Two sermons, of Jonahs punishmentTwo sermons, of Ionahs punishment

He that sails to Tarshish, or whether he is forbidden ⟨image 3⟩to go, would have as good wind as he that sails to Nineveh, or whither he is commanded to go. But he that doth one thing for another, shall receive one thing for another, as Ahab did, who hoped according to the saying of four hundred false Prophets, to go up and prosper but he went up and perished. As surely as Jonah thought to arrive at Tarshish, so surely the Spaniards thought to arrive in England: but as Jonahs company wondered at this tempest, so at these Spaniards destruction, their fellows at home wondered, yea were astonied, how their invincible power could be destroyed. But God is strong enough for them that kick against him, and disdaineth to be crossed of dust and ashes.

Hee that sayles to Tharshish, or whether hee is forbidden ⟨image 3⟩to goe, would haue as good wind as hee that sayles to Niniuie, or whither hee is commanded to goe. But he that doth one thing for another, shall receiue one thing for another, as Achab did, who hoped according to the saying of foure hundred false Prophets, to goe vp and prosper but hee went vp and perished. As surely as Ionah thought to arriue at Tarshish, so surely the Spaniards thought to arriue in England: but as Ionahs companie wondred at this tempest, so at these Spainards destruction, their fellowes at home wondred, yea were astonied, how their inuincible power could bee destroyed. But God is strong enough for them that kicke against him, and disdaineth to bee crossed of dust and ashes.

And there was a great tempest in the sea.

The ship went on roundly for a time, the Prophet sleeping, the Mariners sporting, their sails flaunting, the waters calming, the winds guiding, so merrily sin goes on before the tempest comes. The wind blows not yet, therefore go on yet a little, and yet a little more, but suddenly the tempest rushes upon them before they are aware of it, and tumbles them up and down, and suddenly all is like to be undone. He came to the haven, and paid the fare, and entered the ship, and hoist up sails, and went on forward, and all to fly from God, but now it appears he fled not from him, but to him, Therefore David saith, If I take the mornings wings and fly aloft, lo, thou art there. If I go into the nethermost depth, thy hand will find me out: therefore whither shall I fly from thee? So that when we think that we fly from God, in running out of one place into another, we do but run from one hand to the other, for there is no place where Gods hand is not, and whither soever a rebellious sinner doth run, the hand of God will meet with him to cross him, and hinder his hoped fo success, although he securely prophecieth never so much good unto himself in his journey. What had he offended the winds, or the waters,