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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30588	The seaman's spiritual companion, or, Navigation spirituallized being a new compass for seamen consisting of thirty-two points : directing every Christian how to stear the course of his life through all storms and tempests : fit to be read and seriously perused by all such as desire their eternal welfare / published for a general good, but more especially for those that are exposed to the danger of the seas by William Balmford, a well-wisher to seamen's eternal welfare and recommended to the Christian reader by J.F. ; to which is prefixt a preface by Benj. Keach, the author of War with the Devil.	Balmford, William.	1678 (1678)	Wing B609; ESTC R28344	69,700	162

thy Work on these tempestuous Seas Christ's Yoke's then easie and his burthen light Then wilt thou serve the Lord with all thy might And all thy Labor easie will become Thy Works of Charity not burthensome How lovely Christians are in such a Case Those holy Breathings beautifies the Face When Passengers behold the Waves arise As if they meant to grapple with the Skies Behold the Waters in great fury strive To bury Ship and Seamen all alive The Passenger concludes Seamen unwise That for th' advantage of a slender Prize Will run such Hazards But when they behold Their Vessel laded with Rich Indian-Gold And also fees the Seas affords Delights As well as Terror These things now invites The Passenger to think a Seaman's Life Is worth the seeking after To be brief VVhen such a one as only is a Stranger Unto a Christian's Life beholds the Danger That Christians are expos'd to and also The Danger that they dayly undergo Some times from their Corruptions and sometime● From Men that look at Righteousness a Crime VVhereby they dayly are expos'd to scorn And lookt upon as wretched and forlorn Hated forsaken persecuted and Beset with Sorrows upon every Hand Upon the sight whereof he will suppose 'T is worse than Folly for a Man to chose To live so vile a Life in expectation Only of future Glory and Salvation But if he sees a Christian in his Beauty Free'd from Temptations to perform his Duty To God and Man If ere this Stranger 's Eyes Be so far op'ned as to see the Prize VVith which a Christian is at last rewarded He 'll think these Sorrow 's not to be regarded The VVorth and Value of that sacred Prize Makes him conclude a Christian only VVise Improve thy Intrest use thy utmost Skill ●ntreat the Lord my Soul that he may fill Thy Spiritual Sails with Breathings from Above That being fill'd with fervent Zeal and Love To God and Man thy Beauty may invite Strangers to stear for Heaven with Delight And so thou wilt adorn the Gospel and Make many seek after the Holy Land 10. How useful's every Rope there 's none so small But is of use each Seaman knows them all Can call them by their Names do understand Both when and why each Rope he is to hand And with what Strength with what Dexterity They hand and hale each Rope My Soul apply This to thy self In sacred Navigation There 's not a Rope but thou wilt find occasion To make use of it There is not a VVord But something of benefit it will afford The Promises is all of use we know And every threatning VVord's of use also Every Experience of God's Faithfulness Thou may lay hold on with as great a stress As Seamen do upon the Ropes they hale When they would either keep or force the Sai● To bear up Wind that so they may Taking advantage of the VVind make way Every Experience is like a Cord That draws the Soul's Affections to the Lord From whence these sacred Breathings do procee● That fills thy Sails makes thee run with spee● Every Work or Act of Providence Mercies Afflictions suddain Accidents Steppings-aside Miscarriages Temptations All these are useful in Soul-Navigation Want of Industry or spiritual Sloth There 's not a Word can slip out of thy Mouth There 's not an Act of Folly can be wrought Nor yet a vain unprofitable Thought All sins of Negligence sins of Omission All these may serve to stir up Heart-Contrition See'st thou thy self in every thing too blame Be drawn thereby into a humble Frame The humble Man the Lord will teach his wayes The Lowly he 'll exalt to sing his Praise By all that 's said it doth appear most plain A spiritual Seaman if well skill'd may gain By every Work and Action in his Life Whether 't be good or evil To be brief As every Rope is useful in its place So nothing's useless in a Christian's Race God's goodness when compar'd with ours ma● serv● To let us see how little we deserve ●o see his Wonders both by