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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

nothing but that which truely is fulfilled in due time and the more often it speakes of a thing the more certaine the more excellent and the more to be beleeued it is Like a Iewell that is beset with pearle so is our calling adorned with Scriptures for so doeth God tender our calling which is often in his mouth and wee so often in his remembrance that hee speaketh of vs in euerie booke throughout the whole Scriptures like a kinde spouse whose loue is in a strange countrey and he delighteth himselfe with thoughts and meditations of her so hee did long vntill the Gentiles were come to him againe like the prodigall child whose Father did long vntill hee had embraced him When shall my prodigall sonne come home againe saith hee Luke 15. I will put my best garment on his backe and my golde ring on his finger and his fare shall bee the daintiest morsell And thus God longeth for our saluation and hee knocketh at our doores Is faith heere is loue heere is one called the feare of God in this place And as loue maketh louers sometime to speake plainely and familiarly one to another sometime by darke speeches and riddles sometime by letters sometime by dumbe shewes and signes and sometime to hide themselues one from another So our God speaketh sometime plainely to his Church sometime darkely and mystically sometime hee turneth his face from his Church and deere spouse as though hee would not speake vnto her for loue as appeareth in the booke of the Canticles Of the casting off of the Iewes and calling in of the Gentiles the first type or figure was Caine and Abel Caine was the eldest sonne of Adam and Abel the yonger yet God loued Abel and accepted his sacrifice but God reiected Caine for his wickednes and hee became a reprobate Euen so doeth God hee reiecteth the Iewes which were the eldest sonne the true Oliue and the natural● seede and Gods deere children if they had continued in obedience and he taketh vs being but the yongest sonne the wilde Oliue the seede of the wicked and maketh vs children by adoption vnto him onely of his mercy without any other cause The second example was Sem and Iaphet both which Gen. 9. Gen. 5. 1. 2 9. 24 10. 21. 11. 10. Gen. 9. 27. Iohn 10. 16. were Noahs sonnes Sem was the second sonne and Iaphet the first and of this Iaphet came the Gentiles of him said Noah God perswade Iaphet that he may dwel in the tents of Sem that is that they may be vnited together as wee see it is is come to passe Other sheepe I haue saith Christ which are not of this fold them also will I bring and they shall beare my voyce and there shall be one sheepefold and one shepheard The third type or figure was Ismael and Isaac both the sonnes of Abraham Ismael was the eldest Isaac the Gen. 21. younger yet Isaac was chosen of God and enioyed the promise and Ismael his eldest brother a mocker of Isaac was put away the Lord was not with him The fourth type or figure was Iacob and Esau both sonnes to Isaac Esau was the eldest brother Iacob the Gen. 25. younger yet God loued Iacob and hated Esau because Esau contemned his birth-right and sold it to Iacob for a messe of pottage and therefore Iacob stole the blessing from him so God blessed Iacob but cursed Esau wereby is shewed that the Lord did for the contempt of the Iewes take away their birth-right and their blessing and hath giuen it vnto vs. The fift type or figure was Leah and Rachel the two daughters of Laban Leah was the elder but bleare or Gen. 29. 16. squint-eyed Rachel the yonger beautifull and faire 17. Therefore Rachel was beloued of Iacob and Leah despised 18. Yet Leah was first married 23. And also made fruitfull 31. but Rachel also war after maried 28. and more beloued 30 and hauing enuied her sisters fruitfulnes 30. 1. and repented God remembred her and made her fruitfull So Christ first married the Iewes and made them glorious but when they despised their glory he married with the Gentiles and they enuying their happinesse of barren in all goodnes became fruitfull in true holinesse The sixt figure was Manasses and Ephraim the two sonnes of Ioseph Manasles was the eldest and Ephraim was the yongest Both of them Joseph hauing brought to Iacob his Father that he might blesse them he tooke Manasses and put him towards Jacobs right hand that he might blesse him first and more plentifully and hee tooke Ephraim and put him towards Iacobs left hand But Iacob stretched out his right hand and laide it vpon Ephraims head which was the yonger and his left hand vpon Manasses directing his hands so of purpose for Manasses was the elder of them Thus the Lord blessed vs when there was no hope left for vs. The seuenth figure was Rahab a harlot in Iericho who was a Gentile yet her heart was touched so that she Ios 2. receiued and entertained the spies that Israel sent and in time of danger hid them that they should take no harme signifying thereby that the Gentiles should receiue and embrace the Israelites and messengers of the Gospel and keepe them as safely and defend them as diligently as Rahab did the spies of Israel The eight figure was Ruth a Moabite of her Christ Ruth 4. Iesus vouchsafed to come as concerning the flesh to shew that he came not onely of the Iewes and for the Iewes but also of and for the Gentiles which were the lost sheepe vnhoped for being strangers from the couenant The ninth figure was Sampson who being a Iew Iudg. 14. would needes marry with a Gentile signifying that Christ Iesus would also marry with the Gentiles as he did with the Iewes The tenth figure was Salomon who married Pharaos daughter which was an Egyptian and Gentile signifying 1. Reg. 11. therby that Christ would take him a spouse among the Gentiles to marry with himselfe as Dauid in the Psal 45. Psalmes declareth The eleuenth figure was Naaman the Syrian whose leprosie is turned vpon Gehezie the leprosie of an heathen 2. Reg. 5. and ignorant man turned vpon an Israelite and one that had the knowledge of God being the seruant of a Prophet signifying that our leprosie of sinne and ignorance should be turned from vs vpon the Iewes who had the knowledge of the law of God but esteemed it not but were vnthankfull for it Many like examples there are in the new Testament For like as the Cherubins though seuered in sunder yet looked one towards another and both vpon the mercie-seate so the olde Testament and the new looke one towards another and yet point at one and the same thing The first type or figure in the newe Testament was the Wise-men which were the first fruits of the Gentiles Mar. 2. and came from the East being guided by a statre