Acts. 27. 24.
The text.
Feare not, Paul, thou must appeere before Caesar: and be∣hold God hath ∴ giuen thee all that saile with thee.
The note.
Paul (saith S. Hierom) had so many soules in the ship giuen him, that is, so many men saued for his sake, and after he is with Christ shall he shut his mouth, and not be able once to speake for them that haue beleeued in his Gospell? Hierom aduer. Vigil. Whereby he prooueth, that if God do much for the merits of saints in this life, much more at their intercession and praier in heauen.
The answer.
You should say; Whereby S. Ierom goeth about, or indeuo∣reth to prooue: For euery word he speaketh is not by and by a proofe. What the saints of God do in heauen for men that are a∣liue, is a secret, which God hath kept to himselfe, and not reuea∣led to men. Therefore the reasons from their dealings héere to their doings there are blinde, hauing no ground to frame them on, but mans wisedome. There we do not beléeue S. Ieroms conclusions, but where he hath better ground for his reasons.