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The Christians sacrifice Seene, and allowed.
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Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.
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offering of Cayne Genesis 4.5 As Ioseph charged his brethren Genesis 42.15 that they shoulde not come to him for corne vnlesse they brought Beniamim vnto him vvhome they lefte at home so GOD vvill not haue vs speake to him nor come vnto him for any thing vnlesse vvee bring our hearte vnto him vvhich vvee leaue behinde The tongue vvithout the hearte is a flattering tongue the eye without the hearte is a vvicked eye the eare vvithout the hearte is a vaine eare the hande vvithout the heart is a false hand Doest thou thinke that God vvil accept a flattering tongue a wicked eye a vain eare a false hand which reiecteth a sacrifice if it be but lean or brused No saith Paul If I geue all that I haue haue not loue that is geue not my heart it auailes me nothing he saith not that they vvhich geue not their heartes geue nothing but that they shall haue nothing for such offerings hee vvhich brings but a mite bringes his hart brings more then he which offers a talent he shall goe avvay more iustified then he which saide All these haue I kept from my youth vpward for God is not mocked but knowes how much is behind thogh Ananias seem to bring al. He marks hovv I speak and how you heare hovv vve pray in this place if it come not from the heart hee repels it as fast as it grovves vp like the smoake vvhich chmes tovvardes heaueÌ„ but neuer comes there man thinkes vvhen he hath the gift that he hath the heart to but god vvhen he hath the gift cals for the hart stil the Pharisees praier the harlots vow the traitors kisse the sacrifice of Caine the fast of Iezabelle the teares of Esau the oblation of Ananias are nothing to him but still he cries bring thy heart or bring no thing like a iealous husbaÌ„d vvheÌ„ he hath a vvife yet he is iealous vvhether he hath her hurt so vvharsoeuer thou do yet god is iealous still respects not what thou dost but whether thou do it froÌ„ thy hart of mere loue tovvard him If Pilat had vvashed his hart vvhen he vvashed his handes he had bin cleaner than NaamaÌ„ vvheÌ„ he came out of IordaÌ„ if the Sichemites had circumcised their harts vvheÌ„ they circumcised their flesh they had saued their soules vvhen they lost their liues if Cain had offered his heart vvhen he offered of the fruites his offering had bin as acceptable as Abels but as svvÃns flesh vvas like shépes flesh yet vvas not accepted because it caÌ„e froÌ„ an vncleane beast so Caines offering Pilats vvashing the Sichemits circuÌ„cision the pharisces praier and fasts alms vver as fair as the apostles yet they had no revvard but wo to you hypocrits because they vvaÌ„ted the heart vvhich is like the fire that kindleth the sacrifice but vvil he requit our praiers fasts almes as he did theirs yea saith Christ except your righteousnes exceed the pharisees that is except vve giue our harts besides our lips our eares our almes vvhich they gaue more than vve we shal not enter into the kingdom of heauen because our righteousnes doth not exceed the righteousnes of the pharisees but their righteousnes exceedeth our Christ doth not bid them wo because they vvere Pharisees as vve are not but bicause they were hypocrites as we are God delights him self in giuing therfore loueth a cheerfull giuer but he cannot giue cheerfully which giues not his heart Therefore Iudas thought the oyle spent which was powred vpon Christ wisht the price of it in his purse so they grudge and greeue when theie should doe good and think shall I giue it Can I spare it what will it bring So the good worke dieth in birth like a Bride which drowpeth in the hand whiles the head considers whether he shall let her goe or holde her still as easie to wring Hercules club out of his fists as to wring a penitent teare from their eies or a faithfull praier from their lips or a good thought from their hart which cannot affoord the hart it selfe euery thinge is too much which they do and they think God more beholding to them for blurting out a Pater nosler or staying a sermon or fasting a fridaie than they to him for al his benefits and when they haue doone what is their reward wo be vnto you Scribes and