John Trapp on John 21:11

Verſe 11. Yet was not the net broke.] When God will bleſſe a man, all ſecond cauſes ſhall cooperate and contribute their help. Poſtquam Deo re onciltatus me ac mea regna (prob dolor) Rom. ſubjeci eccieſiae, nulla mihi pro pera, ſed omnia contraria advenerunt, Joh. Rex. As when he will croſſe us, the ſtrongeſt ſinew in the arms of fleſh ſhall crack, our likelieſt projects miſcarry: he will curſe our bleſſings, blaſt our proceedings, as King John confeſſed. Ever ſince I was aſſoyled, and ſubjected to the ſea of Rome, I never prospered. Oto, one of the Popes Muſcipulatores, Mice-catchers, as the Story cals them, ſent hither by Gregory 9. after three years raking together of money by moſt deteſtable arts, at laſt departing hence, he left not ſo much money in the Kingdom, as he either carried with him, or ſent to Rome before him. Such notable fiſhers are Peters pretended ſucceſſours: all is fiſh with them, that comes to net.