The better to fit him thereby for the mi∣nistry.* 1.1 Luther observed of himself, that when God was about to set him upon any speciall service, he either laid some fit of sicknesse 〈◊〉〈◊〉 him before-hand, or turned Satan loose upon him; who so 〈◊〉〈◊〉 him (eft-soones) by his temptations, ut 〈◊◊〉〈◊◊〉, 〈◊◊〉〈◊◊〉, nec sensus, nec vox superesset, that neither heat, nor blood, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sense, nor voice remained: The very venome of the tempta∣tions drank up his spirit, and his body seemed dead, as 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Ionas, that was by, and saw it, reported 〈◊〉〈◊〉 him in his Epistle to Melan∣chton. Hence also it was that in his Sermons, God gave him such a grace (saith M. Fox) that when he 〈◊〉〈◊〉, they that heard him thought, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 one, his own temptations to be severally touched and noted. Whereof when signification was given unto him by his friends, and he demanded how that could be? Mine own mani∣fold temptation (saith he) and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 are the cause 〈◊〉〈◊〉: For from his tender years he was much 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and exercised with spirituall conflicts, as Melanchton in his life testifieth. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Wellerus, scholar to the said, M. Luther recordeth, that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 oftentimes heard Luther his Master report of himself, that he had been assaulted and vexed with all kinde of temptations (〈◊〉〈◊〉 only* 1.2 with that of covetousnesse,) and was thereby fitted for the work of the Lord, Whence also he was wont to say, that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 things make a Preacher, 〈◊〉〈◊〉, Prayer and Temptation.
A commentary or exposition upon the four Evangelists, and the Acts of the Apostles: wherein the text is explained, some controversies are discussed, divers common places are handled, and many remarkable matters hinted, that had by former interpreters been pretermitted. Besides, divers other texts of Scripture which occasionally occur are fully opened, and the whole so intermixed with pertinent histories, as will yeeld both pleasure and profit to the judicious reader. / By John Trapp M. A. Pastour of Weston upon Avon in Gloucestershire.
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- A commentary or exposition upon the four Evangelists, and the Acts of the Apostles: wherein the text is explained, some controversies are discussed, divers common places are handled, and many remarkable matters hinted, that had by former interpreters been pretermitted. Besides, divers other texts of Scripture which occasionally occur are fully opened, and the whole so intermixed with pertinent histories, as will yeeld both pleasure and profit to the judicious reader. / By John Trapp M. A. Pastour of Weston upon Avon in Gloucestershire.
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- Trapp, John, 1601-1669.
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"A commentary or exposition upon the four Evangelists, and the Acts of the Apostles: wherein the text is explained, some controversies are discussed, divers common places are handled, and many remarkable matters hinted, that had by former interpreters been pretermitted. Besides, divers other texts of Scripture which occasionally occur are fully opened, and the whole so intermixed with pertinent histories, as will yeeld both pleasure and profit to the judicious reader. / By John Trapp M. A. Pastour of Weston upon Avon in Gloucestershire." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A63067.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 1, 2024.
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* 1.1
〈◊〉〈◊〉 in 〈◊◊◊◊◊〉〈◊◊◊◊◊〉 est, valetudine 〈◊◊〉〈◊◊〉, & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 non 〈◊〉〈◊〉, 〈◊〉〈◊〉: 〈◊◊〉〈◊◊〉 accidere sem∣per, cum 〈◊〉〈◊〉 quippiam 〈◊〉〈◊〉 di∣xit. Melchior Alam de Ger. Theol. pag. 154. Act. and Mon. fol. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
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It appeareth by S. 〈◊〉〈◊〉, that no men 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in this 〈◊〉〈◊〉, but 〈◊◊〉〈◊◊〉.