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A94155Whether it be lawful for Sea- men to tender their grievances by way of Petion?
A94155Whether the things alleadged in the Petition be real grievances, or no?
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A08979M. P.( Martin Parker), d. 1656?
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A76403or have you not gone on in Sin and Evil still?
A15681A preparation, in a reproofe of his Disciples: Why are ye fearfull, O ye of little faith?
A15681Again, dost thou find any want of any spirituall grace in thee?
A15681And Saint Marke addeth their reason, i Who can forgiue sinnes but God onely?
A15681And a game in the same Psalme; He sendeth out his Ice like morsels, who can abide the cold thereof?
A15681And againe: p Shall wee continue in sinne that grace may abound?
A15681And indeed, whether, or to whom should they come in their necessities, but to him, as the text speaketh?
A15681And liuing in that element, e from whence all riuers come and returne into it againe, and yet can not fill it, how can they but meditate of him?
A15681And the men maruelled, saying, What man is this, that both the windes and the sea obey him?
A15681Art thou by distance of place, imprisonment, trauell, or otherwise remoued from the ordinary hearing of the Word preached?
A15681Art thou tempted to any euill?
A15681As ● he woman of Samaria said vnto Christ, f Art thou gr ● ater then our Father Iacob?
A15681As, o What though some did not beleeue?
A15681But heere may bee demanded and obiected, Shall any man whosoeuer, receiue any thing whatsoeuer he shall aske of God in Christs name?
A15681But on the other side if life bee so sweete, and death so bitter, how commeth it to passe, that the godly many times desire death?
A15681But s how is the faithfull citie become an harlo ●?
A15681But yet our Sauiour makes no such haste, but that first he reprehends his Disciples and ● aith, Why are you fearefull, O ye of little ● aith?
A15681But, Quis tulerit Gracchum de sediti ● ne loquentem?
A15681Dare you awaken him, as if he could not deliuer you while he slept?
A15681Dost thou find any comfort by any grace already receiued?
A15681Dost thou find that thou hast deserued Gods iudgements, and that they hang ouer t ● y head for sinne?
A15681Doth the tentation to lust and vncleannesse seaze vpon thee as a tempest?
A15681For whom should the souldiour follow, but his Captaine?
A15681Hast thou giuen way, and art thou ouercome by the tentation?
A15681Hath God found thee out, and are his iudgements vpon thee?
A15681How can we( O Lord) looke to be freed from such danger, but by thine onely helpe?
A15681How comes it then to passe, that the Disciples here are so dismaied at the danger of death at the most?
A15681Orare nescis?
A15681Peter answered: Lord, to whom shall we goe?
A15681So say I, Art thou greater or better then our Sauiour Christ and his Disciples?
A15681The Church replies; Wherefore is thine apparrell red ▪ and thy garments like to him that treadeth in the wine- presse?
A15681The question may seeme strange; for how should they not be feareful, that saw the danger of present death before their eyes, as they verily thought?
A15681Then his Disciples came and awoke him; saying, Master, saue vs we perish: And hee said vnto them, Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith?
A15681What is man say I, that thou art so mindfull of him, and the sonne of man, that thou visitest him?
A15681What should I speake of f Iabin and Sisera ▪ of the Madianites, and the Philistims, and the rest of them?
A15681What they said: What man is this, that both winds and sea obey him?
A15681Where it may be demanded, why Christ would passe the sea, when he might haue staid on land?
A15681Wherefore hast thou serued vs thus, to carry vs out of Egypt?
A15681Whereupon he inferres, Shall not God a ● ● nge his elect, which day and night crie vnto him?
A15681Who can endure Gracchus a traytor, to pleade against treason?
A15681Whom haue we in heauen bu ● thee?
A15681are ye afraid of a tempest, that haue the Maker and Creator of tempest with you?
A15681e O Lord, how manifold are thy workes, in wisdome hast thou made them all, the earth is full of thy riches?
A15681or Verres a thiefe, to pleade against theft?
A15681or the Pope and his followers to complaine of persecution?
A15681or what shall he giue for a recompence for his soule?
