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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.
There is no trial of love, while we have such dispensations from God as are fuel and attractives of love.
There is no tryall of love, while we have such dispensations from God as are fewell and attractives of love.
While God smiles on us, our estate is prosperous, all things speak love and good-will from God; these are attractives to beget, and fuel to increase love. But now when God shall bring a man into the deep, exercise him with difficulties, seem to overwhelm him with all his waves, as Job complains; and yet for all this the soul can cleave to him, love a frowning God as well as a smiling God; a correcting, as well as a comforting God, as Job saith, Though thou kill me, yet will I trust in thee. Or as the Church, Psalm 44.9 to the 19. All this is come upon us, and it was a great all, as you may see, 19.10.11.12.13, &c. thou givest us as sheep to the slaughter, &c. Yet have we not forsaken thee, nor turned our back from thy covenant.
While God smiles on us, our estate is prosperous, all things speake love and good-will from God; these are attractives to beget, and fewell to increase love. But now when God shall bring a man into the deepe, exercise him with difficulties, seeme to overwhelme him with all his waves, as Iob complaines; and yet for all this the soule can cleave to him, love a frovvning God as vvell as a smiling God; a correcting, as vvell as a comforting God, as Iob saith, Though thou kill me, yet will I trust in thee. Or as the Church, Psalme 44.9 to the 19. All this is come upon us, and it vvas a great all, as you may see, 19.10.11.12.13, &c. thou givest us as sheepe to the slaughter, &c. Yet have we not forsaken thee, nor turn'd our back from thy covenant.