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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.
1first to seek for aid and assistance at the hands of God, and then to use all such good means to help them selves, as God shall enable them to do, trusting that of his goodness he will bless their endeavours, else may they go over all the world to seek help & have none, for there is no other way. God in deed is last refuge, but he is also the first refuge which is to be sought unto, for he is Alpha and Omega, the first and the last.
1first to seeke for ayde and assistance at the hands of God, and then to vse all such good meanes to helpe them selues, as God shal enable them to do, trusting that of his goodnesse he will blesse their endeuors, else may they go ouer all the world to seeke helpe & haue none, for there is no other way. God in deed is last refuge, but he is also the first refuge which is to be sought vnto, for he is Alpha and Omega, the first and the last.
- 1In necessity first pray, thē use law, full means.In necessitie first pray, thē vse law, full meanes.
And cried every man unto his God.
And cried eueryman vnto his God.
They did well in that they prayed, but they prayed not well, for they prayed every man unto his god, that is, unto feigned gods, gods in name but not in nature, & such gods they were, as could not help so much as them selves.
They did wel in that they prayed, but they prayed not well, for they prayed euery man vnto his god, that is, vnto fayned gods, gods in name but not in nature, & such gods they were, as could not helpe so much as them selues.