A15681or why looke ye so stedfastly on vs?
A15681shall their vnbeleefe make the faith of God without effect?
A15681whom should the disciple follow, but his teacher?
A15681whom should the seruant follow, but his master?
A15681you haue life with you, and are you afeard of death?
A3967310, How may that be?
A3967311. Who shut up the Seas with doors, when it breake forth, as if it had issued out of the VVomb?
A3967319. Who can trace Foot- steps in the bottom of the Sea?
A396732 What is Death?
A396732. did God( I say) send down this picture of his own perfection, to be but as a striner for meats and drinks, a spung to suck in Wine and Beer?
A3967320 And why wilt thou my Son, be ravisht with a strange woman, and embrace the bosome of a stranger?
A3967328. unless I be able to take the height of every particular?
A3967333, 34. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God''s elect?
A396736. and pervert and abuse his goodness thus?
A396739 If it can not be born, is there any way to prevent it?
A39673A bit for Faith, have you not found it?
A39673A great exchange of ware, Wherein all Sorts and Sexes cheapning are: The Flesh, the Devils, sit and, cry What lack ye?
A39673Again, Do Saints find it so streight an entrance?
A39673Again, is the Creature so vain and unstable, then why are my Affections so hot and eager after it?
A39673Again: Are men( otherwise prudent and skillful) such sots and fools in spiritual things?
A39673Ah Lord, what an heart have I?
A39673Ah how light a matter do many of you( at least in words) make of it?
A39673Ah, how often have I been upon the very brink of Eternity?
A39673Alas, how few of us begin with God?
A39673Alas, what remembrance is there of them in Hell?
A39673Also, how many works of wonder do you daily behold, who go down into the deeps?
A39673Am I a Dogs head,( saith he) that thou chargest me with a fault concerning this woman?
A39673Am I not herein a Messenger of the saddest Tidings that ever yet thy Ears did hear?
A39673Am I tempted?
A39673And I, whether shall I now go?
A39673And Samuel said to Saul, VVherefore hast ● hou disquieted me, to bring me up?
A39673And again, how apt am I to be vainly lifted up in carnal confidence, when I see my self competently furnish''d with Creature- munition and provision?
A39673And amongst those that profess Christianity, how ordinarily is this sin committed by Sea- men?
A39673And are there such strange abominations in the heart of Man?
A39673And can a Christian leave the Face of God: T''embrace the Earth, or dote upon a Clod?
A39673And canst thou not perform, at least, the external acts of duty?
A39673And dost thou thus requite the Lord?
A39673And for its Depth, who can discover it?
A39673And hast thou kept no Records of these gracious Providences?
A39673And have not obeyed the voice of my Teacher, nor inclined my ears to them that instructed me?
A39673And how doth it make your hearts shake within you?
A39673And how long is their punishment in duration?
A39673And how remiss and cold towards things eternal?
A39673And how sweetly hath it expostulated with me?
A39673And how was he slighted by his own Children and servants after he had committed this sin?
A39673And how will this sting like and Adder, when thou shalt consider it?
A39673And how yare and eagerly do you look out for it?
A39673And if there be a world of Sin in one member, Who can number the Sins of all the members?
A39673And if this ● e so, then how easily may the sin of rash and pro ● ane Oaths be hence argued and aggravated?
A39673And if upon a Coast with which they are unacquainted, how careful are they to get a Pilot that knows and is acquainted with it?
A39673And is Satan so subtil and industrious to entice Souls to sin?
A39673And is all this nothing in thine eyes?
A39673And is it not a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, who hath said, He will take vengeance for these things?
A39673And is it nothing to have the heart of a Beast?
A39673And is the Mercy of God, like the great Deeps, an Ocean, that none can fathom?
A39673And is the smallest sin not only damning in its own nature, but will certainly prove the ruine of that Soul that hides and covers it?
A39673And let it ever be an humbling consideration to me; For who made me to differ?
A39673And must I rise again, where- ever my body fall at death?
A39673And must Sin or the Soul perish?
