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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.
THE FALL OF KING Nebuchadnezzar.THE FALL OF KING Nabuchadnezzar.
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.
From the 26. verse to the end of this Chapter, is laid down the pride, fall, and restitution of Nebuchadnezzar. The two first verses are like a banner of his Pride, which show him in his ruffling as it were in the air, before he knew God, or himself. The three next verses are the discovery of his shame, which show him in his misery, as it were grovelling on the ground after God had cooled his courage. The four last verses are the celebration of his recovery, which show him in holiness as it were rapt into heaven, & singing with the Saints for joy, that GOD had brought him unto his knowledge, though it were through shame & trouble, & loss of all that he had seven years together. Of his pride we have heard already: yet because we are friends to vices as we are to men, so long as they prosper and flourish; but when they decay and fall, then we shrink away, and are ashamed of them: so it may be, if ye could see pride take a fall, though ye love her well, yet ye would forsake her, like a banquerout, when ye see that she can pleasure you no longer.
FRom the 26. verse to the ende of this Chapter, is laid down the pride, fall, and restitution of Nabuchadnezzar. The two first verses are like a banner of his Pride, which shew him in his ruffling as it were in the ayre, before he knew God, or himselfe. The three next verses are the discouerie of his shame, which shewe him in his miserie, as it were groueling on the ground after God had cooled his courage. The foure last verses are the celebration of his recouerie, which shew him in holines as it were rapt into heauen, & singing with the Saints for ioye, that GOD had brought him vnto his knowledge, though it were through shame & trouble, & losse of all that he had seuen yeres together. Of his pride wee haue heard alreadie: yet because we are friends to vices as we are to mē, so lōg as they prosper and flourish; but when they decay and fall, then we shrinke away, and are ashamed of thē: so it may be, if ye could see pride take a fall, though yee loue her well, yet yee would forsake her, like a banquerout, when ye see that she can pleasure you no longer.
Therefore ye shall see Nebuchadnezzar upon his feet again: before you beheld him upon his knees, that when ye see what a king he was in his galleries, & after find his servants in his palace, and his subjects in his throne, and himself like a beast in the wilderness, God may give you hearts to think a little of this sin, what it is which cost so dear, and is so common, now in every house, as it was then in the kings court.