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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.
Therefore he spake here with the least when he said, Ye shall die like other, for very few of them escape the Sword, ⟨p. 715⟩or knife, or poison, which other never or very seldom fear. But if all your subjects were your friends, yet ye shall dye like them: for are ye not cold when Winter comes, are ye not withered when ages comes, are ye not weak when sickness comes, and shall ye not go (aswell as the meanest) when death comes?
Therefore hee spake heere with the least when hee saide, Yee shall die like other, for verie fewe of them escape the Swoorde, ⟨p. 715⟩or knife, or poyson, which other neuer or very seldome feare. But if all your subiectes were your friendes, yet yee shall dye like them: for are yee not colde when Winter comes, are yee not withered when ages comes, are yee not weake when sickenesse comes, and shall yee not goe (aswell as the meanest) when death comes?
Therefore be not proud of thine honour as though it would last always, for thou shalt dye, and then all thine honour shall forsake thee, and another shall rise in thy place as great as thou: and when his glass is run, another shall follow him, and so another, till death have all.
Therefore bee not proud of thine honour as though it would last alwaies, for thou shalt dye, and then all thine honour shall forsake thee, and another shall rise in thy place as great as thou: and when his glasse is run, another shall follow him, and so another, till death haue all.
Be not cruel in thine authority, as though it would last always: for thou shalt dye, and then thy Authority shall dye with thee: and they which remain alive, will send infinite curses after thee, because thy life was as a scourge unto them.