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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.
Of them which seem to be wise, there be no such fools in the world, as they which ⟨p. 211⟩love money better than themselves: but this is the judgement of God, that they which deceive others deceive themselves, and live like Cain which was a vagabond upon his own land;1 so they are beggars in the middest of their wealth: for though they have understanding to know riches, and a mind to seek them, and wit to find them, and policy to keep them, and life to possess them; yet they have such a false sight and blear eye, that when their riches lye before them, they seem poverty, and he which hath not half so much, seemeth far richer than they.
Of them which seeme to bee wise, there be no such fooles in the world, as they which ⟨p. 211⟩loue money better than themselues: but this is the iudgement of God, that they which deceiue others deceiue themselues, and liue like Cain which was a vagabond vpon his owne lande;1 so they are beggers in the middest of their wealth: for though they haue vnderstanding to know riches, and a mind to seeke them, and wit to finde them, and policie to keepe them, and life to possesse them; yet they haue such a false sight and bleare eye, that when their riches lye before them, they seeme pouertie, and hee which hath not halfe so much, seemeth farre richer than they.
Will you know how this cometh to pass? To show that the covetous men belong to Hell, they are like Hell while they live. Hell is never filled, and they are never satisfied: