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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12430	Two sermons, of Ionahs punishment ; Foure sermons preached by Maister Henry Smith ; and published by a more perfect copie then heretofore.	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1607 (1607)	STC 22751; STC 22754; ESTC S514	75,287	114

onely but the richest and greatest the nobles and king also and so all escaped now soone after they returned to their vomit and neuer ceased to adde sin to sinne till they were by open wars miserably wasted and at length fulfilling the prophecie of Nahū vtterly consumed Therefore first for the comfort of the godly since Nah 3. 19 1. King 21. 26. 27. 29 2. Chro. 10. 5. 1. King 14. 22. 2. Chro 14. 6 Ahab humbled himselfe before the Lord Ahab I say that had done exceeding abhominably infollowing Idols and sold himselfe to worke wickednes in the sight of the Lord submitted himselfe vnder the hand of GOD fasting in sack-cloth though he did all in hypocrisie had not the euill threatned brought vpon him in his dayes seeing Roboam and the princes of Israel who had forsaken the Lord and the whole tribe of Iudah which wrought wickednes in the sight of the Lord prouoked him more with their sins then all that their fathers had done hūbling thēselues before the Lord and confessing him iust had not the wrath of the Lord powred vpō them by Shishak K. of Egypt were not destroyed but shortly deliuered yea also thinges prospered in Iudah though the Lorde had threatned to leaue 7. 12. them in the hands of Shishak albeit they truely repented not lastly for as much as Niniuie that bloudie cittie full of lies and robberie the beautifull harlot with multitude of 5 13. Nah. 3. 1. 4 fornications that mistresse of witch-crafts which sold the people through her whoredomes and the nations through her witch-crafts humbling themselues with fasting and putting on of sack-cloth the Lord repented of the euill he had threatned them and did it not how assured may we bee that whatsoeuer iudgement the Lord threatneth vs Ionah 3. 7. 8. 10. and howsoeuer he threaten it it shall not light on vs when we vnfainedly humble our selues in true fasting turning from our euill wayes and from the heart vowing to serue God in all holinesse For this is the cleare promise of the faithfull God If I shut the heauen that there bee no raine or 2. Chro. 7. 13. 14. if I commaund the grashopper to deuour the land or if I sende pestilence among my people if my people among whome my name is called vpon doe humble themselues and pray and secke my presence and turne from their wicked wayes then will I heare in heauen and be mercifull to their sinne and heale their land Againe as generally most plainely sayth iust Iehouah Iere. 18. 7 8. I will speake suddenly against a nation or against a kingdome saying I will plucke it vp and roote it out and destroy it but if this nation against which I haue pronounced this turne from their wickednesse I will repent of the plague that I thought to bring vpon them Let vs then O beloued of the Lord whosoeuer loue the Lord Iesus bee carefull to fulfill the condition and then confident not doubting of the performance of the promise by so much the more by how much the fewer wee bee and by how much the longer and clearer the Lord hath threatned most terrible iudgements Now for the terror of the vngodly as many of them as repent onely when Gods hand is vpon them then humble themselues outwardly onely that but only when the fiercenesse of his wrath appeareth or else after they haue escaped the feared iudgement fall to their wonted wickednesse againe let them bee sure the strong and iust God that consumed Niniuie slidden backe will ouertake them also in wrath and for euer turne them ouer to ceaselesse woe For the greatnesse the beauty the strength and riches of Niniuie could not withstand the hande of God or keepe it from destruction but rather furthered and hastened it For with the more excellent ornaments that it was adorned by the Lord the more hainous and grieuous in his sight was the abuse of them Therefore the hugenesse or the strength of this or any other Cittie cannot saue it from the iudgement of God being sinfull in his sight Gen 15. Iosu 6. 1. King 24. 25. Reuel 18 2 Great Sodome is destroyed great Ierico is destroyed great Niniuie is destroyed great Ierusalem is destroyed and great Rome the roome of all vncleane spirits stayeth for her destruction like a whore that stayeth for her punishment till shee bee deliuered and all these were and shall be punished for vnthankfulnesse and contempt of the word of God Yet Niniuie Ierico Sodom nor Rome haue had halfe the preaching that wee haue had yet wee Gen. 19 21. Iere 41. 17 Gen 17. 18 Esa 19. 17. 5. 6 Gen. 45. are vnthankfull too then what haue we to looke for but when Sodom was burned Zoar stood safe when Ierusalem was destroyed Bethelem stood still so the Lord doth alwayes prouide for his people though hee make neuer so great a slaughter and destruction amongst his enemies For the Lord because of his couenant doth alwayes prouide for his chosen although they bee but a remnaut like the gleaning after haruest or like a cluster of grapes on the top of the vine after the vintage and though there bee neuer so great calamitie or trouble as we see in the booke of Gen 45. chap. when there was a great time of dearth and scarcitie to come vpon the land where Iacob was the Lord had sent Ioseph to prouide for his father Iacob least he should want bread hee or any of his sonnes and folkes and so ordered the matter that Ioseph was treasurer ouer all the corne in Egypt And so among the Turkes and Spaniards and Infidels the Lord will find meanes to doe them good which vnfainedly loue him and in the dungeon in prison in bonds yea and in death the godly shall find God FINIS FOVRE SERMONS Preached by Maister Henry Smith And published by a more perfect Copie then heretofore LONDON Printed by T. D. for Cuthbert Burby 1607. The Contents 1 The Trumpet of the soule 2 The sinfull mans search 3 Maries choyse 4 Noahs drunkennesse 5 A Prayer to be said at all times 6 Another zealous Prayer THE TRVMPET OF the Soule sounding to Iudgement By Henry Smith The Text. Ecclesiastes 11. Chap. 9. verse Reioyce O yong man in thy youth and let thy heart be merry in thy yong dayes follow the wayes of thine owne heart and the lustes of thine eyes But remember for all these things thou 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 danger and musing I could not finde any text in the Scripture that did not reproue sin 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 bee vaine glorious be vaine glorious still let them that be couetous be couetous still let them that be drunkards be drunkards still