John Trapp on Hebrews 12:6

Verſe 6. For whom the Lord loves] Whom he entirely loveth and cockereth above the reſt of his children. That Son in whom he is well pleaſed, ſaith Mercer on Prov. 3.12. whom he makes his white boy, ſaith Theophylact here. See my Love-tokens, pag. 54.55.

And ſcourgeth every Sonne] Laies upon them hard and heavy ſtrokes. When Ignatius came to the wilde-beaſts, Now, ſaith he, I begin to be a Chriſtian. Omnis Christianus crucian[illegible: 1 letter]u, ſaith Luther: And he hath not yet learned his ABC in Chriſtianity, ſaith Bradford, that hath not learned the leſſon of the croſſe. When Munſter lay ſick, and his friends asked him how he did, and how he felt himſelf, he p[illegible: 1 letter]inted to his ſores and ulcers, (whereof he was full) and ſaid, Hae ſunt gemmae & pretioſa ornamenta Dei, &c. Theſe are Gods gems and jewels where with he decketh his beſt friends,Joh. Manl. loc, com p. 127. and to me they are more precious then all the gold and ſilver in the world.