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IN the Fourteenth Chapter of St. Matthews Gospell, our Saviour walking on the Sea, bade St. Peter come unto him, who being not any thing acquainted with such a slippery path, and seing a great storm arise, his heart failed him, and he began to sink, but crying out for help,* 1.1 Christ who was onely able to give it, stretched forth his hand, took him into the Ship, and saved him: This World (we know by experience) is a Set of trouble and misery, Our Saviour, as he did to Peter, so he most lovingly willeth every one of us to come unto him, but as we walk towards him,* 1.2 storms and tempests do arise, so that through frailty of our flesh, and the weaknesse of our Faith, we begin to sink, Christ stretcheth forth his hand, he giveth us 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, his Word, his Sacraments, the good moti∣ons of his Spirit to save us from sinning, to keep us in the Ship of the Church, If we refuse these means, we perish, we sink in our sins; And why so? Not be∣cause Christ doth not most kindly put forth his hand unto us, but because in want and distresse we lay not hold upon him.* 1.3 It is he that invites all Men to his great Supper, but if they make excuses, or willfully refuse to come, he may just∣ly pronounce, None of them that were bidden shall ever tast of my Supper, Luk. 14. 24.