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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.
Therefore doth God bring Job into the Field, exercise him with an hard Battle; wherein he had not only to deal with Satan, but his friends too, as enemies. Nay God himself seems also to join with Satan; not only by withdrawing of himself from him, but by positive inflicting of displeasure upon his spirit. Thou fightest against me with all thy terrors, and overwhelmest me with all thy waves. Job 13.
Therefore doth God bring Iob into the Field, exercise him with an hard Battell; wherein hee had not onely to deale with Satan, but his friends too, as enemies. Nay God himselfe seemes also to joyn with Satan; not only by withdrawing of himselfe from him, but by possitive inflicting of displeasure upon his spirit. Thou fightest against mee with all thy terrours, and overwhelmest me with all thy waves. Iob 13.
And all this while God increased his troubles to discover his heart.
When God brings judgements and calamities on a nation, he is said to sift a nation, Amos. 9.9. Troubles are Gods sieve. The greater the troubles, the smaller and finer is Gods sieve: small troubles, they are but a course sieve; they will not be able to discover the flower from the bran; much bran, notwithstanding this sifting will pass through. Orpha may go far with Ruth, but will not go throughout. The Scribe came to Christ, and would have gone far, if you will believe him upon his solemn protestations, ⟨p. 186⟩Master,