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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.
Well then, let it be our wisdom, in all our straits and necessities. 1. To turn our selves alone to God for help. 2. To Rest in Gods help alone. Use the helps of creatures, but rest in the helps of God. So did David. Psal. 108.12. He had provided help, as if there had not been a God in heaven: and yet so rested on God, as though he had not a man in the field. Vain are Powers, preparations of Armies. — Vain is the help of man, (saith he) Through God shall we do valiantly: for he shall tread down our enemies for us. Vers. 13.— The like you read of Jehoshaphat, though his army was big enough, yet saith he, We knew not what to do, but our eyes are upon thee. 2 Chron. 20.12. Christians! let us learn the same lesson, God hath weakened our arm of flesh, that we might strengthen the arm of faith. He hath blasted us in our expectations from men, that our eyes and hopes might be altogether fastened on himself. And I hope, this hath been the fruit of it, in ⟨p. 252⟩Gods people. The more we have been we akned in creatures, the more we have strengthened our selves in God. I am sure, we have seen more of God in our weakness, then ever we did in our strength.
Well then, let it be our wisedome, in all our straits and necessities. 1. To turn our selves alone to God for help. 2. To Rest in Gods help alone. Vse the helps of creatures, but rest in the helps of God. So did David. Psal. 108.12. Hee had provided help, as if there had not been a God in heaven: and yet so rested on God, as though he had not a man in the field. Vaine are Powers, preparations of Armies. — Vain is the help of man, (saith hee) Through God shall wee doe valiantly: for he shall tread downe our enemies for us. Vers. 13.— The like you read of Jehoshaphat, though his army was big enough, yet saith he, Wee knew not what to doe, but our eyes are upon thee. 2 Chron. 20.12. Christians! let us learn the same lesson, God hath weakned our arme of flesh, that wee might strengthen the arme of faith. He hath blasted us in our expectations from men, that our eyes and hopes might be altogether fastned on himself. And I hope, this hath been the fruit of it, in