' 44 A Commentary ;pon the Gofet Chap.i CHA1).xxr. Verfe r. After there things ?eft2s'hewed himfelfe.] Òme have been ofopinion iliac this Chapter was not written L-by john (becaufe he concluded his hiftory in the endof the la(t Chapter) but addedby fome other, as the laft Chapter of Deu- teronomony was to Mofes his writings. Thefe fhould have obfer- ved that in the former Chapter thofe arguments only are fet down bythe Evangelifl, that fell out at ?erufalcm for the manifeftation of Chrilts'.refurre ion : as in this Chapter thofe, wherebyhe ap. proved the truth ofhis refurrechion in Galilee alfo, according to his promite, Mat. a6. 32. that they might beleive and remember z Tiro,:.g. that Jefus Chrift of the feedof Davidwas verily raifed from the dead according to the Gofpel : this being a Doctrine of greateft confequence and comfort, i Cor. 15.5. &c. Peter thought himfelfe fufficiently affiire ofit, and therefore Paid, I goea fifhing; but he was deceived, and needed further confirmation. Cum bone, cum Verfe 2.. There were met together Simon, &c. ] When good i,robi corolla, c;i and godly menmeet , when chaff andhonett people,affemble to= cum cafti gether, it is not tobe called to afanion, but a Court rather, faith congregantur, Tertullian. Thofe are a faction, thatconfpire againft good men : von eft fa do The fociety of fuch is like the (lime and filth that is congealed, ia, & ecdo. where many toadsand othervermine joyn together. Goddwels tratio itlis no- in the Allembly ofSaints : (hall we, like Stoicks (tie upour felves, men fa tionis and not daily runne into their company ? He that conies, when accommodars- ointments and fweet fpices are ffirreng, doth carry away force of dom, e'rc.Tert the fweet favour, though he think not of it : fohere, See Troy. Apol. adver. est. 13. Verfe 3. I goe a Ming, &c.] Being not yet employ'd in the tutus publike Miniftery, he would not be idle,and that he might not be age, chargeable tothe Church. This life is in Ifaiahcalled, The life of ería Ovid. of our ha'adsbecaufe it is tobe maintained by the labour our hands. We are to earn ere we eat. a Theft: 3. eflnd that night they caught nothing.] Labour we never fo hard, unielfe God bleífe.it, and flop that hole in the bottom of the bag, Hag. 1.1. thofe fecret iffues and drains of expence, at which mens eflates runout, we (hall be forced to fay with Severn's the spartian Emperour, Omnia fun, er aihil profuir. pfal3O, S. Verfe 4. Bass when the morning] Mourning lafeth but till morning
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