398 e.4 Commentary upon the Go(iel Chap, 3. T'ertui. ne..re4Beta. Muta ablaéla- te mat,em cal- s+brss pima. fithesofa celefliall humour or dew : So was Chrift by heaven- ly influence in the Virgins womb. Tanti igitur vitreun ? nargaritumm ? Chrift is to be fought and bought with any pains, at any price. We cannot buy this gold too dear. ;afeph, the jewell of the world, was farm more precious, had the lfhnaaelitiJh Merchants known fo much, then all the balms and myrrhs they tranfported. So is Chrtft, as all will. yeeld chat know him. Verfe 47. elgain the kingdom, &r. ] Chria is an unceffant teacher : learn then for flaatne, left he turn us oti for non- protici- cuts. Let one Sermon peg in another,and every fecondpotion fet the firfl awork. ii like unto a aet,&c. j An elegant comparifon, wherein the Fishers are theMinifters, the Sea the World, the Net the Word, theShip the Church, tleFifties the Hearers. Bafsl comparing the Gofpel toa net, makes fear to be the lead that finketh ir, and keeps it fteady, andhope tobe the cork, whichkcepeth it alwaiesabove water. Without the lead offear, faith he, it would becarried hi- ther and thither as without the corkof hope, it would utterly fink down. Vet fe 4$. endcafe the had away ] e.,llgaws , fzlices , aremelat, forks. Here was of both forts, till the leparation was. made. The vifible Church refembles the Ark, which was full of crea. turesofdiverskindes, but moft unclean : Fair the is ,. but as the- Moon, which is not without her blew:Csaes. Separatifts that leave her therefore, yea deny her , and remain obltinate for tri- fl:s, are not unfitly by one compared to the hedge-hogge,, which, faith P,ling, being laden with nu'.s and fruits, if the lra`t fillbeard fall of will fling down all the refit in a pet- tiff; humour, and beat the ground for anger with their bri - ftles. Verfe 49. The e"I gels j2all come firth andEver] B:It how (hall the Angels know them afinder, may Come fey ? By that jicn,smsfalutare, that God bath fet upon them, that mark in their (tare-heads, Eeek` 9. Betides, by the líghtfomenet e cftheir looks fhall the elea be known, lif:iog up theirheads, becaufe their re- demption then drawall nigh when reprobates':liall look gaftly and uggly, being almoft mad with thefight of their eyes, that. they Aall foe, and the fear of their hearts wherewith they 'hall fear, Dent. 2$.34,67. From.:
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