A Commentary upon the Gofet Chap, I . In the worldye'hall have tribulation] There's no avoidingof it 'as not a paradife, but a purgatory to the Saints. It may be com- pared to the ftraits of Magellan, which is Paid to be a place of that nature, that whichway foever a man bend his courfe, he fha!l be fure to have the winde againíthim. I have overcome the world] Therefore we are more then con- querours, becaufe fure toovercome afore-hand. We are triumph- ers, 2 ('07.2.14. We need do no more then, as thofe in 7ofhuah, but fet our feet on the necks of our enemies , already_fubdued unto us, by our Jefus. CHAP. XVII. Verfe r. e.fnd lift up his eyes to Heaven] ^[ His and the likeoutwardgeftures inprayer, as they iffue from . the fervency of the good heart, fo they reflat upon the foul, whole invilible affections by thefe vifible anions, in the Saints, are the more inflamed. Howbeit hypocrites, though theyhave their hands elbow-deep in the earth, will feem to pierce Heaven with their eyes lift up in prayer, Videntur torvo afreEiu ccelum ad fe at- trahere, faith Calvin fomewhere : they fo fix their eyes in publike mpas 70 Oa- prayer, as if they would leave them on the roofof the Church; a pe , to be when as all is but hiftrionical,theatrical, counterfeit. The eagle, Peenof men, when the foarethhigheft, hath ever an eyeto the prey below : fo Matth.6. bath the hypocrite, toprofit, credit, Ow. c The hoar is come] q. d. I ask not before the time is come, and ripe and ready for thy kingdom. Some would be in Heaven, ere they have done their work upon earth. But what faid that Anci- ent ? Domine, fi tibi fm neceffarius , non recut vivere : Lord, ifthou have any further fervice for me to do, I amwilling to live longer. When we come to Heaven, the reward will be fo large, that we ¡hall repent us (if it were poffible there to repent for any thing) that we havedone no more work. It is not lawful! ( faith Capcl of one) to wifh for death limply, neither to be fet free from the T enpr. par.3, troubles, fears and cares of tin, nor that we would not conflin, nor wreftle any longer ( for this were to ferve our felves, and feek our own eafe and ends) but inhatred to fin, as it is fin, c. Verfe 2. That he fhould give eternal' life] And what more free then gift ? Note this againft our Merit-mongers,whonot only
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