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…

Let us walk honestly as in the day, not in gluttony and drunkenness, &c. As if he should say, know you that I bid you put away from you the works of darkness, he nameth not all the works of darkness, but chiefly those that do reign and are cause of more wickedness, that is, gluttony, drunkenness, strife and envying, &c. three monsters come out of hell, and trouble the whole world, therefore cast off these, and you have cast off all.

Let vs walke honestly as in the day, not in gluttonie and drunkennesse, &c. As if he should saie, know you that I bidde you put away from you the workes of darknesse, he nameth not all the workes of darkenesse, but chiefly those that doe raigne and are cause of more wickednesse, that is, gluttonie, drunkennesse, strife and enuying, &c. three monsters come out of hell, and trouble the whole worlde, therefore cast off these, and you haue cast off all.

Now to speak of them, I will begin where the vices begin, and as I point them out unto you, so I pray you to slay them, as if you had marshal law in your hands to put them to death. By this narration the Apostle showeth the chain of sin, how one sin will draw on another after it, for no sin is so base, that it will go alone, wherefore resist all sins or none, for if you entertain one sin, it will presently draw another after it, and so the whole house will be full of thieves, as Gehezi his pride made him to lye, and Adams fall made him to excuse himself, & Peters denial ⟨p. 347⟩made him swear, and after his swearing, made him curse himself, &c. for the sinner cannot stay after he hath committed one sin, to commit another, nor till he hath come to the bottom, even to the bottom of hell. If I should stand to anatomize and paint out all vices in their kind, I should crave a longer time than is allotted to me, therefore I will briefly touch them.

Now to speake of them, I wil begin where the vices begin, and as I point them out vnto you, so I pray you to slay them, as if you had marshall lawe in your handes to put them to death. By this narration the Apostle sheweth the chaine of sinne, how one sinne will draw on another after it, for no sinne is so base, that it will goe alone, wherefore resist all sinnes or none, for if you entertaine one sinne, it will presently drawe another after it, and so the whole house will be full of theeues, as Gehezi his pride made him to lye, and Adams fall made him to excuse himselfe, & Peters deniall