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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.
Art thou in duty, doth Satan trouble thee? art thou afraid? yet hold on prayer. Satan is more afraid of thy prayers, than thou canst be of his fears: Thou tormentest him more by prayers, than he can do thee by fears: And therefore hold up thy heart, thou runnest into danger, if once thou goest out of duty; better thou hadst to dye in the place in believing and praying, than to preserve thy self (if this thou could do) by flying and withdrawing. Certainly he comes into Satan's power, who seeks to escape it by flying, and not by believing, by fearing, and not by praying.
Art thou in duty, doth Satan trouble thee? art thou afraid? yet hold on prayer. Satan is more afraid of thy prayers, than thou canst be of his feares: Thou tormenst him more by prayers, than he can doe thee by fears: And therfore hold up thy heart, thou runst into danger, if once thou goest out of duty; better thou hadst to dye in the place in believing and praying, than to preserve thy self (if this thou could doe) by flying and withdrawing. Certainly hee comes into Satans power, who seeks to escape it by flying, and not by beleeving, by fearing, and not by praying.
Let us then take heed of this— We are too apt to it, with the Apostles here, to act our fear, when we are called forth to act our faith.
Let us then take heed of this— We are too apt to it, with the Apostles here, to act our feare, when we are called forth to act our faith.
There is yet something more from this second effect of their fear.
There is yet something more from this second effect of their feare.