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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.
When Haman had prevailed so far as to get a bloody decree against the Church of God, no doubt he joyed exceedingly, as one that promised to himself the utter ruin of them: and he brought it up very high: there was mans extremity. But you see how God crosseth it; and who is able to express the vexation and torture of Haman for his disappointment: He goes home, and vexeth himself, he could not eat, nor drink, nor sleep, for very vexation that his design did not take. The like of Ahithophel, he hangs himself for very pride and madness. God hath ways enough to make wicked men to gnash their teeth before they come to hell: and this is one way to bring his people into straits, and put the wicked in a kind of hope of having their will on the godly: and then relieving his people and disappointing them, no man knows what vexation and torture this is to their spirits.
When Haman had prevailed so far as to get a bloody decree against the Church of God, no doubt hee joyed exceedingly, as one that promised to himselfe the utter ruine of them: and he brought it up very high: there was mans extremity. But you see how God crosseth it; and who is able to expresse the vexation and torture of Haman for his disappointment: He goes home, and vexeth himselfe, he could not eat, nor drinke, nor sleepe, for very vexation that his designe did not take. The like of Achitophel, he hangs himselfe for very pride and madnesse. God hath wayes enough to make wicked men to gnash their teeth before they come to hell: and this is one way to bring his people into straits, and put the wicked in a kinde of hope of having their will on the godly: and then relieving his people and disappointing them, no man knowes what vexation and torture this is to their spirits.
These, with many other reasons might be named, as because now deliverance will be most welcome, his people most thankful, help most glorious.
These, with many other reasons might be named, as because now deliverance will be most welcome, his people most thankfull, helpe most glorious.