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divers others of credit, and are be- 

 lieved and known by divers, both of 

 wifdom and experience, to be a 

 truth; and are (as I faid at the be- 

 ginning) fit for the contemplation 

 of a moil ferious, and a moft pious 

 man. 



And that they be fit for the con- 

 templation of the moft prudent and 

 pious, and peaceable men, feems 

 to be teftified by the practice of fo 

 many devout and contemplative 

 men; as the Patriarks or Prophets 

 of old, and of the Apoftles of our 

 Saviour in thefe later times , of 

 which twelve he chofe four that 

 were Fifhermen:concerning which 

 choice fome have made thefe Ob- 

 fervations. 



Firft, That he never reproved 

 thefe for their Imploymentor Cal- 

 ling, as he did the Scribes and the 

 Mony- Changers. And fecondly, 

 That he found the hearts of fuch 

 men, men that by nature werefitted 



for 



