C hap.4. according to St M A T T x E VV. g2 metaphor, wherein, i. The world is compared to the fea, for it'sunfetlednelfe, tumultueufnrfie, cheoppreflion that is in it (the leffer hih being devoured of the gre,ter) theaway that Leviathan the devil bears there, Pfà1.104. 26. a The Church is compared to aboat, becaule it is continually tolled with the waves of aft3i- etion, as Noah, Jonah, the Ditciples, Paul and thole feafaring men, Pfal. t 07.27. That ftagger lil_e a drunken man, and all their cunning te .fone. 3. Thehih to be caught out of this fea, and to be brought into this (hip, are men. Nature Lath ( as it were) fpawned us forth into this worldly fea ; where we drink_ iniquity like t'ater , wandering confutedly up and down, till caught and call into the fiih-pool, for the matters ufe and fervice. Unwittingly we are caught, and unwillingly we ape kept, as fi- fties labour to get our of the net, and would fain leap back out of the boat into the water. 4 Minifters are fibers. A bulge profet- lion, a toilsome calling ; uo idle mans occupation, as the vulgar co: ceits it, nor needLffe trade, taken up alate, to pick a living outof. Let Gods fiih_r men bufie them elves as they muff, forne- times in preparing, ion-mimes in mending, fometimes in calling abroad, tome times in drawing in the net, That they may /eparace the precictu from the vile, &c. And no man 1h211 have juit caufe to twit themwith idlenefle,or to fay they have ancafe life,and that it is neitherfin nor pity to defraud them. Verte a O. And they ffraiQhtteay i-ft their netr. ] As the wo- manofSamaria did her pitcher, Matthew his toll -book, and blinde Bartimeut his cloak, when Chrift called for him. Look we likewite to this Authour and /neither of our faith ; and for love ofhim, calf away every clog, and thefinne thatdo ii, (3 eafily befet or f rronnd ins. Divorce the fleiti from the world, and there isno great danger. Admire not over-much, ref}not in, dote not . on, cleave not to the things of this life (coke nets and tnares of . Satan, wherebyhe entanglethand encumbreth u ) that we may , attendupon the Lord (orfit clofe to him) without being haled a- way, or dittra'edby tilde lutts of life. The de, plier any man is drowned to the world, the more defperatcly is he divorced from God, deadned to holy ' hings, and ditobedient to the heavenly call, as the reculant guefts in the Gospel. Andfoilowea Kira. ] Immediately, and without fcifèita.tion. Ian, r.4. M.u,B. s4. Hiront fpiritu- ali fìthiab. Ier,âS 79. Ma413.4g, lieb.r s.x. iv7neisa7v+ t3en.it.r. t v7742áe9V TO' weir!) t£7h. e.auáçws, - M-t sa t. ve wvrch When Chrtft cals, we mutt not mitten, but runne, as P Gu& tt a.'`1 j Jr I.16. not dipute, but dilpatch, withDavid, t'tal.1 í9,6o. vol a W 4,,,, /' W
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