A39673And rigorously exacted the uttermost of my due, though the hand of God hath gone out against them, bre ● king their estates?
A39673And shall not I break forth into his Praises, who hath drowned all my sins in the depth of Mercy?
A39673And shall so small a matter part and sever Christ and thy Soul?
A39673And though you have been equally obnoxious to Death and Danger with others, yet your name was not found among theirs in the list of the dead?
A39673And thus it may reflect upon it self; O my Soul, what good hast thou gotten by all, or any of thy afflictions?
A39673And what a mercy would you have esteemed it, if you could but have satisfied Nature with a full draught of Water?
A39673And what can the issue of this be at last, but ruine?
A39673And what shall be their punishment?
A39673And what terrible apprehensions had I then of my eternal condition?
A39673And who can comprehend Eternity, but he that is said to inhabit it?
A39673And why am I no more careful to maintain peace within, since there is so much trouble without?
A39673And will not all the contempt, shame and infamy, which the Spirit of God hath poured on the head, of this sin, cause thee to abhor it?
A39673And with a neglective eye pass by God, as if he came in but collaterally, and on the by, into it?
A39673And, blessed Souls, how communicative were they of what thou gavest them?
A39673Are Christ and Hell for trifles sold and bought?
A39673Are all earthly things thus transitory and vain?
A39673Are not all thy sins yet upon thine own score?
A39673Are these the sins that blast our Blessings, and wither our Mercies?
A39673Art thou come to call my sin to remembrance?
A39673Art thou willing to be ranked with Fools, Dogs, Sinners, Heathens, and take thy lot with them?
A39673Ask him, if he dare sin in that kind again?
A39673Ask such a poor soul, what it thinks of such Courses now?
A39673At such a time we may say of laughter, Thou art mad, and of mirth, What doth it?
A39673B ● t will Christ receive me, if I go unto him?
A39673Blush then, my naughty heart, repent and weep; How faithless and distrustful hast thou been, Although his care and love thou oft hast seen?
A39673But I have no strength of my own to come to Christ by; and is it not absurd to urge me upon Impossibilities in order to my Salvation?
A39673But Lord, what profit is there i ● my blood?
A39673But have you performed those vows that your lips have uttered?
A39673But here''s the question still, I fain would see, Why sweet to him, and bitter unto me?
A39673But how may it appear that he is willing to receive me?
A39673But how much more skilful and industrious is Satan to ensnare and destroy Souls?
A39673But how shall I be able to undergo the severities of Religion?
A39673But in the mean time What have I done for my Soul?
A39673But my sins are died in grain: I am a sinner of the blackest hue; will he receive and pardon such an one?
A39673But one time being in a deep distress, and forgetting that consolation, one of her little Children came to her, and said, Mother, Why weep ye so?
A39673But to what purpose will all my endeavours to come to Christ be?
A39673But what a dreadful Catastrophe and Upshot hath it?
A39673But what if I die without such a preparation as this is, what will the consequence of that be?
A39673But what is it to go to Christ?
A39673But what''s that to Gods condemnation?
A39673But why is it more dangerous violently to invade their right, than anothers?
A39673But, now, what ret ● rns do we make to Heaven for these Mercies?
A39673Can I bear this misery?
A39673Can none appease a troubled Conscience, but Christ?
A39673Canst thou not forbear, at least, many external acts of sin?
A39673Canst thou not take thy Soul aside in secret, and thus bemoan it; My poor Soul, what wilt thou do?
A39673Christ reckon''d Souls worth his Blood; And is it not worth my Self- denyal?
A39673Conscience is as the Oracle of God, the Judge and Determiner of our Actions, whether they be good or evil?
A39673Dare you from henceforward commit that Sin, that you know will bring you under the condemnation and judgment of God?
A39673Darst thou for a superfluous Cup adventure to drink a Cup of pure unmixed wrath?
A39673David was a King, an expert Musician, a Man of a sanguine and chearful constitution; yet who more sensible of the evil of those times, than he?
A39673Death is a very bitter thing; Oh what a struggling and reluctance is there in Nature against it?
