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Six sermons preachedSixe sermons preached
Six sermons preached by Master Henry Smith at Clement Danes Church without Temple bar. With two prayers of the same author hereunto annexed.Sixe sermons preached by Maister Henry Smith at Clement Danes Church without Temple barre. VVith tvvo prayers of the same author hereunto annexed.
London: printed by Richard for Robert Dexter, 1592
THE REBELLION OF JONAH, IN TWO SERMONS.THE REBELLION OF IONAH, IN TWO SERMONS.
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.
It is like the Eagle which taketh a shellfish, and flieth into the sky with it, and then she letteth it fall upon the rocks, and so dasheth it in pieces, and then she devours it.
It is like the Eagle which taketh a shelfish, and flieth into the skie with it, and then she letteth it fall vpon the rocks, and so dasheth it in peeces, and then she deuou•es it.
My last note was, that that which we cast behind us, the Lord doth set before him, We fast before him, we pray before him, we give alms before him, and we do every good thing before him, because we do it freely, & as it were, caring not who looks upon us: but we suppose we sin behind him, because at such a time our conscience accusing us, we fall to hiding and cloaking of our sin, thinking if we can hide it from men, that God cannot see it. But let us not deceive our selves, for God seeth not as man seeth. 1Man can see but only outward things committed in action: but God seeth and knoweth, and searcheth the secrets of the heart, all 2the thoughts and imaginations of it.
My last note was, that that which we cast behind vs, the Lord doth set before him, We fast before him, we pray before him, we giue almes before him, and we do euerie good thing before him, because we do it freely, & as it were, caring not who lookes vpon vs: but we suppose we sinne behinde him, because at such a time our conscience accusing vs, we fall to hiding and cloking of our sin, thinking if we can hide it from men, that God cannot see it. But let vs not deceyue our selues, for God seeth not as man seeth. 1Man cā see but only outward things committed in action: but God seeth and knoweth, and searcheth the secrets of the heart, all 2