John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 1:4

Verſe 4. By the comfort wherewith] How forcible are right words? eſpecially when uttered more from the bowels then the brain, and from our own experience: which made even Chriſt himſelf a more compaſſionate high-prieſt, and Luther ſuch an heart-affecting preacher, becauſe from his tender years he was much beaten and exerciſed with ſpirituall conflicts, as Melancthon teſtifieth.In vita. He was alſo wont to ſay that three things make a Preacher, Reading, Praier, and Temptation. Reading maketh a full man, Praier an holy man, Temptation an experienced man.

Wherewith we our ſelves are comforted] Goodneſſe is communicative. Mr Knox, a little afore his death, role out of his bed; and being asked wherefore, being ſo ſick, he would offer to riſe? He anſwered, that he had had ſweet meditations of the reſurrection of Jeſus Chriſt that night, and now he would go into the Pulpit,Mel[illegible: 1 letter]b Adam. and impart to others the comforts that he felt in his ſoul.