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 second note is of the Judge, A voice came down from heaven: the controlling voice came down from heaven, God is most offended with our sin: for Nebuchadnezzar might have spoken more than this, before any other man, and no man could control him because he was king, and kings delight in greater vanities than buildings, yet no man saith, Why doest thou so? because Solomon saith, He which repeateth a matter separateth the Prince, that is, he which tells Princes their faults, maketh them his enemies: therefore since John Baptist dyed, only God is left to reprove almost all that sin by authority, yet there is one in heaven hath an ear and a ⟨p. 393⟩tongue, and checketh the king as boldly as ever the king checketh his subjects. When the voice from earth spake vainly, the voice from heaven spake judgement. Here is the king of heaven against the king of earth, the voice of GOD against the voice of man: a divine wrath, warring with a humane pride: the fire is kindled, woe to the stubble. The Lord of hosts is in arms against the Lord of Babel, and begins to lay hands on him and to thrust him out of his throne. First, he rattles him like a thunder, O King Nebuchadnezzar: as if he should say, for all thou art a king, thou shalt see whether another be above thee. Now guard thy person, now defend thy honour, for he whom thou hast despised, threateneth to take thy kingdom from thee; go now and walk in thy galleries, fetch one turn more before thou be turned out of door, and walk with the beasts in the forrest.

The second note is of the Iudge, A voyce came downe from heauen: the controuling voice came down from heauen, God is most offended with our sinne: for Nabuchadnezzar might haue spoken more than this, before any other man, and no man could controll him because he was king, and kings delight in greater vanities than buildings, yet no man saith, Why doest thou so? because Salomon saith, He which repeateth a matter separateth the Prince, that is, he which tels Princes their faults, maketh them his enemies: therefore since Iohn Baptist dyed, onely God is left to reprooue almost all that sinne by authoritie, yet there is one in heauen hath an eare and a ⟨p. 393⟩tongue, and checketh the king as boldly as euer the king checketh his subiects. When the voice from earth spake vainly, the voice from heauen spake iudgement. Here is the king of heauen against the king of earth, the voice of GOD against the voice of man: a diuine wrath, warring with a humane pride: the fire is kindled, woe to the stubble. The Lorde of hoasts is in armes against the Lord of Babel, and beginnes to lay handes on him and to thrust him out of his throane. First, he rattles him like a thunder, O King Nabuchadnezzar: as if he should say, for all thou art a king, thou shalt see whether another bee aboue thee. Now gard thy person, now defend thy honour, for he whom thou hast despised, threatneth to take thy kingdome from thee; goe nowe and walke in thy galleries, fetch one turne more before thou bee turned out of doore, and walke with the beastes in the forrest.