The harmonie of Holie Scriptures vvith the seuerall sentences of sundry learned and vvorthy vvriters : collected for the comfort of all such as are desirous to seeke after theyr soules health / by I.B.

§. 7.

O Lord, how manifold are thy workes! (saith Dauid) in wisedome hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy riches: so is the sea, great & wide; for, therin are things creeping innumerable, both small beastes and great.

There goe the shippes, and the Leuia∣than also, whom thou hast made to play therein.

They that saile ouer the Sea, tell of the perrils thereof, and when we heare it with our eares, we meruaile thereat: For, there be strange and wonderous workes; diuers manner of beastes; and t••e creation of Whales.

Yea; such men see the vvorkes of the Lord, & behold his wonders in the deepe. For, hee cōmaundeth and rayseth the stor∣mie winde, and it lifteth vp the waues ther∣of. They mount vp to the heauen, and descend downe to the deepe, so that theyr soule melteth for trouble. They are tossed to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and all their cunning is gone.

Then they cry vnto the Lorde in theyr trouble, and he bringeth them out of theyr distresse. He turneth the storme to calme,

so that the wau•• 〈…〉〈…〉ereof are still.

When they are quieted, they are gladde; and he bringeth them to the Hauen where they would be.

Let them therefore confesse before the Lord, his louing kindnesse, and his vvon∣derfull workes before the sonnes of men.

And let them exalt him in the congrega∣tion of the people, and prayse him in the assembly of the Elders.

For, by his word, hee stilleth the vvinde: and by his counsel he appeaseth the deepe, and planteth Ilands therein.

Notes

• Psalme, 104. 24, 25,
• verse, 26.
• Eccl{us}, 43, 24, 25,
• Psalm, 107, 24, 25. 26, 27, &c.
• verse, 28, 29
• verse, 30.
• verse, 31,
• verse, 32,
• Eccl{us}, 43, 23