John Trapp on Colossians 1:11

Verſe 11. And long-ſuffering with joyfulneſſe] The joy of the Lord is the ſtrength of the ſoul, Nehem. 8.10. as true gold comforts and ſtrengthens the heart that Alchymy doth not. At the death of Francis Gamba a Lombard, that ſuffered Marty[illegible: 1 letter]dome, the Friers brought in their hands a croſſe for him to behold, to keep him from de poration at the feeling of the fire. But his minde he ſaid was ſo repleniſhed with joy and comfort in Chriſt,Act. and Mon. fol. 856. that he needed neither their croſſe nor them.