The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…

Thus of the literal sense of the Story. It is very probable, that our Saviour, that took occasion when he first called his Disciples from their fishing to instruct them about their office in being fishers of men, did likewise intend by this manifestation of himself to them now they were fishing again, to give them first instructions, from what fell out then, concerning their mystical fishing, which they were to go about within a little time after: and so the comparison holds in many things. The Disciples are the Ministers of the ⟨p. 467⟩Gospel, the ship is the Church, the world is the Sea, the fishes are the people of the world where the Gospel is, the casting of the Net is the preaching of the Gospel, the shore is heaven, or that estate into which we are brought by the power of the word in outward profession. Now about this fishing we may be instructed in many things from this Story, as

Thus of the literall sense of the Storie. It is very probable, that our Sauiour, that tooke occasion when he first called his Disciples from their fishing to instruct them about their office in being fishers of men, did likewise intend by this manifestation of himselfe to them now they were fishing againe, to giue them first instructions, from what fell out then, concerning their mysticall fishing, which they were to goe about within a little time after: and so the comparison holds in many things. The Disciples are the Ministers of the ⟨p. 467⟩Gospell, the ship is the Church, the world is the Sea, the fishes are the people of the world where the Gospell is, the casting of the Net is the preaching of the Gospell, the shore is heauen, or that estate into which we are brought by the power of the word in outward profession. Now about this fishing we may be instructed in many things from this Storie, as

1. That the proper end of the labours of Ministers is to catch souls.