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Two sermons preached by Master Henry SmithTvvo sermons preached by Master Henry Smith
Two sermons preached by Master Henry Smith: with a prayer for the morning thereunto adjoined. And published by a more perfect copy then heretoforeTvvo sermons preached by Master Henry Smith: with a prayer for the morning thereunto adioyned. And published by a more perfect copy then heeretofore
London: printed by William Hall for William Leake, 1610
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.
Christ saith; If you will follow me. If you will: but he saith, I will make ye follow me, and do as I bid you, you shall have fire and fagot, scalding lead and burning pitch; if you will not follow me, you shall, whether you will or no: we will make you do as we command, saith his eldest son Antichrist, usurping authority over nations, and inflicting torments on the Saints. His order of tempting is, first to make us doubt of the word of God: whether such and such doctrine be true, such and such an action be commanded, such and such a promise, such and such a threatening be certain. Then secondly he falls to flat denying of it, this doctrine, these promises, these threatenings are false, this thing is not commanded, this action is not condemned. And then comes he in with his contradiction, contrary assertions, & countermands. For there is no commandment of God, but the devil commands the contrary, & he is ever gain saying that which 1God saith For our God saith unto Adam, if you eat of the forbidden fruit, you shall surely die: the devil came ⟨image 62⟩and he told them, first ti is not certain you shall die: then, you shall not die; then thirdly, you shall be as gods, knowing 2good from evil. God saith, submit your selves one to another in brotherly love: the devil saith, first, you need not to abase your selves so much; secondly, you should not yield to others: then thirdly, advance your selves, and contemn others. God saith, Love thy neighbour 3as thy self: the devil saith, first love little and outwardly, then, love none but thy self: then thirdly, hate thine enemies, envy thy betters, disdain thine equals, despise thine inferiors. God saith, Labour for that food that perisheth not: the devil saith, first, care not much 4for it: then secondly, contemn it: then thirdly, stir not an inch for it. God saith, Forsake the world: the Devil saith, first, neglect not the world; then, love 5the world, then thirdly, give over your selves unto the world above all, follow the world with all the lusts thereof.