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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.
A Table of the most material things in this following Treatise.
A Table of the most materiall things in this following Treatise.
THE inducement to, and Introduction into this history with the Analysis of it. 1, 2, 3, 4. Doct. Gods refreshments must quicken us to Gods employments. 5 D. Men that have once tasted the sweetness of Christ, are hardly drawn away from Christ. 6, 7. D. Where God hath a will to command, man must have a will to obey. 8 D. It is good to get a warrant from Heaven in all our undertaking. 89 D. When God hath a work to do, he will provide necessaries. 11 D. Christs care to preserve his Disciples above himself, suggests to us, our care to preserve his glory above our own safety. 14 D: God doth often condescend to give a reason of his commands. 18 D. None come to Christ, and have to do with him, but he sends them better away. 18 Use. This speaks encouragement, to have much to do with Christ. 19 D. Christ will not put us to exercises above our strength. 21, 22 D. It is our duty to add meditation to hearing of the word. 23 D. The duties of our general, are to help us in those of our particu-Calling. 24 D. Helps to duty, must be sought and embraced. 26, 27 but these must be such as are instituted or countenanced of God, not devised of men. 27, 28 D. A good heart will seek occasions and means of converses with God. 30 D. It is good when you converse with God, to get into Christ. 31 D. When wicked men stretch forth their hands against the Church, it is high time to betake our selves to Prayer. 33 D. In all our difficulties, Christ is praying for us. 36 D. Gods Providence should furnish us with matter of Prayer. 37 In what respects, Christ was said to be alone. 39, 40 D. Christians are to seek and take occasions to be alone. 41 D. A man may have Gods warrant for the doing of a work, and go on in Gods way, and yet meet with oppressing difficulties. 45. 47 ⟨image 10⟩