Two sermons, of Jonahs punishmentTwo sermons, of Ionahs punishment

It was Gods great goodness to Jonah, that the mariners sacrificed him not: greater, that he truly repented: that God continueth in his calling, and blesseth his (whose flying from God, deserved flinging to Satan) not so much solemn preaching, as sudden confession, and short denunciation of vengeance, yea made it so powerful, that it converted Idolatrous heathens, most hardened Idolaters: first Mariners, then Ninevites.

It was Gods great goodnesse to Ionah, that the mariners sacrificed him not: greater, that hee truly repented: that God continueth in his calling, and blesseth his (whose flying from God, deserued flinging to Sathan) not so much solemne preaching, as sudden confession, and short denuntiation of vengeance, yea made it so powerfull, that it conuerted Idolatrous heathens, most hardned Idolaters: first Mariners, then Niniuites.

For what a blessing felt Jonah, God vouchsafing him of this honour, to offer them a lively, holy, & acceptable sacrifice to God, by whom he presently before greatly feared to have been offered a dead, unholy, and so a delightful sacrifice to Satan. This fear banished, & that joy possessing him, what a mercy of the almighty did Jonah think it? But before he converted the Ninevites, he was more to be humbled, fuller to be strengthened, better every way to be prepared. Therefore God would have the sea to wash him, the Whale to fast him, and yet miraculously safe to preserve him, that being purified, he might pray fervently, and being delivered, find power, comfort, and courage abundantly. Therefore when by ¹lot being taken, and by his own confession found the man that procured the tempest, the Mariners in love and compassion of him, had assayed by rowing to get to land, but could not, the sea raging more and more, and Jonah ²himself professed he knew the tempest was sent for his cause, and would be laid he being cast into the Sea. Jonah ³