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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.
Ans. 1. When you are at the height of your graces, of your faith, hope, patience, when you can believe no further, & hope no further; It is said in respect of the great trouble. Luke 8. 1when he cometh he shall not find faith in the earth, these were at the height indeed, if they had been wound any higher, they had cracked, the Musician will wind his strings to the height, but not overwind them, so God, ⟨p. 208⟩he will exercise, but not destroy our graces.
Ans. 1. When you are at the height of your graces, of your faith, hope, patience, when you can believe no further, & hope no further; It is said in respect of the great trouble. Luke 8. 1when he cometh he shall not finde faith in the earth, these were at the height indeed, if they had been wound any higher, they had crack't, the Musician will winde his strings to the height, but not overwinde them, so God, ⟨p. 208⟩he will exercise, but not destroy our graces.
2. When our enemies are at the height of their sins, and at the height of their rage and cruelty. Exod. 15.9, 10. when wicked men are at the top of their pride, they are nearest ruin, when the iniquity of a man is full, when sin is finished, it brings forth death, when the Epha is full, when the harvest is ripe, then will God put in his sickle, &c.