The spiritual sea-man: or, A manual for mariners.: Being a short tract, comprehending the principal heades of Christian religion: handled in an allusion to the sea-mans compass and observations: which was first drawn up at sea, and fitted for the service of sea-men; yet such as may serve all Christians to help them in their passage over the troublesome sea of this world. / By John Durant preacher of the Gospel, and sometimes in the Navy.

On a man thnt standing to sound with the line, fell over-board and was lost.

This man sounded to secure the ship, yet he lost himself. He stood with the line and lead to sound what depth of water the vessel had, and he falls into the waters, and so himself sunk to th•• bottome to feel the depth. Ah, O my soule Is not this man an embleme of thee, who soundest the depths of Satan to secure others? Art not thou in dan∣ger to loose thy self? Preachers look about you; fear lest while you sound and discourse of Satans deeps to warn others, fear (I say) lest you lose your selves. Mariners look to it while you stand by the line and lead sounding. Consider, that you may be neerer the bottome then you are a∣ware; 'twill be sad if you fall and sinke even while you sound; But sad∣der, if as your body, like the lead goes down the bottome of the deep, your soul sink as a stone into the depth

of Hell. You had need be well skil∣led in the art and mystery of spiritual swimming, that so your souls may be secure, and fase by swimming to the banks of heaven's shoar, when your bodyes sinke to bottome of the Seas.