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And when had heard that Iohn was deliuered vp, he retired into Galilee: and leauing the citie Nazareth, came and dwelt in Capharnaum a sea towne, in the borders of Zabulon of Nephthali, that it might be fulfilled which was said by Esay the Prophet. Land of Zabulon & land of Nephthali, the way of the sea beyond Iordan of Galilee, of the Gentils: the people that sate in darknesse, hath seen great light: & to them that sate in a countrie of the shadow of death, light is risen to them. From that time began to preach, and to say, ″ Doe pennance, for the Kingdom of Heauen is at hand.

And walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers) and he sayth to them: Come ye after me, and I wil make you to be fishers of men. But they incontinent leauing the nettes, folowed him. And going forward from thence, he saw other two brethren, Iames of Zebedee, and Iohn his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, reparing their nets: and he called them. And they forthwith left their nets and father and folowed him.

And went round about al Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues, & preaching the Ghospel of the Kingdom: and ″ healing euery maladie, and euery infirmitie, in the people. And the bruite of him went into al Syria, and they presented to him al that were il at ease, diuersly taken with diseases and torments, and such as were possest, and Lunatikes, and sick of the palsey, and he cured them: And much people folowed him from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Hierusalem, and from Iurie and from beyond Iordan.

ANNOTATIONS . IIII.

1. Desert.] As Iohn the Baptist, so our Sauiour by going into the desert, and there liuing in contemplation euen among brute beasts, and subiect to the assaults of the Diuel for our sinnes, geueth a warrant and example to such holy men as haue liued in wildernesse for penance and contemplation, called Eremites.

2. Fasted fourtie daies.] Elias and Moyses (saith S. Hierom) by the fast of 40. daies, were filled with the familiaritie of God, and our Lord himself in the wildernesse fasted as many, to leaue vnto vs the solemne daies of fast. (that is, Lent.) ''Hiero. in c. 58 Esa. S. Augustine also hath the very like wordes ep. 119.'' And generally al the ancient Fathers that by occasion, or of purpose speake of the Lent-fast, make it not only an imitation of our Sauiours fast, but also an Apostolical tradition, and of necessitie to be kept. Contēne not Lent (saith S. Ignatius) for it containeth the imitation of our Lordes conuersation. And S. Ambrose saith plainely, that it was not ordained by men, but consecrated by God: nor inuented by any earthly cogitation but commaunded by the heauenly Maiestie. And againe, that it is sinne not to fast al the Lent. S. Hieroms wordes also be most plaine: We (saith he) fast fourtie daies, or, make one Lent in a yeare, according to the tradition of the Apostles, in time conuenient. This time most conuenient is (as S. Augustine saith ep. 119) immediatly before Easter, thereby to communicate with our Sauiours Passion: and (as other writers do adde) thereby to come the better prepared and more worthily, to the great solemnitie of Christs Resurrection: beside many other goodly reasons in the