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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.
The name of these palaces may well be called Babel, that is confusion, because they prophesy confusion to them that build them, because their foundation is Pride, their walls extortion, their roof ambition, and all within them usury, bribery, and cruelty. If this be the best that Nebuchadnezzar hath to vaunt of, what is the worst which he may be ashamed of?
The name of these pallaces may well bee called Babel, that is confusion, because they prophesie confusion to them that build them, because their foundation is Pride, their wals extortion, their roofe ambition, and all within them vsurie, briberie, and crueltie. If this bee the best that Nabuchadnezzar hath to vaunt of, what is the worst which he may bee ashamed of?
When I see how earnest this King was about his dream, and how loose he sate after in his palace, me thinks I see the image of the world in one man: how lively doth Nebuchadnezzar resemble the dreamers of our time? He could not rest till he knew the interpretation of his dream: such inquiry, such diligence to know Gods will, that a man would have thought, now if the King meet with a Prophet that can tell him the trueth, and instruct him from God, that his dream warned him to amend his life, he will then reclaim himself, and reform his realm, and become such a King as was never in the land before.
When I see how earnest this King was about his dreame, and how loose he sate after in his pallace, mee thinkes I see the image of the world in one man: how liuely doth Nabuchadnezzar resemble the dreamers of our time? He could not rest till hee knew the interpretation of his dream: such inquirie, such diligence to knowe Gods will, that a man would haue thought, now if the King meet with a Prophet that can tell him the trueth, and instruct him from God, that his dreame warned him to amend his life, hee will then reclayme himselfe, and reforme his realme, and become such a King as was neuer in the land before.