A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

In Gods warehouse we find wisdom at the door, crying for customers, Isaiah 55. Come ye to the waters, come buy wine and milk without money; yea, vers. 2. Bread and fatness. Let us see the wares. First is Water: water? alas a poor and plentiful commodity: cheap enough; every channel affords it. No, for first literally; water was of great use in Palestine, a dry Country. Poor Hagar with her little Boy, were almost lost with thirst: how did her heart leap, when^a God opened her eyes, that she saw a Well of water? Isaac's heard-men strove with the heard-men of Cerar, about waters; therefore he called the name of the Well Esek, that is Contention. Israel murmured for water, and were plagued for it. Water hath a manifold use; it serves for drink, for medicine, for washing, for purging, for boiling, for quenching, for fructifying. Water was held by some the beginning of all other things; Aqua, quasi A Qua omnia. It was esteemed a principal preserver of life, therefore called living, Gen. 26.19. Isaac's servants found a Well of Living water: it is translated, Springing; but the original gives it, Living water. But it must be here understood in a spiritual sense; so the Water that GOD gives is Grace.^b With joy shall ye draw Water out of the Wells of Salvation. ^cI will pour Water upon him that is thirsty, (which he expounds of Grace) I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed. ^dWhosoever is a-thirst, let him take the Water of life freely. Next is Wine; Is this so good? Vinum lac libidinis, Wine is the nourishment of lust; the Manichees called it, Fell Principis tenebrarum, the gall of the Prince of darkness. No, Wine is good, hath manifold benefits: it helps the stomach, nourisheth the body, whets the wit, cherisheth the heart, and cheers the whole man. CHRISTS first miracle in Galilee mentioned, was turning water into Wine: and the last thing he used in the Sacrament was Wine. It is said to^e cheer God and man, Thirdly, ⟨p. 50⟩