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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.
I will give you another place, Joshua 5.6. I will be with thee, I will not fail thee nor forsake thee. This you know was a particular promise made to Joshua. Yet the Apostle, (who best knew the mind of the giver,) he brings this promise into the common stock, that seemed to be impropriated; and shows that this is part of the Saints riches, Hebr. 13.5. Let your conversation be without covetousness, for he hath said, He will never leave thee nor forsake thee. Yea, you may say: he hath said so to Joshua: but where to me? And indeed this could not be answered, unless you grant this rule to be true; that whatever God hath promised to his Church, or any of his people, in other ages of the world; he hath promised to his Church, and all his people to the end of the world, provided they be in like state, in equal condition, whence we say, That general promises may be particularly applied: and particular, generally. That is, what ever promise you find to one godly man, as godly: or to his Church, as to his Church. It is appliable to all. God carrying himself to ⟨p. 239⟩all alike, all of you being under the same covenant, and to deal with the same God, who is impartial in the dispensations of his love and mercy.
I will give you another place, Ioshua 5.6. I will be with thee, I will not faile thee nor forsake thee. This you know was a particular promise made to Ioshua. Yet the Apostle, (who best knew the minde of the giver,) he brings this promise into the common stock, that seemed to be impropriated; and shewes that this is part of the Saints riches, Hebr. 13.5. Let your conversation be without covetousnesse, for he hath said, He will never leave thee nor forsake thee. Yea, you may say: he hath said so to Ioshuah: but where to me? And indeed this could not be answered, unlesse you grant this rule to be true; that whatever God hath promised to his Church, or any of his people, in other ages of the world; he hath promised to his Church, and all his people to the end of the world, provided they be in like state, in equall condition, whence we say, That generall promises may bee particularly applyed: and particular, generally. That is, what ever promise you find to one godly man, as godly: or to his Church, as to his Church. It is applyable to all. God carrying himselfe to