John Trapp on Hebrews 4:15
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Hebrews4:15
Verſe 15. Whick cannot be touched] Chriſt retaineth ſtill compaſſion, though freed from perſonall paſſion:Manet compaſſio. cuam cum impa Jibilitate. And though freed from feeling, hath ſtill yet a fellow-feeling, Act 95. Mat. 25.35. Trajan the Emperour being blamed by his friends for being too gentle toward all, anſwered, that being an Emperour he would now be ſuch toward private men, as he once, when he was a private man, wiſhed that the Emperour ſhould be toward him. Chriſt hath loſt nothing of his wonted pity by his exaltation in heaven.
Tempted] Or, Pierced thorow. Luther [non-Latin text not transcribed]. was a piercing preacher, and met with every mans temptations: and being once demanded how he could do to?Act. and Mon Mine own manifold temptations (ſaid he) and experiences are the came thereof: for from his tender years he was much beaten and exerciſed with ſpirituall conflicts.
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