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A49636	The way to good success propounded in a sermon preached upon November the 24th, 1684, at Trinity-house-Chappel, to the wardens, elder brethren, and fraternity of masters and seamen of the same house, at Kingston upon Hull / by N.L., minister of the gospel at St. Mary's Church in Hull.	N. L.	1685 (1685)	Wing L49; ESTC R43334	15,096	37

Persons Ships and Loading from the dangers of the Sea and know assuredly that if God should suffer you to miscarry upon the great Ocean yet by this method you may secure your souls against the Waves and Billows of Gods Wrath to all Eternity Directions for the better Discharge of this Duty that you may commit your Way to God 1. Live under the Apprehensions of his Providence Divine Providence doth concern it self in all Persons and things in the World which is a truth that none but profest Atheists will deny The Epicureans indeed but 't is charged on them as a gross piece of inconsistency grant there is a God but that he busies not himself with affairs below but an idle God sounds something like a dark Sun or cold Fire both contradictions A God in Heaven not superintending all Transactions here below is no better then a Heathen God That have Eyes but see not Ears but hear not Hands but handle not Now lest we should entertain such unworthy thoughts of the living God he manifests himself to us in the Scripture by what he is doing Isa 40.22 23 It is he that sitteth on the Circle of the Earth and the Inhabitants thereof are as Grashoppers that stretcheth out the Heavens as a Curtain and spreadeth them out as a Tent to dwell in That bringeth the Princes to nothing and maketh the Judges of the Earth as vanity He pulls down one and sets up another Ludit in humanis divina potentiarebus Divine Power often dares Dispart it self in Mans Affairs 1 Sam. 2.7 8. The Lord maketh Poor and maketh rich He bringeth low and lifteth up He raiseth up the poor out of the dust and lifteth up the Beggar from the Dunghil to set them among Princes and to make them inherit the Throne of Glory for the Pillars of the Earth are the Lords and he hath set the world upon them Yea our Blessed Saviour hath put this out of doubt that the Lord hath not left the World to be ruled by blind chances but that his Providence reacheth the smallest concerns Math. 10.29 Are not two Sparrows sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father 30. But the very hairs of their head are all numbred Yea these very things that seem to proceed from the course of Nature from the malice of our Enemies or our own improvidence or chance or fortune are directed by the Providence of God Now then if you firmly believe the extent of this his Providence to all persons and all Affairs you will readily commit your Way to him and wait upon him for Success 2. Call to mind what experience you have had at any time of the Power Wisdom and Goodness of God in the ordering your Affairs your manifold deliverances out of dangers relief in straits especially such of you as have lately been in great Storms at Sea and God hath in his Providence pointed out a way for your safety when many have been swallowed up in the great Deep Remember this I say and write upon this Mercy Even ever hitherto hath the Lord helped me and for the future put your trust in the living God and cast your care upon him Thus did David when he was to encounter the great Goliah he remembred how God has delivered him from the Lion and the Bear and this made him confident that God would deliver him also from the uncircumcised Philistine And therefore the Psalmist concludes Psalm 9.10 And they that know thy Name will put their trust in thee for thou Lord hast not forsaken them that seek thee 3. Labour for a strong Faith The Disciples were sensible of this defect and therefore pray the Lord that he would encrease then Faith 'T is because of the weakness of this grace that men turn aside from the Lord and walk unevenly especially where they meet with difficulties and dangers as appears by our Saviours rebuking his own Disciples for their weakness in this Grace How long shall I be with you How long shall I suffer you And will not God take care of you much more then of Sparrows O ye of little Faith Whereas if your Faith were stronger in God you would the better overcome doubts and objections that might arise in your hearts against this truth When Nature and Reason seem to be against Abrahams Obedience yet his strong Faith conquered all difficulties Rom. 4.20 He staggered not at the promise through unbelief but was strong in Faith giving glory to God Thus Moses David Daniel and the three Children in most difficult cases committed their Way to God being strong in Faith Say ye therefore O Lord increase our Faith 4. Lastly Make God your friend endeavour to gain his Favour and then you may with more confidence Commit your Way to him Men do not usually commit their Affairs to them they have no interest