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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.
Therefore if my heart tell me that I do love God, whom shall I believe before my self?1 As Solomon saith: No man can search the heart of the king: so Paul saith, No man knoweth the spirit of any man, 2but the spirit which is in man: that is, no man feeleth the heart of man so well as himself. And yet himself, although he have lived with it ever ⟨p. 138⟩since he was borne, doth not know his own heart, unless he examine it narrowly, no more than he knoweth his own bones, or his veins, or his sinews, or his arteries, or his muscles, how many are in his body, or where they lie, or what they do.
Therefore if my heart tell mee that I doe loue God, whome shall I beleeue before my selfe?1 As Salomon sayth: No man can search the heart of the king: so Paul sayth, No man knoweth the spirite of any man, 2but the spirite which is in man: that is, no man feeleth the heart of man so wel as himself. And yet himselfe, although hee haue liued with it euer ⟨p. 138⟩since he was borne, doth not know his owne heart, vnlesse hee examine it narrowlie, no more than hee knoweth his owne bones, or his veines, or his sinewes, or his arteries, or his muskles, how many are in his bodie, or where they lie, or what they doe.