The Miraculous Drawing in of Fish

Church History: The Miraculous Drawing in of Fish; Luke 5:4–11; John 21:6
Having delivered his doctrine to the people, Christ confirms his doctrine with a miracle, and with such a miracle as did at once instruct and encourage his apostles; the miraculous number of fish which they caught gave prophetic meaning to their miraculous success in preaching, planting, and propagating, the gospel.
Christ’s command to Peter, and his ready compliance with Christ's command: Let down your nets for a draught, says Christ: We have toiled all night, says St. Peter, and caught nothing: nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the net. This mystically represents to us that the fishers of men may labor all night, and all day too, and catch nothing. This is sometimes the fisherman's fault, but more often the fish. It is the fisherman's fault that nothing is taken, if he only plays upon the sands, and does not launch out into the deep; This means he may deliver some superficial and less necessary truths, without opening to the people the great mysteries of godliness. If they fish with broken nets, either deliver unsound doctrine, or lead unexemplary lives. If they do not cast the net on the right side of the ship: that is, rightly divide the word, as workmen that need not to be ashamed.
If they do not fish at Christ's command, it is no wonder that they labor all their days and catch nothing. But very often it is the fishes' fault, rather than the fisherman's: worldly men are crafty and cunning, they will not come near the net; hypocrites are slippery, like eels, the fishermen cannot long hold them, but they dart into their holes; priding themselves in their external performances, and satisfying themselves with a round of duties.
The great men of the world break through the net, the divine commands cannot bind them. I will go to the great men, and speak to them; but they have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. Jeremiah 5:5
Notice the miraculous success which St. Peter had, when at Christ's command he let down the net: They enclosed such a multitude of fishes that their net broke.