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Two sermons, of Jonahs punishmentTwo sermons, of Ionahs punishment
Two sermons, of Jonahs punishment ; Four sermons preached by Master Henry Smith ; and published by a more perfect copy then heretofore.Two sermons, of Ionahs punishment ; Foure sermons preached by Maister Henry Smith ; and published by a more perfect copie then heretofore.
London: printed by T.D. for Cuthbert Burby, 1607
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.
And Esau crying for the blessing when it is too late, having sold his birthright for a mess of pottage.
And Esau crying for the blessing when it is too late, hauing sold his birthright for a messe of pottage.
Woe, woe, woe, that ever we were borne, O where is that Dives that would believe this, before he felt the fire in hell, or that would believe the poorest Lazarus in the world, to be better then himself, before the dreadful day come when they cannot help it, if they would never so fain, when repentance is too late? Herod shall then wish that he were John Baptist. Pharaoh would wish that he were Moses, and Saul would wish that he had been David. Nebuchadnezzar, ⟨image 30⟩that he had been Daniel. Haman to have been Mordecai: Esau would wish to be Jacob, and Balaam would wish might die the death of the righteous: then he will say, I will give more then Hezekiah, cry more then Esau: fast more then Moses: pray more then Daniel: weep more then Mary Magdalen: suffer more stripes then Paul: abide more imprisonments then Michai: abide more cruelty then any mortal man would do, that it might be, Ite, Go ye cursed, might be come ye blessed. Yea, I would give all the goods in the world that I might escape this dreadful day of wrath and judgement, and that I might not stand amongst the go. O that I might live a beggar all my life, and a Leper: O that I might endure all plagues and sores from the top of the head, to the sole of my foot, sustain all sickness & griefs, that I might escape this judgement.
Woe, woe, woe, that euer wee were borne, O where is that Diues that would beleeue this, before hee felt the fire in hell, or that would beleeue the poorest Lazarus in the world, to bee better then himselfe, before the dreadfull day come when they cannot helpe it, if they would neuer so faine, when repentance is too late? Herod shall then wish that hee were Iohn Baptist. Pharaoh would wish that hee were Moses, and Saul would wish that hee had bene Dauid. Nabuchadnezzar, ⟨image 30⟩