..,----- A Commentary upon the G4el Cha p.q, his friendfhipwell nigh ayear before, lob. t 39. but now calleth them from being fifhers, to be fifhers of men. Peter is famous for his firft draught, Ali. 2. whereby he caught andbrought to the Church three thoufand fouls. Vetere. Romani Caging theirnet into thelea.] God calleth men when they 'Íenoriam, , are bulk , Satan, when they are idle. For idleneffe is the hoar of Sttrautam zr temptation, and an idle perfon the devils Tennis-ball, which he Streaam infra tofieth at pleafure, and lets awork as he Iiketh and lifteth. God raænia pro erjs toeat o bath ordained that in the his brow man should eat his ¢çluer:a:t. f Tutetem verb bread. The Hebrew bath it, In thefveat ofhis note; for he molt extra urb^m labour till the fweat runne down his not . Which, it doe, God ca llztuerunt. hachprornifed, that mantar molit»ns, the diligent, nimble hand- b2,4.. vitæ ed man (hall not flay long in a low place. He (Lail hand before Y g .3.19. Princes, as there painful! fifher- men were to (land before the rov. to.,. Prince of Peace, and to be of his confiant retinue. As till then, P.ov their bulle attendance on their calling was no leffe pleating to Chrift, then an immediate devotion. Happy is that fcrvant, whom his Lord when he comes (hall finde ferving GDd and u'S9.. man with his fat and tweet, as the Fig-tree and Vine in lothams Parable. For they Were pers.] ftfïnos elegit Chriftus, & idietus (fa th Bzldtn f, one) fed oculavit inprndentes,fmulj, dona dedit minifteria. Chrift fends forth none topreach, but whom he gifted) : where the comfort is, that a finali hand may threed a needle, and a lice!: bark doebetter in a final' river, then agreat hip, r , 6 Verle 19. He pith unto them, Follow me,] And together wich his Word there went forth a power ineünt,{g dxm to fol- low : whereby it appears, that they were not only of the many that are called, but of thole f w that are chofen. The Lord k.iom- eth Who are his, faithSt Paul. But this knowingof his is carried fecret, as a river under ground,till by etfectuall calling he feparates them from the reff ; till they can call upon the Name of the .Tim ?,19. Lord, and depart from evil. This, when they are once taught of Chrrff, they rauft be aCfing; when he hash tuned and touched us, we naafi make mufick ; and while(} the fpi- rit embreaths us, we muff turn about as the Mill : and ;e°el.r4 4' fol'ow the Lambe wherefoever he goech, as there Difci. pies did. And Iwi§makeyou per: ofman,] Of live men as filers gwPv rYS `J-' defae to catch fifh alive, becaufe they arcmore vendible. An apt metaphor,
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