John Trapp on Hebrews 12:5

Verſe 5.Legenda h[illegible: 3 letters] ſunt cum inter rogatione, Piſ[illegible: 2 letters]. And ye have forgot the exhortation] Or, Have ye forgot the conſolation? Are the conſolations of God ſmall unto you, Job 15.11? Doe ye in ſtead of wreſtling with God, wrangle with him, refuſing to be comforted (as Rachel) out of the pettiſhneſſe of your ſpirits, as he, Pſal. 77.2? Will ye not as children, [illegible: 1 letter]at your milk, becauſe you have it not in the golden diſh? Will ye be like the hedge hog, of which Pliny reporteth, that being laden with nuts and fruits, if the leaſt [illegible: 1 letter]ilbeard fall off, will ſling down all the reſt in a pettiſh humour, and beat the ground with her briſtles.

Deſpiſe not thou the chaſtening] See my love-tokens, pag. 37. Count it not a light matter, a common occurrence, ſuch as muſt be born by head and ſhoulders, and when things are at worſt, they'l mend again. This is not patience but pertinacy, ſtrength but ſtupidity, The ſtrength of ſtones, and fleſh of braſſe, Job 6.12. When Gallienus the Emperour had loſt the Kingdom of Aegypt, What? ſaid he, Sine lino Aegyptio eſſe non poſſumus? Cannot we be without the hemp of Aegypt? But ſhortly after he was ſlain with the ſword.Turk hiſt. 185. When the Turks had taken two Caſtles in Cherſoneſus, and ſo firſt got footing in Europe, the proud Greeks ſaid, that there was but a hogſty loſt, alluding to the name of the Caſtle. But that fooliſh laughter was turned within a while into moſt bitter tears. When Callice was loſt under Q. Mary, thoſe of the faction ſtrove to allay the Queens grief, ſaying, that it was only a refuge for runagate-heretikes, and that no Roman Catholike ought to deplore, but rather rejoyce at the damage; At Regina gravi jamdudum ſaucia curâ, Vulnus alit venis—

Nor faint when thou art rebuked] If we faint in the day of adverſity,Prov. 24.10. out ſtrength is ſmall, ſaith Solomon: and it is, Non quia dura, ſed quia molles patimur, ſaith Seneca. Not for that we ſuffer hard things,Judg. 8.21. but becauſe we are over-ſoft that ſuffer them. As is the man ſo is his ſtrength, ſaid they to Gideon. Joſephs bow abode in ſtrength, even when the iron entred into his ſoul, Gen. 49.24. and Jobs ſtroak was heavier then his groaning, Job 23.2. Invalidum omne naturâ querulum, ſaith Seneca. It is a weakneſſe to be ever puling. See my Love-tokens, p. 44, 45.