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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.
Alas what trial of patience is here, where there is nothing to disturb, or annoy him?
Alas what tryall of patience is here, where there is nothing to disturbe, or annoy him?
Do but let me deal with him a little, and I will quickly sound him, give me but commission to take away his Children, his goods, and to smite his body, and then we shall quickly see his patience. This man who now seems so patient, will curse thee to thy face.
Do but let me deale with him a little, and I will quickly sound him, give mee but commission to take away his Children, his goods, and to smite his body, and then wee shall quickly see his patience. This man who now seems so patient, will curse thee to thy face.
The main of his argument was this, ⟨p. 73⟩and it was true in the main: That while all things which are fuel to patience are enjoined, while a man is in prosperity, and hath what his heart can wish, here is no trial of patience. But when a man is brought into the deep, plucked from the shore of his enjoyments. When a man is brought into straits and difficulties here will be the trial. And therefore doth God often carry his people into the deep as he did him, and raise storms & troubles there, that he might discover his peoples patience. And when a man can now lye down in the dust, kiss the rod, justify God, clear him in all his dealings, and sweetly accept of the punishment of his iniquity, when a man can by the power of Faith lay all the insurrections in his soul, silence all murmurings, 1and give God the glory of his own proceedings with him. Here is patience indeed, patience in strength. That is the second.