An oversight, and deliberation upon the holy prophet JonahAn ouersight, and deliberacion vpon the holy prophete Ionas

In these Mariners y• holy ghost teacheth us two things, the one how they would have saved the troubler of the ship, the other that they could not save him. In the first is noted the nature & condition of every godly Magistrate that would if god would & the law, all men to be saved: as Moses did pray for the people that rebelled, for Aron & Mary, his brother & sister. Joshua called disobedient ⟨p. l⟩Ahab son. Here is the partial and corrupt judgement of Kings, Magistrates, judges and such as bear office in the commune wealth horribly condemned: that serve not the law but master the law, and for lucre or affection damneth him the law quitteth, and saveth him the law condemneth, contrary to the doctrine of Solomon. Proverb .xvii. Deut. xix. Luke. xxii. Rom. xiii. Jac. iiii. That they could not save Jonah, we learn that no commune wealth can be quieted except the transgressors be punished. Jos. vii. God giveth no victory to y• children of Israel till Ahab be punished. The plague ceased not from y• Israelites, till Phinehas had slain the adulterous, Nu. xxv ⟨image 60⟩And the Lord saith in Ezekiel. xxxiii: ye lift up your eyes to your Idols, & shed blood: and think ye, ye shall posses this land? Ye pollute each another's wife, and should ye inhabit this land? Nether unto alludeth saint Paul. Ephesians. v. Let no man seduce you with profane words, for these things cometh the ire of God upon the children of distrust.

In these Mariners y• holye gost teacheth vs two thynges, the one howe they would haue saued the troubler of the shyp, the other that they coulde not saue him. In the first is noted the nature & condicion of euery godly Magistrate yt would if god wold & the lawe, al men to be saued: as Moses did prai for the people yt rebelled, for Aron & Marye, hys brother & sister. Iosua called disobediente