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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.
3. Reason. God doth increase our troubles, when he comes to remove them, that we might increase our duties.
The louder God speaks to us, the louder should we speak to God. Ordinary duties will not serve for extraordinary times. When God doubles his strokes, we should double our strength to wrestle with God; when he multiplies troubles, we should multiply prayers. The greater out straits, the greater, should be our enlargements. The greater our Difficulties, the more earnest and fervent our Prayers. Christians, ordinary Prayers will not serve for extraordinary pressures. Our present troubles are Gods Spurs and Goads in our sides to quicken our pace in our way to Heaven. God drives us from our homes to drive us from our sins: God fires us out of our houses, that he might fire us out of our Formalities. He threatens to lay our outward condition low, that he might raise our Spirits high, Difficulties should much quicken us to duties: God saith so, Hos. 5. ult. In the time of their affliction they will seek me early. i.e. Diligently. 1Then will they wrestle with God in prayer. You read, when ⟨p. 196⟩Jacobs troubles were increased, 2he went to Prayer: he first wrestled with God, before he went to encounter with his Brother; not doubting, but if he could overcome God, he should overcome his brother. When Hezekiahs troubles were increased, then were his prayers also. The like of David, 3Esther, &c. and should be so with us. The troubles below should send us to seek for comfort above. Difficulties are to grace as Bellows to the fire, to intend it and make it burn more vehemently. It is said of Christ himself, That being in an Agony he prayed more h