Labour not for the meat which perisheth] Or, worke not. Not forbidding labour for things necessary for this life; See 2 Thess. 3. 10. Eph. 4. 28. but preferring the care for things eternall, as Matthew 6:33. so Matthew 9:13. he excludeth not sacrifice, but preferreth mercy.
that meat which endureth unto life everlasting] That is, the refreshing and sustaining their soules to eternitie.
for him] Matthew 3:17.
hath God the Father sealed] Or, allowed and confirmed to the office of our redemption. A simile derived from them who give Commissions under hand and seale.