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The sin is past, but the punishment is to come: so after sin followeth revenge, the heaviest companion of wickedness, although she love not sin, yet she will be always where wickedness is, full of strength like a Lyon which will not be tamed. For seeing obedience to the commandment was wanting, therefore the tempest would bear rule, for unless it be an imperious cross, we will not yield, so head strong sin is: therefore it is said that God sent a mighty tempest that sin might have the foil, ⟨p. 123⟩and the tempest the victory: he that sails to Tarshish whither he is forbidden to go, would have as good wind as he that sails to Nineveh, or whither he is commanded, but he that doth one thing for another, shall receive one thing for another, like Ahab ¹which ceased not till Michaiah had said like the other Prophets go up and prosper, but he went up and perished. Jonah thought to arrive at Tarshish as surely as the Spaniards thought to arrive in England, whose destruction their fellows at home do wonder at, how their invincible power could be destroyed. But God is strong enough for them that kick against him, & disdaineth to be crossed of dust and ashes. Now Satan thou hast brought him into the ship, and persuaded him to fly from his defence for his safety, and made him believe that he should come safe to Tarshish, that is, to live at ease & liberty, enjoying all temporal benefits at his pleasure, & now thou hast left him, when he is in greatest danger, and rather seekest to drown him then to save him. O most wretched and deceitful liar, he that trusteth his enemy, and he that believeth thee, shall ever be deceived, for now might Jonah say, beware by me, for thus hath the tempter deceived me, he hath allured me with flattering ⟨p. 124⟩fantasies, and persuaded me that it was but an easy thing to fly from the presence of the Lord, that seeth always all ²things, and from whom no man, no nor secret lurking in any mans heart can be hid, but all are always in his presence.

The sinne is past, but the punishment is to come: so after sinne followeth reuenge, the heauiest companion of wickednesse, although she loue not sinne, yet she wilbe alwayes where wickednesse is, full of strēgth like a Lyon which will not be tamed. For seeing obedience to the commaundement was wanting, therefore the tempest would beare rule, for vnlesse it be an imperious crosse, we wil not yeeld, so head strong sinne is: therefore it is said that God sent a mightie tempest that sinne might haue the foyle,