John Trapp on Galatians 6:17

Verſe 17. From henceforth let no man] Here he takes upon him as an Apoſtle, and ſpeaks with authority. [non-Latin text not transcribed].

I bear in my body the marks] As ſcars of honour. Paul had been whipped, ſtocked, ſtoned, &c. The marks of theſe he could better boaſt of, then thoſe falſe Apoſtles of their circumciſion. And hereby it appeared that he refuſed not, as they did, to ſuffer perſecution for the croſſe of Chriſt. In the year 1166. the Synod held at Oxford in the raign of Henry the ſecond, baniſhed out of England thirty Dutch Doctours (which taught the right uſe of Marriage, Alſted. Chron. p. 357. and of the Sacraments) after they had firſt ſtigmatized or branded them with hot irons. Iohn Clerk of Melden in France, being for Chriſts ſake whipped three ſeverall daies, and afterwards having a mark ſet in his fore-head, as a note of infamy, his mother beholding it (though his father was an adverſary) encouraged her ſon, crying with a loud voice, Bleſſed be Christ,Act. and Mon. fol. 802. Vivat Chriſtus ejuſ que inſignia. and welcome be theſe prints and marks of Chriſt. The next year after, ſcil. anno 1524. He brake the images without the City, which his ſuperſtitious Countrey-men were to worſhip the next day. For the which he was apprehended, and had his right-hand cut off, his noſe pulled off with pinſers, both his arms, and both his breſts torne with the ſame inſtrument; and after all, he was burned at a ſtake. Sculte[illegible: 1 letter]. Annal. In his greateſt torments he pronounced that of the Pſalmiſt, Their idols are ſilver and gold, the works of mens hands, &c. I conclude this diſcourſe with that ſaying of Pericles. It is not gold, precious ſtones, ſtatues, &c. that adorns a ſouldier, but a torne buckler, a crackt helmet, a blunt ſword, a ſcarr'd face, &c. Of theſe Biron the French Marſhall boaſted at his death. And Sceva is renowned for this, that at the ſiege of Dyrrachium he ſo long alone reſiſted Pompeys army, that he had 220. darts ſticking in his ſhield,Denſa[illegible: 1 letter] que [illegible: 2 letters] rens in p[illegible: 3 letters]o[illegible: 1 letter]e lylvam. [illegible: 1 word]. and loſt one of his eyes, and yet gave not over till Caeſar came to his reſcue.