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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60421	The last sermon of Mr. Henry Smith sometime Master of Arts in Christ-Church College in Oxford, & late minister in Sallop. With his earnest invitations to the Sacrament of the Lords Supper. And directions to young beginners that they may be fitted for that Holy Communion, and receive it with profit. 2. His holy and pious sayings in general, necessary for all persons. 3. Instructions for young people, exhorting them to obedience, and duty towards their parents. 4. The sad effects of disobedience, in the examples of many wicked and unnatural children, who ame [sic] to untimely ends. With prayers suitable to divers occasions, by the same author. Published for the instruction and benefit of all Christian people. Licensed and entred according to order.	Smith, Henry, d. 1702.	1686 (1686)	Wing S4041; ESTC R220563	10,445	29

The Last SERMON Of Mr. Henry Smith Sometime Master of Arts in Christ-Church College in Oxford late Minister in Sallop With his earnest Invitations to the Sacrament of the Lords Supper And Directions to young beginners that they may be fitted for that Holy Communion and receive it with profit 2. His Holy and Pious Sayings in general necessary for all persons 3. Instructions for young People Exhorting them to Obedience and duty towards their Parents 4. The sad effects of disobedience in the Examples of many wicked and unnatural Children who ●ame to untimely ends With Prayers sutable to divers occasions by the same Author ●ublished for the instruction and benefit of all Christian People Licensed and Entred according to Order Printed for J. Blare at the Looking-glass on London Bridge 1686 The Epistle to the READER REader in this small Treatise you will 〈◊〉 such Spiritual Consolation as will if it 〈◊〉 rightly applied strengthen you and inable 〈◊〉 to resist the wiles of the Tempter who l● snares to intrap the doubting or careless So● and not only so but hereby you will be furnis● with Coeles●●al Manna to sustain you and k● you from fainting in your Pilgrimage thro●●● the wilderness of this World till you safely ●rive at the Heavenly Canaan where all is 〈◊〉 and peace The which that it may be the 〈◊〉 and portion of all faithful and sincere Chri●ans is the hearty desire of him who is a well-w●●●er to Soules J. B. The Last SERMON OF Mr Henry Smith Late Minister in Salop. c. Luke 10. Chap. 13. Verse Woe unto thee Chorazin woe unto thee Bethsaida for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sydon which have been done in you they had long ago repented in Sackcloth Ashes OUr Blessed Saviour the Prince of Peace the Mediator and Judge of the World in order to recover lost ●nd undone Man and restore him to the state ●rom whence he through disobedience was ●allen laying aside the Ensigns of Glory and Majesty for a time was content to leave the Right Hand of his Almighty Father and to ●orgo those Hallelujahs and Triumphant Songs sung in his praise by Saints and Angels ●o take our Nature upon him and fulfill his Fathers pleasure that he might take away the Curse by becoming an acceptable Sacrific● and a propitiation for the remission of sins But what Entertainment did this low cond●scention of the Second Person in the blesse Trinity meet with among the ingrateful So● of men why almost as soon as he was bo● though his humble Birth was celebrated an● proclaimed with greater magni●cence tha● the greatest of Kings which might have convinced t●e stupid world that he was the Mess●● a Tyrant seeks his life and all along snar● were laid to intrap him ye● he went abou● doing good even to those that were his enemy● many of whom his Miracles though the● were such as never man did could not mo● to relent or once so much as consider th● miserable state they were in which ma● our compassionate Lord use these words of 〈◊〉 Text viz. Woe un● thee Chorazin woe 〈◊〉 thee Bethsaida for if the mighty works had be● done in Tyre and Sydon which have been done● you they had long ago repented in Sackcloth a● Ashes By which it is plain That Me●c● and the offers of Grace ●●ighted and neglect● draw down impendant Judgments upon t● Heads of the Sons of men for certain it i● that Tyre and Sydon had not the means used 〈◊〉 them that were used in Chorazin and Beths●da they had not the Gospel preached unt● them nor the visible presence of God among them no they were in darkness and groped for that Light only which others had as bright as the Sun at Noon day yet shut their eves against it they re●used his instructions and would ●ave none of his Reproo●s that out of the abundance of h●s love came to pluck them out of the snares wherein Saran had intrapped them and Chose darkness rather than light because their de●ds were evil Oh had they but considered in that the day of their peace when grace and mercy was offered how happy had they been but by carelesness and negligence le●ting so great a mercy ●●ip he that came to save them pronounced in the followi●g verse of my Text that It should be more tolerable for ●yre and Sydon at the day of Judgment than for th●se Cities And now let us consider a little with our selves and exami●● whether we are not in the same Bal●ance with those people whether the o●●ers of G●ac● have not b●en equal whether our ●igh●ing them have not been more and if 〈◊〉 how we shall avoid ●hose woes pronounced which wo●s are not temporal but eternal Have we not had the Gospel in its purity for many years preached amongst us and its light shining bright as the Morning ●tar whilest Nations fit in Darkness and the shadow of Death how often has Life and Salvation been held forth and how often refused and slighted Consider I say how the precious moments upon the well-using of which our immortal souls depend have been vainly and idly squandered away in pursuing vanity and our own idle imaginations in taking care for the things of this World which profit not but are fading and momentary almost lost as soon as obtained making themselves wings and flying away which caused the Royal Preacher to say That after his considering all things under the Sun he found them to be but vanity and vexation of Spirit and indeed they are less than vanity if compared with those immortal joys that are layed up for the Righteous which Eye hath not seen nor Ear heard neither have they entred into the heart of man to conceive Have we I say slighted and carelesly rejected these favours and offers of Grace the● certain it is we may expect to be included into the number of those that were bidden to the Marriage-Feast and by many trivial Excuses denyed to grace the Chamber of their Lord and so be pronounced unworthy which must needs be the greatest misery that can befall us for that Parable relates not to a temporal Feast but to the fulness of joy that ●hall be hereafter in the presence of the great God of Heaven and Earth and how then ●hall we mourn when too late we find our ●elves shut out from the Beatifick vision ●hrough carelesness and negligence whilest ●hose that travelled in Lanes and by the High-way little expecting so happy an in●itation supply our places O What a tor●uring and tormenting sting will it be when ●e consider that for the trifling momentary ●anities of this deceitful World we have ●ost those immeasurable and unspeakable Joys ●hat were freely offered and might have been ●ur own for mortifying a few carnal Lusts ●nd vain delights wherein we found no satis●action Nor will it be the least addition to ●ur misery in our lost Estate to think how we have been invited and once and again