A58039:74
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.
In the beginning of this darkness, they sought some means to preserve light, and finding a piece of sheet-lead, and some Oil in the Coopers Tent, and Rope-yarn, they made a Lamp, which they kept continually burning, which was a great comfort to them in their extremity; yet their wants and miseries were so many, and great, that sometimes they brake forth into impatient speeches against the causers of them, but then their Consciences again minded them of their own evil deserts, and so they took it as a just hand of God for their former wicked lives, or that God intended to make them examples of his Mercy in their wonderful deliverance: Humbling themselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, they prostrated themselves in prayer two or three times a day, which course they constantly held all the time of their misery.
In the beginning of this darkness, they sought some means to preserve light, and finding a piece of sheet-lead, and some Oyl in the Coopers Tent, and Rope-yarn, they made a Lamp, which they kept continually burning, which was a great comfort to them in their extremity; yet their wants and miseries were so many, and great, that sometimes they brake forth into impatient speeches against the causers of them, but then their Consciences again minded them of their own evil deserts, and so they took it as a just hand of God for their former wicked lives, or that God intended to make them examples of his Mercy in their wonderful deliverance: Humbling themselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, they prostrated themselves in prayer two or three times a day, which course they constantly held all the time of their misery.
In the beginning of January, as the days began to lengthen, the cold began to strengthen; which proceeded to that extremity, that it raised blisters on their flesh as if they had been burnt with fire, and if at any time they touched Iron, it would stick to their fingers like birdlime: If they went out a doors to fetch in a little water, it would so pinch them, that they were sore as if they had been beaten. In the beginning of Winter, with Pick-axes breaking the Ice daily, they got some water on the Sea-shore: but after the tenth of January, they had none but Snow water which they melted with hot Irons, which was their only Drink till the twentieth of May following.