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…

First,¹ the loss which they shall sustain, if they restore again all which they have got unjustly; Then the difficulty to restore it again to the right parties. If you ask me as Amaziah asked the prophet, How shall we do for those hundred talents? ²How shall I live when all is gone that I have got wrong fully? I can say no more then the Prophet said to him, The Lord is able to give thee more then this. ³Zacheus did not fear how he should live, but Zacheus did fear to offend: so thou shouldest not fear to restore other mens goods, but thou shouldest fear to keep other mens goods: and as Zacheus lived when he had restored, so thou shalt live when thou hast restored.⁴ He which saith, Try me if I will not pour down a blessing, try him whether he will not pour down a blessing; for he hath promised to bless the Lender as well as the Sacrificer.⁵ He which is the Lord of all, can give thee more wealth then thou needest, but if you cannot restore to the owner, nor to his heirs, then give it to the poor, for they are the next heirs, and ⟨p. 201⟩repent that thou hast kept it so long: but in no wise thou mayest keep it to thy self, because it is none of thine.

First,¹ the losse which they shall sustaine, if they restore againe all which they haue got vniustlie; Then the difficultie to restore it againe to the right parties. If you aske me as Amaziah asked the prophet, How shall wee doe for those hundred talents? ²How shall I liue when all is gone that I haue got wrong fullie? I can say no more then the Prophet said to him, The Lord is able to giue thee more then this.