John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 4:1

CHAP. IIII. Verſe 1. As we have received mercy]

SIth we have ſo freely been called to the Miniſtery of meer mercy, we ſhew forth therein all ſedulity and ſincerity. When I was born, ſaid that French King, thouſand others were born beſides my ſelf. Now what have I done to God more then they, that I ſhould be a King, and not they? Tamerlane having overcome Bajazet, asked him whether ever he had given God thanks for making him ſo great an Emperour: who confeſſed ingenuouſly he never thought of it. To whom Tamerlane replied, that it was no wonder ſo ungratefull a man ſhould be made a ſpectacle of miſery. For you, ſaith he, being blinde of one eye, and I lame of a leg,Leunelau. Annal, Tu[illegible: 2 letters]. was there any worth in us, why God ſhould ſet us over two ſuch great Empires of Turks and Tartars? So may Miniſters ſay, What are we that God ſhould call us to ſo high an office, &c.?

We faint not] We droope not, we flag not, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. we hang not the wing, though hardly handled. For, Pradicare nihil alind est, quam derivare in ſe furorem totius mundi, as Luther ſaid.