We have heard Jonah confessing that he received a charge to go to Nineveh, but he arose and fled toward Tarshish, and went down to Japho, and found a ship, going to Tarshish, and paid the fare thereof, and went down into it: hereafter we shall hear, that being entered the ship, he went to sleep, and slept soundly, and being wakened, he confessed not his sin, but suffered the Mariners to devise to find out for whose cause they were to troubled, and at length also the lots to be cast never confessing it until he was enforced to it. What needed he to rehearse all this? had it not been enough to have said, that he left his business undone, he was a sinner? No, for God would have men to know the stubbornness and disobedience of Jonah, in that this, thing was not done upon the sudden, but upon deliberation, and in no short time, but in some continuance, while he went from Samaria to Japho: and thence was departed, and had somewhile sailed. In which space he had leisure enough to have repented, but did not. Jonah confessed his sin, that he should not once have listened to Satan's assaults or reasons of the flesh, and when he ⟨image 67⟩had listened, he should not have liked them, and when he had liked them he should not have consented to obey them, and when he had consented he should not have put them in practise; he should not have fled toward Japho; and when he was come to Japho, he should not have gone to the haven; and when he came to the heaven, he should not have paid the fare; and when he had paid the fare, he should not have entered the ship, and when he was entered the ship, he should not have hoised up the sails, and sailed, and gone to sleep. But this he did, teaching that sin runs on wheels, as it were down a hill in a ll post-hast, and never stays till it arrive even in hell. For Jonah thought because he came safe to Japho, therefore he might go to the heavens & because he came well to the haven, therefore he might pay the fare; and because he paid the fare in peace, therefore he might take shipping; and because he entered the ship in safety, therefore he might hoist up the sails to go, and because he hoised up the sails without danger, therefore he might go securely to sleep, and safely to sail to Tarshish.
We haue heard Ionah confessing that hee receiued a charge to goe to Niniuie, but hee arose and fled toward Tarshish, and went downe to Iapho, and found a ship, going to Tarshish, and paid the fare thereof, and went downe into it: heereafter we shall heare, that being entred the ship, hee went to sleepe, and slept soundly, and being wakened, hee confessed not his sinne, but suffered the Mariners to deuise to find out for whose cause they were to troubled, and at length also the lots to bee cast neuer confessing it vntill he was enforced to it. VVhat needed hee to rehearse all this? had it not beene enough to haue said, that he left his businesse vndone, hee was a sinner? No, for God would haue men to know the stubbornnes and disobedience of Ionah, in that this, thing was not done vpon the sudden, but vpon deliberation, and in no short time, but in some continuance, while he went from Samaria to Iapho: and thence was departed, and had somewhile sailed. In which space hee had leasure enough to haue repented, but did not. Ionah confessed his sinne, that hee should not once haue listned to sathans assaults or reasons of the flesh, and when hee ⟨image 67⟩had listned, he should not haue liked them, and when he had liked them he should not haue consented to obey them, and when he had consented he should not haue put them in practise; he should not haue fled toward Iapho; and when he was come to Iapho, he should not haue gone to the hauen; and when he came to the heauen, hee should not haue paid the fare; and when hee had paid the fare, he should not haue entred the ship, and when he was entred the shippe, he should not haue hoysed vp the sailes, and sailed, and gone to sleepe. But this he did, teaching that sinne runnes on wheeles, as it were downe a hill in a ll post-hast, and neuer staies till it ariue euen in hell. For Ionah thought because he came safe to Iapho, therefore he might goe to the heauens & because he came well to the hauen, therefore he might pay the fare; and because he paid the fare in peace, therfore he might take shipping; and because he entred the ship in safety, therefore he might hoyse vp the sailes to goe, and because hee hoysed vp the sailes without danger, therefore he might go securely to sleepe, and safely to saile to Tarshish.
