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…

A man will not keep the Sabaoth in his working apparel, but will put on his richest jewels, and array himself in his best attire, and yet we make it no scruple at all to come unto the Sabbaths exercise with a profane, and a wicked, and our workie ⟨p. 1009⟩day heart. When Nadab and Abihu offered strange fire before the Lord,¹ God said, I will be honoured in them that draw nigh unto me, to show that the Lord doth then look for more holiness at our hands, when by practise of his service, and the duties of holy religion, we approach to draw more near unto him. Wherefore, to shut up this point; as the beggar (in the Gospel) cast off his cloak to come to Christ: so must we cast off the cloak of our wickedness, when we come to hear. We must be as babes, ²if we will be Christs pupils; because he revealeth knowledge & wisdom to none but babes. And yet we must not be babes only, but new borne babes, which have a new soul, a new life, new members, new affections imparted to them. Whereby we learn, that it is not enough in our regeneration, to redress and reform some one disordered affection in us, but we must be changed and new fashioned in every part.³ As Saul when the kingly spirit came upon him, was turned as it were into another man: So we when the word begetteth us a new, must be turned and changed into other men, and therefore they which are implanted into Christ,⁴ are called new creatures, because neither the old heart, nor the old hand, nor the old ear, nor the old eye, will serve the turn, but all must be […] ⟨p. 1010⟩and new framed again.⁵ For whatsoever is borne of the flesh, is flesh: If we will have it spirit, that is fit for Gods worship, who is a spirit, ⁶and will be worshipped in spirit and truth, it must be borne again of the spirit. The sense hereof made the Prophet David cry out,