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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.
A man can see but one thing at once, he cannot turn his right eye one way, and left eye another: he cannot see two things at one instant: but God seeth all things at one instant. ⟨p. 102⟩Though we, sin as closely as we can for fear of hatred, or shame of the world, or for any other respect: yet God saith, your sin is come up before me. For though we cover it, and hide it and colour it, yea and as it were bury it as well as lieth in us, yet all is open unto him: therefore […] saith, your sin is come up before me.
A man can see but one thing at once, he cannot turne his right eye one way, and left eie another: he cannot see two things at one instant: but God seeth all things at one instant. ⟨p. 102⟩Though we, sinne as closely aswe can for feare of hatred, or shame of the world, or for any other respect: yet God saith, your sinne is come vp before me. For though we couer it, and hide it and colour it, yea and as it were burie it as well as lieth in vs, yet all is open vnto him: therfore 〈…〉 saith, your sinne is come vp before me.
When we speak evil, he is all ears to hear us, when we do evil, he is all eyes to behold it, and when we will be obstinate in our wickedness, then he is all hand to punish and plague us, and in the end to root us out from all our pleasures. But when we repent, he is all mercy and love, and when we amend our lives, and leave all our wicked ways to walk before him in holiness ever after, then he is all truth and righteousness to forgive us all our former wicked life, and to wash us from our uncleanness & sin. Therefore ô foolish man, do not think that God seeth not that which man seeth not: for when he looks up, he sees all below also, and when he looks down, he sees all above also.
When we speake euill, he is all eares to heare vs, when we do euill, he is all eyes to behold it, and when we will be obstinate in our wickednesse, then he is all hand to punish and plague vs, and in the end to root vs out from all our pleasures. But when we repent, he is all mercie and loue, and when we amend our liues, and leaue all our wicked wayes to walke before him in holinesse euer after, then he is all truth and righteousnesse to forgiue vs all our former wicked life, and to wash vs from our vncleannesse & sinne. Therefore ô foolish man, do not thinke that God seeth not that which man seeth not: for when he lookes vp, he sees all below also, and when he lookes downe, he sees all aboue also.