A39673Did Israel sing a Song, when the Lord had overwhelm''d their corporal Enemies in the Seas?
A39673Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the Children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
A39673Did not he keep back thy Soul from the Pit, and thy Life from perishing?
A39673Did you not say in that condition, as Hezekiah did in a like case?
A39673Do not all Godly, yea Moral Persons, abhor the Drunkard?
A39673Do we not, my Brethren, look upon second causes, as if they had the main stroke in our business?
A39673Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people, and unwise?
A39673Do you know what it is for a soul to be cast at Gods bar?
A39673Do''st still reject Christ''s tenders?
A39673Dost incline To drunken Meetings?
A39673Doth Trading fail, and Voyages prove bad?
A39673Doth he thus cast out his golden baits, and allure Souls with pleasure to their ruine?
A39673For what hath Man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the Sun?
A39673Fourthly, What dost thou pay, or, at least, pawn, for this pleasure?
A39673God has giv''n me a measure Short of his Can, and Body: must I finde a pain in that wherein he finds a pleasure?
A39673HOw exceeding solicitous and adventurous are Sea- men for a small portion of the World?
A39673Hast not thou mane light of Christ, and that precious Blood of his, and hitherto persisted in thy Rebellion against him?
A39673Hast thou walked before the Lord in a deep sense thereof, and answered his end therein, which was, to lead thee to Repentance?
A39673Hath Mercy armed an enemy to fight against it with its own Weapo ● s?
A39673Have I been chastised with Whips?
A39673Have I not( when a Servant) over- reached and defrauded others, and filled my Master''s House with Violence and Deceit?
A39673Have not I a Soul to save or lose eternally, as well as they?
A39673Have you dealt truly with God?
A39673Have you not sometimes had the sentence of Death in your selves?
A39673He hath uttered his Voice in those stormy Winds, and spoken in a terrible manner by them; yet how little have I been affected with it?
A39673He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all?
A39673Hearken, my beloved Brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in Faith, and heirs of the Kingdom?
A39673Hence also should the gracious Soul reflect sweetly upon it self after this manner: And is the World so full of trouble?
A39673How can I do this wickedness, and sin agains ● God?
A39673How clearly hath it convinced of sin, danger, duty, with strong demonstration?
A39673How contradictory also hath my heart and my prayers been?
A39673How dar''st thou think of going before the Lord with the guilt of all thy sins upon thee?
A39673How dare you put forth under the power of a Divine threat, before all be cleared betwixt God and thee?
A39673How doth it tickle the carnal phantasie, and please the deceived heart?
A39673How dreadfully will Justice at last avenge the Quarrel of abused Mercy?
A39673How earnestly then do they cry for Mercy?
A39673How few of us in the days of our prosperity, behaved our selves as good Iehosaphat did?
A39673How foolish and ignorant have I been?
A39673How full a Table doth my Father keep?
A39673How full of Devils and devillized Men, is this lower World?
A39673How glad are you, after you have been long toss''d upon the Ocean, to descry Land?
A39673How grievously did God take it from the Israelites, that they provoked him at the Sea, even at the Red Sea?
A39673How hath Divine Wisdom ordered my Condition, and cast my Lot?
A39673How have I debased the Faithfulness and All- sufficiency of God, and magnified these earthly trifles, by my anxiety about them?
A39673How have I hated knowledge, and my heart despised reproof?
A39673How hot and eager are Mens affections after the World?
A39673How inexcusable then will ignorant and ungodly Sea- men be?
A39673How little also have I gotten by communion with others?
A39673How little of the goodness of God abides kindly and effectually upon the heart?
A39673How long doth an idle word or foolish jest stick in mens minds, and become an occasion of much sin to them?
A39673How many are there, that neglecting this Rule, will coast it to Heaven by their own Reason?
A39673How many of the precious Sons and Daughters of Sion, lie in Tears abroad, while I have been Nourishing my heart, as in a day of slaughter?
A39673How many of you are coasting to and fro, from one Country to another?
A39673How many witnesses will be brought in, to cast thee in the great Day?
