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

will not afford poor Lazarus the crumbs that fall from their table: but as the damosel, Acts 12. opened not the door for joy when she heard Peters voice; so by contrary, these men for very grief shut their gates, when they perceive a beggar there Finally, Zaccheus was joyful when he entertained Christ, but many amongst us are sorrowful when they should relieve the poor, like churlish Nabal, 1. Samuel 25. that reviled David, when he should have relieved him.

will not affoord poore Lazarus the crummes that fall from their table: but as the damosell, Acts 12. opened not the doore for ioy when she heard Peters voyce; so by contrary, these men for verie griefe shut their gates, when they perceiue a begger there Finally, Zaccheus was ioyfull when he entertained Christ, but many amongst vs are sorrowfull when they should relieue the poore, like churlish Nabal, 1. Samuel 25. that reuiled Dauid, when he should haue releeued him.

So long as Job prospered, he kept a worthy and a worshipful house, he suffered not the stranger to lie in thee streets, but opened his door to the Traveller that went by the way, Job. 31, 32. But now many Gentlemen of the country are content to suffer the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, not only to lie but even to starve and die in the streets with hunger and cold, and never receive them to house or harbour, nor afford them any relief or succour. But as the voice of Abel's blood did cry from the earth to God for vengeance against ¹his brothers cruelty: so the voice of the poor and their piteous cries, shall enter into the ears of the Lord, and their guiltless blood (which is poured forth in every place without all compassion) shall pull down hasty and sudden vengeance from heaven upon the heads of those unmerciful cormorants, unless while this time of mercy lasteth, they show mercy to their distressed neighbours.