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prince_n	lord_n	put_v	trust_v	2,318	5	9.5906	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12429	Foure sermons preached by Master Henry Smith. And published by a more perfect copie then heretofore; Sermons. Selected sermons	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1599 (1599)	STC 22748; ESTC S117441	74,212	106

yee before the force of our aduersarie receiue now a shield against his force euen the shield of prayer Hee is not to bee resisted by ringing an hallowed bell nor by sprinkling of holy water nor by the relikes of Sayntes nor by our owne workes and merites for these are weapons of his owne making but by an earnest seeking to God which search and seeking must be made by prayer agaynst which his poysoned venome taketh no effect It is his malice that accuseth prayer pleadeththy case before God and repelleth all his accusations for all the Prophets doe witnesse that whatsoeuer wee aske in prayer if wee beleeue wee shall receiue it It is his rage and furie that should terrifie vs nay that prayer that strengthned Sampson to rent a young Lyon as one should haue rent a kid hauing nothing in his hand shall smite and shut vp the mouth of this Lyon As for his policie and walking vp and downe seeking to deuoure vs it cannot preuaile For the prayer of the faithfull shall saue them 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 be not seduced to offer your petitions to strange gods as Saints stockes or stones Then consent that we aske onlie in y e name of Christ Iesus not for any desert of our owne for whosoeuer beleeueth in Christ shall haue remission of sinnes he shall not perish but haue life euerlasting hee shall not come into iudgement but shall passe from death to lyfe Lastly a confidence which is a certayne perswasion of Gods mercie toward vs this is that prayer of which the lambe testifieth That whatsoeuer wee aske by prayer it shall giuen vs by God the father A thing dearly beloued so precious that nothing is more accepted in heauen nothing more gratefull to God a seruice commanded of God himselfe taught by Christ our Sauiour and frequented by the Angels a thing of more force with God than 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 and Ezechias prayed and the Sunne stood still Hast thou not heard of the stopping of the Lyons mouthes Daniell prayed and his prayer stopped the Lyons greedie and deuouring throates Hast thou not heard of the diuiding of the red sea the Israelites prayed and the waters of Iordan were dried vp yea the Israelites prayed and the waters stoode about them like to a wall Hast thou not heard howe the fierie furnace lost his heate the three children prayed and the fire lost his heate Hast thou not heard howe the heauens were opened and shut Elias prayed and the heauens were shut vp three ye ares Elias prayed and the clouds powred downe rayne from heauen O sure fortresse more forcible than any engine and stronger than the gates of hell and to conclude the summe and substance of all in few words the onely thing whereby mortall men haue the cloudes and the stars and the Angels and all the powers of heauen at commandement For as Deborah sung in her song They fought from heauen euen the stars in their courses fought agaynst Sisera for all creatures haue bene subiect to the prayers of the faythfull to reuenge the Lordes quarrell to helpe the Lord to helpe the Lord agaynst the mighty Prayer hath euer bin the cognisance and the victorie and the triumph of the faythfull for as the soule giueth life to the bodie so prayer giueth life to the soule O that I could engraue the loue of it in your heartes as with a Diamond and so instill your mindes that my wordes might bee prickes to your consciences and thereby giue ye occasion to pray often It is a wonderfull matter to bee able to perswade men but if prayer be able to perswade the liuing God ô how great is the force thereof it goeth thorow the cloudes 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 patterne of our lyfe to pray continually He prayed in his baptisme in the wildernes in preaching in working of miracles in his passion on the mount in the garden in his last supper in commending his spirite to God at all times and in all places that he 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. He that trusteth in the Lorde shall bee as mount Sion If God be on our side who can be against vs It is God that iustifieth who condemneth The Lord destroyeth the counsell of the heathen hee maketh their deuises to bee of no effect Christ is the Angell of great counsell wisedome and vnderstanding and there is no deuise against the Lorde The world notwithstanding is come to that frame that euery man hath got him a strange kinde of beliefe Some beleeue not the Lawe but the prophets some bee perswaded in the supremacie but not in the sacrament some in free will but not in merite some in inuocation on saints but not in purgatorie some in pilgramages and pardons but not in images some like the doctrine well inough 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 Lorde The gods of the Gentiles they haue mouthes and speake not eies see not eares and heare not then what can bee looked for at their handes But the Lord is strong and mighty a mercifull God and therefore thorow the Scriptures he is called a Rocke a Fortresse a strong Tower a Shielde a horne of saluation a refuge the Lorde of hostes with other such like appellations that wee might bee assured that our helpe and deliuerance commeth from the Lord. Put test thou any trust in mā whose breath is in his nostrils Cursed is he that maketh man his strength flesh his arme Surely Pharaoh and all princes are a broken staffe on which if a man leane it will strike into his hand and pearce it laie him groueling in the dust It is better therefore to trust in the Lord thā to put any confidēce in Princes Thinkest thou that Angels or Saints or Images can helpe thee O foolish and impious pietie to at tribute more vnto the Angels than they dare arrogate vnto themselues The Angel in the reuelation forbiddeth Iohn to