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

Thus God calls; for Christ his sake let us go.^u It is the voice of my Beloved; Let us run to him.^x In the last and great day of the feast, Jesus stood and Cried, &c. stood up, ut conspiratur, that he might be seene: cryed ut audiretur; that he might be heard. He is audible in his word, visible in his Sacraments, in both he calls. I stand at the door and knock. Revel. 3.20. Ostium est & ad ostium pulsat: he that is our door of entrance, knocks at our door for entrance. It is fit we should knock at his door, not he at ours. But if he does knock, let not him stand without,^a till his head be filled with dew, and his locks with the drops of the night. He is In via veriteas, in veritat via, in utraque vita: He is the way in the truth, and the truth in the way, and in both the life. He calls, yet complains,^b Ye will not come unto me that you might have life. Go we then to him; Reficieris si accesseris, Deficieris si recesseris. Aug. Come to him and live, depart from him and perish. Let not Christ call in vain, nor his Ministers say;^c We have laboured in vanity, and spent our strength for nought. Faith and repentance are two short lessons, yet Israel was forty years before they could learn them. If God call upon us, and men will not answer: they shall^d call upon him when he will not answer. God shall say to the reprobates. Be it to you according to your deserts. To sin is to depart from God; therefore^e Depart from me: you loved cursing, therefore depart ye cursed: the fire of anger, of malice, of lust hath burned in your hearts, therefore depart into fire: you would have sinned everlastingly, therefore depart into everlasting fire: you have harkened to the devils temptations, you must feel the devils torments; into fire prepared for the devil and his Angels. Abuse not his calling, lest he