. of the Acts, the men of Boerea teach us how to hear, when they went home and searched the Scriptures so soon as they had heard Paul preach, to see whether Moses and the Prophets did teach the same, showing that the word is our Touchstone to try the Doctrines if we will not cry.
In Luke 2. the virgine teacheth vs how to heare; when she heard the sayings of Anna and Simeon, and Christ, it is said that she pondered them, & laid them vp in her heart: shewing that our eares shuld be but messengers to the heart: for our treasure should be where ⟨p. 652⟩the heart is, as the heart is where the treasure is. In the 17. of the Actes, the men of Boerea teach vs how to heare, when they went home and searched the Scriptures so soone as they had heard Paul preach, to see whether Moses and the Prophets did teach the same, shewing that the worde is our Touchstone to trie the Doctrines if wee will not crie.
In the 8. of Luke, all the Disciples teach us how to hear, when they noted Christs parable, & repeated it again unto him, to know the meaning: showing that we should not only hear, and the preacher only preach: but if you doubt of any thing, you should inquire, and they should instruct you again. In the third of Luke, the Soldiers and the Harlots and the Publicans teach us how to hear, when they come to require, and ask, Master, what shall we do? showing, that we should come to hear some thing which may encourage us to this virtue, or arm us against that vice, that we go from hearing to doing as John taught them: all these are glasses in the scripture for the hearer to address himself by, before he come to the sermon.