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…

though they prosper always before, yet their ends shall be a kind of judgement upon all their life, & a prophecy of torment, for all men to see what become of the wicked after death, that they may fear to be like unto them: As when we see some fall down under the table while they sit swilling at the Wine: some stricken dumb in the pulpit, while they preach untruths:¹ even as the Philistines were slain while they feasted,² and as Herod was shamed while ⟨p. 391⟩he vaunted, and as Jeroboam was stricken while he stroke. What doth this teach us, but that our sins depart from us so soon as they are done unto the Judge, & there they accuse us, as Cains murder cried out against him, so soon as he slew his brother.³ I know thy works saith God:⁴ he may say I know thy works & thy thoughts too:⁵ for Judas could not go so closely about his treachery, but that Christ did know when the thought entered into his hart, and heard when he conferred also with the Scribes, and saw likewise when he took the bribe, though he kept a time to punish him, as he saith Psalm. 37. ver. 2. When I see a convenient time, then will I execute judgement.

though they prosper alwayes before, yet their ends shall be a kinde of iudgement vpon all their life, & a prophesie of torment, for all men to see what become of the wicked after death, that they may feare to be like vnto them: As when we see some fall down vnder the table while they sit swilling at the Wine: some striken dumbe in the pulpit, while they preach vntruths:¹ euē as the Philistines were slain while they feasted,²