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8 entertained. If Elias deſerved to be well deals withal at the hands of his hoſteſs, I Kings xvii. whoſe ſon he reſtored to life; or Eliſha deſerved ſuch entertainment for her ſon's reviving, 2 Kings iv. then ſurely our Saviour Chriſt was much more welcome hither. ſeeing he had raiſed Lazarus out of his grave, where he had lain by the ſpace of four days before, John xi. It was well done therefore of Martha to ſhew her thankful mind to Chriſt; but it was not well done at that time, to ſhew herſelf thankful in that manner, for it was then time to hear the word; becauſe at that time Chriſt preached the word; it was not convenient time for her to ſpend on other affairs, and to neglect the greateſt affair, even the means of her own ſalvation; it was not unlawful for Martha to labour, no more than it was unlawful for Peter to ſleep; but when Chriſt was preaching, it was then no time for her to buſy herſelf in ſerving, no more than it was for Peter to ſleep, when as Chriſt did ſo earneſtly will him to watch and pray, Matth. XXV.

When Chriſt preached out of Simon's ſhip to the people that ſtood upon the ſhore, Luke v. it was no time then for Peter to play the fiſherman; but when Chriſt had done ſpeaking, and commanded him to launch out into the deep, then it was time for him to let down his net. There is a time wherein we ought to labour in our vocation, and a time wherein we ought to hear the word of God; and as we may not utterly neglect our lawful callings to follow ſermons ſo we must not bestow the ſabbath, which is conſecrated to the ſervice of God, in following the works of our vocation; all things have their appointed time, faith the wiſe man, and every thing is