'. in the Soul of Ma,~. a prodigious number of fi.lhes into his dif ... ciples net, and at another tin1e receive that tribute fron1 a · fifh which he \vas to pay to the ten1ple, n1ight eafrly ha·ve n1ade hin1fclf the richeft pcrfon of the world. Nay, v;ithou t any n1oncy he could have n1ain– tained an ,arm·y powerful enough to bav<:! jufHed Cr:ejar out of his throne; having oftner than once fed feveral thoufands wirh a few loaves and fi11all fiihcs . But· to fhew how fi11all eHcen1 he had o f all the cnjoy111cnts of the world, he chofe to live in fo poor and mean a condi<tion, that thuugh t!Jefoxes had holes, aNd the birds of the air ' · had 11ejis, y·et he who was ford rmd hfl /r of all things, had not whereon to lay his head. He did not frequent the courts of princes, - nor affect the acquaintance· and converfe· of great ones; but, being reputed the fon of a carpenter, he had fiihermen and fl_,ch other poor people for his con1panions, and· lived at fuch a rate as fuitcd with the n1ean– ncfs of that condttion. · And thus .I an1 brought unawares to fpeai~ of his /;u;n,fi!J', the laft branch His humility. of the divine life; 'vhercin he . was a moH: eminent patcrn unto us, that we n1ip-ht lea·rn of IJn'i'l to be tNeek ~md io?lJo J . • fy in heart. I iJ- all not now fpcak of that infinite condefcenfit.~n of the eternal Son C 2 ~ of
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