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THE

GODLY MAN’S ARK:

OR,

CITY OF REFUGE,

IN

TIME OF TROUBLE.

ISAIAH Xiiii. 2.

When thou paſſeth through the Waters I will
be with thee; and through the Rivers they
ſhall not overflow thee: When thou walkeſt
through the Fire thou ſhalt not be burnt,
neither ſhall the flames kindle upon thee.

THese words, my beloved friends, are a promiſe that God hath made to his church and people, after many ſore and grievous afflictions that he had brought upon them, by reaſon of their ſinning and rebellion againſt him. He doth, in theſe words of my text upon their repentance promiſe to deliver them, when he hath exerciſed their graces, and ſhewed them that there is help and ſuccour only in