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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.
They are distinguished in Repentance: for the wicked do but weep for their sins past, but the godly purpose to sin no more: so ⟨p. 147⟩Pharaoh,1 Saul, and Judas said, I have sinned; but Shadrach,2 Meshach,3 and Abednego said, We will not sin: 4therefore the heart of the godly is called a contrite heart, 5but the heart the wicked is called a heart that cannot repent. 6Beside,7 as Christ cast out a legion of devils at once, so the godly would be purged of all their sins together: but the wicked never consent to leave all, but as Naaman said, Let the Lord spare me in this, 8so ever he excepteth one sin, which is his beloved sin; like Herod,9 which reformed many things, & yet would not leave his brothers wife.
They are distinguished in Repentance: for the wicked doe but weepe for their sins past, but the godlie purpose to sinne no more: so ⟨p. 147⟩Pharaoh,1 Saul, and Iudas sayd, I haue sinned; but Shadrach,2 Meshach,