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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.
It seemeth that Paul thought of this saying,1 when he said; Till Christ be formed in you. If Christ be formed in us, as Paul saith, then we are Christs mother: every one which will have Christ his saviour, must be Christs mother. The virgin asked the angel how she could bear Christ seeing she had not known a man? Luke Chapter 1. Verse 24. so you may ask how you can bear Christ, seeing he is borne already?
It seemeth that Paule thought of this saying,1 when he said; Till Christ be formed in you. If Christ be formed in vs, as Paule saith, then we are Christs mother: euerie one which wil haue Christ his sauiour, must be Christs mother. The virgin asked the angel how she could beare Christ seeing she had not knowen a man? Luke Chapter 1. Verse 24. so you may aske how you can beare Christ, seeing he is borne alreadie?
- 1Gal. 4.
As there is a second coming of Christ, so there is a second birth of Christ. When we are borne again, then Christ is borne again: the virgin was his mother by the flesh,1 & the faithful are his mother by the spirit:2 the holy Ghost doth conceive him in them: he was in her womb, and he is in their hearts: she did bear him, and they do bear him: she did nurse him, and they do nurse him. This is the second birth of Christ. As the soul of man may be called,3 The Temple of the holy Ghost, which is the third person: so it may be called the womb of the Son, which is the second person.