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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
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.
A Prayer before a Voyage.
O ETERNAL God, even the God of our Salvation, the hope of all the ends of the Earth, and of them that remain in the wide ⟨image 87⟩Ocean, under the shadow of whose Wings we are always secure, and without whose protection we cannot expect safety; I have been, O Lord, preserved by thee until this moment from many dangers, for which I have not expressed my thankfulness in acknowledging those daily blessings I have received from thee; but, O Lord, forget and forgive those manifold sins which I have committed against thee, and blot them out of thy Book of remembrance.
O ETERNAL God, even the God of our Salvation, the hope of all the ends of the Earth, and of them that remain in the wide ⟨image 87⟩Ocean, under the shadow of whose Wings we are always secure, and without whose protection we cannot expect safety; I have been, O Lord, preserved by thee until this moment from many dangers, for which I have not expressed my thankfulness in acknowledging those dayly blessings I have received from thee; but, O Lord, forget and forgive those mani•old sins which I have committed against thee, and blot them out of thy Book of remembrance.
PURGE me, O Lord, I beseech thee, from all vile affections; and grant I may bring forth the fruits of thy Spirit; go along with me with thy blessed Spirit in this my Voyage, preserve me from Pirates, Robbers and Enemies, defend me from Rocks, Sands and Shelves, and keep me from Thunder and Lightning, Storms and tempestuous Weather, or any other danger that may dismay me. To thee, O Lord, I commend my Body and Spirit, to dispose of me according to thy holy Will and Pleasure; if thou art pleased to call for my life upon the surface of the Waters; I know thy Almighty Word can command the Sea to give up her Dead at the last and great audit.