Here is made mention of a feast-maker: therefore we must
consider who was the feast-maker: secondarily, who was his son: thirdly,
we must consider to whom he was married: fourthly, who were they that
called the guests: fifthly, who were the guests. And then we must know
how the guest-callers behaved themselves: and then, how the guests
behaved themselves towards them that called them. When all these
circumstances be considered, we shall find much good matters covered and
hid in this gospel.
Now that I may so handle these matters, that it may turn to the
edification of your souls, and to the discharge of my office, I will most
instantly desire you to lift up your hearts unto God, and desire his
divine Majesty, in the name of his only-begotten Son, our Saviour Jesus
Christ, that he will give unto us his Holy Ghost:--unto me, that I may
speak the word of God, and teach you to understand the same; unto you,
that you may hear it fruitfully, to the edification of your souls; so
that you may be edified through it, and your lives reformed and amended;
and that his honour and glory may increase daily amongst us. Wherefore I
shall desire you to say with me, "Our Father," &c.
Dearly beloved in the Lord, the gospel that is read this day is a
parable, a similitude or comparison.
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