Matthew Poole and continuators on Matthew 10:28

28 And fear not them which kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

As I told you before, you will in the Publication of my Gospel meet with opposition from men. Now that it is Preach'd as it were in Darkness, and whispered in mens Ears, there is no great noise made in the World; but the Case will be otherwise, when it cometh to be publickly revealed and published upon the house tops, but consider, the Enemies can only kill the Bodies of my Disciples: You have Souls as well as Bodies, they have no Power over your Souls, but he that hath sent you to preach, and called you to the Owning, and Profession of the Gospel, hath a Power over your Souls, as well as over your Bodies, and to punish both in Hell: We have the same, Luk. 12.4, 5. There is nothing so effectual to drive out of our Hearts a Slavish fear of man in the doing of our Duty, as a right apprehension of the Power of God, begetting a fear of him in our Souls.