After that the Shipmaster had wakened Jonah, he bids him call upon his God, as if he had said, Watch and pray: he speaks like a Saint, yet he is an Infidel; he said not, call upon gods: but call upon thy God. The ship-master, would not call upon his God: but (saith he) call upon thy God, and it may be he will help us: if he had said call upon our god, when he ⟨p. 100⟩said, call upon thy God: and if he had said, He will help us, when he said, if so be he will help us, then he had showed some spark of faith. Because he wanted help and comfort, he bids him arise, and because he was fearful, he bids him pray. It may be (saith he) he will think upon us, that we perish not. As if he had said, Jonah, we know that thou hast a God as well as we, and therefore we say, Call upon thy God, for now every god is to be tried, ⟨p. 101⟩therefore if ever thou didst pray in thy life fall to it now. Thus Satan leads men a blind way with zeal, in hope of some relief being in trouble. They called upon them for help, which were neither willing to assist them, nor able to hear them, and when they perceived by woeful experience, that there was no kind of succour to be had that way, they fly to God, and then Satan laboureth to undermine the confidence and expectation of help, and to ⟨p. 102⟩place in stead thereof doubtfulness and infidelity. Thus Satan will be sure to lose nothing by this bargain any way. Jonah (say they) call upon thy God, for if he cannot help us, we are all undone and lost, for we have called upon our gods, we have laboured hard to amend our state, we have cast away our goods to lighten the ship, but all in vain, for we are no whit the better, like the woman which had spent all her substance about Physic, yet all ⟨p. 103⟩could not help her till Christ came, Luke 8. 43. So the Papists while they are well, they pray unto every Saint and Angel for succour against the troublesome times, but in extremity, or at the point of death, none of them can help, so that then they are fain to fly unto God or be destitute, as like Idolaters, as one fly is like another: they are like the Heathen, which worship Juno, Venus, Neptune, Pallas, Jupiter, and the rest: some hold on the one, and some on ⟨p. 104⟩the other. Some say, if Joon be with me, I care not for all the petty gods, because I hold him chief:
After that the Shipmaster had wakened Ionah, he bids him call upon his God, as if he had said, Watch and pray: hee speakes like a Saint, yet hee is an Infidell; he said not, call upon gods: but call upon thy God. The ship-master, would not call upon his God: but (saith hee) call upon thy God, and it may bee hee will helpe us: if hee had said call upon our god, when hee ⟨p. 100⟩said, call upon thy God: and if he had said, Hee will helpe us, when hee said, if so bee hee will helpe us, then hee had shewed some sparke of faith. Because he wanted helpe and comfort, hee bids him arise, and because hee was fearefull, hee bids him pray. It may bee (saith he) he will thinke upon us, that wee perish not. As if he had said, Ionah, we know that thou hast a God as well as wee, and therefore wee say, Call upon thy God, for now every god is to betried, ⟨p. 101⟩therefore if ever thou didst pray in thy life fall to it now. Thus Satan leades men a blinde way with zeale, in hope of some reliefe being in trouble. They called upon them for helpe, which were neither willing to assist them, nor able to heare them, and when they perceived by wofull experience, that there was no kinde of succour to bee had that way, they flie to God, and then Satan laboureth to undermine the confidence and expectation of helpe, and to ⟨p. 102⟩place in stead thereof doubtfullnesse and infidelity. Thus Satan will bee sure to lose nothing by this bargaine any way. Ionah (say they) call upon thy God, for if hee cannot helpe us, wee are all undone and lost, for wee have called upon our gods, we have laboured hard to amend our state, wee have cast away our goods to lighten the ship, but all in vaine, for wee are no whit the better, like the woman which had spent all her substance about Physicke, yet all ⟨p. 103⟩could not helpe her till Christ came, Luke 8. 43. So the Papists while they are well, they pray unto every Saint and Angell for succour against the troublesome times, but in extremity, or at the point of death, none of them can helpe, so that then they are faine to flie unto God or be destitute, as like Idolaters, as one flie is like another: they are like the Heathen, which worship Iuno, Venus, Neptune, Pallas, Iupiter, and the rest: some hold on the one, and some on ⟨p. 104⟩the other. Some say, if Ioon bee with mee, I care not for all the petty gods, because I hold him chiefe:
