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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.
How was God pleased when he had found a King according to his own hart?1 So shall that man be pleased that finds a wife according to his own heart, whether he be rich or poor, his peace shall afford him a cheerful life,2 and teach him to sing, In love is no lack. Therefore a godly man in our time thanked the Lord that he had not only given him a godly wife, but a fit wife: for he said not that she was the wisest, nor the holiest, nor the humblest, nor the modestest wife in the world, but the fittest wife for him in the world, which every man should think when that knot is tied, or else so often as he seeth a better, he will wish that his choice were to ⟨p. 21⟩make again. As he did thank God for sending him a fit wife, so the unmarried should pray God to send him a fit wife: for if they be not like, they will not like.
How was God pleased when he had found a King according to his owne hart?1 So shall that man be pleased that findes a wife according to his owne heart, whether he be rich or poore, his peace shall affoord him a cheerfull life,2 and teach him to sing, In loue is no lack. Therfore a godly man in our time thanked the Lord that he had not onely giuen him a godly wife, but a fitte wife: for he sayd not that she was the wisest, nor the holiest, nor the humblest, nor the modestest wife in the world, but the fittest wife for him in the world, which euery man should thinke when that knot is tied, or else so often as he seeth a better, hee will wish that his choice were to ⟨p. 21⟩make againe. As he did thanke God for sending him a fit wife, so the vnmarried should pray God to send him a fit wife: for if they be not like, they will not like.