Wi” rocks, they caſt » four anchors out of the ſtern, and ; tor " wiſhed for the day. EE : | ' cauſe " 1 Of which there are very my in theſe Seas ;. eſpecially took -bout the Iflands. Which ſhew how great the Tempeſt was lons that they needed ſo many Anchors. n That they mught the ein better diſcover whereabouts they were. ps zo And as the ſhip-men where about to flee out of os the ſhip, when they had let down o the boat into the oO, ſea, under colour as though they p would have caſt 1 (us anchors out of the fore-ſhip, | fore + That they might betake themſelves into ir, after they had nd tg left the ſhip. For, wer. 17. they had taken up the boat, and vedh ſecured that againſt this or the like occaſion. p Diſſembling the it Gil true Reaſon of their going into the boar to make their eſcape. le us 21 Paul ſaid co che centurion, and to the fouldiers, \ bs q Except » thele abide in the ſhip, ye cannot be ſaved. I Notwithſtanding the promiſe mentioned, wer. 24. that they U but ould all be ſaved, they muſt uſe means, ſo faras means can be uſed, although the efficaciouſneſs and truth of the promiſe do no ever, ways depend upon the Vertue of the means ; but the means are 1 from made efte&tual by Vertue of the promiſe. Yet whoſoever neg- which lets means upon any pretext of a promiſe, he does tempt God, forete] but doth not rightly believe in him. » As it were pointing un- an the to the Mariners, and ſuch as were uſeful in ſuch a caſe. -Ched, 32 Then the / fouldiers cur off the ropes of the wn. boat, and let her fall off. 61 Ol { The Centurion and Souldiers agreeing to what Paul had ſaid, did this to take away all thoughts of eſcaping, from the Mari- and t! ners, and leaving all upon what Paul had promiſed to them in rhat he the Name of his God, t God 13 And while t the day was coming on, Paul be- OP fought chem all to take meat, ſaying, This day is the W «tourteenth day that ye have tarried, and continued "OY fifting, having taken nothing. | | : All the Night after the Mariners were diſappointed in their Unto his | projet to eſcape. So hard a matter it was to abate their fear } And of being preiently deſtroyed ; and ſo great influente hath the pulchre zpprehenhon of preſent Death, and Judgment which foHows it, 1. 2, upon the minds of men. « Not as it they had wholly eaten ard ind nothing all that while (for. 'tis commonly held, that none can aver fiſt above half ſo long without danger of Death,) bur becauſe I in all thar ſpace they had held no ſet mea], as they were wont "wr hal todo; and what they did eat was very little, and only in ex- : wil tieam neceſſity, without any deſire or taſte ; ſo great was their 1 Jn anguiſh. , — 34 Wherefore 1 pray you to take ſome meat; for Gare this is w for your health : x for there ſhall not an hair in their fall rom the head of any of you. ; of God v That they might be ſtronger to endure that pain; and per- h when form that Jabour which was neceſſary towards their eſcape: For (ort! God would have them to uſe all means for their deliverance. * A proverbial ſpeech uſed by the Jews, as 1 Kings 1. 52. ig. rf Ihe nifying, thar they ſhould not ſuffer the leaſt detriment in their ; bodies, much Jeſs the loſs of their Lives. Thus God numbreth Mfulnck our hairs, and his providence extendeth over every one of them; \ es 5 Matth, 10. 30. Luke 21. 18. ; = a 35 And when he had thus ſpoken, he took bread \{ando in and y _ gave thanks to God in preſence of chem all, th in Soul and when he kad broken z:. he began to eat. — 3 Paul thanks God for their preſervation thitherto. And certain'(l there is no ſuch encouragement to hope for future deliverances, l i5 when God doth give us hearts to thank him for deliverances Truth of already enjoyed. Bur he thanked Gcd alſo for giving them in Ir induce their necefſity ſuch food to nouriſh and ſtrengthen them, Mas. "od Pal 14. ig. and 15. 36. Mark 8. 6, 19. and one ſeaſon more to | preieries enjoy ic. The acknowledging of God in all things we enjoy, E.jy off © doth ſan&tifie them to us : Otherwiſe they do defile us; for we chey mul ulurp them; we holding them vy no other tenure but in Franc- Auzaſt Almine, from God. Neither can they be ſerviceable unto us, er nro the if God withholds his bleſſing. Hence the Jews would not eat 4 14. 2 $ Until Samuel had thus bleſſed their Food, 1 Sam.9. 13. And wth more our Saviour himſelf, to give us an Example, gives thanks before mol have the miraculous Loaves and Fiſhes diſtributed, Jon 6, __ I1,
36 z Then were they all of good cheer, and they allo took [ore meat.
: Believing Paul's words, promiling in the Name of that God hom he ſerved; that they ſhould all be preſerved ; believing thy did rejoyer, Now Paul, a Priſoner, a negleted and contem«
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37 And we were in all in the ſhip, two hundred
threeſcore and ſixteen a ſouls.
* That is, ſo many perſons; as Chap. 2. '41. and 7, 14. Rom. * I, the Soul being the Nobleſt part, and the body following
hich i - concttion, whatſoever it be; If the ſoul be holy, the body " gee -n0 all be glorious. But 'ris not ſo on the other fide : The Soul L_ ? they 5n0t hereafter as the Body is here : For Dives's Body fared well, de tn 2 fed and arrayed ſumptuouſly, and yer his Soul miſerably 29 Then "ab, Luke 16. 19, 24.
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38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened
the ſhip, and 5b caſt out the wheat inco the ſea. ;. 6 The proviſion they had for their ſuſtenance, This is the third time that they lightened the thip, being willing that all their Goods ſhould periſh for them, rather than with them, Or theſe Heathens were ſo far perſwaded by St. Paul, that they ven- tured their lives upon the credit of what he had forctold them ; and parted with their food, and all they had to live upon, only upon his word, thar they ſhould want them in the ſhi P No more.
39 And when it was day, c they knew not che land: but they diſcovered a certain 4 creek with a ſhore, in- to the which they were minded, if it were potitble, co thruſt in the ſhip.