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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.
Beside these, other things do teach us too. As Solomon saith, Go to the Pismire, and learn to labour: so Christ in the beginning of this Chapter sends us to the husband-man to ⟨p. 653⟩learn to hear, as he prepareth the ground before he sow his seed, lest his seed should be lost: so we should prepare our hearts before we hear, lest Gods seed be lost. In the •0. of John he sends us to the sheep: as they know the voice of their shepherd, and will not hear a stranger, so we should know the voice of Christ from the voice of Popes, or Doctors, or Counsels, or Traditions, lest we go like Samuel from God to Eli. When you have bin in the sheep-folds, go to the woods, & learn of the birds: for they will so listen to him, which teacheth them to sing, that they learn to sing the same note after him, so we should learn to sing the tune of the spirit: for they which hear the word aright, learn to speak even as the Word speaketh.
Beside these, other things doe teach vs too. As Salomon sayth, Go to the Pismire, and learne to labour: so Christ in the beginning of this Chapter sends vs to the husband-man to ⟨p. 653⟩learne to heare, as he prepareth the ground before he sow his seede, lest his seed should be lost: so we should prepare our hearts before we heare, lest Gods seede be lost. In the •0. of Iohn he sends vs to the sheep: as they know the voice of their shepheard, and will not heare a stranger, so we shuld know the voice of Christ frō the voice of Popes, or Doctors, or Counsels, or Traditions, lest we goe like Samuel from God to Eli. When you haue bin in the sheep-folds, go to the woods, & learne of the birdes: for they will so listen to him, which teacheth them to sing, that they learne to sing the same note after him, so we should learne to sing the tune of the spirite: for they which heare the word aright, learne to speake euen as the Worde speaketh.