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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.
When Michah had got a Levite into his house,1 Now (saith he) I know the Lord will be good unto me, seeing I have a Levite in my house: So many think, when they have gotten a Preacher into their parish; Now the Lord will be good unto us, now Christ will love us, now we are good sons, seeing we maintain a Preacher amongst us. But Michah was not blessed for a Levite, nor you for a Preacher: but as you would have us do as we teach, so God would have you do as you hear: for you shall be no more saved for hearing, ⟨p. 254⟩than we are for speaking.
When Michah had got a Leuite into his house,1 Now (saith hee) I know the Lord will be good vnto mee, seeing I haue a Leuite in my house: So many thinke, when they haue gotten a Preacher into their parish; Now the Lorde will be good vnto vs, now Christ will loue vs, now we are good sonnes, seeing we maintain a Preacher amongst vs. But Michah was not blessed for a Leuite, nor you for a Preacher: but as you would haue vs do as we teach, so God woulde haue you doe as you heare: for you shalbe no more saued for hearing, ⟨p. 254⟩than we are for speaking.
When God created the Tree,1 he commanded it to bring forth fruit: so when he createth Faith, he commandeth it to bring forth works: and therefore it is called a lively Faith. When our Saviour would prove him self unto John, to be the true Messiah indeed, he said to his Disciples, Tell John what things you have heard and seen: