Who is this, whom the sea obeyeth? “The sea is His, and He made it.”2212 “All things were
made by Him.”2213 Imitate the winds then, and the sea rather; obey the Creator. At Christ’s
command the sea giveth ear; and art thou deaf? The sea heareth, and the wind ceaseth: and
dost thou still blow on? What! I say, I do, I devise; what is all this, but to be blowing on, and
to be unwilling to stop in obedience to the word of Christ? Let not the wave master you in
this troubled state of your heart. Yet since we are but men, if the wind should drive us on,
and stir up the affections of our souls, let us not despair; let us awake Christ, that we may
sail on a tranquil sea, and so come to our country. “Let us2214 turn to the Lord,” etc.
2212 Ps. xcv. 5.
2213 John i. 3.
2214 For the the full form, see end of Sermon xvii. (lxvii. Bened.).
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