A12406:1052
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.
In Mark. 14. the Gospel of Christ is called ⟨p. 654⟩his Testament or Will, showing, that our Legacies are written in it, and that we should hear it, and mark it, and ply it till we be as cunning in Gods will, as we are in our Fathers will. In the first Epistle of Saint Paul to Timothy the sixth chapter, the Word is called a charge, and in the second to Timothy the fourth chapter, GOD is called a Judge, showing that we should hear the word of God as we hearken to a Judge, when he gives a charge, or pronounceth a sentence: for every sentence in this book is a charge to the King or the Counsellor, or the Lawyer, or the Preacher, or one, or other, let every one hear his charge.
In Mark. 14. the Gospel of Christ is called ⟨p. 654⟩his Testament or Will, shewing, that our Legacies are written in it, and that wee shoulde heare it, and marke it, and plie it till wee bee as cunning in Gods will, as we are in our Fathers will. In the first Epistle of Saint Paul to Timothie the sixt chapter, the Word is called a charge, and in the second to Timothie the fourth chapter, GOD is called a Iudge, shewing that we shuld hear the word of God as we hearken to a Iudge, when hee giues a charge, or pronounceth a sentence: for euery sentence in this booke is a charge to the King or the Counseller, or the Lawyer, or the Preacher, or one, or other, let euery one heare his charge.
In the fifth Chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews, ver. 14. the Word is called meat, showing that we should desire and hunger to hear it. And as the stomach sends the strength of the meat into every member of the body: so we should send to the eye, that which is spoken to the eye: and to the ear, that which is spoken to the ear: and to the tongue, that which is spoken to the tongue: and to the hand, that which is spoken to the hand. If thou hear comfort apply that to thy fear. If thou hear a promise, apply that to thy distrust. If thou hear a threatening, apply that to thy presumption, and fill up the gap still where the devil entereth.