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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B15838	Tvvo sermons preached by Master Henry Smith: with a prayer for the morning thereunto adioyned. And published by a more perfect copy then heeretofore; Sermons. Selected sermons	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1610 (1610)	STC 22768; ESTC S117490	89,948	135

gone hence Hee came not in the beginning because if he had come before man had sinned man would haue acknowledged no neede of a Physitian but when man had sinned and had felt the smart of sinne for when they were cast out of Paradise they ranne vnto Christ as the Israelites did to the Serpent He came not in the beginning but in the perfect age of the world to shew that he brought with him perfection perfect ioy perfect peace perfect wisedome perfect righteousnes perfect iustice perfect truth signifying thereby that not withstanding he came in the perfect age thereof yet he found all things vnperfect The Iewes thought that he should come like some great Prince with pompe and glory which was a carnall conceite for heerein they were meruailously deceiued his father was but a poore Carpenter and his mother but a simple woman and he a silly babe wrapt in clouts Then ought not we to reuerence our Lord and to praise his Name for that he became so humble for vs most vile wretches that are worthy of nothing yet we see how cruelly they dealt with this blessed One which came to saue them Ignorance sate in the chaire deceit gaue the sentence and cruelty executed him with the most painfull and shamefull death of the crosse O that your eies doe not dazell and your eares tingle and your hearts meruaile at this dealing of theirs to our louing Sauiour which came to saue them that would and specially in that now you see that he abased himselfe for our sakes euen to the vttermost O wonderfull thing to thinke of Jf you would marke J would make you in loue with him before I haue done with you I say vnto all those that come hither to be edified take your fill of pleasure enter into Paradise lift vp your eyes stretch forth your hands and eate your fill of the tree of life and the Lord will goe home with you embrace him and kisse him entertaine him well and he will dwell with you for euer But you that come hither for fashion sake either to see or to bee seene to finde fault with some-what or to make an hypocriticall shew of godlinesse where there is none I tell you that comfort shall shake hands with you at the dore marke it and you shall see that my words are true Shew me what it is that is better then saluation I would haue none of you to bee damned if I might preuen it not so much as a peece of you to be giuen vnto sathan therefore I would J knew that stone that would kill Goliah for I would strike it with my might into his temples If you will you may be saued and the Lord will one day put those words into my mouth that will touch your hearts Therefore now arise kisse and embrace the sweet babe Iesus and then afterward frame your selues to obey him for then the Lord wil knocke at your hearts and if you wil let him in he will teach you all things The Lord came not in the beginning nor in the ending but he came in the middle age of the world to shew that if it will not learne now it will neuer learne Psal 2. to come vnto God by repentance and amendment that they may learne to kisse the sonne lest hee be angry and so they perish in his wrath like Sodome Hee came in the middle age of the world to shew that he was indifferent for the world to giue light and life vnto all that returne Acts 10. vnto him For God respecteth no persons but euery man of what nation or Countrey soeuer he be that feareth God and worketh righteousnesse is accepted of him and he will fufill their ioyes through Christ yet not when wee will but according to his owne good pleasure and when he thinketh good Therefore stay Helias anon 1. King 17. Exo. 14. the Rauens wil bring thee meat and thou shalt haue enough Anon Moses will deliuer Israel So saluation is already prepared of God and hath beene long since with fulnesse of knowledge and al excellent gifts and he will giue them to vs when hee seeth good But wee are like whining children that will not stay vntill their milke bee cold but would haue it though they be scalded with it so wee would haue the knowledge of God and liberty before wee know how to vse it Wee would know the high mysteries and deepe counsels of God before wee know our selues we would haue the liberty of the Gospel when we know no way how to vse it but in security But the Lord hee will wisely giue vnto vs as it were our bellies full when he seeth it good and when hee seeth vs ready for it who knoweth our hearts better then we our selues A light to be reuealed to the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel You haue heard Simeon shewing the cause why the sonne was sent from the Father why hee became man which raigned before in Paradise VVhat mooued God to leaue his ioy and his blisse and suffer more then all the world could suffer together A great cause it is that would make a king leaue his kingdome and fal to beggerie A great and wonderfull cause it was that made Iehouah to come downe from heauen to suffer misery vpon the earth Two other causes Simeon sheweth why this Messias came from heauen The first that he might enlighten the Gentiles which sate in darknesse and the second that he might be the glory of Israel which gloried in their sacrifices and in their ceremonies and so had no glorie before he came but were like the Moone when the Sunne doth shine vpon it or like Rachel which despised Gen. 29. Leah and became barten And they despised the Gentiles light like that sonne which was angry because Luk. 15. his lost brother came home againe or like those labourers which checked the Lord of the vineyard because Matth. 20. he gaue vnto the other labourers as much as hee gaue vnto them But the Gentiles are like Leah who being Gene. 29. despised became fruitfull Simeon did reioyce in Christ not onely for that hee was the glory of Israel but also for that he was the light of the Gentiles Shall the head be sorrowfull because the hand is well Nay rather the hand should bee glad because the head is well and the head because the hand is well The father should be glad because his sonne is stronger then himselfe the mother should be gladde because her daughter is wiser then her selfe the brother should bee glad because his brother is richer then himselfe the mistresse should reioyce because her maid is a better huswife then her selfe But we enuie our brethren and our neighbours because they are better then we and because God hath blessed them with temporall or spirituall things aboue vs if we see that they haue learning then we enuie them for their learning if he haue more gifts wee enuy him for