Chap.8. etaordt ftoSEMATrxaVV. 111iter.l incafrum Chriftl frabmergere navem :. Fluiluat,at nunguammergitur,illa rant. And as the Poet laid ofTroy, fo mayweof theChurch, Villa lamer; vinces,everfa Troia refurges : Ovid. F. Obruit looftilea illy ruin; domos. .Ansbrofe hath a retnarkeable fpeech to this purpofe : The devil Diabornr cow. flits up a tempefl againft the Saints, but himfelf is lure to Puffer tra*Yes tern. fhipwrack. The Church, as abottle, may bedipt, not di owned : pUeßateemo. as the Diamond, it may be caft into the fire,notburnt by it : as the, fed :pre Chryfhall,it may be fouled,but not ftained by the veriomeofa toad:- cit. Amts. as rie., Palm -tree in the Embleme which though it have uany weights at top,and fnakes at the root,yet it faithHill Nec premor, nee perimor. Laftly, as the North-Pole,fevnper werfatur,rennguam xaergitur,as SC Hicr,mobferveth. Verfe 25. Mafit,r,fave ur, tie peril'.] Troubles drive us to God, (as bugbears doe children into their mothers bofona,) who delight tohelp thole that are forfakenof their hopes. In profperi- ty, either we pray not atall---Roar fionmetfelìcibu are, or but faintly,yawningly,&e. °ratio fine x.alis,eft ut avisfine ails. But in a flreffe,as bere,our prayers, like flrongBreams innarrow llraits, run mightily upon God, and will not away, without that they came for. Verfe 26. and he pith unto them,] Chrifl firft chides them, and then chides thewindesand waves. Menace molt is hot- leable in time of mifery, lob 33.23. How forceable are right words ? Thofe that are melted in the fur- nace ofafilitlion,Will eafily receive impreflion. Hamper. ana4es, and he will hearken to you. O ye of little faith] Ye petty-fideans He calleth themnot nuttifidiaus. Faith is faith, though never fo little of it. Credo languid % fide, red lumen fide, Paid dyingCruciger. Ourconfola- tion lies much in the comparative degree; but our falvation is in thepofrcive. Much faith, will yeeld untous hereour heaven ; and any faith, if true, will yeeld us heaven hereafter. Now for fear;. that which is diitruftfull, faith quelleth and killeth it : As that which is awfull and filiali, it brcedeth, feedeth, follereth and che- riareth. Verfe 27. Even the windes and the fea obey hint ] He layes laws upon all creatures, which are his . hoalts. The windes and fea.fought for us apparently in that.. Oilosefflmies 309
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