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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
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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.
We read in Scripture of three Marriages of Christ.1 The first was, when Christ and our §1nature met together. The second is, when §2Christ and our soul join together. The §3third is, the union of Christ and his Chruch. These are Christs three wives. As Christ honoured ⟨p. 5⟩Marriage, so do Christs Disciples: for John calleth the conjunction of Christ and the faithful,2 a Marriage. And in the one and twentieth of the Revelation and ninth verse,3 the Church hath the name of a Bride,4 whereas Heresy is called an harlot.5 Further, for the honour of Marriage, Paul showeth how by it, the curse of the woman was turned into a blessing, for the woman's curse was the pains which she should suffer in her travail. Now by marriage this curse is turned into a blessing:6 for children are the first blessing in all the Scripture.7 And therefore Christ saith, that so soon as the mother seeth a manchild borne into the world,8 she forgetteth all her sorrows, as though her curse were turned into a blessing.
We reade in Scripture of three Mariages of Christ.1 The first was, when Christ and our §1