In the First place, before ever you Embark in those your Moving Tabernacles, become United unto the Lord Jesus Christ, by Faith in Him, that so you may be prepared for all the Wonders of those Dangers, which you may be Exposed unto. There ⟨p. 78⟩are wonderful Storms, which may Encounter and Endanger those your Feeble Tabernacles: But Calms, may likewise Incommode you worse than Storms. By Numberless Accidents, these Tabernacles may be Sunk and Lost in the Waters; but the Fires especially may more terribly threaten you, than the Waters. Enemies do much prey upon these Tabernacles on the Ocean, as the Greater Fishes in it, upon the lesser ones; but the worst Enemies, are the Pirates of our own Nation, who barbarously butcher all that may discover them. In short, So Sensibly near to Death are you in these your Tabernacles, that, in Truth, Tam prope mors urget, quam prope cernis Aquam: 'tis but the Breadth of a Plank to two. My Friends, That Pitched Box of Plank, what is it, but a larger sort of a Coffin? Our Seafaring Folks, may say with the Psalmist, My Soul is continually in my Hand. But, before it come to this, O man if thou Love thy Soul, effectually put thy Soul, into the Hand of the Lord Jesus Christ, Repairing to Him, and Relying on Him, for thy Righteousness, thy Blessedness, thy Everlasting Life. The Poet ⟨p. 79⟩counted him a Bold man, [Audax Japeti Genus] who Ventured first of all to go to Sea. Yea, but I earnestly Protest unto you, He that will venture to Sea, before he hath Savingly Closed with the Lord Jesus Christ, by Faith, is a Bold, an Hardy, a Sottish, and a desperately Venturesome Creature. Sirs, Will you go to Sea, before you have made up your Accounts? There are sad Accounts between God and you; I beseech you, get 'em all made up, in your Believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, for the Pardon of all your Sins, before you stir. The First Ship, even the Ark, was in this, a Type of the Lord Jesus Christ, that the Salvation of your Souls does depend on your being in Him. Neighbours, Don't Step into any Ship, till you are first got into that Ark! And Now,
In the First place, before ever you Embark in those your Moving Tabernacles, become United unto the Lord Jesus Christ, by Faith in Him, that so you may be prepared for all the Wonders of those Dangers, which you may be Exposed unto. There ⟨p. 78⟩are wonderful Storms, which may Encounter and Endanger those your Feeble Tabernacles: But Calms, may likewise Incommode you worse than Storms. By Numberless Accidents, these Tabernacles may be Sunk and Lost in the Waters; but the Fires especially may more terribly threaten you, than the Waters. Enemies do much prey upon these Tabernacles on the Ocean, as the Greater Fishes in it, upon the lesser ones; but the worst Enemies, are the Pyrates of our own Nation, who barbarously butcher all that may discover them. In short, So Sensibly near to Death are you in these your Tabernacles, that, in Truth, Tam prope mors urget, quam prope cernis Aquam: 'tis but the Breadth of a Plank to two. My Friends, That Pitch't Box of Plank, what is it, but a larger sort of a Coffin? Our Seafaring Folks, may say with the Psalmist, My Soul is continually in my Hand. But, before it come to this, O man if thou Love thy Soul, effectually put thy Soul, into the Hand of the Lord Jesus Christ, Repairing to Him, and Relying on Him, for thy Righteousness, thy Blessedness, thy Everlasting Life. The Poet ⟨p. 79⟩counted him a Bold man, [Audax Japeti Genus] who Ventured first of all to go to Sea. Yea, but I earnestly Protest unto you, He that will venture to Sea, before he hath Savingly Closed with the Lord Jesus Christ, by Faith, is a Bold, an Hardy, a Sottish, and a desperately Venturesome Creature. Sirs, Will you go to Sea, before you have made up your Accounts? There are sad Accounts between God and you; I beseech you, get 'em all made up, in your Believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, for the Pardon of all your Sins, before you stir. The First Ship, even the Ark, was in this, a Type of the Lord Jesus Christ, that the Salvation of your Souls does depend on your being in Him. Neighbours, Don't Step into any Ship, till you are first got into that Ark! And Now,
