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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 RESTITUTION OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR.THE RESTITVTION OF NABVCHADNEZZAR.
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.
But the lifting up of the heart is the holy service, and alway appropriate unto God, which saith, My son, give me thy heart. Pro. 23. 26. Therefore now Nebuchadnezzar lifts up his heart to God, showing that he had learned that lesson which GOD gave him 7. years to study, that The most high beareth rule over the sons of men, &c.
But the lifting vp of the heart is the holy seruice, and alway appropriate vnto God, which saith, My sonne, giue me thy heart. Pro. 23. 26. Therefore now Nabuchadnezzar lifts vp his heart to God, shewing that he had learned that lesson which GOD gaue him 7. years to study, that The most high beareth rule ouer the sonnes of men, &c.
Now God thinks the time long enough: & as he reformed the ground after the flood, with fruit, and herbs, and flowers again; so he reformeth Nebuchadnezzar with understanding, and beauty, and honour again. As when he repented himself, and said, I will drown the earth no more, Gen. 8. 21. so I will ⟨p. 412⟩chase Nebuchadnezzar no more: now he knows a king above him, he shall be king again now he seeks my honour, I will give him honour; now he magnifieth him which debased him, I will return to exalt him. So the voice which thundered from heaven, Thy kingdom is departed from thee: sounds again, Thy kingdom is restored to thee. For it was not told that he should be like a beast until he dyed, but until he knew that the most high beareth rule over the sons of men. Therefore when he knew this, nothing could stay him from his kingdom, no more then they could stay him in it before. Thus the displeasure of God is but an interim, until we know some thing that we should know, and then Nebuchadnezzar shall be king again, then the sick man shall be whole again, then the bondman shall be free again, then the poor man shall be rich again. His mercies are called everlasting, because they endure for ever.