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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.
Mine understanding (saith Nebuchadnezzar ⟨p. 415⟩was restored to me, and more than that, mine honour was augmented, more than it was when I was so proud of it. As God turned his heart, so he turned the hearts of his Nobles and people, that they received him for their King again, and sought unto him, and reverenced him, for all the disgrace which they had seen, which made them before to contemn him like a beast.
Mine vnderstanding (sayth Nabuchadnezzar ⟨p. 415⟩was restored to me, and more than that, mine honour was augmented, more than it was when I was so proud of it. As God turned his heart, so hee turned the hearts of his Nobles and people, that they receiued him for their King againe, and sought vnto him, and reuerenced him, for all the disgrace which they had seene, which made them before to contemne him like a beast.
Here a wise man may study and wonder like Elisha when his master was rapt to heaven. For as though a snuff had been taken from the ground, and set in the candlestick again, and shined brighter than it did before: So Nebuchadnezzar was raised from the dust, and set in the throne: even now no man cared for him, and now no man dare displease him: that which Solomon saith in Prou. 16. 17. When the ways of a man please the Lord, he will make all his enemies at peace with him: so when Nebuchadnezzar pleased the Lord God gave him grace with men, & his glory was augmented. My glory was increased, &c. that is, he received not only his kingdom, and power, and honour again, but he received usury of them. For his seven years banishment, they had been put out seven years to the Bank, for him to receive more when he came again, so when he sought his own honour, honour departed from him, ⟨p. 416⟩his palace could not hold it, his treasures could not redeem it, his guard could not stay it, but pride chased it away, whilst he followed after it. But when he sought Gods honour, and cared not for his own, honour was increased, according to that, I will honour them that honour me.