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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.
Read but the stories of David, of the Jews in re-building the Temple, and you shall see the truth of this; that God doth heighten the troubles of his people before he do deliver them. And this God doth,
Read but the stories of David, of the Jewes in re-building the Temple, and you shall see the truth of this; that God doth heighten the troubles of his people before he do deliver them. And this God doth,
Reas. 1. To heighten our graces: your faith, not your fear, your hope, not your discouragements. bAs difficulties do arise, so should the faith of Gods people rise too. As it was with Noah's ark, the waters rose higher and higher, and still as the waters arose, the Ark arose; the waters never arose above the Ark. ySo should it be with a Christians faith, as troubles arise, so our trust should arise, no difficulties should arise above our faith: if God have weakened the arm of flesh, we should strengthen the arm of faith; if he have shortened us in the relief of creatures, we should strengthen our selves in our reliance and rest upon God.
Reas. 1. To heighten our graces: your faith, not your feare, your hope, not your discouragements. bAs difficulties do arise, so should the faith of Gods people rise too. As it was with Noahs ark, the waters rose higher and higher, and still as the waters arose, the Ark arose; the waters never arose above the Arke. ySo should it be with a Christians faith, as troubles arise, so our trust should arise, no difficulties should arise above our faith: if God have weakned the arme of flesh, we should strengthen the arme of faith; if he have shortned us in the reliefe of creatures, we should strengthen our selves in our relyance and rest upon God.