Two sermons preached by Master Henry SmithTvvo sermons preached by Master Henry Smith

But what did God command him to cry? even that which he afterward cried: Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overturned. Overturned? yea ancient Nineveh, fair Nineveh, proud Nineveh must be destroyed. No man sits so high, but destruction sits above him, and will fall on all that persist in their defection. Justice would have come against them, before it cried against them; but God the most gracious would have them cried against, that they might cry out, woe and alas for their sins, so preventing deserved and threatened vengeance: for they hearing the cry of God, cried out themselves, and that in great humbling to God, so God heard their cries, and took pity on them.

But what did God command him to crie? euen that which he afterward cried: Yet fortie daies, and Niniuie shall be ouerturned. Ouerturned? yea ancient Niniuie, faire Niniuie, proud Niniuie must be destroyed. No man sits so high, but destruction sits aboue him, and will fall on all that persist in their defection. Iustice would haue come against them, before it cried against thē; but God the most gratious would haue them cried against, that they might cry out, woe and alas for their sinnes, so preuenting deserued and threatned vengeance: for they hearing the crie of God, cried out themselues, and that in great humbling to God, so God heard their cries, and tooke pitty on them.

Isaiah was commanded to cry, and he cried: All flesh is grass, yea all the glory thereof like the flower of the ¹field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth when the ⟨image 55⟩spirit of Jehovah bloweth on it. Surely the people is grass. John was commanded in the spirit of Elijah to cry, and he cried, Prepare the way of Jehovah, make even in the desert a path for our God. And Jonah was ²commanded to cry, and he cried: Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. And all the Preachers of the gospel are commanded to cry, and that aloud, not to spare, to lift up their voices like a trumpet, to show Gods people their defections, and the house of Jacob their sins. And then also, if they thereby be truly humbled, to proclaim unto them, their iniquity is pardoned, they have received at the hand of Jehovah double for all their sins. It is required of the disposers of Gods