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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.
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.
As God the Father honoured marriage, so did God the Son,1 which is called the seed of the woman: and therefore Marriage was so honoured amongst women because of this seed, that when Elizabeth brought forth a son,2 she said, that God had taken away her rebuke: counting it the honour of women to bear children, and by consequence, the honour ⟨p. 4⟩of women to be married; for the children which are borne out of marriage, are the dishonour of women, and called by the shameful name of Bastards.3
As God the Father honoured marriage, so did God the Sonne,1 which is called the seed of the woman: and therfore Marriage was so honored amongst women because of this seed, that when Elizabeth brought foorth a sonne,2 she sayd, that God had taken away her rebuke: counting it the honour of women to beare children, and by consequence, the honour ⟨p. 4⟩of women to be married; for the children which are borne out of mariage, are the dishonor of women, and called by the shamefull name of Bastards.3