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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.
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.
As there is a second comming of Christ, so there is a second birth of Christ. When we are borne againe, then Christ is borne againe: the virgin was his mother by the flesh,1 & the faithfull are his mother by the spirit:2 the holy Ghost doth conceiue him in them: hee was in her wombe, and he is in their hearts: shee did beare him, and they doe beare him: shee did nurse him, and they do nurse him. This is the second birth of Christ. As the soule of man may bee called,3 The Temple of the holie Ghost, which is the third person: so it may be called the wombe of the Sonne, which is the second person.