A12406:541
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.
When the shepherd was stricken,1 the sheep were scattered: when he preached in the Streets, and in the Temple, and in the Fields, then many flocked after him: but when he preached upon the Cross, then they left him, which said they would never forsake him: then there was as great a press to see him dye, as there was here to hear him preach:2 and many of these which seemed like Brethren, and Sisters, were his betrayers, and his accusers, and his persecutors, so inconstant we are in our zeal, more than in any thing else.
When the shepheard was stroken,1 the sheepe were scattered: when he preached in the Streetes, and in the Temple, and in the Fieldes, then manie flocked after him: but when he preached vpon the Crosse, then they left him, which sayd they would neuer forsake him: then there was as great a prease to see him dye, as there was heere to heare him preach:2 and many of these which seemed like Bretheren, and Sisters, were his betrayers, and his accusers, and his persecutors, so inconstant we are in our zeale, more than in any thing else.
Thus much of their coming and calling to Christ, now to the doctrine which lieth in it.
Thus much of their comming and calling to Christ, now to the doctrine which lieth in it.