pharisies hipocrites because you gaue not your hartes therefore we doe but vexe our selues and loose our labour thinking to make God beleeue that we praie when indeed our lippes doo but praie wherby it comes to passe as we serue him so he serueth vs our peace is not in deede but in vvorde our ioy is not in heart but in countenaunce a false comfort like our false vvorship for he vvhich geueth God his lips in stead of his heart teacheth god to geue him stones in steade of bread that is a shadovv of comfort for comfort it selfe Novv vvhen vve haue giuen god faire vvords and long prayers and solemne fastes and mourning countenances hee puts in but a vvorde more to fill vp the sacrifice Geue me thy heart and it suffiseth It is like the laste suite of Abraham when hee saide to God I will speake but this once so if thou wilt heare him in this hee wil aske no more therefore nowe conclude vvhether God shal haue thy heart or nothing If thou consider vvhat right he hath to aske it and what cause thou hast to giue it thou canst not keepe it til I ende my sermon Of all the suters vvhich come vnto you it seemes there is none which hath any tytle to claime the heart but God which challengeth it by the name of a sonne as if hee should say thou shalt giue it to thy father vvhich gaue it to thee art thou my son my sons giue me their hearts and by this they knowe that I am their father if I dvvel in their heartes for the heart is the Temple of God therefore if thou be his son thou wilt giue him thy hearte because thy father desires it thy maker desires it thy redeemer desires it thy Sauiour desires it thy Lorde and thy King and thy Master desires it which hath geuen his Sonne for a ransome his spirit for a pledge his vvorde for a guide the vvorlde for a vvalke and reserues a kingdome for thine inheritance Canst thou denie him any thing vvhich hath geuen the heire for the seruant his beloued for his enemie the best for the vvorst Canst thou denie him any thing vvhose goodnesse created vs vvhose fauour elected vs vvhose mercie redeemed vs vvhose wisedome conuerteth vs vvhose grace preserueth vs vvhose glorie shall glorifie vs Canst thou denie him anie thing O if thou knevve as Christ sayde to the Woman of Samaria vvhen shee huckte to geue him vvater if thou knevve who it is which saith vnto thee
THE CHRIstians Sacrifice Scene and allowed LONDON Printed by Thomas Orwin for Thomas Man 1589. TO MY LATE AVDItors the congregatioÌ„ of Clement Danes al the good wil which I can shevve BEloued in Iesus Christ my first fruites I haue nothing but this myte to leaue with you which is the summe of al my sermons ye haue heard it already as th'apostle cals the Corinthians his epistle so ye should be my sermon that is my sermon should be printed in your hearts as this is printed in paper If ye haue not giuen your hâ—râ—s yet to him which sent for them nowe thinke that god hath sent for them againe and heare me writing whom ye cannot heare speaking Take not custome for religion shun occasion aswel as sinne seâ—k the vse of euery thing desire not to haue your Kingdome here And so I leaue you all with Christ whom I haue preached to bring forth the fruit of that seede which is sowen beseeching you for al the loue that you haue of heuen that ye would not count any thing in this world worthy to keep your harts from God but think of the day when you shal giue account of euery lesson which ye haue heard and hee which hath called you in this prison wil glorifie you in his pallace where ye shall see him to whom yee haue geuen your hearts and enioy that blessing of blessings which makes all the worlde to worship him The father of our lord Iesus Christ which hath begunne to draw you to his Kingdom neuer leaue you vntil you come vnto it Amen Your late vnworthy seruant for the Lord Henry Smith THE CHRISTIANS SACRIFICE My sonne geue me thy heart TO binde all the Lessons togeather vvhich yee haue learned since I came this Setence did come to my mind My sonne geue me thy heart vvhich is the summe of all that ye haue heard and shews in vvhat chest you shoulde lay vp these treasures in your heart then geue that heart vnto God and hee vvil keep all safe A supplication is come as it were from God to man that man woulde sende God his hearte penned by Salomon vnder the name of Wisedome directed to her sons vvisdome entreateth her sons