. 'l I j 0 2 78 1he Trial and SER. 2 I 3ng compared to Sailing, Heb. vi. 1 9· and of Fighting, 2 Tim. iv. i. z. Tim. ii. s, 4· ,Tis very like a Ship, which requireth many Hands, and much attentive Carefulnefs in the Owner and Sailers : Now, the Maft is hurt, then fomewhat wanting in ·the Deck, now the Helm is faulty~ then the Cords are to be rrpaired, or the Anchor is broken, or fhe taketh in Under-water, or the Sail is torn, or the Motion flow ; There's Charge to the Owner; and much vVork to all Hands : And how many 'I hings are required to a huge Body ofan Army ? So many Thoui~md Men mull: he liable to fo many Thouf~md Wants: Some at·e fick, fome wounded, fome a dying, fome hungry, fome naked, fome_ fall ofthe Army: and are catched by the Enemy, fome be faint, 1ome too bold and precipitate, yea, Armour, Houfes, Bread, Drink, Fire, Tents, Phyficians, Workmen, :Mattocks, Spades, Bridges, Ladders, Hories, Engines . of War, Art and Skill, Medicine, Counfel, Cour - age, Intelligence, and a Thoufand Things of this Kind are reqt~ifite; and feldom is an Army, bnt there be iome one Inconvenient or other in this needy and. cumberf01ne ~uge Body. And when is the Buftnefs of falvatwn .not at a itand one vYa y or other ? Is there not either one Piece or Qther, the fl1ield of Faith, ot the Anchor of Hope, or the Breafiulate of Righteoufi1efs, or fome the Jik~, broken .. or faulty ? Is not our Guide, who bath feven Eyes, ten Times1 a Day, cumbred with us ? Muft not Chrifl fodder our broken Weapon_s? 1"ew our torn Sails, repair one Breach or other m 11s, in a Thoufand the like, Faith is to improve the free Grace, the Omnipotence, the .l.mchangeable Love of Chrifl, to promove his own Work, · and
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