And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
Ver. 29. And he said, Come] Had the Pharisees asked a sign, they should have gone without, and have heard, Wicked and bastardly brood, as Matthew 12:39. But a Peter shall have it, rather than he shall halt between two, as the word is, Matthew 14:31. a Christ condescends to his infirmity, and bids him come. And the like was his dealing with that virtuous gentlewoman, Mistress Honywood; who, doubting much of her salvation, was often counselled by a worthy minister to take heed of inquiries further than God's word, &c. Yet still did the temptation grow upon her, insomuch that having a Venice glass in her hand, and the same minister sitting by her; "You have often told me," said she to him, "that I must seek no further than God's word. But I have been long without comfort, and can endure no longer; therefore if I must be saved let this glass be kept from breaking;" and so she threw it against the walls. The glass rebounds again and comes safe to the ground; which the minister having gotten into his hands, saith, "Oh, repent of this sin, bless God for his mercy, and never distrust him more of his promise; for now you have his voice from heaven in a miracle, telling you plainly of your estate." "This was curiosity," saith my author, "and might have brought despair; yet it was the Lord's mercy to remit the fault and grant an extraordinary confirmation of her faith."
a δια τι εδιστασας. Sic dubito non inepte explanari possit, quasi sit a duo et ito. Beem.