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A token for mariners
A token for mariners containing many famous and wonderful instances of God's providence in sea dangers and deliverances, in mercifully preserving the lives of his poor creatures, when, in humane probability, at the point of perishing by shipwreck, famine, or other accidents. much enlarged, with the addition of many new relations, one whereof happening this present year, and never before printed. Mostly attested by the persons themselves. Also The seaman's preacher, being a sermon on the right improvement of such mercies. And prayers for seamen on all occasions.A token for mariners containing many famous and wonderful instances of God's providence in sea dangers and deliverances, in mercifully preserving the lives of his poor creatures, when, in humane probability, at the point of perishing by shipwrack, famine, or other accidents. much enlarg'd, with the addition of many new relations, one whereof happening this present year, and never before printed. Mostly attested by the persons themselves. Also The seaman's preacher, being a sermon on the right improvement of such mercies. And prayers for seamen on all occasions.
London: printed by Hugh Newman, 1698
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2. We are to remember our frames of spirit when God brings us out of our dangers; how then we were melted with the present sense of the mercy; as those Israelites, when God brought them out of danger, they believed God, they sang and gave praise; O what resolutions were there then upon the Soul to be given up anew to God; to walk before the Lord in the light of the living. Thus also did David, when brought out of danger; Thy vows are upon me, O God, &c. and at another time, The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, &c. and thou helpedst me, (Psal. 56. 12, 13.) And then what a frame of heart was upon him? Return unto thy rest, O my Soul, &c. (Psal. 116. 6, 7.) Then he was all for returning to God: O now there was fresh endearments betwixt the Soul and God. These we are to remember, that ⟨p. 120⟩we may not wear totally the sense of them off our spirits.
5. We should remember our dangers, with consideration to the frequency of them; how frequently we were in them. Paul remembered this, in Perils by Sea often, in Perils by the Heathen, &c. (2 Cor. 11. 26.) O how often have we been near Drowning, near Taking, near Sinking, near Dying, and yet God brought us off; these things we should call to mind often; go out upon dangerous Voyages, and often come home; the oftener and more frequent our dangers, the more should we think upon them.
5. We should remember our dangers, with consideration to the frequency of them; how frequently we were in them. Paul remembred this, in Perils by Sea often, in Perils by the Heathen, &c. (2 Cor. 11. 26.) O how often have we been near Drowning, near Taking, near Sinking, near Dying, and yet God brought us off; these things we should call to mind often; go out upon dangerous Voyages, and often come home; the oftner and more frequent our dangers, the more should we think upon them.