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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12430	Two sermons, of Ionahs punishment ; Foure sermons preached by Maister Henry Smith ; and published by a more perfect copie then heretofore.	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1607 (1607)	STC 22751; STC 22754; ESTC S514	75,287	114

let them that be swearers be swearers still let them that be wantons be wantons still let them that be carelesse prelates be carelesse still let them that be vsurers be vsurers still but saith Salomon Remember thy end that thou shalt be called to iudgement at the last for altogether This is the counsell of Salomon the wisest then liuing what a counsell is this for a wise man such a one as was Salomon In the beginning of his booke he saith All is vanitie and in the end he saith Feare God and keepe his Commandements in the 12. Chapter he saith Remember thy maker in the dayes of thy youth But here hee saith Reioyce O yong man in thy youth Here he speaketh like an Epicure which sayth Eate drinke and bee merry heere hee counseles and heere hee mockes yet not after the manner of scorners although they deserued it in shewing their foolishnesse as it is in the first of the Prouerbes Hee laughed at the wicked in derision as in the second Psalme God seeing vs follow our owne wayes For when he bids vs pray wee play and when he bids vs runne wee stand still and when he bids vs fast wee feast and send for vanities to make vs sport then hee laughs at our destruction Therefore when Salomon giueth a sharpe reproofe and maketh you ashamed in a word hee scoffingly bids you doe it againe like a Schoolemaister which beateth his Scholer for playing the truant hee biddeth him play the truant againe O this is the bitterest reproofe of all But least any Libertine should misconster Salomon and say that hee bids vs be merry and make much of our selues therefore he shutteth vp with a watchword and setteth a bridle before his lips and reprooueth it as he speaketh it before hee goeth any further and sayth But remember that for all these things thou must come to iudgement But if we will vnderstand his meaning hee meaneth when hee saith Reioyce O young man Repent O young man in thy youth and when hee saith Let thy heart cheare thee Let thy sinnes greiue thee for hee meaneth otherwise then he speaketh hee speaketh like Michai in the booke of Kings the second Chapter Goe vp and prosper or like as Ezechiel Goe vp and serue other Gods or as Saint Iohn speaketh in the Reuelation Let them that be wicked bee wickea still But if there were no iudgement day that were a merry world therefore saith Salomon when thou art in thy pleasures flaunting in the fields and in thy braue ruffes and amongst thy Louers with thy smiling lookes thy wanton talke and merry iestes with thy pleasant games and loftie lookes Remember for all these things thou shalt come to iudgement Whilest the theefe stealeth the hempe groweth and the hooke is couered within the baite wee sit downe to eate and rise vp to play and from play to sleepe and a hundred yeares is counted little enough to sinne in but how many sinnes thou hast set on the score so many kinds of punishments shall bee prouided for thee Howe many yeeres of pleasure thou hast taken so many yeeres of paine how many drammes of delight so many pounds of dolour when iniqui tie hath plaid her part vengance leapes vpon the stage the Comedie is short but the Tragedie is longer the blacke gard shall attend vpon you you shall eate at the table of sorrow and the crowne of death shall bee vpon your heads many glistring faces looking on you and this is the feare of sinners when the deuill hath entised them to sinne hee presumeth like the old Prophet in the booke of kings who when he had entised the yong Prophet contrarie to the commaundement of God to turne home with him and to eate and drinke he cursed him for his labour because he disobeyed the commaundement of the Lord and so as a Lyon deuoured him by the way The foolish virgins thinke that their oyle will neuer bee spent so Dina stragled abroad whilest shee was defloured what a thing is this to say Reioyce then Repent what a blanke to say Take thy pleasure then thou shalt come to iudgement It is as if he should say Steale and be hanged steale and thou darest strangle sin the cradle for all the wisdome in the world will not helpe thee else but thou shalt be in admiration like dreamers which dreame strange things and knowe not how they come He saith Remember iudgement If thou remember alwaies then thou shalt haue little list to sin if thou remember this then thou sahtl haue little list to fall downe to the deuill though hee would giue thee all the world and the glorie thereof Salomon saith The weede groweth from a weede to a cockle from a cockle to a bramble from a bramble to a brier from a brier to a thorne Lying breeds periury periury breedes haughtines of heart haughtines of heart breeds contempt contempt breedes obstinacie and brings forth much euill And this is the whole progresse of sin he groweth from a lyer to a theefe from a theefe to a murtherer and neuer leaueth vntil hee hath searched all the roome in hell and yet hee is neuer satisfied the more hee sinneth the more hee searcheth to sin when he hath deceiued nay he hath not deceiued thee assoone as hee hath that he desireth hee hath not that hee desireth when he hath left fighting he goeth to fighting againe yet a little and a little more and so wee flit from one sinne to another While I preach you heare iniquitie ingender within you and will breake forth as soone as you are gone So Christ wept Ierusalem laughed Adam brake one and wee breake ten like children which laugh and cry so as if wee kept a shop of vices now this sinne and then that from one sinne to another O remember thy end saith Salomon and that thou must come to iudgement What shall become of them that haue tryed them most Bee condemned most Reioyce O young man in thy youth But if thou marke Salomon he harpes vpon one string hee doubles it againe and againe to shew vs things of his owne experience because wee are so forgetfull thereof in our selues like the dreamer that forgetteth his dreame and the swearer his swearing So wee begge of euery vncleane spirit vntill wee haue bumbasted our selues vp to the throat filling euery corner of our heartes withall vncleannesse and then we are like the dogge that commeth out of the sinke and maketh euery one as foule as himselfe therefore sayth Salomon If any one will learne the way to hell let him take his pleasure Me thinke I see the Dialogue betweene the flesh and the Spirit the worst speaketh first and the flesh sayth Soule take thine ease eate drinke and goe braue lye soft what else should you doe but take your pleasure thou knowest what a pleasant fellowe I haue beene vnto thee thou knowest what delight thou hast had by my meanes but the soule commeth in burthened with that which hath