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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.
The word,1 and the Sacraments are the two breasts wherewith our Mother doth nurse us. Seeing every one receiveth, and few understand what they receive; I thought it the necessariest doctrine to preach of the Sacrament; which is a witness of Gods promises, a remembrance of Christs death, and a seal ⟨p. 75⟩of our adoption: therefore Christ hath not instituted this Sacrament for a fashion in his Church, to touch, and feel, and see, as we gaze upon pictures in the windows, but as the woman which had the bloody issue,2 touching the hem of Christs garment, drew virtue from Christ himself, because she believed: so Christ would that we touching these signs should draw virtue from himself, that is, all the graces which these signs represent. Therefore as the Levites under the Law,3 were bound to prepare their brethren before they came to the Pass-over: So preachers of the Gospel should prepare their brethren before they come to the supper of the Lord. For which purpose I have chosen this place to the Corinthians, which is the clearest and fullest declaration of this Sacrament in all the Scripture.
THe word,1 and the Sacraments are the two brests wherewith our Mother dooth nurse vs. Seeing euery one receiueth, and few vnderstād what they receiue; I thought it the necessariest doctrine to preach of the Sacrament; which is a witnes of Gods promises, a remembrance of Christs death, and a seale ⟨p. 75⟩of our adoption: therfore Christ hath not instituted this Sacrament for a fashion in his Church, to touch, and feele, and see, as wee gaze vpon pictures in the windowes, but as the woman which had the bloodie issue,2 touching the hemme of Christs garment, drew vertue from Christ himselfe, because shee beleeued: so Christ would that wee touching these signes should draw vertue from himselfe, that is, all the graces which these signes represent. Therefore as the Leuites vnder the Law,