God Manifesting His Wonderful Works to Seamen: The Second Sermon to the Sailors Employed in the Whale Fisheries : Preached at Bethel Chapel, Hull, 17th of February, 1811Printed at the office of E. Waller, 1811 - 34 pages |
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... storm is made a calm ; the outrageous wind and seas , hearken to their Sovereign's voice , and retire to rest . Now the ship that laboured , ( steadied by a gentle breeze ) glides easily over the unruffled main , and gladness is seen ...
... storm is made a calm ; the outrageous wind and seas , hearken to their Sovereign's voice , and retire to rest . Now the ship that laboured , ( steadied by a gentle breeze ) glides easily over the unruffled main , and gladness is seen ...
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... prey ) has swallowed them up alive . Over whose breathless corpse they incessantly float - threatened with the same unhappy fate , But more especially , let us imagine to ourselves , their 149 imminent danger in a storm . The wind blowing ...
... prey ) has swallowed them up alive . Over whose breathless corpse they incessantly float - threatened with the same unhappy fate , But more especially , let us imagine to ourselves , their 149 imminent danger in a storm . The wind blowing ...
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... storm , a dangerous sea , and a leeward shore ; then say , where is peril to equal this ? Verily , it is " The valley and shadow of death ! " And observe , this is not a seldom , but a frequent case ; it happens to seamen as often as storms ...
... storm , a dangerous sea , and a leeward shore ; then say , where is peril to equal this ? Verily , it is " The valley and shadow of death ! " And observe , this is not a seldom , but a frequent case ; it happens to seamen as often as storms ...
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... storm , strike the astonished mind of the beholder , with terror and delight * . Again , the ocean is equally surprising for its INHABITANTS ; this strange element is the * When looking at the ship's wake , it has reminded me frequently ...
... storm , strike the astonished mind of the beholder , with terror and delight * . Again , the ocean is equally surprising for its INHABITANTS ; this strange element is the * When looking at the ship's wake , it has reminded me frequently ...
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... storm ; and warned by these faithful omens , you have prepared diligently for the impending squall , which Now comes with resistless force : Before the boist❜rous wind , The foaming billows fly , And swollen canvass , bends The yards ...
... storm ; and warned by these faithful omens , you have prepared diligently for the impending squall , which Now comes with resistless force : Before the boist❜rous wind , The foaming billows fly , And swollen canvass , bends The yards ...
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2dly a-head abundantly Almighty amazing amidst arrive safe astonished behold the OCEAN billows bless his sacred break impetuously chap Christ christian climb the shrouds command consider cries dangerous sea death deck deep delivered distress divine divine grace dreadful duty endless calm enjoy an endless equal eternal faithful favoured globe gospel grace hand heave heaven holiness honour immortal soul incessantly intricate straits jeopardy Jonah laborious labour leaky leeward Lord marvellous masts mercy mind native shore Number obedience obligations perilous perish pious port prayer preserve Princeton University Psalm PUT-BACK religion remarkable instances remind repentance resistless righteousness roar roll ruin safe arrival sail SAILORS Saviour scriptures SCUDDING seaman's seamen set your foot ship and lives ship's shipmates sink souls spiritual squall stormy winds succour surprising deliverance tempest terror and fatigue things thou thousand thousand different treasures tremendous gale truly Verily vessel voyage waters watery grave waves whilst winds and seas wonderful yards
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Page 19 - Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Page 14 - Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Page 14 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works 1 In wisdom hast thou made them all: « The earth is full of thy riches.
Page 24 - No matter which my thoughts employ, A moment's misery or joy ; But, oh when both shall end, Where shall I find my destined place? Shall I my everlasting days With fiends or angels spend ? 5 Nothing is worth a thought beneath, But how I may escape the death That never, never dies!
Page 4 - ... of seeing the light of the glorious gospel spread more and more over this country, and great multitudes of poor, benighted heathen brought by it to the saving knowledge of Christ our Saviour, who gave himself a ransom for all, and who will have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.