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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 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.
Bee not cruell in thine authoritie, as though it woulde laste alwaies: for thou shalt dye, and then thy Authoritie shall dye with thee: and they which remayne aliue, will sende infinite curses after thee, because thy life was as a scourge vnto them.
Be not secure for thy wealth, as though it would last always: for thou shalt die, and then another shall take thy riches, and thou shalt go to give account how thou comest by them. How many things doth he imply when he saith, ye shall die? This is a Bar in their arms, which makes the proudest peacock ⟨p. 716⟩lay down his feathers when he thinks upon it, though he prick them up again: whereby the holy ghost would have them learn, that nothing will make them live, and rule and deal so well in their thrones, as to remember that they shall die, and shortly give account for all: signifying, that prosperity makes us forgetful of our ends, and that these mortal Gods, live as though they were immortal. A hard thing for Princes to remember death: they have no leisure to think of it, but chop into the earth before they beware, like a man which walketh over a field covered with snow, and sees not his way, but when he thinketh to run on, suddenly falls into a pit: even so they which have all things at will, and swim in pleasure, which as a snow covereth their way, and dazzleth their sight: while they think to live on, and rejoice still, suddenly rush upon death, and make shipwreck in the calm sea.