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A tossed ship making to safe harbour, or, A word in season to a…A tossed ship making to safe harbor, or, A word in season to a…
A tossed ship making to safe harbour, or, A word in season to a sinking kingdom wherein Englands case and cure, her burdens and comforts, her pressures and duties are opened and applied : in diverse sermons preached upon the public days of humiliation, out of that prophetical history, Matth. 14, 22 to 28 / by Samuel Bolton ...A tossed ship making to safe harbor, or, A word in season to a sinking kingdome wherein Englands case and cure, her burthens and comforts, her pressures and duties are opened and applyed : in diverse sermons preached upon the publick dayes of humiliation, out of that propheticall history, Matth. 14, 22 to 28 / by Samuel Bolton ...
London: printed by L.N. for Philemon Stephens, 1644
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
4. Fearful hearted persons: Fearful men will be unfaithful men; It's all one to trust a coward, and a traitor; he ⟨p. 278⟩that is one, will quickly be made the other; where there is ground to suspect any mans fear, there is no ground to trust his faith, his fear will make him unfaithful, oand enfeeble the hearts of them who follow him: such dangerous snares, then you see, will base fears bring upon men, and therefore far unworthy those who are Christians.
4. Fearfull hearted persons: Fearfull men will be unfaithfull men; It's all one to trust a coward, and a traytor; he ⟨p. 278⟩that is one, will quickly be made the other; where there is ground to suspect any mans feare, there is no ground to trust his faith, his feare will make him unfaithfull, oand infeeble the hearts of them who follow him: such dangerous snares, then you see, will base feares bring upon men, and therefore far unworthy those who are Christians.
- oTerribilior cervorum excercitus Leone duce, quam Leonum Agmen ducente cervo. Plutar. Apoth.
Use. Oh, let us learn to banish these sinful sinking fears, as unworthy men, much more unworthy Christians: It is a wonder to read and peruse that daring courage, that the very Heathens have had. I might here give you innumerable examples of their courage and valour, all which might be a shame to us, what though our troubles be great, our God is great, what can over-swell, either his power, or his love, there is nothing can be too big for God; and why should any thing be too big for faith, upon whom it depends? for shame, let faith work more, and sense less, hear the reasonings of faith as well as the reasonings of sense; when you see no help below, cast your eyes upwards as Jehoshaphat did, 2 Cor. 20.12. We know not what to do, but our eyes are up to