in or acquaintance with if wicked men that by their Rebellions against God by their frequent acts of Hostility have affronted the Almighty should in time of their great straits seek unto God or commit their way to him may not God say to them as Wisdom speaks Prov. 1.24 25 26. Because I have called ye refused I have stretched out my hands and no man regarded But ye have set at nought all my counsel and would none of my reproof I also will laugh at your calamity I will laugh when your fear cometh When your fear cometh as desolation and your destruction cometh as a Whirlwind when distress and anguish cometh upon you Then shall they call upon me but I will not answer they shall seek me early but they shall not find me Yea God may say unto them as Judg. 10.14 Go and cry unto the Gods which ye have chosen let them deliver you in the time of your tribulations Now there 's no way Sirs of making God our friend or procuring his favour but by yielding an universal sincere constant obedience to his Commandments by avoiding every known sin and walking soberly and righteously and godly before him nor no way to maintain and preserve acquaintance with him but by frequent performance of all Religious duties such as Prayer Hearing Reading Meditation of Gods Word and receiving the Sacraments Therefore to conclude let us take this method that so we may with confidence and safety good Success Commit our Souls Bodies Estates Affairs Posterity to God as our friend to whom with his blessed Son our Saviour and the Holy Ghost be praise and Glory for ever Amen ADVERTISEMENT A Catalogue of Books sold by Thomas Clark Bookseller in Kingston upon Hull Books in Folio SEbald's Scotland Illustrated Tulii Opera two Volumns Grew's Anatomy of Roots and Plants Bocca's Novels Baker's Chronicles Almahide a Romance Breut's History of France Mezerey's History of France Cave's Lives of the Fathers in two Vol. Eusebius Ecclesiastical History in English Dalton's Justice of Peace Meads Works Hammonds Works in four Vol. Parry's Surgery Marriners Magazine Phillip's New World of Words Pharmacopoeia Londinensis Pembrook's Arcadia Rushworth's Collections in three Vol. Strafford's Trial. Books in Quarto Seller's Practical Navigation Markhams Master-piece Salmon's Iatrica Wedenfield De usu Spiritus Vini Falkners 2. Treatise Dryden's History of the League VVay to get VVealth Phillip's Navigation Godwin's Antiquities Baxter's Saints Rest Clark's Praxis Flavil's Pnermatologia Charon of Wisdom Cole's Dictionary Marriners New Callender Degrey's Horseman Apprentice time Entertainer Merchants Account made easie Destruction of Troy Brown's Architecture Books in Octavo Molley 's de Jure Maritimo navali Wingat's Abridgement Jone 's De Febribus Patrick on Proverbs Patrick 's Mensa Mystica Janua Linguarum Kitchin on Courts Compleat Attorney Clerk's Guide in four Parts compleat King Charles the Second's Life May's Cookery Harres of the Venerial Disease Bate's History of the Late Troubles in England Leybourn's Vulgar Decimals Belgick Hesperides Cromwel's Life Books in Duodecimo Bunian's Pilgrims Progress in two Parts Life of Badman Sighs from Hell Pharisee and Publican Flavel's Seamans Compass Spiritualized Flavel's Saint indeed Coke Coppy-holder Foxes Time and end of Time Plain mans Pathway to Heaven Dyer's VVorks Two Journeys to Jerusalem Admirable Curiosities and Rarities Harvy on Small Pox. Moral Gallentry England Monarchs History of Scotland FINIS

mans wealth is his strong Citty But 't is but in his own conceit For Prov. 11.28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall They take themselves wings and fly away from one Person to another from one Family to another Therefore we are charged by the Apostle not to trust in uncertain Riches but in the Living God Qu. 3. When or in what cases more especially we ought to commit our Way to God David Psal 62.8 sayes Trust in him at all times ye people God is a Refuge for us Solomon Prov. 3.6 sayes In all thy Wayes acknowledge him and he shall direct thy Paths Yet there are some particular Cases and special Seasons which call for the discharge of this Duty and they are such as concern our Souls or our Affairs First Such as concern our Souls 1. When we are under apprehensions of great guilt that we have contracted upon our Consciences in the by past time of our Lives so that we are afraid that God will never Pardon us never receive us into his favour Then and in this case let us endeavour to perform the Conditions required let us be sorrowful for our sins let us acknowledge our Iniquities let us earnestly beg Pardon in the name of Christ and then we may with confidence commit our Souls unto God not troubling our selves with those unnecessary Enquiries about Gods Eternal Decrees but diligently making use of all these means that he hath appointed for the obtaining of his grace and favour trust in him who hath promised If we confess and forsake our sins he will have mercy and forgive 1 Joh. 1.9 2. Another special Season is when we meet with strong temptations either from Satan the World or our own Corruptions It may be the condition of good men that they may be disquieted with fear lest these sons of Zerviah should be too hard for them In this case they should be active and diligent and trust in God for the mighty aid of his Blessed Spirit knowing that greater is he that is with us then he that is in the World the Eternal God is our refuge Trust in him for he hath not only promis'd assistance but hath given strength to those that have already managed this Warfare The Apostle Paul when he was buffeted by Satan besought the Lord and committed his way to him and God said My grace is sufficient for thee 2 Cor. 12.7 8 9. 