Chap. 4. according to St M A RK. 13 tronger and bigger : fo is it in grace. God givethgracefor grace, andhis righteoufneffe is revealed from faithto faith : that is, from a leffe meafure to a greater. Whereas it is eafie to obferve an E clipfe and decayof Gods gifts in them that ufe themnot, till at Taft they may faywithZedekiah, whenwent the Oirit of godfrom me? Verfe 26. So is the Kingdom of Cod] God fows and reaps in the Church, though none obferves it , and bath his fruit in due. feafon. Verfe 27. Andfhouldpep] Minifters muff reft fecure of the fuccelfe of their endeavours, having diligently done theirduties... The Word may work many a year after : as they fayof the Ele- phant, that the brings not forth till thirteenyears after Thee hath conceived. Verfe 28. Pirft the blade, then the eare] And the husbandman looks upon it withdelight,in hopeof an harve(t:fo dothGod take in good part our weak beginnings, whiles we ftrive tobetter the blefling that is upon our very buds. Efay 44. 3. The firft fprings in the wombof grace are precious to him, Ephef. 2. r. Verfe 3o. whereunto fball We liken, &c.] The wifdomeofGod, the great Counfellour,feems to be at a fault for a fit expreffion low enough for ourflow apprehenfion. (! Verfe 33. As they wereable to hear] Not as hewas able to have fpoken. AMinifter must mafticate his matter as Nurfes do their childrens meat, and fpeak to his hearers (hallow capacities;or elfe he (hall be a Barbarian to them, and they to him. He's the belt Preacher faith Luther, that preacheth vulgarly, trivially, &c. s Verfe 34. Heexpounded] He read them the riddles,as it were, Aos or untied the knots, So ?wig. 7. 15. We read of a dream and the interpretation,orbreakingof it. Ametaphorfrom thebreakingof a Nut to get the kernell. Verfe 36. They tookhim] Viz,. out of that part of the Ship - l where he had taught, into another part more convenient,where he might reft. For he had preached all that day till the evening, without taking either repaft or repofe, verfe 1. Verfe 38. efleep on a pillow] Neither did the noyfe of the fea, nor the hurryof the feamen labouring for life, awake Chrift, till his own timewas come. Defpaire not, if help be not at hand at fir(}, as we delire : but awake Chrift, as here, and :Efay 51. go Godbath a m.ighiyarmed but it maybe afleep; the Church there- ___ fore.
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