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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.
It is said of Jacob, that he slackened his pace because of his little ones: God will not over-drive his people, and put them to exercises above the strength of grace received. Upon this ground is that speech of Christ, Old bottles will not bear new wine, &c. That is, he would not exercise young beginners with austerities of religion, but would forbear them till they had gotten more strength: the days will ⟨p. 63⟩come when the bridegroom shall be taken away, & then they should fast, when the bridegroom was taken away: he will then give them in those days a more plentiful and abundant measure of his spirit, and then they should be able for these works.
It is said of Iacob, that he slackned his pace because of his little ones: God will not over-drive his people, and put them to exercises above the strength of grace received. Upon this ground is that speech of Christ, Old bottles will not beare new wine, &c. That is, he would not exercise young beginners with austerities of religion, but would forbeare them till they had gotten more strength: the dayes will ⟨p. 63⟩come when the bridegroome shall be taken away, & then they should fast, when the bridegrome was taken away: he will then give them in those dayes a more plentifull and abundant measure of his spirit, and then they should be able for these works.
Use. And what a comfort is this to the Saints, though God do exercise you, yet he will not put you to exercises above the measure of grace received.
Vse. And what a comfort is this to the Saints, though God do exercise you, yet he will not put you to exercises above the measure of grace received.