John Trapp on Hebrews 12:9

Verſe 9. And we gave them reverence] Pater est. ſi pater non eſſes, &c. It is my Father, &c. This cooled the boiling rage of the young man in Terence. Nicolas of Jenuile a young French Martyr, when he was condemned and ſet in the cart; his father coming with a ſtaffe would have beaten him:Act. and Mon. fol. 837. but the officers not ſuffering, it would have ſtruck the old man. The ſon crying to the officers, deſired them to let his father alone, ſaying, he had power over him to do what he would amp;c.

And live] For corrections of inſtruction (and God never chaſtiſeth, but withall he teacheth, Pſal, 94.12.) are the way of life, Prov. 6.23. and 15.31. See my Love-tokens, pag. 25, 26, 27.