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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.
What then, is the tongue enough? Nay, (saith Christ) he which hath an ear to hear let him hear. 1Is the ear enough? Nay, (saith David) Lift up your hands to his Sanctuary. 2Is the hand enough? Nay, (saith Solomon) Let thine eyes behold the right. 3Is the eye enough?4 Nay, (saith Solomon) Remove thy foot from evil. So the word passeth like a Collector from one member to another, to gather tribute for GOD, until the body have payed as well as the soul. Therefore in Deut. 6. 5. GOD commandeth, not only Thou shalt love the Lord with all thy soul, & with all thy mind: but with all thy strength that is, if thou canst do any thing for him with the strength of thine hand or the strength of thine eye, or the strength of thine ear, or any part else: Thou art bound by this commandment, to do it with all thy ⟨p. 964⟩strength. Therefore when David went about the service of God, he called all his powers together, summoning them like a Crier, All that is within me praise the Lord. If every part look to be glorified of GOD, it is reason that every part should glorify him: for this is all that they pay. As every subject oweth loyalty unto his Prince: so every member oweth a duty unto his Creator. The heart to love him, the tongue to praise him, the eye to mark him, the ear to attend him, the hand to serve him, the foot to follow him, and every part should serve GOD as it serveth us: Nay, more than it serveth us, because we are bound to love GOD more than our selves: For it is said, Love God above all: therefore we must give more to Gods desire than to our own desire.
What then, is the tongue enough? Nay, (sayth Christ) hee which hath an eare to heare let him heare. 1Is the eare enough? Nay, (saith Dauid) Lift vp your handes to his Sanctuarie.