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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 Christ honoured Marriage with his birth, so he honoured it with his miracles: for the first miracle which Christ did,1 he wrought at a marriage in Canaan, where he turned their water into wine: so, if Christ be at your marriage, that is, if you marry in Christ,2 your water shall be turned into wine, that is, your peace, and your rest, and your joy, and your happiness shall begin with your Marriage: but if you marry not in Christ, then your wine shall be turned into water, that is, you shall live worse hereafter then you did before.
As Christ honoured Mariage with his birth, so he honoured it with his miracles: for the first miracle which Christ did,1 he wrought at a mariage in Canaan, where he turned their water into wine: so, if Christ be at your mariage, that is, if you marie in Christ,2 your water shalbe turned into wine, that is, your peace, and your rest, and your ioy, and your happinesse shall begin with your Mariage: but if you marie not in Christ, then your wine shall be turned into water, that is, you shall liue woorse hereafter then you did before.
As he honoured it with miracles, so he honoured it with praises: