John Trapp on 1 Peter 2:21

Verſe 21. Leaving us an example] Gr. A copy or patern. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Chriſts actions were either morall, or mediatory. In both we muſt imitate him. In the former, by doing as he did. In the later, by ſimilitude, tranſlating that to our ſpirituall life, which he did as Mediatour; as to die to ſin, to riſe to righteouſneſſe, &c. and this not only by example (as Petrus Abeſardus held of old, and the Socinians at this day) but by vertue of Chriſts death and reſurrection working effectually in all his people;Anton. Tract. 17 cap 1 paragr 5. not as an exemplary cauſe only, or as a moral cauſe by way of meditation, but as having force obtained by it, and iſſuing out of it, even the Spirit that kils ſin, and quickens the ſoul to all holy practice.In vita ejus a [illegible: 1 letter]u[illegible: 1 letter] Su[illegible: 2 letters]um There is a ſtory of an Earl called Eleazar, a paſſionate Prince, that was cured of that diſordered affection by ſtudying of Chriſt and his patience. Crux pendentis, cathedra docentis, Chriſt upon the croſſe is a Doctour in his Chair, where he reads unto us all a lecture of patience. The Eunuch, Act 8.32. was converted by this praiſe in Chriſt. It is ſaid of Hierome, that having read the godly life and Chriſtian death of Hilarion, he folded up the book, and ſaid, Well, Hilarion ſhall be the Champion whom I will follow. Should we not much more ſay ſo of Chriſt?