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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.
After the care of their souls, they must care for their bodies:1 for if the labourer is worthy of his hire which laboureth but a day; what is the servant worth, which laboureth every day?2 Therefore Paul is so earnest with Philemon to make much of Onesimus his servant, that he desireth Philemon to receive him as he would himself. Therefore because cruel & greedy masters should not use them too hardly,3 God remembered them in his creation, and made every week one day of rest, wherein they should be as free as their masters: so God pitieth the labourer from heaven, and every Sabbath looks down upon him from heaven, as if he should say, one day thy labours shall have an end, and thou shalt rest for ever,4 as thou restedst this day.
After the care of their soules, they must care for their bodies:1 for if the laborer is worthie of his hire which laboureth but a day; what is the seruant worth, which laboureth euery day?2 Therefore Paul is so earnest with Philemon to make much of Onesimus his seruant, that he desireth Philemon to receiue him as he would himselfe. Therfore because cruell & greedie masters should not vse them too hardly,3 God remembred them in his creation, and made euery weeke one day of rest, wherein they should be as free as their maisters: so God pittieth the labourer from heauen, and euery Sabboth lookes downe vpon him from heauen, as if he should say, one day thy labors shall haue an end, and thou shalt rest for euer,4 as thou restedst this day.
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