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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
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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.
If thou hast sinned thus and thus before, I will not say, therefore the Lord will not hear thee,1 but David saith, If I regard wickedness in my heart, the Lord will not hear me, that is, if for any cause a man purpose and carry a mind to sin when he is tempted, the Lord is so far from helping him,2 that he will stand like Baal, as though he did not hear him; for he hath a traitors mind as deep as any, which thinks, for a Dukedom I would betray my prince, though he never play the traitor in his life. Thus you have heard how to try spirits, and how to discern a Christian from an hypocrite, & how to appose your hearts, that ye may be sure to judge rightly what ye are.
If thou hast sinned thus and thus before, I will not say, therefore the Lord wil not heare thee,1 but Dauid sayth, If I regard wickednesse in my heart, the Lord will not heare me, that is, if for any cause a man purpose and carie a minde to sinne when he is tempted, the Lord is so farre from helping him,2 that he wil stand like Baal, as though hee did not heare him; for he hath a traytors mind as deepe as any, which thinkes, for a Dukedome I would betray my prince, though he neuer playe the traitor in his life. Thus you haue heard how to trie spirits, and how to discerne a Christian from an hypocrite, & how to appose your hearts, that ye may be sure to iudge rightlie what ye are.