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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.
[Jesus went unto them.]
[Jesus weut unto them.]
It is not said that he went towards them, but he went to them: men may only go towards us in trouble, but cannot go to us; but Christ, if he go towards, he goes to them. Christ reliefs are full and perfect. Again it is said he went to them, when yet he was but going towards them: Indeed he is as good as there already, as soon as he sets out to go.
It is not said that hee went towards them, but hee went to them: men may onely goe towards us in trouble, but cannot goe to us; but Christ, if hee goe towards, he goes to them. Christ reliefes are full and perfect. Againe it is said he went to them, when yet he wes but going towards them: Indeed hee is as good as there already, as soone as hee sets out to goe.
Doct. What Christ doth purpose to do, it is as good as done already; though not in effectu operis, in regard of execution it be yet to do, yet respectu decreti, in respect of his purpose it is as good as done already.
Doct. What Christ doth purpose to doe, it is as good as done already; though not in effectu operis, in regard of execution it be yet to doe, yet respectu decreti, in respect of his purpose it is as good as done already.