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A73175 Sixe sermons preached by Maister Henry Smith at Clement Danes Church without Temple barre. VVith tvvo prayers of the same author hereunto annexed. Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.; W. S. 1592 (1592) STC 22775.3; ESTC S125528 82,174 185

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beginneth to roote out some error or superstition at the first shall haue much a do for custome and natural corruption are the first causers of heresie and shall crie against her in the maintenance thereof and withstanders of reformation shall say great is Diana of Ephesus and so for a long time they seeme to wash the Ethiopian or the blacke More the more they wash him the more they gall him and yet he is an Ethiopian still but in the end the Arke standeth and Dagon falleth downe truth triumpheth 1. Sam. 5. ouer falshood hauing got the victorie light chaseth away darknesse with the brightnesse thereof To him that asketh what scripture haue you against it it is sufficient to answer what scripture haue you for it Is not this enough to ouerthrow it that for euerie idle word you must giue account as our sauiour Christ saith And againe saith God who hath required these things at your hands They aske what shall we not say God be with them Why should you I pray Esa 1. 2. Sam. 12. you what said Dauid of his child he said no such thing but thus he is gone and will not returne but I shal follow him If he be a good man we say the Lord be thanked for his deliuerance but if he be not then we say God graunt we may do better then he hath done that by his fall we may learne to rise from sinne Therefore as Iacob said to his wiues Gen. 35. and children giue me your idols that I may burie them so say I vnto you giue me your superstitions that I may burie thē that they may remaine with you or in you no longer to the dishonor of God offending of your weake brethren or to my griefe for I am iealous ouer you because seeing you are mine and I am yours ô that my voyce were as the whirlwind to beate downe root out and blow away all your superstitions that they may no lōger raigne among you Now to my text For mine eyes haue seene thy saluation Because the holy Ghost by inspiration had declared vnto him that he should not die til he had seene Iesus Christ therfore the same spirit led him to the temple shewed him that which it promised hauing seene the same he desireth and wisheth to die and be released from this earthly prison that he might liue with God As idle euil wishes are vaine because they are not according to faith nor grounded vpon the word of God so though we aske as cunningly as Iacob and as earnestly as the sonnes of Zebede yet if we aske not in faith according to knowledge Mar. 10. we can not obtaine for we must aske so that we may receiue that we may not returne emptie Then we see that the principal cause that moued Simeon to wish for death was because he had seene his sauiour and the true Messias which was promised by the father figured by the law spoken of by the Prophets and foretold by the fathers and pointed at by Iohn Baptist he embraced What desire should he haue of life when life and ioy and peace and the verie brightnesse of the image of God appeared vnto him for all his life is but a pilgrimage of sorow and of griefe yea a continuall combat with sin therfore what should he feare death But he might haue sayd long haue I wayted in patience but what is all the time that is past and the life that is to come to an ende My kingdome is not of this world and yet I Iohn 18. haue a kingdome whereof I am certified now I see thy saluation thou hast promised and now is thy promise fulfilled therefore blessed are they that hunger and thirst after Mat. 5. righteousnesse for none shall haue this food but they that hūger for it The murmuring Isrraelites died in the wildernesse might Num. 11. 14. and 16. and 21. c. not so much as see the land of Canaan because they murmured against their God As Moses died on the mount where he saw the land of Canaan so the godly die in the sight Deut. 34. of God in the contemplation of his glorie like Steuen who at the verie instant of Act. 7. his death saw the heauens open and Christ Iesus sitting at the right hand of his father and like Simeon here which died not till he saw the Lord of life and till he embraced him thankfully in his armes Beloued you are not ignorant that the great day of the Lord is neare at hand and therfore they that haue not yet seene Christ they that haue not yet embraced him but still sleepe without oyle in their lamps shall suddenly be ouertaken without the wedding garment and shall be cast into eternall torment for euer Mine eyes haue se●ne thy saluation c. Then we see that Christ was no spirit neither was his bodie a fantasticall bodie for if he were a spirit Simeon could not see him if his bodie were a fantasticall bodie then could not he haue embraced him Therfore we see that the wordes of the Scripture are true which saith that Christ was perfect man in all things sinne onely excepted For he sometime wept as at the death of Lazarus and likewise ouer Ierusalem Sometime Iohn 11. Luke 19. Iohn 4. Luke 10. Luke 5. he thirsted as at the well where the woman of Samaria disputed with him also sometime eate as at Marthaes house as also amōg Publicans and sinners which in euery thing shewed him selfe to be perfect man For mine eyes haue seene thy saluation c. O Lord saith he I desire now to be dissolued and free from the bondage of sinne which so long hath inhabited in my mortall bodie for now he is come by whom thou hast promised to free vs and set vs at liberty he is come by whom thou hast promised to breake the serpents head and he is come that will heale our infirmities and giue strength against sinne and Sathan by faith peace towards God through loue And now saith he I haue embraced him and thankfully do receiue him I beleeue and am perswaded that this is the same Messias whom the Father promised and the Prophets ●oretold all Israel lōged expected for who is the light of the Gentils the glory of Israel the God of the whole world Simeon was desirous to liue no longer in this mortall life when he saw perfect life but like Adam when he Gen. 3. came out of Paradice was desirous to come in againe or like the fish which is taken in the net out of the sea struggleth to get in againe Seeing now he is come for whom Simeon longed therfore what are the troubles that are past and the sorowes that are come to an end So they which loue the trueth of God and waite with desire to be filled with the knowledge therof such shal not die vntill they haue their hearts
