John Trapp on Isaiah 26:9

Ver. 9. With my ſoul▪ &c. with my ſpirit] Spirit, Soul and Body muſt all be for God,The wicked with all their ſoul rejoyce to do evil. Ezek. 25.6. Attende quam non ſit otioſa fides. Oecol. 1 Theſ. 5.23. all that is within us eſpecially, Pſal. 103.1. the fat and inwards were conſecrated to him: the heart is his Bride-chamber, his bed of ſpices, Cant. 6.2. In the lives of the Fathers mention is made of a certain Monk to whom boaſting of perfection, it was anſwered from heaven, Illa eſt perfectio, quae Lunam, Solem & Canis iram Deo tribuit, id eſt COR, that is, Perfection conſiſteth in giving the whole heart to God.

For when thy judgements are in the earth, &c.] Gods judgements are the beſt Schoolmaſters. Q. Elizabeth learned much from Mr. Aſcham, but more from her affliction. Our Saviour himſelf learned ſomething by the things which he ſuffered, [non-Latin text not transcribed], Heb. 5.8. ſo do all his Members, Ezek. 20.37. the worſt are forced to ſay with Phlegyas, Virg. Aeneid. lib. 6.Diſcite juſtitiam moniti, & non temnere numen.

It was a true ſaying in the general of the Proconſul to Cyprian at his Martyrdom, though ill applied to him in particular; In ſanguine tuo caeteri diſcent Diſciplinam, by thy puniſhment others ſhall learn wiſdom. As when one Scholar is whipped, the reſt are warned: And as a thunder-bolt falleth with the danger of few, but with the fear of all: ſo is it here.