After that the ship-master 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 our gods: but call upon thy God. The shipmaster would not call upon his God: but (saith he) Call up on thy God and it may be he will help us if he had said ⟨image 11⟩Call upon our God, when he said, call upon thy God: and if he had said, He will help us, when he said, if so he will help us then he had showed some spark of faith. Because he wanted help & 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, 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 that confidence and expectation of help, and to 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 all 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 now! it the better, like the woman which had spent all her substance 1about Physic, yet all could not help her till Christ came. So the Papists while they are well, they pray not 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 the other. Some say, If John be with me, I care not for all the petty gods because I hold him chief: so another saith, If Saint Gabriel be with me, I care not for the rest:
After that the ship-master had wakened Ionah hee bids him call vpon his God, as if hee had said, Watch and pray: hee speakes like a Saint, yet hee is an Infidell he said not, Call vpon our gods: but call vpon thy God. The shipmaister would not call vpon his God: but (saith he) Call vp on thy God and it may be he will helpe vs if hee had said ⟨image 11⟩Call vpon our God, when he said, call vpon thy God: and if he had said, He will helpe vs, when he saide, if so hee will helpe vs then hee had shewed some sparke of faith. Because he wanted helpe & comfort, he bids him arise, and because he was fearefull, hee bids him pray. It may be (saith he) he will think vpon vs, that we perish not. As if he had said, Ionah, we know that thou hast a God as well as wee, and therefore we say, Call vpon thy God, for now euerie God is to bee tried, therefore if euer thou didst pray in thy life fall to it now. Thus Sathan leades men a blind way with zeale, in hope of some reliefe being in trouble. They called vpon them for helpe, which were neither willing to assist them, nor able to heare them, and when they perceiued by woefull experience, that there was no kind of succour to bee had that way, they flie to God, and then Sathan laboureth to vndermine that confidence and expectation of helpe, and to place in stead thereof doubtfulnesse and infidelitie. Thus Sathan will be sure to lose nothing by this bargaine any way. Ionah (say they) call vpon thy God, for if hee cannot helpe vs, we are all vndone and lost for wee haue called vpon all our gods, we haue laboured hard to amend our state, wee haue cast away our goods to lighten the ship, but all in vaine, for wee are now! it the better, like the woman which had spent all her substance 1about Physicke, yet all could not helpe her till Christ came. So the Papistes while they are well, they pray not euery Saint and Angell for succour against the troublesome times, but in extremitie, or at the point of death none of them can helpe, so that then they are faine to flye vnto God or bee destitute, as like Idolaters, as one flye 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 the other. Some say, If Iohn bee with mee, I care not for all the pettie gods because I holde him chiefe: so another saith, If Saint Gabriel bee with mee, I care not for the rest:
- 1Luke. 8. 43.
