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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.
Passion you see will have a vent, 1They cried out: — It had been well if they had cried up, but they cried out: Fear doth the one, but it must be faith ⟨p. 213⟩which must do the other. — But what a shame was this. It was a sin they should be afraid, but what a shame they should cry out for fear; — They who were the Disciples of Christ were in Gods way, went out upon Christs warrant, do they fear? nay, do they cry out for fear? what may the Mariners say? Shall such a man as I fly, 2saith Nehemiah? what one under such protections? one under so many promises? one who had such a cause, & such encouragements from above, shall I fly? This he thought both Gods dishonour, his shame, religions scandal. So shall such men as these fear, nay cry out too? Such as were the friends and Disciples of Christ? such as were sent on Christs Errand? such who were under such protections? do they fear?— What, I say, might the poor Mariners say? yWhat a dishonour was this to Christ? what a scandal to Religion, what a shame to themselves? You have an excellent expression in the 8. Ezra 22. Read it. See how tender Gods people are of Gods honour, they will rather venture themselves, then hazard Gods glory; he would rather go in danger, than give occasion to wicked ⟨p. 214⟩men to think dishonourably of God.
Passion you see will have a vent, 1They cryed out: — It had been well if they had cryed up, but they cryed out: Feare doth the one, but it must be faith ⟨p. 213⟩which must doe the other. — But what a shame was this. It was a sin they should be afraid, but what a shame they should cry out for feare; — They who were the Disciples of Christ were in Gods way, went out upon Christs warrant, doe they feare? nay, doe they cry out for feare? what may the Mariners say? Shall such a man as I fly,