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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.
No doubt but if we had a Book of the Jewish Polity, we should find that the wise. Men of their State (as one doth well observe) were ready to lay it upon other Causes; if the Philistines and Canaanites, and other Borderers did spoil them, and over-run their Country: no doubt they were ready to say this in an old grudge which these Nations had against them, because they had dispossessed them of their Land, if the Kingdom were divided, as it was in Rehoboams time, Alas this was nothing, but the oversight of their Prince, or the weakness of his Counsel; if Israel make war with Judah, that's but Policy to keep down one another, lest either should be too great; if there were Civill Wars; that's only through the Faction of Potent and ambitious Statesmen, &c. — But what ever reason States may give, yet God sets down this for the Reason and ground of all, the Corruption of his Worship•
No doubt but if we had a Book of the Jewish Politye, we should finde that the wise. Men of their State (as one doth well observe) were ready to lay it upon other Causes; if the Philistines and Canaanites, and other Borderers did spoile them, and over-run their Countrey: no doubt they were ready to say this in an old grudge which these Nations had against them, because they had dispossessed them of their Land, if the Kingdome were devided, as it was in Rehoboams time, Alas this was nothing, but the oversight of their Prince, or the weaknesse of his Counsell; if Israel make war with Judah, that's but Policie to keep down one another, lest either should be too great; if there were Civill Warres; that's only through the Faction of Potent and ambitious Statesmen, &c. — But what ever reason States may give, yet God sets downe this for the Reason and ground of all, the Corruption of his Worship•
3. Profanation of Sacraments. And how have the Sacraments (in particular the supper of the Lord) been profaned? how hath the Body of Christ been torn in pieces, and his blood trampled under foot by profane and wicked men; Insomuch that it hath been the whole work of the Ministry (in stead of entertaining those who were the friends of the Bridegroom, and were invited to this Supper) to keep fast the door,