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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.
Why is David called a man after Gods own heart; 1but because when God said, Give me thy heart, his spirit answered like an Echo, I give thee my heart? Is God so desirous of my heart? what good can my heart do to ⟨p. 270⟩God? It is not worthy to come under his roof, I would I had a better gift to send unto my Lord, go my heart to thy Maker, the Bridegroom hath sent for thee, put on thy wedding garment, for the King himself will marry thee. Who is not sorry now, that he did not give his heart before? Is he not worthy to die which will take his heart from him that made it, from him which redeemed it, from him which preserves it, from him which will glorify it; to give it unto him which will infect it, torment it, condemn it? Will a servant reach the cup to a stranger, when his Master calls for it? Or will a man sell his coat if he have no moe? What dost thou reserve for God, when thou hast given Satan thy heart?2 Christ hath promised to come and dwell with thee, where shall he stay, where shall he dine, if the chamber be taken up, and the heart let forth to another? Thou art but a Tenant, and yet thou takest his house over his head, and placest in it whom thou wilt, as if thou wert Landlord,
Why is Dauid called a man after Gods owne heart; 1but because when God said, Giue me thy heart, his spirite answered like an Eccho, I giue thee my heart? Is God so desirous of my heart? what good can my heart doo to ⟨p. 270⟩God? It is not woorthie to come vnder his roofe, I would I had a better gift to send vnto my Lorde, goe my heart to thy Maker, the Bridegroome hath sent for thee, put on thy wedding garment, for the King himselfe will marrie thee. Who is not sorrie now, that hee did not giue his heart before? Is hee not worthie to die which will take his heart from him that made it, from him which redeemed it, from him which preserues it, from him which will glorifie it; to giue it vnto him which will infect it, torment it, condemne it? Will a seruant reach the cup to a stranger, when his Master cals for it? Or will a man sell his coate if he haue no moe? What doost thou reserue for God, when thou hast giuen Sathan thy heart?