A39673How much more will he cloath and provide for you that are Saints?
A39673How oft do you tremble to see the foaming V, Vaves dance about you, and wash over you?
A39673How oft hath Providence checked my carnal presumption, and dasht many hopeful projects?
A39673How often did I hear the Bowels of Compassion sounding in the Gospel for me?
A39673How often hath God delivered you?
A39673How often hath it calmly debated the Case with me alone?
A39673How often hath this glorious power and goodness of God passed before me in dreadful storms and tempests at Sea?
A39673How often have they yielded themselves for dead Men, and verily thought the next Sea would have swallowed them up?
A39673How pathetically doth Christ bewail Ierusalem, upon this account?
A39673How prodigal of strength and life for it?
A39673How quiet would our hearts be, when you are abroad in Storms; did we know you had a special Interest in him whom Winds and Seas obey?
A39673How shall I pardon thee for this?
A39673How should you call upon one another, to pay the vows your lips have uttered in your distress?
A39673How small a matter turns a Ship about?
A39673How soon may a storm arrest, and bring thee before the Bar of God?
A39673How strange both in shape and property is the Sword- fish and Thrasher, that fight with the Whale?
A39673How terrible hath it menaced my soul, and set the point of the threating at my very breast?
A39673How then shall I live when God doth this?
A39673I have( it may be) kept many in my service and employment; have not I used their labours without reward, and so am under that woe?
A39673I say, dost thou thus answer the expectations of God?
A39673If Death be so weighty a matter, am I prepared to die?
A39673If Pain and Suffering daunt thee, how is it thou art not more out of love with sin than with Religion?
A39673If on a Thorn thy heart it self repose With such delight, what if it were a Rose?
A39673If these be the Executioners of the Lord''s threatnings, how sad then is their condition that put forth to Sea under the guilt of all their sins?
A39673If they suppose themselves by their reckoning near Land, how often do they sound?
A39673If you dare to deceive and abuse men, dare you do so by God also?
A39673In the World I might have had Life, and would not; And now, how fain would I have Death, but can not ● How quick were my sins in execution?
A39673In what a variety of strange and astonishing Providences hath God walked towards some of you, and what returns have you made to God for it?
A39673Into their Cahbins now the Sea- men go, And then turn out again, with, What chear ho?
A39673Is Death to be despised and slighted if it be so?
A39673Is Gold so tempting to you?
A39673Is it easie to perish?
A39673Is it worth no more in thine eyes?
A39673Is not this a fearful rate of sinning?
A39673Is not this it that puts weight into all outward troubles, and makes them sinking, that they fall upon me when my spirit is dark or wounded?
A39673Is not this one principal thing God aims at, in calling such as I am; that boasting may be excluded, and himself alone exalted?
A39673It is God that justifieth: Who is he that condemneth?
A39673It is a small thing for you to weary men, but you will weary my God also?
A39673It is with us for our vows, as it was with Ananias and Saphirah, for their substance: VVhilst it remained( saith Peter) was it not thine own?
A39673It may be thou wilt cry to the Creatures for help and pity; but alas, to what purpose?
A39673It was a sweet Reply, that a gracious Woman once made upon her Death- bed, to a Friend that asked her, VVhether she were more willing to live or die?
A39673Iudge in thy self( O Christian) is it meet To set thy heart on what Beasts set their feet?
A39673Know ye not, that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God?
A39673Lord, What stupidity is this?
A39673Lord, what am I, that I should be taken, and others left?
A39673Mayst not thou say, that he hath gone to as high an extent and degree of Mercy, in pardoning thee, as ever he did in any?
A39673Millions of Creatures in the Seas are fed: Why then are Saints in doubt of daily bread?
A39673Multitudes put forth, and by profession are bound, for this fair Haven; but of the multitudes that put out, how few do arrive there?
A39673Must he render a reason of his ways, and give an account of his matters to such a worm as I am?
A39673Must my Life, yea, my Eternal Life go for it, if I spare it?
A39673My God, dost thou turn every thing to my advantage?
A39673My Soul, art thou besieged with troubles round about?
