lay, and was faſt aſleep r. w | £ When this preternatural Tempeſt felt with all its Violence into the Sea. bh Paſſengers are not here named, who accuſtomed to Sea,might be too apprehenſive of Danger 3 but the Men that were acquainted with the ea, and had ſeen many a Tempeſt, and weathered many x Storm. 7 Heartily afraid, full of Apprehenſions that they ſhould be wrack'd. k With loud Voice and earneſt Petitions, as the Manner of ſuch Men is, when Danger awakens them to the Duty they negle& whilſt afe. 2 Not a Man of them but feared, nor a Man of them but cried out z by which it is evident, it was a moſt dreadful Storm, m By this it appears, that the Ship's Crew was a Mixture of Men who wor. ſhipp'd ſeveral Gods, and every one doth now cry to the God whom he worshipped : whatever God it might be, *twas not he that did raiſe, nor could allay the Tempeft. » When Prayer to their fal Gods doth no Good, but their Danger continued and threatned them with foundring in the Sea ; to prevent this, they lighten the Ship, as is uſual in ſuch Caſes, and caft the Wars out z not as Sacrifice to the God of the Sea, or as repenting of Piracy, by which the Goods were gotten, tho ſome conjetture ſo, but the Text tells us 'twas to lighten the Ship. o That it may bear up its Head, and work with the $a better than when heavy-laden, p The greateſt Weight, and only Danger to Ship and Sea-men. q Was under the Hold, or in ſome Cabin or other in the Side of the Ship, whither he went before the Storm aroſe. 7-In a very deep Sleep, as the word imports, 6 Sothe ſhip-maſter s came to him ?, and ſaid unto him, What meaneſt thou, O ſleeper ? ariſe x, call upon thy God y, if ſo be that God z will think upon us 4, that we
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s Who had the Condutt of the Veſſel, and from whoſe Mouth ſuch a Reproof was ſeaſonable. rt Miſſing him, when all the reft were toil'd with Labour, and had been crying mightily to their falle Gods, but Foxah appeared not. u A very decent, yet sharp Reproof to him, What Metal art thou made of ? Or, What God doft thou fear ? Or, Art thou deaf to all the Menaces of Heaven ? x Awake, get up,
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for poſhbly thy God may be mightier than our Gods, and may lay the Tempeſt that lieth ſo heavily upon us. 7 They had loft their Labour, ſeeking to other Gods z yet think it adviſable, that Fonah should try his God too, if ſo be, ©c. vid. Foel 2.14. and ſo Amos 5, 24, 4 With Pity, Care, and Favour, and do for us in this our ftrange Diftreb. b That Ship, Gocds, and Men too, may not be loſt.
7 And they iaid every one to his fellow þ , Comec and let us caſt lots, d, that we may know for whoſe cauſe this evile 7s upon us. 50 they calt lots Ff, and the lot fell upon Jonah g.
. b After they had prayed, which was neceſſary in ſuch Caſes, as be ing a Religious Means, and caft out the Goods which loaded the Ship, which was a proper natural Means of Safety, but none appeared, fiil the Tempeſt,ard their Danger with it continued ; a ſhrewd Symptom that there was one or other amongft them whole Sins had provoked God to do this, and that *twere fit to be known who this was; and whoe're firſt moved for making the Search, all agree in the Exped: ent, c 'Tis like that it was upon the Thoughts of many of them, and ſo expreſy'd here. @ It is extraordinary Danger we are in; all ordinary Means fail, let -us try that which hath ſomewhat extraord- nary in it, though many Means uſed ; let the' Lot decide among Us who is tne Caule of all this: Lots are an Appeal to Heaven doubtful Caſes, and therefore not to he uſed on trifling, or ut neceſſary Cafes, but where the Matter is great, difficult, or unde- terminable in any other way, as Scripture-Inftances of Lots 40 inform us : Lev. 16. 8, 9. Num. 26..55, Foſh. 14, 2. & 21 4 9 Gc. 1 Sam. 19. 12, &©c, Neh. 10. 34. & Lt. i. Saul Choſen by L0% and Affs 1, 26, e Very great, unuſual, and pr2ternatural Tempei;, not one among them but had deſerved more , yet they furmi ſome notorious Offender amongſt them, or this had not been. f 11 att according to what was propoſed. g God determines and ſingles out Fonabh, : :
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