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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12429	Foure sermons preached by Master Henry Smith. And published by a more perfect copie then heretofore; Sermons. Selected sermons	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1599 (1599)	STC 22748; ESTC S117441	74,212	106

IH̄S FOVRE SERMONS PREACHED BY MASTER HENRY SMITH And published by a more perfect copie then heretofore ET VSQVE AD NVBES VERITAS TVA AT LONDON Printed by P. S. for Cutbert Burby 1599. PS The contents 1 The trumpet of the soule 2 The sinfull mans search 3 Maries choyce 4 Noahs drunkennes THE TRVMPET OF THE SOVLE SOVNDING TO IVDGEMENT By Henry Smith Ecclesiastes 11. Chap. 9. verse The text Reioyce O young man in thy youth and let thy hart be mery in thy young dayes follow the wayes ofthine owne hart and the lustes ofthine eyes But remember for all these thinges thou must come to iudgement WHen I should haue Preached vnder the crosse I mused what text to take in hand to please all and to keepe my selfe out of daunger and musing I could not finde anie text in the scripture that did not reprooue sinne vnlesse it were in the Apocrypha which is not of the scripture this text bids them that be voluptuous be voluptuous still let them that be vaine glorious be vaine glorious still let them that be couetous be couetous still let them that be drunkards be drunkards still let them that be swearers be swearers still let them that be wantons bee wantons still let them that be careles prelates be careles still let them that be vsurers be vsurers stil but saith Solomō Remēber thy end that thou shalt be called to iudgemēt at the last for altogether This is the coūsell of Salomō the wisest then liuing what a counsel 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 keepe his commaundements in the 12. Chapter he saith Remember thy maker in the daies of thy youth But heere hee sayth Reioyce O yong man in thy youth Here hee speaketh like an epicure which saith Eate drinke and be merrie here he counsels and heere hee mockes yet not after the maner of scorners although they deserued it in shewing their foolishnes as it is in the first of the Prouerbes He laughed at the wicked in derision As in the 2. Psalme God seeing vs follow our owne waies For when he bids vs pray wee play and when he bids vs runne wee stand still and when hee bids vs fast wee feast and send for vanities to make vs sport then he laughes at our destruction Therefore when Salomon giueth a sharpe reproofe and maketh you ashamed in a word he scoffinglie bids you do it agayne like a Schoolemaster which beateth his Scholler for playing the truant he biddeth him play the truant againe O this is the bitterest reproofe of all But least anie Libertine should misconster Salomon and saie that he bids vs be merry and make much of our selues therefore he shutteth it vp with a watchword and setteth a bridle before his lips and reprooueth it as hee speaketh it before hee goeth any further and sayth But remember that for all these thinges thou must come to iudgement But if wee will vnderstand his meaning hee meaneth when hee sayth Reioyce O young man Repent O young man in thy youth and when he sayth Let thy hart cheere thee let thy sinnes greeue thee for hee meaneth other-wise then he speaketh he speaketh like Michal in the booke of Kinges 2. Chap. Go vp and prosper or like as Ezechiell Go vp and serue other Gods or as Saint Iohn speaketh in the Reuelation Let them that hee wicked bee wicked still But if there were no iudgement daye that were a merrye world therefore sayth Salomon When thou art in thy pleasures flaunting in the fieldes and in thy braue ruffes and amongst thy louers with thy smyling lookes thy wantō talke and merry iestes with thy pleasant games and loftie lookes Remember for al these thinges thou shalt come to iudgemēt Whilest the theefe stealeth the hempe groweth and the hooke is couered within the baite we sit downe to eate and rise vp to playe and from playe to sleepe and a hundreth yeeres is counted little enough to sin in but how many sinnes thou hast set on the score so many kindes of punishments shall be prouided for thee Howe manye yeares of pleasure thou hast taken so many yeeres of payne how many drams of delight so many poundes of dolour when iniquitie hath playd her parte vengeance leapes vpon the stage the comedie is shorte but the tragedie is longer the blacke guarde shall attend vpon you you shall eate at the table ofsorrowe and the crowne of death shall bee vpon your heads manye glistring faces looking on you and this is the feare of sinners when the deuill hath entised them to sinne hee presumeth like the olde Prophet in the booke of Kings who when he had entised the yong Prophet contrary to the commaundement of God to turne home with him and to eate and drinke he cursed him for his labour because hee disobeyed the commaundement of the Lord and so a Lyon deuoured him by the way The foolish virgins thinke that their oile wil neuer be spent so Dina stragled abroad whilest she was defloured what a thing is this to saie reioyce and then repent What a blanke to say take thy pleasure and then thou shalt come to iudgement It is as if he should say steale be hanged steale thou darest strangle sin in the cradle for all the wisedome in the world will not help thee else but thou shalt bee in admiration like dreamers which dreame strange thinges and knowe not how they come He saith Remember iudgement if thou remember alwaies then thou shalt haue little list to sinne if thou remember this then thou shalt haue little list to fall downe to the diuell though hee woulde 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 breedes periurie periurie breedes hautines of hart hautines of hart breedes contempt contempt breedes obstinacie and brings forth much euill And this is the whole progresse of sinne he groweth from a lyar to a theefe from a theefe to a murtherer and neuer leaueth vntill hee haue searched all the roomes in hell and yet hee is neuer satisfied the more hee sinneth the more hee searcheth to sinne when he hath deceiued nay he hath not deceiued thee assoone as he hath that he desireth he hath not that he desireth when he hath left fighting hee goeth to fighting agayne 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 we breake ten like children which laugh and crye so as if wee kept a shop of vices now this sinne and then that from one sinne to another O Remember thy end sayth Salomon that thou must