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A46665	Mr. James Janeway's legacy to his friends containing twenty seven famous instances of Gods providences in and about sea dangers and deliverances, with the names of several that were eye witnesses to many of them : whereunto is added a sermon on the same subject.	Janeway, James, 1636?-1674.; Ryther, John, 1634?-1681. Sea-dangers and deliverances improved.	1674 (1674)	Wing J473; ESTC R16537	59,234	142

at last he makes a Sayl viz. espys a Ship this puts new life into all their spirits they bear up with the Vessel they Man their Boat they desire in the manner of perishing humble Suppliants to Board them which they are Admitted the Vessel proves a French Vessel yea a French Pyrate Major Gibbons Petitions him for a little Bread to sustain their lives who had been several days wishing for death but could not find it in their Extremity and take the Ship and Cargo So sweet is life that all that a man hath will he give for his life and now behold God draws forth to these Poor Perishing men his best Wine to the last nay turns the Water of Affliction into the Wine of Consolation The Commander of the Vessel knows the Major and replys readily and chearfully Major Gibbons not one hair of your head shall perish nor any of your Ships Company if it lye in my power either to supply you or preserve you O the Wisdom of God that hath ways we know not of to Relieve in the greatest straits and cause himself to be seen in the Mount The Commander of this French Pyrat was one some years before that Major Gibbons had shown signal Kindness to when his life was in danger at Boston in New England Thus the Lord appeared a God hearing Prayers in Extremitys which appearances are not to be forgotten in succeeding Generations O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works to the Children of men Secondly About the year 1636. there arising a storm and tempest of troubles in the Church of Scotland five Ministers eminent for Piety Learning and the Honourable success in the Ministry were so hard born under by a prevailing Party imposing upon their Consciences that they were forced to Embarque themselves for America three of their names were Mr. Levinston Mr. Mackleland and Mr. Blaire with two more whom my Author could not call to mind These good men Sayled half the Channel over about 500. Leagues where they met with great distress of weather which broke off the Rudder of their Ship and occasioned a desperate leak to spring in her which exposed them to eminent danger but they in this distress endeavour to hang on their Rudder again but often were they frustrated in their attempt to a total despair of effecting it They also laboured with the like unsuccessfulness to find out and stop the leak this poor Ships Crew had laboured also by pumping to keep the Ship above water until all their few hands were feeble and all their hearts faint so that as so many dispairing persons of life they cease all endeavours and yield themselves to death expecting every moment to be Entombed in the belly of the devouring deeps during the time of this their great distress the Ministers kept on their course as at other times of Worship viz. the reading of a Chapter in course and taking observations from it with Prayer and Preaching which they did by turns at the crisis of this deplorable case it fell to be the Lott of Mr. Mackleland to perform this Exercise a man Austeer in his life reserved in his speech and of great Piety who was often observed to let fall many remarkable Prophetical Expressions of future events the Chapter that at that time came to be read in course by him was the 32 of Exodus which he had read all along until he came to the 12th vers where he made a full stop the verses run thus And Moses besought the Lord his God and said Lord why doth thy Wrath wax hot against thy people which thou hast brought out of the Land of Egypt with great Power and a mighty hand Wherefore should the Egyptians say for mischief did he bring them out to slay them in the Mountains and to consume them from the face of the Earth Turne from thy severe Wrath and repent of this Evil against thy People upon the reading of these verses over again he declared to them the Case which Moses was here interceeding for compared with his Expostulation in the 12 verse did parallel the case and considering the happy event of that Argument which Moses used mentioned in the 14 verse which runs thus and the Lord Repented of the Evil which he brought to doe unto his People he could not but comfortably hope that they might have the same Effect Nay he goes further and his Spirit raised into a peremptory prediction that he durst assure them from his great Lord and Master that not one hair of their heads should fall to the ground after this he went to Prayer urging God with the same Argument and then rose up comfortably assuring his stedfastness in believing the same he advises the Sea-men and the Company in the Ship to refresh themselves by taking some meat the long fasting and hard labour having much infeebled them Then he encouraged them to make another Attempt to fasten the Rudder without which they could not possible make towards any point for shore He after advised them to clear the ship as well as they could from water by pumping which they did happily Effect the Leak being stopt providentially of it self whether it was some noak of a plank started by the destress of weather which occasioned the Leak and by the surges of the Sea clapt into the place againe or what it was else could not be known But however this lookes like life from the dead to these poor men who had received but a little before a sentence of Death in themselves that they might trust in him who raiseth the Dead Soon after this God who had heard in Heaven great Tears and Prayers Commands the Wind Tack about to the West and to blow so strong a gale that they were forced to bear up before it and it continued so long that it brought them back to the North of Ireland where they continued some time although but short they were very instrumental in the Converting of many souls which seed-plot remains to this day and soon after they passed into Scotland This Relation was given by several Ministers of the North of Ireland also the Reader may take notice the Author of that Book called the fullfilling of the Scriptures mentiones this remarkable Providence though not so largely with these two additional but very considerable circumstances first That a poor Sea-man was made the instrument to preserve the same Vessel by fastening the Rudder whose company they had all shun'd others having given it over Secondly Several Passengers being Aboard who shipt themselves for America upon only external accounts expecting a fat soyle and outward advantage in that place and not as the others upon the account of Conscience to enjoy the purity of Ordinances they did all dye upon the Sea save one being five in number And who is so blind as cannot see here the out-stretched Arm of an Omnipotent God commanding deliverance for his poor distressed persecuted

