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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
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.
Saint John writing to a Lady,1 which brought up her children in the fear of God, calleth her the elect Lady: showing, that the chiefest honour of Ladies, and Lords, and Princes, is to be elect of God. Saint Luke speaking of certain Beroeans,2 which received the word of God with love, calleth them More noble than the rest: showing, that God counteth none noble, but such as are of a noble Spirit. As John calleth none elect, but the virtuous; and Luke calleth none noble, but the religious: so Christ calleth none his kinsmen, but the righteous: and of those only he sayeth, These are my Mother, and my Brethren, which hear the word of God, and do it.
Saint Iohn writing to a Ladie,1 which brought vp her children in the feare of God, calleth her the elect Ladie: shewing, that the chiefest honour of Ladies, and Lordes, and Princes, is to be elect of God. Saint Luke speaking of certaine Beroeans,2 which receiued the word of God with loue, calleth them More noble than the rest: shewing, that God counteth none noble, but such as are of a noble Spirite. As Iohn calleth none elect, but the vertuous; and Luke calleth none noble, but the religious: so Christ calleth none his kinsmen, but the righteous: and of those onelie hee saieth, These are my Mother, and my Brethren, which heare the word of God, and doe it.