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…

In which words,¹ as Jacob craved of his wives, and his servants, to give him their Idols, that he might bury them: so Paul craveth your covetousness, that he might bury it. And that ye might be no losers, he offereth you the vantage: in stead of gain, he proposeth great gain. Godliness is great gain, as if he should say, Will you covet little gain before great? You have found little joy in money, you shall find great joy in the holy ghost: you have found little peace in the world, you shall find great peace in conscience. Thus seeing the world strive for the world, like beggars thrusting at a dole, Lawyer against Lawyer, brother against brother, neighbour against neighbour, for the golden Apple, that poor Naboth cannot hold his own, because so many Achabs are sick for this vineyard: when he had found the disease, like a skilful Physician, he goeth about to pick out the ⟨p. 206⟩greedy worm which maketh men so hungry, and setteth such a glass before them, that will make a shilling seem as great as a pound, a cottage seem as fair as a palace, & a plough seem as goodly as a diadem, that he which hath but twenty pounds shall be as merry as he which hath an hundred: and he which hath an hundred, shall be as jocund as he which hath a thousand: and he which hath a thousand,² shall be well contented as he which hath a million: even as Daniel did thrive with water and pulse, as well as the rest did with their wine and junkets.

In which wordes,¹ as Iacob craued of his wiues, and his seruants, to giue him their Idols, that he might burie them: so Paule craueth your couetousnes, that he might bury it. And that ye might be no losers, hee offereth you the vantage: in stead of gaine, hee proposeth great gaine. Godlinesse is great gaine, as if he should say, Wil you couet litle gaine before great? You haue found little ioy in money, you shall find great ioy in the holy ghost: you haue found little peace in the world, you shall finde great peace in conscience. Thus seeing the worlde striue for the worlde, like beggers thrusting at a dole, Lawyer against Lawyer, brother against brother, neighbour against neighbour, for the golden Apple, that poore Naboth cannot hold his owne, because so manie Achabs are sicke for this vineyard: when he had found the disease, like a skilfull Physition, hee goeth about to picke out the