Chap.2 according to St. J ó H N. 145 morning. Flebile prixcipium meliorfortunafcquetur;faid CQ, e'li,ta- °Did. Beth, when fhe wasto be fentto the Tower. Verfe 5. Children,have ye any meat ?] This he faith, as feeming tobe fome houf-keeper, who palling by fifhermen, cats to them,as willingto buy their fifh,for the ufe ofhis family. Caleacius Carac- His 1ifebr ciolus, that noble Marques ofYico (that left all for Chrift, prefer- CYaAuv- . . ring thebleffing of God before the worlds warmSun ) would go into the market atGeneva andcater for his houfhold grievingfor nothingmore ,then that he hadnot wherwithwallto keep abetter ,houfe,for the reliefof the poor:And in that refpeaonly,hewifhed himfelf as great a man at Geneva,as hewas in Italy. Verfe 6. Cal. the net on the rightfde, ec. ] This counfell he gives as a f+ranger, who haplymight fée a confluence of fifh there, being on the fhore, which they in the fhip fawnot. They obey him therefore, as content to lofe one labour more, ifit muff be fo P they knew not what another draught might produce. It is good to be doingin Gods way:fooneror later futceffe will enfue.Bind.e not the Lordto a day,wake not my Beloved,till hepleafe : he will pay us for allour pains and patience. Confider but our I. diftance, Z,de- pendance,and we will wait. Verfe 7. Therefore that Difciple,&c.] Now they fee the caufe why, till then, they caught nothing, was, that they might the bet. terknow him to be the Lord.Godwill one day let us fee,that he in veryfaithfulneffe oflitti us ; and that however it feem fo for a fea- fon, it is not invain tohave fought his face. john knew not ourSa- viour by fight here , but by the multitude of fifhes that came to hand., byhis direction, The Rochellers might eafily fee as much, when they were miraculoufly relieved by that fboal offhel-fifhcaft upon their fhore in aftrait fiege , whereby their City was miracu- Aft &Mon: loufly preferved. Verfe 8. Andthe other Difcipler came, &c.] They carne all to Chrift,but Peter fooner : he cart away all care of his fifh, having theLord to go to. It is belt to befiri and forwardeft in a good matter;not onlyto make afhift to get toheaven, but tohave an a- bundant entrance thereinto,to come bravely into thehaven, by ad- 2Peu1,2421 ding onegrace toanother, as `Peter bath it. It is a low andunwor- thy ftram in tome ( faithOne) to labour after no more grace,then will keep life and foul together, that is, fouland hell afunder. But that man for heaven, andheeven for him,that fets upfor his mark, The refurrec`íion ofthe dead, Phil. 3. II. th4 is, by a metonymic of
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