A39673No Pity, Sense, or Bowels in them be, Nay, have they not put off Humanity?
A39673Now consider, shall poor worms be so tender 〈 ◊ 〉 preserving the reverence of their names?
A39673Now if God be as a party to whom thou hast past thy promise, and its obligation on that ground be so great, oh what hast thou done?
A39673Now if Life be so much worth, What then is the Soul worth?
A39673Now is come Salvation and strength; for the Accuser of our Brethren is cast down,& c. Am I deserted?
A39673Now tell me, Soul, What hast thou done with this precious mercy?
A39673Now then, are you able to look these Scriptures in the face, and not blush?
A39673Now what a blessed thing is this, to have the heart thus discovered?
A39673Now what doth God mean, when He saith, He will not hold him guiltless?
A39673O Lord( saith David) how manifold are thy works?
A39673O Lord, who knows the power of thy wrath?
A39673O Soul- destroying madness?
A39673O how dreadful is this Creature, the Winds, sometimes to you?
A39673O let me not carry this guilt out of the World with me, to maintain those everlasting flames?
A39673O much desired Word?
A39673O my Soul, what Marrow and Fatness, Comfort, and Consolation, maist thou suck from the Breast of this Truth, in the darkest day of trouble?
A39673O my Soul, what a case art thou in, if this be so?
A39673O what notice is taken of the good hand of Providence, which thus supplies and feeds us with the Blessings of the Sea?
A39673O what strange and miraculous Deliverances have many Sea- men had?
A39673O where is my Patience, my Faith, my Glory in tribulation?
A39673O, how shall I dwell with everlasting Burnings?
A39673O, if God should commissionate the Winds to go after and arrest thee for all thou owest him, where art thou then?
A39673OBSERVATION HOW watchfull and quick sighted are Sea- men, to prevent Dangers?
A39673OF how great use and necessity is the Compass to Sea- men?
A39673Oh Sirs Dare you touch with this hot iron?
A39673Oh how can you look God in the face, with whom you have dealt so perfidiously?
A39673Oh how terrible is it to lie groaning under the sad effects of this sin?
A39673Oh what a composition of stupidity and sloth art thou?
A39673Oh, but the pleasures of sin engage me to it, how shall I break these cords and snares?
A39673Once more: And is the Heart such a Sea, abounding with monstrous abominations?
A39673Or by bad Payment and unjust Deductions and Allowances, defrauded them of a part of their due?
A39673Or canst thou answer for the abuse and destruction of it?
A39673Or have I not persecuted such as God hath smitten?
A39673Or not given them Wages proportionable to their work?
A39673Or since I came to trade and deal upon mine own account, have not the Ballances of Deceit been in my hand?
A39673Or wilt thou stand on Toys with him, when he Deny''d himself in greatest things for thee?
A39673Or, how came I to be thus wounderfully separated?
A39673Secondly, your Life is immediate uncertain; how many thousands are gone into Eternity since the last Night?
A39673Shall I Laugh when thou art Angry, and thy Children weeping and trembling?
A39673Shall I presume to call the God of Heaven to account?
A39673Shall I spare that which cost the Blood of Jesus Christ?
A39673Shall I to please anothers wine- sprung mind, lose all my own?
A39673Shall it be said of you, upon the same account, That''t is pi ● y you should come down from the high- towring Waves of the Sea?
A39673Shall not my heart bemore enlarged in Zeal, Love, and Delight in thee, than theirs are after their Lusts?
A39673Shall''s make the Devil Iudge?
A39673Should Sun, Moon, Stars, impropriate all their light, What dismal darkness would the World benight?
A39673Should not Sea- men, that so oft mount up to Heaven, make it their main business here, once at last to get into Heaven?
A39673Should not they then be extraordinary serious and heavenly continually?
A39673Should we[ then] make mirth?
A39673Tell me, Soul, What friend was that stood by thee then, when thou wast forsaken of all friends?
A39673That they shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy?
A39673The Throat is a slipery place; how easily may a sin slip through it into the Soul?
