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…

Now when Noah the father was drunken, Ham the son becometh a scorner: the father deserved to be despised of his son, because he had disfigured the image of a father. Therefore it followeth, When Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, he told his two brethren without, &c. Drunkenness was his fault, and shame must be his punishment. Whereby you may note, how God doth proportionate & match sins and punishments together, that a man may look upon his punishment like a glass, and see his sin. Again, by this you may see, how God doth bring forth the faults of the just aswell as the unjust, or else other would say as Christ saith, Joh. 8. Who can accuse me of sin? What a grief was this to David, that his son should ⟨p. 601⟩be his traitor? So to increase the grief of Noah, his son was his scorner. He may say as the Psalmist saith, Psal. 54. 12. It is thou O man, even my companion and familiar, which delighted together. If mine enemy had defamed me, I could have borne it, or I would have fled from him: but he whom I have loved, nay he whom I brought into the world, made me a shame to the world, like the Viper which killeth the dam that beareth it. So, oftentimes the prophecy of Michaiah proveth true, A mans enemies are they of his own house, Chap. 7. 6. As Judas betrayed his Master. Who can reclaim a wicked disposition? how deep was the root of evil hid in his heart, that Noah could never know it before he showed it. Until now Ham seemed as good as Shem, and if Japheth had said, thou shalt be cursed, he would have said, thou shalt be cursed. Hypocrisy is spun with such a fine thread, that we may live as long with a man, as Noah did with Ham, and scarce discern him.

Now when Noah the father was drunken, Cham the sonne becommeth a scorner: the father deserued to bee despised of his sonne, because he had disfigured the image of a father. Therefore it followeth, When Cham the father of Canaan sawe the nakednesse of his father, he tolde his two brethren without, &c. Drunkennes was his fault, and shame must be his punishment. Wherby you may note, how God doth proportionate & match sins and punishments together, that a man may looke vpon his punishment like a glasse, and see his sinne. Againe, by this you may see, how God doth bring forth the faults of the iust aswel as the vniust, or els other would say as Christ saith,