An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of…

but afterwards proved to be very wicked, and got among a company of thieves, and so came to be the Captain of a company of thieves and robbers, and was wholly bent to slaughter, and murder, and extreme cruelty, and lived in the mountains: Afterwards John comes to this Bishop to whom he had committed the young man, and bid him restore unto him the charge which he and Christ had committed into his Custody, then the elder looking down with a heavy countenance, sobbing and sighing, said, He is dead. John enquiring how, and what kind of death, he answered he is dead to God, for he is become the Captain of a company of thieves in such a place. The Apostle then rending his garments in great sorrow, said, Prepare me a Horse and let me have a guide, and so rode in post, being come unto the place he is taken by the thievish watch, he neither flieth nor resisteth, but saith, for this purpose came I hither; bring me unto your Captain, who being armed beheld him coming, but when he knew that it was John, he was strucken with shame, and fled away. The old man forgetful of his years pursueth him flying, and crieth: My son, why fliest thou from me thy father, unarmed and old? O son! tender my case, be not afraid, as yet there remaineth hope of salvation, I will undertake for thee with Christ. And thus he runs after him crying that yet there was hope of mercy and pardon, and that he would die for him. He hearing this, first stood still, turning his countenance to the ground, next shook off his Armour, then trembled for fear and wept bitterly, so that this broke his heart and he returns ⟨p. 68⟩back and falls a weeping upon the neck of John, and became an eminent Christian afterwards.

but afterwards proved to be very wicked, and got among a company of theeves, and so came to be the Captain of a company of theeves and robbers, and was wholly bent to slaughter, and murder, and extream cruelty, and lived in the mountains: Afterwards John comes to this Bishop to whom he had committed the yong man, and bid him restore unto him the charge which he and Christ had committed into his Custody, then the elder looking down with a heavy countenance, sobbing and sighing, said, He is dead. John enquiring how, and what kind of death, he answered he is dead to God, for he is become the Captain of a company of theeves in such a place. The Apostle then rending his garments in great sorrow, said, Prepare me a Horse and let me have a guide, and so rode in post, being come unto the place he is taken by the theevish watch, he neither flieth nor resisteth, but saith, for this purpose came I hither; bring me unto your Captain, who being armed beheld him coming, but when he knew that it was John, he was strucken with shame, and fled away. The old man forgetful of his yeers pursueth him flying, and crieth: My son, why fliest thou from me thy father, unarmed and old? O son! tender my case, be not afraid, as yet there remaineth hope of salvation, I will undertake for thee with Christ. And thus he runs after him crying that yet there was hope of mercie and pardon, and that he would die for him. He hearing this, first stood still, turning his countenance to the ground, next shoke off his Armor, then trembled for fear and wept bitterly, so that this broke his heart and he returns