wo* ofa Minifier á great Wbr0. he prayed not onely for them that were prefent, but for all' others after that fhould beleeve : fo certainly, Chrift when he fpent this whole night in prayer, did not pray only for the z 2. Apoflles, but for. all thole that 1hóuld be in the Miniftery, tö preach the Gofpel of Chrift to the end of the World: But nowhaving fpent all the night in prayer, then in the mor- ning the full thing he loth, is to choofe his twelve Apoffles, and when he hath done, he feeingthe multitude come to him, do:h a little retire himfelfe fromthem:and falls a preaching; and preaches this excellent and notable Sermon that the ate now beginning to foeak of : After Chrií had been all night up, yet next day he fälls a preaching; You fee Chrift is not fo tender of his body;Thofe that had been tender over him,would have been ready to fay that he thould gn and fleepe, what iball he tire and wear out his body,having lat up all night,and (pent himfelfe in prayer ? (as there's no exercife that is more fpen- ding to the body tl-en prayer ) yet after all this, the next morping Chriff he takes this opportunity and falls a prea- ching. Teaching thus much that the Miniflers of the Gofpel illould not be too nice and dainty of their bodyes, not to be alwayes wh)ning and complayning of the weaknef3e of body, and spending of themfelves, (and fuch things) but if there be ,op- portunity given for fervice they fl-:oald be readyro take it although it ß-:ot,ld be a tvearineße and fpending; what if it fbould íhorten their dayes a little while, is it not all one to do a great deale, of good in a little time, or to do a little good in a great deale of time ; to doe a great deale in a little time is the moré comfortable : A mans life is.to be reckoned accor- ding to his fervice, not according to how many years he lives : Chrift he preaches this long Sermon ( the longeff that ever he he did preach for ought we know) and it was the morning after he had been up all the night a praying. Further obferve, from this time of the Sermon of Chria : what a notable Sermon doth Jefus Chrift Preach, after he had been thus praying, It's a molt heavenly Sermon : -- And that prayer that he had a little before he dyed, from the 14. of
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