3. In case we have very little comfort in our Christian course sometimes it may be the condition of good men that though they be careful in the discharge of their duty yet their minds may be full of doubts and fears and God seems to hide his face from them This was Davids case Psal 30.7 Thou didst hide thy face and I was troubled But then see Psalm 31.1 In thee O Lord do I put my trust deliver me in thy Righteousness See Isa 50.10 Who is among you that feareth the Lord that obeyeth the voice of his servant that walketh in darkness and hath no light let him trust in the name of the Lord and stay upon his God And thus Job a Christian of an ancient date said Though he slay me yet will I trust in him Job 13.15 4. At the hour of Death when we are taking our leave of all that 's near and dear to us in this world and our Souls as it were sits upon our lips ready to lanch out into the Ocean of Eternity This is a special Season to commit our Souls unto God Thus did the Protomartyr St Stephen Act. 7.59 And they stoned Stephen calling upon God and saying Lord Jesus receive my Spirit In like manner did our blessed Saviour Luke 23.46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice he said Father into thy hand I commend my spirit and having said thus he gave up the Ghost 2. Such as concern our Affairs in this World 1. When we engage in any weighty business where there is difficulty and danger Now though we ought to commit our way to God every day and in all our Affairs for this duty is not only to be exercised in the Church and upon the first day of the Week but in our Shops and in our Houses in our Trades in eating and drinking and Recreations and that every day in the Week yet more especially when we are in danger of meeting with temptations and much opposition then we are to beg from Heaven direction and aid and to trust in him for good Success Thus did Eleazar Abrahams Steward Gen. 24.12 O Lord God of my Master Abraham I pray thee send me good speed this day and shew kindness unto my Master Abraham Thus Jehoshaphat 2 Cron. 20.12 Lord we have no might against this great Host but our eyes are towards thee 2. VVhen mens good Names are taken away and they are reproached and falsly accused as Joseph by his Mistris David by Doeg and this seems to be the case of David in the Text for verse 6. He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light and thy judgement as the noon-day Job was charged by his friends for an Hypocrite and he trusted in God and he was pleased to vindicate him and make his Innocency apparent to the whole world Christ Jesus who did no sin neither was guile found in his mouth yet did he not escape the reproaches of men and under those reproaches discharged this duty 1 Pet. 2.23 Who when he was reviled reviled not again when he suffered he threatned not but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously Eusebius tells us that Narcissus Bishop of Jerusalem was accused of a foul Crime by three men he had no way to clear his innocency but by committing his Cause to God and he was pleased to inflict heavy judgements upon two of them so that the third seeing Gods hand stretched out against the other became penitent and confessed all so then the cloud of Reproach vanished and his Innocency shined as the light 3. When we are in straits about the things of this Life and have no prospect of any means visible for a supply then is a special Season to commit our selves and wayes to God in the discharge of those duties we ought to perform For he hath promised The young Lions shall lack and suffer hunger but they that fear the Lord shall not want any good thing Ps 34.10 Then trust in him who can bless the little Meal in the Barrel the Oyl in the Cruse who could feed Elijah by Ravens and the Israelites with Manna and Quails from Heaven in the Wilderness and will not suffer those that trust in him to want necessaries 4. When we are full of fears and troubles about Posterity this is the case of many good men who are very sollicitous about their Posterity what will become of them when they are dead and gone Indeed they have reason to be troubled if they have rais'd Estates for them with a Curse by Injustice Fraud or Extortion for then