Моби Дик

The Sermon

           "Shipmates,thisbook,containingonlyfourchaptersfouryarnsisoneofthesmalleststrandsinthemightycableoftheScriptures.YetwhatdepthsofthesoulJonah’sdeepsealinesound!whatapregnantlessontousisthisprophet!Whatanoblethingisthatcanticleinthefish’sbelly!Howbillow-likeandboisterouslygrand!Wefeelthefloodssurgingoverus,wesoundwithhimtothekelpybottomofthewaters;sea-weedandalltheslimeoftheseaisaboutus!ButwhatisthislessonthatthebookofJonahteaches?Shipmates,itisatwo-strandedlesson;alessontousallassinfulmen,andalessontomeasapilotofthelivingGod.Assinfulmen,itisalessontousall,becauseitisastoryofthesin,hard-heartedness,suddenlyawakenedfears,theswiftpunishment,repentance,prayers,andfinallythedeliveranceandjoyofJonah.Aswithallsinnersamongmen,thesinofthissonofAmittaiwasinhiswilfuldisobedienceofthecommandofGodnevermindnowwhatthatcommandwas,orhowconveyedwhichhefoundahardcommand.ButallthethingsthatGodwouldhaveusdoarehardforustodorememberthatandhence,heoftenercommandsusthanendeavorstopersuade.AndifweobeyGod,wemustdisobeyourselves;anditisinthisdisobeyingourselves,whereinthehardnessofobeyingGodconsists.

           "Withthissinofdisobedienceinhim,JonahstillfurtherfloutsatGod,byseekingtofleefromHim.Hethinksthatashipmadebymen,willcarryhimintocountrieswhereGoddoesnotreignbutonlytheCaptainsofthisearth.HeskulksaboutthewharvesofJoppa,andseeksashipthat’sboundforTarshish.Therelurks,perhaps,ahithertounheededmeaninghere.ByallaccountsTarshishcouldhavebeennoothercitythanthemodernCadiz.That’stheopinionoflearnedmen.AndwhereisCadiz,shipmates?CadizisinSpain;asfarbywater,fromJoppa,asJonahcouldpossiblyhavesailedinthoseancientdays,whentheAtlanticwasanalmostunknownsea.

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