aking heart the fourteenth day he went to the highest hill there-about but to no purpose for he could discover no Ship next morning he went again two or three times but saw none about two or three hours after came running into E-fn-man cha some of the Mores and told him there was a Canoe coming so they called our Ships at which our English-man heartily rejoyced hoping then to be releast forthwith yet durst not shew his joy for fear of punishment or of death for though he lived better now than with his first Master yet his service was far worse than the Slaves in Turkey and their Diet worse than Dogs meat therefore had he cause enough of inward joy the Ship came immediately in and he highs away presently to Ia-ga to know if it were an English Ship who resolved him that it was it happened to be the St. Maloes Merchant Captain Royden Commander who hastened to dispatch his business took in his Negroes and was ready to sail and our English-man heard never a word what should become of him the King never offering to sell him this put him on a resolution to endeavour to make an escape and to that end had prepared a piece of Timber which he had drawn near the water-side on which he intended to paddle to the Ship which then lay about a League from the Shore Just by the Sea-side as he was about to launch his little floating stick he espied a great Aligator which will devour a man at a mouthful this made him alter his resolution and resolve rather to live with inhumane Infidels than to throw himself into so imminent a danger which would have been little less than self-murther But the next day which I may call a day of Imbile Almighty God opened the heart of the King to let the poor English man go he sent him in a Canoe placed between a Negroe's legs with some others to guide this small vessel for fear he should leap over board swim to the ship At a distance from the ship he hailed her in the English Tongue which was no small cause of admiration to those on board to hear an English Tongue out of their Canoes the Negroes gave him leave to stand up and shew himself to the Captain to whom he gave an account how four were left there and only he perserved It was a pretty while before they could strike a bargain though the Captain was resolved not to leave him behind Several times the Negroes padled away with their Canoe resolving not to part with him but what with his entreaties and promises he perswaded them to the ship again and they delivered him on board for forty five Copper Bars and Iron bars each Copper bar being about the bigness of a Youths little finger the Iron bars a little bigger Now were his joys compleated he thought himself as it were caught up into the third Heavens he could hardly perswade himself but it was a Dream or Vision and that he did not really see English faces or embrace English bodies It was some time before he could throw himself at the Captains feet and acknowledge his infinite cause of joy in himself and thankfulness to him for his deliverance from such a severe Captivity that he that lately was a slave to Infidels that worship they know not what should now see the faces of Christians and join with them in worshiping the true God and to him first he offered up the sacrifice of hearty thanksgiving that had sent his Angel to redeem him from so cruel a bondage When he came on board his hair was very long and his skin tawny Malatto like having gone naked all the time he was there and frequently anointing himself with palm Oyl he looked like a Tawny-More but immediately the Sea-men aboard with Christian-like hearts apparelled him The Master commanded to hoise sail and having a fair wind they sailed to Barbadoes where Captain Royden was to tarry some time but the Relater earnestly desiring to go to his Native Country and his Relations got passage to the Downs in the Katherine of London Captain South Commander which through Gods goodness in a few weeks arrived in the Downs where the Relater was put on shore to his Unkle Mr. Richard Watts of Deal his great joy and satisfaction who took this relation from his own mouth FINIS Acts 27. 18 19 20. 18. And being exceedingly tossed with a Tempest the next day they lightned the Ship 19. And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the Ship 20. And when neither Sun nor Stars appeared and no small Tempest lay on us all hope that we should be saved was then taken away IN this Chapter we have a full Narrative of Pauls Voyage to Rome in all the circumstances of it it seems Paul kept a Journal and so Recorded this memorable Voyage for the use of succeeding Generations 1. We have the occasion of his Voyage Viz. Paul being then a Sufferer and a Prisoner he appeals to Caesar and so is sent to Rome and there bears a faithful Testimony for Jesus Christ Vers. 1. 2. We have the Dangers that occurred in the Voyage and these are also carefully Commemorated vers 9. Now much time was spent and Sailing was now dangerous because the Fast was already past This was the yearly Fast of the Iews on which the attonement for all the people was made by the high Priest in the holy of holies which day was the 10. of the 7th Month which partly agreed with our September and October in which time the Sea was not Sailed in by the Ancients until the beginning of March because of the shortness of the days and the violence of the Tempests they were prone to in those Parts this is the sense of Interpreters upon the place 1. Danger of the Voyage we read of is this the winds were contrary vers 4. this is spoken of the Voyage of the Disciples The winds were contrary 2. Danger there arose not only a contrary wind but a violent wind called an Euroclydon vers 14. some read it a Whirle-wind but it is meant of an East-wind which raises the Sea mightily 3. The Tempest was so great and violent upon them that they were glad to let the Ship drive vers 15. 3. We have not only the Danger in this Voyage but their marvelous Deliverance and Preservation for they came off all of them with their lives vers 44. the particulars whereof you may see In the Text we have three things observable 1. Their endeavors in this great distress to preserve themselves 1. They lightned the Ship and what was it she was laden with it was Wheat vers 38. They lightned the Ship and cast the Wheat into the Sea thus did Ionah's Mariners cast out the Wares Alas what are these things but lumber to lives if it were Gold it must go for Life Skin for skin and all that a man hath will be give for his life