John Trapp on John 1:41-42

Verſe 41. He firſt findeth] Yet afterwards Peter out-ſtript Andrew in faith, and forwardneſſe for Chriſt; as likewiſe Luther did Staupicius, &c. So the firſt become laſt, and the laſt firſt. But that charity is no churle, Andrew calleth Simon, and Philip Nathaneel, &c. as a Load-ſtone drawes to it ſelfe one iron ring, and that another, and that a third, So &c,

We have found the Meſſias.] Little it was that he could ſay of Chriſts perſon, office, value, vertue, &c. but brings him to Chriſt. So let us do ours to the publike ordinances. Do the office of the ſermon-bell at leaſt, we know not what God may there do for them. Bring them as they did the palſie-man upon his bed, and lay them before the Lord for healing.