John Trapp on Hebrews 12:3

Verſe 3. For conſider him] Gr. [non-Latin text not transcribed] Comparatione[illegible: 1 letter] inſtituite. Make the compariſon betwixt Chriſt and your ſelves, betwixt his ſufferings and yours, and then you will ſee a difference. Our troubles are but as the ſlivers and chips of his croſſe. I am heartily angry (ſaith Luther) with thoſe that ſpeak of my ſufferings, which if compared with that which Chriſt ſuffered for me, are not once to be mentioned in the ſame day.

Lest ye be wearied and faint] Gr. Looſened, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. as the nerves are in a ſwoon or palſey: or, let go, as water ſpilt upon the ground. This to prevent, keep your eye upon your Captain, and that cloud before mentioned. There were in Greece certain fields called Palaeſtae, where young men exerciſed themſelves in wreſtling, running, &c. In theſe were ſet up ſtatues of ſundry valiant Champions, that the young men that ran or wreſtled might fix their eye upon them, and be encouraged. When Hierom had read the life and death of Hilarion, he folded up the book, and ſaid, Well; Hilarion ſhall be the Champion that I will follow.