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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
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.
The effects, that this great tempest wrought were these. The ship was like to be broken & the mariners were sore afraid. The ship which was so strong that it might have encountered with instruments of war, and made so strong that it might be able to go many voyages, and endure great tempests and many waves, was now with one tempest and at one voyage in such a taking, that they which were in it feared that it should have been torn all to pieces, and so they should loose their ship, their lives, goods & all: & so vehement was the tempest, that they were fully persuaded it was no common nor ordinary thing, but extraordinary, ⟨p. 135⟩& for some extraordinary cause sent upon them by some great divine power. And the mariners (which live in the sea almost 1like the fishes, and have the waters as their necessariest element) now trembled for fear, like women which shrike at every stir in the boat, & like little children when they are frighted. Now these courageous fellows are brought down by danger, which defied danger, like a young soldier which starteth at the sound of a gun.
The effectes, that this great tempest wrought were these. The ship was like to be brokē & the mariners were sore affrayd. The ship which was so strong that it might haue encountred with instrumēts of warre, and made so strong that it might be able to go many voyages, and indure great tempestes and many waues, was now with one tempest and at one voyage in such a taking, that they which were in it feared that it should haue been torne all to peeces, and so they should loose their ship, their liues, goods & all: & so vehement was the tēpest, that they were fully perswaded it was no cōmō nor ordinarie thing, but extraordinarie, ⟨p. 135⟩& for some extraordinarie cause sent vpon thē by some great diuine power. And the mariners (which liue in the sea almost 1like the fishes, and haue the waters as their necessariest element) now trēbled for feare, like women which shrike at euery stirre in the boat, & like little childrē when they are frighted. Now these couragious fellowes are brought downe by daunger, which defied daunger, like a young souldier which starteth at the sound of a gunne.