Sea and Land May let us see the Power of his hand That of a suddain's able to consume Such as do live in wickedness presume 11. As Ships within the Holds do bear the Prize So on the Deck they carry strength likewise So that they may be able to oppose The strong Assaults of their inraged Foes Know also O my Soul thou must provide Weapons of War of which thou'lt be supply'd Out of that sacred Magazen the Lord Has richly furnisht from his holy Word Seamen expect to meet with opposition And Spiritual Seamen's in the same Condition Beset with Pirats round on every side World Flesh and Devil O my Soul provide Thy self with Armor that thou may withstand The Force and Fury of this tripple band Thy Adversaries have both strength and skill Resolv'd they are and over-come they will Unless thou make a very strong resistance Which if thou wilt thou shalt not want assistance God's holy Word 's the Magazen wherefore Go arm thy self out of that sacred Store There 's Weapons suitable for every Foe The Sword the Shield the Helmet and also A sacred Brest-plate Paul esteems no less Than pure Innocence and R●ghteousness This piece of Armor will secure the Heart From being pierc'd with Satan's fiery Dart A Breast that that 's arm'd with Righteousness can never Be pierc't with all the Darts in Satan's Quiver 'T is neither Satan nor his Instruments Can with their Malice harm the Innocent Satan improved all his Hellish Power Against poor Job intending to devour That Righteous Person and to that intent That nothing should his Hellish Rage prevent He makes Job's Wife an Instrument to cause Him to offend and break God's sacred Laws Perswading him to curse his God and dye Stirs up his Friends t' accuse him wrongfully But Job being armed well resists them all Their Darts rebound as from a flinty VVall Against themselves as they could do no less He being strongly arm'd with Righteousness He could appeal unto the Lord most High Who knew the Truth of this Integrity That willingly he never did transgress Muchless had he contrived VVickedness Thus Job was arm'd against the force and might Of Satan arm'd with Hell-inraged spight These three pernicious Foes were all consented To ruin Job but they were all prevented Poor Job upon the Dung-hill sits him down Beholds the former-smiling VVorld to frown ●nd of a suddain sees himself bereft ●f all his Temporals and hath nothing left ●ut what doth Righteous Job in this distress ●ow he has nothing left him to possess ●e takes him to his Weapon draws his Sword T is God doth give saith he it is the Lord That when he pleases takes away the same ●od gives and takes and Blessed be his Name Thus with his sacred Sword he puts to flight ●he VVorld with all its Pomp But now in sight ●nother dreadful Foe with Visage pale ●ncounters Job and threatens to

North. ● is by Christ our mercies is increast ●e's next the Father Christ stands for the East ●om East to South the Sun doth make its way ●riving at the South 't is perfect day ●e next to Christ that Christians must possess ●is the Spirit South point is Holiness ●oliness is our South and Christ is then ● height in Christians when most holy men ●ext to the South is West whither the Sun ●akes haste and sets and then our day is done ●eath is our Western Point doth terminate ●r day and put a period to its date ●ese be the Four Points all men must eye ●orth East South West then man prepare to die Now see our Scripture grounds for this allusion ●r upon that we 'll bottom each Conclusion ●s a Notion generally receiv'd ●d as unquestionably it believ'd That fair Jerusalem that famous Town Israels Metropolis the worlds renown Was plac't i' th midst o' th earth and hence it wa● As most conclude it all was came to pass All places bear their true Denomination As they were plac't or stood for scituation Relating to that City whose great name Did fill the earth with its renowned fame Jerusalem thus for the Center ey'd I will remember that on its North side The City of the mighty King was plac't The mount of Olives also on the East Which mountains as it first did entertain Our blessed Lord so when he comes again Zachary the Prophet gives a full accompt His feet shall stand upon that Eastern Moun● And on the South-side did mount Sion stand The sacred mountain of that holy Land Mount Calvery the place of Death this mou● Was scituate on the VVest on this account I am incourag'd to make this allusion Scriptures not contradicting this Conclusion ●hat East should stand for Christ and Stouh ●le● ●ithout excepting stands for holiness And VVest for death will never be denied But why the North is unto God