will I feare and despaire Saluation is borne therfore we w●●e al in the state of condemnation before light is come therfore we sate all in darknesse before glorie is come therfore we were all loden with shame before life is come to shew that we were all dead in sinne before Life is come and light and saluation life to the dead light to the blind and saluation to the damned For Christ is called saluation to shew that without him we are all damned firebrands of hell heires of condemnation and forsaken of God To him that is sicke it is easie to be thankfull when he is whole but when he is whole it is harder to be thankfull then to be sicke I would faine be disproued that Niniueh might be saued though Ionah would not Thy saluation This word saluation is a sweet word yea the sweetest word in all the Scripture and yet many despise this worthy iewell because they knowe not what it is worth like the dawes which would rather haue a barley corne then a pearle or a iewell because they know not the value thereof O Lord what is man that thou art so mindfull Psal 8. of him O man what is God that thou art so vnmindfull of him If a friend had giuen vs anie thing we would haue thanked him heartely for it but to him that hath giuen vs all things we will not giue so much as thankes Now therefore let the rocke gush forth water againe and let our stonie hearts powre foorth streames of teares in vnfayned repentance We haue all called vpon you but none regardeth vs as though God were as Baall and as though Diues felt no paine nor Lazarus no ioy but all forgotten Manie times Christ commeth into the Temple and there is scarse a Simeon to embrace him the babe is here but where is Simeon If God had not loued vs better then we loued our selues we should haue perished long ere this and yet we embrace not Christ as Simeon who hath saued vs from temporall and spirituall punishments We are inuited to a banket he who calleth vs to it is God What is the banket Saluation Who are the guests The Angels and the Saints What is the fare Ioy peace righteousnesse this is the fare and we inuite you euery one yet who will come at our bidding some for want of faith some for want of loue some for want of knowledge haue despised this holy banket and vnto this art thou called ô soule vnworthie to be beloued FINIS THE SECOND SERMON OF THE SONG OF OLD FATHER SIMEON Thy saluation vvhich thou hast prepared before the face of all the people a light to be reuealed to the Gentiles and the glorie of thy people Israell THY saluation This woord saluation is a sweet word holds me to it like an Adamant for when I thought to proceede this word sayd vnto me stay here teach this and teach all learne this and learne all for it is the pith of all the mercies of God towards his children Christ is called saluation because no man should despaire and because it is impossibl● to be saued without him for saluation is onely in him Christ can do any thing but this he cannot saue him that will not repēt He is called the saluation of God because he came not from men nor from Angels nor by chance but from God him selfe and therefore his name was not giuen him after the maner of men which was that euerie father should name his owne child but so did not Ioseph for the Angel had giuen him Luke 1. Luke 1. Mat. 2. Luke 2. Mat. 2. Luke 3. Mar. 1. Luke 4. 15. Iohn 11. Mat. 27. direction for his name The Virgine the oracles the babes the shepherds the starre the wise mē the voyce of the cryer the deuils the leapers the sicke the dead the earthquake the sunne the moone all the cr●atures do beare witnesse vnto the sonne of God which is our saluation he is called the saluation of God because he is a saluation according to Gods owne minde He came not to bring ease and libertie but he came to bring the spirituall sword and condemnation to all obstinate sinners yet saluation to the penitent I shewed you howe many despised this iewell because they knowe not what it is worth how few Simeons there be in the Tēple how few Nathanaels how few men that feare God these plants grow not on euerie ground Who would be vnthankfull if he knew what the Lord giues and what he forgiues he giues the sonne for the bastard the Lord for the seruant the righteous for sinners the innocent for the wicked and the almightie Lord for the sinfull sonnes of mē Do you not maruel how you can offend this Lord willingly which hath done so much for you Here I reprooue vnthankfulnesse securitie and negligence striuing as it were to crucifie Christ again as the wicked Iewes did who neuer prospered since the time that they sayd his bloud be vpon vs and vpon Mat. 27. 25 our seed They were not like Simeon who as soone as he saw him embraced him and reioyced ouer him There is no shew of grace in thē which shew no liking of godlinesse neither in them selues nor in others for this is the first part of our conuersion to loue them that loue God and so they are drawne to the Sonne No man will build an Arke vntill the ●loud come no man will seeke for Gen. 7. corne vntill the famine come and scarse Lot Gen. 42. Gen. 19● will be gone out of Sodome before the time of execution of Gods wrath do come vpon them We preach vnto you and call vpon you we haue euen wearied our selues among you we haue reproued you for sin and we must still reproue you vntill you amend now therefore if there be anie grace in you if ye haue anie knowledge any feare of God in you if you haue anie goodnesse in you if you haue anie leasure to be saued turne backe now from doing euil come out of hell and plucke your limbes out of the clouches of the serpent for verily we haue not done so well in this citie as the Niniuits did for all the preaching and teaching we haue had For who hath determined in his heart to amend his life who hath left his pride who hath restored that which he hath taken by extortion vsurie wrong surely they that haue done thus are monsters I can not see him he walketh inuisible and can not be found The heauens trembled at the death of Christ the sunne did hide his face the earth quaked the vaile of the Temple Mat. 27. 45 51. 52. 53. rent in sunder the dead bodies rose out of their graues and all this was to shew that the Prince of the world suffered violence that the Lord of life suffred death for the rāsome of vs and all whatsoeuer throughout the world that do beleeue the Gospell and liue in obedience and