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Now the mariners, waken him, as if they should say, why Jonah dost thou not see how we are enclosed, doest thou not behold our wares cast out? why doest thou not come & labour with us in this dangerous time? is this a time to sleep in, when we are all in peril of our lives? shall we cry, & thou be mute? shall we labour• and thou rest? shall we fight and thou fly? this is no time to sleep, it is a time to pray unto thy god for his assistance, & to use the means that may save our lives. Now Jonah did not snap like some currish ⟨p. 151⟩dogs, and bite him that wakened him, but he ariseth and confesseth his sin, being content to bear the punishment, and when Jonah remembered him self, the winds and the waters remembered them selves, and became quiet.

Now the mariners, waken him, as if they should say, why Ionah dost thou not see how we are enclosed, doest thou not behold our wares cast out? why doest thou not come & labour with vs in this dangerous time? is this a time to sleepe in, when we are all in perill of our liues? shall we crie, & thou be mute? shall we labour• and thou rest? shal we fight and thou flie? this is no time to sleepe, it is a time to pray vnto thy god for his assistance, & to vse the meanes that may saue our liues. Now Ionah did not snap like some currish ⟨p. 151⟩dogges, and bite him that wakened him, but he ariseth and confesseth his sinne, being content to beare the punishment, and when Ionah remembred him selfe, the windes and the waters remembred them selues, and became quiet.

Many of you come to hear the word, & ¹here you fall a sleep when you have most need to be waking, but I am glad I have now gotten a text to waken you, for now I can not read my text, but I must say, what meanest thou ô sleeper? arise: but I pray you, have not I wakened you, and yet you sleep again? If you mark what is said unto you, you are a sleep though your eyes be open, and if you were as wise as Jonah, you would not sleep here in the sight of all the people, but would rather get you to sleep in some corner, for Jonah went under the hatches to sleep, and would not sleep in the sight of the mariners. If you were as wise as Jonah, you would thank him that wakened you. Solomon saith, that he which reproveth, shall have more favour of a wise man, than he which flattereth. The Lord Jesus saith, woe be unto that servant, that when his master cometh he shall find sleeping, canst thou not watch one hour, saith he to Peter can you not wake while I speak unto you? You all would be