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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

the Iewes were a wicked a stiffe necked people yet there were some good men amōg them whom the Prophets call a remnant like the gleaning after haruest or like a cluster of grapes on the top of the vine after the vintage And these must be remembred in mercie because of the couenant made vnto their fathers So among them that went into captiuitie there was Shidrach Misach and Abednego And so all do not kneele to Bell for they whom the Lord preserueth do not The Lord because of his couenant doth alwayes prouide for his chosen although there be neuer so great calamitie or trouble as we see in the booke of Genesis 45. chapt Gen. 45. when there was a great time of dearth and scarcitie to come vpon the land where Iacob was then the Lord sent Ioseph to prouide for his father Iacob least hee should want bread he or any of his sonnes and folks and so ordered the matter that Ioseph was treasurer ouer all the corne in Egypt And so among the Turks and the Spaniards and infidels the Lord will find meanes to do them good which vnfainedly loue him and in the dungeon in the prison and in bonds yea and in death the godly shall find God And crie against it First God biddeth him Arise and shake off all impediments and then to go and call them to the battel and now he bids him crie out against them and so terrifie them Euery Prophet is a crier as appeareth where the Lorde biddeth Esaie to lift vp his Esay 48. 1. voyce like a Trumpet Euerie Prophet must both be plaine and bold and this many times maketh the poore seruants of God to speake their minds as plaine and bold as if they sate in iudgement Iohn was a voice a voice would not serue he was the voice Luke 3. of a crier and yet hee could not make the crooked straight nor the rough plaine If they were not deafe they need not to crie one to another such is the dumbnesse of preachers the deafnesse of hearers and the slownesse of followers that there is but litle good done and but a few frutes gathered If ye were not deafe we neede not to crie and therefore we crie with mouth with heart with hand with foot with all the powers of our bodies vnto you and yet how little do you regard it● But are not ye commanded to heare as well as we to crie yet the cocke croweth when men are fastest asleepe yea the cocke croweth and still Peter denieth Mat. 26. 70. 72 74. his maister Before you crie vnto the Lord heare what the word crieth vnto you and let not your woorkes crie for vengeaunce while your tongues crie for mercie When men heare the preacher speake against pride hypocrisie couetousnesse or anie other sinne then they looke one vpon another as though it belonged not vnto them but who can say his hart is cleane In the second of the Actes the holy Ghost Acts. 2. came downe in fire tongs but this fire is quenched and the tongues are tied vp though they cannot speak they can see they can see if a great benefice fall though it be an hundred miles off yet Pharao had more care of his sheepe then wee haue of our soules And crie against them For their wickednesse is come vp c. Faire Niniuie proude Niuiuie must be destroyed no man sits so high but destruction sits aboue him Iustice would haue come against them before it cried agaynst them But while they heard the crie of God God heard their cries and tooke pitie on them When God cries then we should weepe considering wherefore he cries for there is nothing that can prouoke the Lord to crie but sinne and that he euer crieth against Do what thou wilt and say what thou wilt and the Lord wil not be offended with you vnlesse you sinne For as an angrie man euer pursueth that which he hateth vntill he hath destroyed it so the Lord euer crosseth and hindereth vs in all our wicked actions vntill he hath slaine sinne in vs. Our sinnes buffet God on euerie side as the Iewes buffetted Christ first on the right side and then on the left side and neuer leaue till we haue prouoked him to crie against vs. And crie against it c. Reproofe is the necessariest office yet it is least regarded least esteemed For now we thinke if one doth reproue vs that he hateth vs. But the Lorde sayth Leuit. 19. Thou Leui. 19. 17 shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart but shalt reprooue him and suffer him not to sinne noting thereby that if wee flatter anie in their sinne or see them sinne and not reprooue them for it that it is a manifest signe that they doe it of hatred how great loue and good will so euer they pretend toward them seeing the matter tendes to the hurt of their soules and the offence of God If a preacher reproue sin he is thoght to do it of hatred or of some particular grudge others as though they were galled will say let him keepe his text or they will say he is beside his booke as though no text in scripture doth reproue sin and so of al doctrines the doctrine of reproofe reprehension of sin is most contemned and least esteemed But let a preacher preach darke misteries or prophane speeches or vnprofitable fables or friuolous questions or curious inuentions or od conceits or brainsicke dreames any of these will be more welcome vnto thē then reprehension which is most profitable and necessariest of all Balaams asse neuer spake but once and then he reproued Then Num. 22. 28. if Balaams asse reproued Balaā how much more ought Balaam to reproue asses or such as will be no otherwise then beasts in their behauiour When we reproue you for sins whether they be vsuall or priuate you thinke ill of vs. If a preacher reproue a publike sin which is vsed and tollerated amongest many he is hated of many and thought to be too busie or that he is toosharpe and rough And they say that whereas hee should preach Gods loue and mercie he tels vs of the law and so doth throw vs downe too low c. And if he repr●●ue a sinne that is done priuatelie he is thought to be enuious and one that preaches the law and thereby throwes some to despaire so al reproof is thought by them intollerable But we preach hell to bring you to heauen we preach the law to lead you to the Gospel we preach iudgement that you might find mercie we threaten as though we should strike you we rebuke as though we were angrie with you and exclaime as though we did hate you but we loue you in the dearest blood we haue The Lord grant vs all to loue the truth to the end THE REBELLION OF IONAH IN TWO SERMONS Ionah 1. 2. 3. 2 Arise and go to Niniuie that great Citie and crie against it