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…

JOB. 1. 7. 8. 7 Then the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord saying, From compassing the earth too and fro, and from walking in it. 8 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou not considered my servant Job, how none is like him in earth? an upright man, one that feareth God and schueth evil.

IOB. 1. 7. 8. 7 Then the Lord sayd vnto Satan, Whence commest thou? And Satan answered the Lord saying, From compassing the earth too and fro, and from walking in it. 8 And the Lord said vnto Satan, Hast thou not considered my seruant Iob, how none is like him in earth? an vpright man, one that feareth God ande schueth euill.

I Have spoken of the question already, now of the answer: Compassing here doth signify tempting, & the earth doth signify all the people of the earth: as if he should say, I come from tempting all men. It is some vantage unto us to hear that the Spaniards are coming ••fore they come, & what number they have, ⟨p. 1057⟩and how they are appointed, that we may levy our forces accordingly. But beloved, there is a greater adversary than the Spaniard, which brings in the Spaniards, your adversary the Devil. It is good for us to hear when he comes, that we may be in a readiness against him, as we prepare against them. Therefore this Scripture, and this time accord well. In Revelation. 12. 10. the devil is called an accuser, and now I am an accuser of the accuser: he accuseth us to God, and God accuseth him to us, that when he comes like an Angel, yet we may say to him like Christ, Avoid Satan. First give me leave to say unto you as Christ said unto his disciples, Take heed how you hear, for that which I am to speak unto you of the devil, the devil would not have you hear: and therefore as he is here called a Compasser, so he will compass your eyes with shows, & your ears with sounds, & your senses with sleep, and your thoughts with fancies, & all to hinder you from hearing while the articles are against him, and after I have spoken, he will compass you again with business, & cares, and pleasures, and quarrels, to make you forget that which you have heard, as he hath made you forget that which ye have heard before, or else to contemn, as though you might do well without it: as he hath compassed them which do walk in the streets while