that they would giue her their harts this wisdome is god vve by adoptioÌ„ are his sons our hart is that which christ cals spirit trueth vvithout hypocrisie Geue me that heart saith God Hee vvhich geues any thing to another coÌ„siders before what he loues giues that which he thinks wil be accepted that he may be loued for his gift therfore Dauid as though he vvere at a staÌ„d sorrowed that hee could not doe inough for God breakâ— forth to himself What shall I giue vnto the Lord for al that he hath giuen me The Lorde hearing as it vvere these sighes of his seruaunts which care study what they may doe to please him comes in their suspence like a friend vvhich desires nothing but good wil answers froÌ„ heauen My son giue me thy hart Vnder vvhich suite he taxeth them beside vvhich are suiters alvvaies to him and looke still to receiue like the Publicanes but neuer caste in their minds what they should giue threfore their tribute is set dovvne by equall measure vnder the kings seale euery man must homage his hart He vvhich alvvaies gaue novv craues and hee vvhich craued alvvaies novv geues Christ standes at the doore like a poore man asks not bread nor clothes nor lodging vvhich vve should geue to his meÌ„bers but our heart that is euen the continent of all and gouerner of mans house vvhich sittes on the bench like the Iudge to geue the charge and teach the tongue to speake the hande to vvorke the foote to vvalke the eare to attend the eye to obserue the minde to chuse and the flesh to obey That vvee must present to GOD like a burnt sacrifice vvherein all is offered together a vvise tongue a diligente hande a vvarie foote a vvatchefull eye an attentiue eare an humble minde an obediente fleshe put all together and it is but the heart My sonne saith God geue me this heart Here thou arte the geuer God the petitioner thy heart the gifte vvhich he claymeth by the name of a sonne Shoulde GOD bee a suppliaunt vnto thee and mee but that our vnthankefulnesse condemnes vs that for all the thinges vvhich hee hath geuen vs we neuer considered as yet what wee should giue vnto him before hee asketh hee is faine to put in his petition like a suter and saie giue me thy heart Marke what God hath chosen for himselfe not that vvhich any other shall loose by like the demaundes of them vvhich care for none but themselues but that vvhich being geuen to God mooues vs to geue vnto euery man his due as Zacheus vvhen hee gaue his hearte to Christ parted his goods to the poore restored to al that which hee had got by vvrong Once God required offeringes and sacrifices vvhich men vvere vnvvilling to geue because it vvas a deer seruice of God but novv he saith that the hearte is more then all burnte offerings and sacrifices Iacob loued Ioseph more then al his bretheren so God loueth the heart more then all her follovves this myte God vvill haue for all his benefits vvhich vve may best affoorde him thy almes to the poor thy counsel to the simple thine inheritaÌ„ce to thy childreÌ„ thy tribute to Caesar but thy hearte to God hee vvhich is a spirite requires the spirite and delightes to dvvel in the heartes of men Here God plantes himselfe as in a castle vvhich is alvvaies besieged vvith the vvorlde the flesh and the deuil If the enemie get a thought or a vvord or a vvorke yet he hath but rased the vvalles but if hee take the hart then the fortresse is lost From that time al our thoghts vvords and vvorks are captiue vnto him he bids them goe they goe doe and they doe it That man is like Esau vvhich had an inheritaunce vvhich had a hart but now he hath not possession of his ovvne therefore geue God thy heart that he may keep it not a peece of thy heart not a rovvme in thy heart but thy heart The heart deuided dieth God is not like the mother vvhich vvould haue the child deuided but like the naturall Mother vvhich said rather then it should be deuided Let her take all Let the deuill haue all if he vvhich gaue it be not vvorthie of it God hath no copesmate therefore he vvil haue no parting offtakes but all or none and therefore he vvhich askes here thy heart in the 6. of Deut. the 5. asks all thy hearte all thy soule all thy strength thrice hee requireth all least vvee shoulde keepe a thought behinde yet it is thy heart that is a vaine heart a barren heart a sinfull heart vntill thou geue it vnto GOD and then it is