A39673The sinners in Zion are afraid, trembling surprizeth the hypocrite: who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?
A39673The waves do clap their hands, and in their kind Acknowledge God; And what, are they more blind That float upon them?
A39673Then I have made but half a meal; come taste agen, Hast thou considered( O my Soul) that hand Which feeds those multitudes in Sea and Land?
A39673Then how unreasonable is this strife?
A39673Then why art thou so prone and subject to despond, O my Soul, in the day of Sions trouble?
A39673Then, Lord, how am I concerned to get union with Christ while I live?
A39673They can rise early, go to bed late, eat the bread of carefulness: But when did they so deny themselves for their poor Souls?
A39673This is it that disarms it of its sting; O Death, where is thy sting?
A39673This is your manner, thus to work you go: Confess the naked truth; say, Is''t not so?
A39673Thou hadst a Talent of natural parts committed to thee, but which way have they been improved?
A39673Thou, even thou art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
A39673Thy sins are debts, God puts them to account: Canst tell, poor wretch, to what thy debts amount?
A39673To Pride or Lust is thy vile Nature bent?
A39673To conclude, what Ioy would it be to your Godly Relations, to see you return new Creatures?
A39673To how short allowance have you been kept?
A39673Turn in upon thy self( O my Soul) and consider, Hast thou not been guilty of this crying sin?
A39673VVhat manner of communication is this that ye have hy the way?
A39673VVhat numerous flocks of Birds above me fly?
A39673VVhen saw I one, through want fall down and die?
A39673VVho hath Wo ▪ VVho hath sorrow, Who hath[ contention] babling, wounds without cause?
A39673VVho hath babling?
A39673VVho hath redness of eyes?
A39673VVho hath wo ▪ Who hath sorrows VVho hath contention?
A39673VVho hath wounds without cause?
A39673WHat Joy is there among Sea- men, when at last, after a tedious and dangerous Voyage, they descry Land, and see the desied Haven before them?
A39673Was it not the Lord, that hath done all this for thee?
A39673Wast thou never cast upon miserable streights and extremities, wherein the good Providence of God relieved and supplied thee?
A39673What Belluine Contempt is this of God, To laugh in''s face, when he takes up the Rod?
A39673What Halcyon- days of Gospel- light and Grace hast thou had?
A39673What Vows did I make in that distress?
A39673What a blessed condition are all thy people in, who are within the Line of this promise?
A39673What a foul scar is that upon the face of David himself, which abides to this day?
A39673What a miserable case art thou ● n?
A39673What account shall I give for them in that day?
A39673What are those things wherein a due preparation for Death consisteth?
A39673What blame can you lay upon the Compass, if you steer not exactly by it?
A39673What condition can I be in, wherein the believing thoughts of this blessed day can not relieve me?
A39673What doth the Spirit of God aim at, in such a large accumulation of Names of Mercy?
A39673What golden Seasons for Salvation hast thou enjoyed, O my Soul?
A39673What good might Seaman get if once they were But heavenly 〈 ◊ 〉?
A39673What harm, if I at yours my Candle light?
A39673What have I to do wit ● thee, O thou man of God?
A39673What have they left of all their mirth and jollity, but a tormenting sting?
A39673What is a Gallous to Hell?
A39673What is now become of the pleasure of sin?
A39673What is the the world?
A39673What love, pity, and goodness have I sinned against?
A39673What make you part for ever?
A39673What makes it so terrible and affrighting to Men?
A39673What may the issue of this Voyage be?
A39673What meanest thou to stand upon such terms, when it is Heaven or Hell, eternal Life or Death, that lie before thee?
A39673What say you to these two Scriptures?
A39673What though I be a vile, unworthy wretch?
A39673What though Reason vote impossible, and Sense incredible?
A39673What unspeakable Comfort is this to me?
A39673What workings of Conscience were at present upon me?
A39673What would''st thou do then, or to whom wilt thou turn?
A39673What( Sea- men) shall you only go to Heaven against your Wills?
A39673What, is God dead now?
A39673When did I ever break a Night''s sleep, or deny and pinch my self for it?
