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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

vs nay that prayer that Mat. 2. strengthened Sampson to rent a yong lyon as one should haue rent a kid hauing nothing in his hand shall smite and shut vp the mouth of this Lion As for his pollicie and walking vp and downe seeking to deuour vs it can not preuaile For the prayer of the faithfull shall saue them Iames. 5. 15. and the Lord shall raise them vp and if they haue committed sinne it shall bee forgiuen them and after this conflict ended they shall triumph for euer with Iesus Christ our Sauiour But in any case see you vnite to your prayer knowledge that you bee not seduced to offer your petitions to strange gods as Saints stockes or stones Then Iohn 16. consent that wee aske onely in the name of Christ Iesus not for any desert of our owne for whosoeuer beleeueth in Christ shall haue remission of sinnes hee shall not perish but haue life euerlasting hee shall not come into Act. 15. 10. iudgement but shall passe from death to life Lastly a confidence which is a certaine perswasion of Gods mercy towards vs this is that prayer of which the Lambe testifieth That what soeuer wee aske by prayer it shall bee giuen vs by God the Father A thing dearely beloued so precious that nothing is more accepted in Heauen nothing more gratefull to God a seruice commaunded of God himselfe taught by Christ our Sauiour and frequented by the Angels a thing of more force with God then any oration of the eloquent Hast thou not heard how the Sunne stood still in the firmament and was not suffered to run his course Iosua Iosh 6. 2 King 20. Dan. 6. and Ezechias prayed and the Sunne stood still Hast thou not heard of the stopping of the Lyons mouthes Daniel prayed and his prayer stopped the Lyons greedy and deuouring throates Hast thou not heard of the diuiding of the red sea The Israelites prayed and the waters of Iordan were dryed vp yea the Israelites prayed and the waters stood about them like to a wall Hast thou not heard how Exod 14. the fiery furnace lost his heate The three children prayed and the fire lost his heate Hast thou not heard how the heauens were opened and shut Elias prayed and the Dan. 3. heauens were shut vp three yeares Elias prayed and the clouds powred downe rayne from heauen 1. King 8 O sure fortresse more forcible then any engine and stronger then the gates of hell and to conclude the sum and substance of all in few words the onely thing whereby mortall men haue the clouds and the starres and the Angels and all the powers of heauen at commandement For as Deborah sung in her song They fought from heauen euen the starres in their courses fought against Sisera for all creatures haue beene subiect to the prayers of the faithfull to reuege the Lords quarrell to helpe the Lord to helpe the Lord against the mightie Prayer hath euer beene the cognisance and the victorie and the triumph of the faithfull for as the soule giueth life to the body so prayer giueth life to the soule O that I could engraue the loue of it in your hearts as with a Diamond and so instill your mindes that my words might bee prickes to your consciences and thereby giue you occasion to pray often It is a wonderfull matter to bee able to perswade men but if prayer bee able to perswade the liuing God O how great is the force thereof it goeth through the clouds and ceaseth not till it come neere and will not depart till the most high haue respect thereunto O that you would therefore pray often and learne of Christ the most absolute paterne of our life to pray continually Hee prayed in his baptisme in the wildernesse Luke 6. Iohn 11. Mat. 26. Iohn 18. Luke 22. Luke 23 Mat. 19. Psal 40. Rom. 8. 2. Tim 4 in preaching in working of miracles in his passion on the mount in the garden in his last supper in commending his spirit to God at all times and in all places that hee might leaue vnto vs an example of the same It followeth And pray to the Almightie To those three former reasons which I brought why wee must seeke and pray to GOD alone I added this as a fourth because there is none so able to helpe vs as the Lord. Hee that trusteth in the Lord shall bee as mount Sion If God bee on our side who can bee against vs It is God that iustifieth who condemneth the Lord destroyeth the counsell of the heathen hee maketh their deuices to bee of no effect Christ is the Angell of great counsell wisedome and Psal 83. Esay 9. Pro. 2. vnderstanding and there is no deuice against the Lorde The world notwithstanding is come to that frame that euery man hath got him a strange kinde of beleife Some beleeue not the Lawe but the Prophetes Some bee perswaded in the Supremacie but not in the Sacrament some in free-will but not in merite Some in inuocation on Saintes but not in Purgatorie Some in pilgrimages and pardons but not in Images Some like the doctrine well enough but not the Preachers the most beleeue little yet many beleeue somewhat few beleeue all therefore to deale plainely because plaine dealing is best you must not beleeue by the halfes I meane you must not repose some trust in GOD and some in Saintes but all in the Lord. Psal 10. 5 The Gods of the Gentiles they haue mouthes and speake n●t eyes and see not eares and heare not then what can be looked for at their hands But the Lord is strong and mightie a mercifull God and therefore through the Scriptures hee is called a Rocke a fortresse a strong tower a Shield a horne of saluation a refuge the Lord Psal 18. of hostes with other such like appellations that wee might be assured that our helpe and deliuerance commeth from the Lord. Puttest thou any trust in man whose breath is in his nostrils Cursed is hee that maketh man his strength and flesh his arme Surely Pharao and all Princes are a broken Iere. 67. 1. Kin. 16 Psal 18 staffe on which if a man leane it will strike into his hand and peirce it and lay him groueling in the dust It is better therefore to trust in the Lord then to put any confidence in Princes Thinkest thou that Angels or Saints or Images can helpe thee O foolish and impious pictie to attribute more vnto the Angels then they dare arrogate vnto themselues The Angell in the Reuelation forbiddeth Iohn to worship him As for the Image wee reade that Reue. 19. to turne the glorie of the incorruptible God into the similitude of a corruptible creature is Idolatrie Rom. 1 Well may I then affirme with Moses Cursed be the image Deut. 27. and the image-maker The conclusion therefore of this point is this that wee seeke the Lord and his strength euermore that wee pray vnto