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for contemplation and quietnefs; 

 men of mild, and fweet,andpeacea- 

 ble fpirits, (as indeed moil Anglers 

 are) thefe men our bleffed Saviour 

 (who is obferved to love to plant 

 grace in good natures) though no- 

 thing be too hard for him, yetthefe 

 men he chofe to call from their irre- 

 provable imploymerrt, and gave 

 them grace to be his Difciples and 

 to follow him. 



And it is obfervable, that it was 

 our Saviours will that his four Fi- 

 fhermen Apoftles fhould have a 

 prioritie ofnomination irithe cata- 

 logue of his twelve Apoftles , as 

 namely &&.>. Peter >A ndrew.J antes 

 Mat.io. and John, and then the reft in their 

 order. 



And it is yet more obfervable, 

 that when our bleffed Saviour went 

 up into the Mount, at his Transfi- 

 guration, when he left the reft of h is 

 Difciples and chofe onely three to 

 bear him company, that thefe three 



were 



