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And when * had heard that John was delivered up, he retired into Galilee: and leaving 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 Jordan 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 Heaven 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 leaving the nets, folowed him. And going forward from thence, he saw * other two brethren, James of Zebedee, and John 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 every maladie, and every infirmitie, in the people. And the bruit of him went into al Syria, and they presented to him al that were il at ease, diversly 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 Jurie and from beyond Jordan.

ANNOTATIONS . IIII.

1. Desert.) As John the Baptist, so our Saviour by going into the desert, and there living in contemplation even among brute beasts, and subject to the assaults of the Divel for our sinnes, giveth a warrant and example to such holy men as have lived 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 leave unto us the solemne daies of fast (that is, Lent.) Hierom. 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 Saviours fast, but also an Apostolical tradition, and of necessitie to be kept. Contemne not Lent, (saith S. Ignatius) for it containeth the imitation of our Lords conversation. And S. Ambrose saith plainely, that it was not ordained by men, but consecrated by God: nor invented by any earthly cogitation but commaunded by the heavenly Majestie. And againe, that it is sinne not to fast al the Lent. S. Hieroms words 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 convenient. This time most convenient is (as S. Augustine saith ep. 119) immediatly before Easter, thereby to communicate with our Saviours 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 Rh