apply'd May at the first to some seem not so clear But that the truth thereof may still appear Mark what good David saith observe the wor● Of that most faithful Servant of the Lord. When David sets Mount Sions Beauty forth She is saith he the joy of all the Earth She 's beautiful saith he for scituation Which he makes out by this clear de●●nstration The mighty King saith David doth ●eside ●n fair Jerusalem on the North side Of sacred Sion to whose glorious King The Nations shall their wealth and glory bring Hence 't was that speech concerning Lucifer Who would exalt himself above the Stars Of God Almighty Esay adds besides ●s further Demonstration of his pride That Lucifer presum'd himself so great That he would make the side o' th North his seat ●ut he whose high aspiring thoughts did swell ● ' usurp Gods place is tumbled down to Hell ●he North which if as some suppose to be ●he Mount Moria it will well agree That Sacred Mount in Canaans Holy Land ●id also on the North of Sion stand ●hat still the North in Scriptures is appli'd ●o God alone as properly his side ●hese words of David next I 'd have you mind ●hich you in Psalm the 75 may find David excluding both West South and East ●rom giving honours making not the least Mention o' th North saith honours do proceed ●rom God alone as if it were agreed ●nd taken for a grant on every hand ●hat for Gods proper place the North doth stand Sith then the language of Gods holy word With this our notion doth so well accord I hope I may presume without offence With awful fear and holy reverence To make a serious and divine inspection Into the Sacred Art taking direction From Holy Writ which we will make our guid Not on the right or left to turn aside And now with seriousness we will conclude The North with God most fitly doth allude 'T is God alone we first must seek to know The Word and Spirit will direct us how When first therefore thy Vessel launcheth forth Into these troubled Seas upon the Earth Assure thy self thou art not like to make A happy Voyage if thou undertake To stear thy Ship to fair Emanuels Land Before thou know and rightly understand God thy North Star whom thou must alway● eye When thou sets forth towards eternity Know God is first 't is he first gave thee breat● And he is last and hath appointed death That fatal messenger to call thee hence To give accompt to him for each offence Know God is merciful and just also He sees thy ways and did thy secrets know Let no such foolish thoughts possess thy mind To think there is no God be not so blind The Heavens are his witness day and night Do speak throughout the World their beams ● ligh● ●ills every place By this the Nations know There is a God whether they will or no. The very Heathen do the same confess ●y light of nature they can do no less ●is acts of providence bespeaks the same They all set forth the glory of his name ●is mighty hand that framed every Creature ●oth in the Earth the Air and in the Water Gives food as well as being unto all Of every thing he 's the original He feeds the Ravens when to him they cry He is and was from all eternity ●his knowledge although true is not alone ●e is not onely God but he is one ●lthough there be Gods many saith St. Paul ●o us there is but one he 's all in all God must not onely thus be understood ●ut we must know him for our chiefest good That good thou dost or ever shalt enjoy Comes from himself alone he 'll not destroy His handy work Mans ruin doth proceed ●rom man himself 't is man that doth that deed T is in and by the Lord we must obtain ●ternal Life Life doth in him remain ●his thing is needful to be known by these That sail for Heaven on these troubled Seas To know God thus is of as great concern ●s for a Seaman his North Point to learn ●nd in the third place thou must learn to know ●od in his Holy Attributes also His Attributes of Power Mercy and Of Justice also thou must understand We read when God Almighty did proclaim His ever honoured and his Name In Exodus the thirty fourth we find His Name is gracious merciful and kind In him long suffering patience doth abound Sin pard'ning grace in him is to be found Reserved mercy is laid up in store For such as love him grace for ever more As thou must know he 's merciful thou must Know as he 's God Almighty he is just To those that hate him he will be severe A guilty Conscience he 'll by no means clear Though Heavens in his right hand is as rewar● To such as do his righteousness regard Yet in his left hand is a flaming fire Consumes the wicked in his burning ire His wrath once kindled he that reads his nam● Must read him then