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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.
See the stories of David, of Hezekiah, of the Church in Hesters time, Jehoshaphat, &c. they were in great straits, and their prayers were wrestling prayers.
See the stories of David, of Hezekiah, of the Church in Hesters time, Jehosophat, &c. they were in great straits, and their prayers were wrestling prayers.
Difficulties are to grace as the bellows to the fire, to intend it, and make it burn more vehemently; then will the foul pray more fervently, with more extension and intention of spirit; and will join tears with prayers, humiliation with ⟨p. 105⟩supplication, as you see in Hesters time, Nehemiah, Ezra. And now doth the soul gather up arguments from God, from his pr•nises, attributes, from the miseries of the Church, &c. and the strength, insolency, and pride of the enemy to wrestle with God, &c. Therefore doth God heighten our difficulties, that he might heighten out duties.
Difficulties are to grace as the bellowes to the fire, to intend it, and make it burn more vehemently; then will the foule pray more fervently, with more extension and intention of spirit; and will joyn teares with prayers, humiliation with ⟨p. 105⟩supplication, as you see in Hesters time, Nehemiah, Ezra. And now doth the soule gather up arguments from God, from his pr•nises, attributes, from the miseries of the Church, &c. and the strength, insolency, and pride of the enemy to wrestle with God, &c. Therefore doth God heighten our difficulties, that he might heighten out duties.