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

¹The sum and heart of the Text concerns the fruitfulness of our knowledge of Jesus Christ. What Nation ever had the knowledge of him more abundantly propagated? I may say to you, as Christ said to his Apostles: Blessed are your eyes, for they see: Blessed are your ears, for they hear: but I cannot say, Blessed are your feet, for they walk; blessed are your hands, for they work: blessed are your hearts, for they embrace. Our eyes and ears do their office, all the fault is in our hearts: now the Lord open our hearts. We have knowledge, and it costs us nothing: bestow but the gathering of your Manna, and it is yours. Aaron's bells give you music by day; as your City-waits by night: music in the streets, whereof they partake, that pay nothing for it.^g A man needs not say to his brother, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. Our knowledge is universal, or at least should be universal, for God hath not scanted the means, Act. 2.17. God hath poured out his Spirit upon all flesh: our sons and our daughters prophesy, our young men see visions, and our old men dream dreams. They see visions, and tell you the visions they see. Your wise-men desire not, like deep streams, to run silent to themselves; but in a sweet murmur sing you the songs of Zion. We have knowledge, and need not travel for it:^h you wander not from sea to sea, nor run from North to East, to seek the Word of God. To run to Rome for accomplishment of knowledge, is to go into an infected house, to fetch out a rich suit: or to put the finger into a fiery crucible to take out the gold. What travel our young Gallants for? to hear news: Tully said he could better hear the news of Rome at Antium, than at Rome. Paris cannot tell more news of France, nor Madrid of Spain, than your Exchange in London, of both. I am sure that England stands as near to heaven as Italy: and the good tidings of Zion is here safer and sooner, and sounder learned. It is then for knowledge: they that cross the seas to fill their brains with knowledge, travel Northward for heat, and seek the candle that they carry in their hand.

¹The summe and heart of the Text concernes the fruitfulnesse of our knowledge of Iesus Christ. What Nation ever had the knowledge of him more abundantly propagated? I may say to you, as Christ said to his Apostles: Blessed are your eyes, for they see: Blessed are your eares, for they heare: but I cannot say, Blessed are your feet, for they walke; blessed are your hands, for they worke: blessed are your hearts, for they embrace. Our eyes and eares doe their office, all the fault is in our hearts: now the Lord open our hearts. We have knowledge, and it costs us nothing: bestow but the gathering of your Manna, and it is yours. Aarons bells give you musike by day; as your City-waits by night: musike in the streets, whereof they partake, that pay nothing for it.