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Two sermons, of Ionahs punishment ; Foure sermons preached by Maister Henry Smith ; and published by a more perfect copie then heretofore.
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Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.
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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 nâ—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
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