30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?



Ver. 30. And heard him read] He read as he rode. Pliny was always reading or writing, or doing something, quo ad vitam communem aliquem fructum ferre posset, whereby he might benefit himself or others. Mr Bradford the martyr held that hour of his life lost, wherein he had not done some good with his hand, tongue, or pen. Seneca saith, I have no time to spare or spend idly; I see men do not so much lack time as waste it. {a} This they would not do, if they considered that upon this little point of time hangs the crown of eternity. Oh, make much of time, said Thomas Aquinas, especially in that weighty matter of salvation. Oh, how much would he that now lies frying in hell rejoice, if he might have again but the least moment of time, wherein to make his peace with God!



{a} Non parum habemus temperis, sed multum perdimus.