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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.
Gods mercy moveth him to come in bond, and his wisdom pitcheth upon the day of payment. God promised Abraham ⟨p. 133⟩a child, but there was a time appointed for the performance of it. He promised to deliver Israel out of Egypt, and to bring them into Canaan, but he had an appointed time for the doing of it: he promised to set David on the throne, to bring his people out of Babylon, to send Christ into the world, but he took a fullness of time to accomplish all this in.
Gods mercy moveth him to come in bond, and his wisdome pitcheth upon the day of payment. God promised Abraham ⟨p. 133⟩a childe, but there was a time appointed for the performance of it. He promised to deliver Israel out of Egypt, and to bring them into Canaan, but he had an appointed time for the doing of it: hee promised to set David on the throne, to bring his people out of Babylon, to send Christ into the world, but he took a fulnesse of time to accomplish all this in.
God hath a fullness of time to accomplish all his thoughts of mercy to his people: and therefore doth he take time to quicken us to seek, to prepare us for the mercy, to ripen our enemies for destruction.
God hath a fulnesse of time to accomplish all his thoughts of mercy to his people: and therefore doth he take time to quicken us to seeke, to prepare us for the mercy, to ripen our enemies for distruction.
Use. And therefore this speaks patient waiting upon God. God hath had ever some great promises on foot, upon purpose to exercise the graces of his people, their faith, patience, &c.