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…

A supplication is come, as it were from God to man, that man would send God his heart, penned by Solomon under the name of Wisdom,¹ and directed to her sons, Wisdom entreateth her sons, that they would give her their hearts;² this Wisdom is God, we by adoption are his sons,³ and our heart is that which Christ calls spirit and truth,⁴ without ⟨p. 263⟩hypocrisy, Give me that heart, saith God. He which gives any thing to another, considers before what he loves, & gives that which he thinks will be accepted, that he may be loved for the gift: therefore David as though he were at a stand, & sorrowed that he could not do enough for God, breaks forth to him self,⁵ What shall I give unto the Lord, for all that he hath given me? The Lord hearing as it were these sighs of his servants, which care & study what they may do to please him, comes in their suspense, and like a friend which desires nothing but good will, answers from heaven, My son give me thy heart. Under which suit he taxeth them beside which are suitors always to him, and look still to receive like the Publicans, but never cast in their minds what they should give: therefore their tribute is set down by equal measure under the kings seal, every man must homage his heart.

A supplication is come, as it were frō God to man, that man would send God his heart, penned by Salomon vnder the name of Wisdome,¹ and directed to her sonnes, Wisedome intreateth her sonnes, that they would giue her their hearts;² this Wisedome is God, we by adoption are his sonnes,³