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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
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.
Such a stir hath God before he can come by his own, he must cross us, and set him self and all his creatures against us, he must strain our bodies and constrain us to it before we will yield him due obedience. The tempest must blow, the sea must rage, the ship must reel, the heart must tremble, & all must be in an uproar against us, & God must cross us in all our doings afore we will return from our wicked ways. The bee when she hath once flung doth leese her sting• so that she can sting no more: so is not punishment for it goeth in general, when one tempest is gone, another comes upon us, for if we be sick, sickness is not dead with us, if we be poor, poverty endeth not, if we ⟨p. 132⟩be in danger, danger is not therefore put down for ever after: and if we be vexed, vexation hath not therefore left his sting in us• but all these things are Gods weapons whereof he hath store, and if thou be disobedient, he will lead thee through them all, 1until he hath humbled thee, and made thee to glorify him with obedience or utterly destroyed thee.
Such a stirre hath God before he can come by his owne, he must crosse vs, and set him selfe and all his creatures against vs, he must straine our bodies and constraine vs to it before we will yeeld him due obediēce. The tempest must blow, the sea must rage, the ship must reele, the heart must trēble, & all must be in an vprore against vs, & God must crosse vs in all our doings afore we will returne frō our wicked wayes. The bee when she hath once flung doth leese her sting• so that she cā sting no more: so is not punishment for it goeth in generall, when one tempest is gone, another comes vpō vs, for if we be sicke, sicknesse is not dead with vs, if we be poore, pouertie endeth not, if we ⟨p. 132⟩be in daunger, daunger is not therefore put downe for euer after: and if we be vexed, vexation hath not therefore left his sting in vs• but all these things are Gods weapons whereof he hath store, and if thou be disobedient, he will lead thee through them all,