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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.
Which though it be not yet fully manifested; yet I fear God will heighten our troubles, and increase our difficulties, till he hath made further discoveries. Our desire is rather, that God would use natural Spirits for Spiritual purposes; stablish them we have, than to lessen the number of them. However, it shall be my admonition to you all, which Christ gave the Churches in that day, when they are to fight the great battle against Antichrist: (which some think hath been begun these many years in Germany, and now in Ireland, whatever it is in England. You shall find it in Rev. 16.15. Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his ⟨p. 192⟩garments clean, lest he walk naked, and they they see his shame.
Which though it be not yet fully manifested; yet I feare God will heighten our troubles, and increase our difficulties, till hee hath made further discoveries. Our desire is rather, that God would use naturall Spirits for Spirituall purposes; stablish them we have, than to lessen the number of them. However, it shall bee my admonition to you all, which Christ gave the Churches in that day, when they are to fight the great battell against Antichrist: (which some think hath beene begun these many yeares in Germany, and now in Ireland, whatever it is in England. You shall find it in Rev. 16.15. Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his ⟨p. 192⟩garments clean, lest he walke naked, and they they see his shame.
You have (many of you) had a good esteem in your places; you have run well, as the Apostle saith; 1you have been such as have sometimes appeared for God; you have had a garment of Profession; frequented Sermons; holy exercises; given in some testimony against the corruptions of the times formerly. Why this is my admonition; Keep fast your garments, lose not the things you have wrought,