A39673When it may be thy Companions stood ready to throw thee over- board, Who was it that pitied and remembred thee in thy low estate?
A39673When one asked Cleostratus, whether he were not ashamed to be drunken, he tartly replied; And are not you ashamed to admonish a Drunkard?
A39673When was I thus sollicitous for my Soul, though its value be inestimable, and its dangers far greater?
A39673Whence comes evils?
A39673Whither Lord, can I come at last, but to Hell, after this rate and reckoning?
A39673Who can comprehend or measure the Ocean, but God?
A39673Who can recount the evils of the Tongue?
A39673Who can stand before thy power, Endure thy gripes and twinges but an hour?
A39673Who ever had an estate better gotten, better bottomed ▪ or better managed, than Iob?
A39673Who has confin''d it to its place?
A39673Who knoweth the power of his anger?
A39673Who made me to differ?
A39673Who was it that rebuked thy disease?
A39673Who would but fear and love this glorious Lord, That can rebuke such Tempests with a VVord?
A39673Why are the thoughts of my Lord''s coming no sweeter to me, and the day of my full deliverance no more panted for?
A39673Why do I not long to be gone, and sigh more heartily for Deliverance?
A39673Why doth my heart faint at the foresight and apprehension of approaching trouble?
A39673Why may I not defer it, at least for a little while?
A39673Why should I fear in the day of evil?
A39673Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
A39673Why then dost thou thus linger in it, and hanker after it?
A39673Why then should I disquiet my self in vain; and rob my self of my peace, by these unbelieving cares and distractions?
A39673Why then should we so trembling stand?
A39673Why what will it profit you to have your misery hid from your eyes, and kept from your eares a little while?
A39673Why wilt thou set,( or, as it is in the Hebrew) cause thine eyes to fly upon that which is not?
A39673Why, what''s the matter?
A39673Will Hell be more tolerable to thee than others?
A39673Will not God be avenged for these ● ses of his Name?
A39673Will not this work then?
A39673Wilt thou die as a fool dieth?
A39673Wilt thou pursue a dryed leaf?
A39673Wretch that thou art, Dost thou forget and flight such a favour as this?
A39673Yea, said her Friend, but if God should refer it to you, which would you chuse?
A39673Yet have they not been extream, either for time or measure, And hath the World been a Sodom, an Aegypt to thee?
A39673and how earnestly did I then beg for Mercy?
A39673and how mute and confounded must thou needs stand before the bar of God, in that great day?
A39673and must I die?
A39673and nay, nay?
A39673and shall thy Spirit strive no more with me?
A39673and the Spirit waited and striven with thee in vain?
A39673and when you have seen no hopes of relief, Have you not looked sadly one upon another?
A39673but Lord what ails My naughty heart, to shuffie in and out, When its convictions bid it tack about?
A39673can you be so wise In smaller matters; what, and yet not know How to improve fresh gales of Grace that blow?
A39673for a poor worm to mock with the most glorious majesty of Heaven, and break Faith with God, what a dreadful thing is that?
A39673for the generality, What sort 〈 ◊ 〉 Men are more ungodly, and stupidly insensible of eterna concernments?
A39673how, shall he not with him freely give us all things?
A39673never end?
A39673of( as one very aptly expresses it) restrained the humours of thy body, from overflowing and drowning thy life?
A39673or tremble any more at affliction?
A39673or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
A39673to burn for them in Hell, as to Mortifie them on Earth?
A39673what a sad condition am I in, both in respect of sin and misery?
A39673what a time do we live in?
A39673what fumes, what heats do abound in it, whilst the sin is even before him, and the sense of guilt upon him?
A39673what will be done to the dry tree?
A39673what will the end of this be?
A39673who can endure the everlasting burning?
A39673who would be willing to lie down one Night under the guilt of all his sins?
A39673with what comfort may a man lie down upon a sick bed, when the sickness can be looked upon as a Fatherly Visitation coming in Mercy?
A39673yea, Dost thou abuse the Creature, when thou art brought again to the full enjoyment of it?