John Trapp on James 5:14

Verſe 14. Is any man ſick?] Behold he Whom thou loveſt is ſick, ſaid Martha to our Saviour, Mat. 11. Si amatur, quomodo infirmatur, ſaith Auguſtine? If Chriſts friend, how comes he to be ſick? Well enough: Its no new thing for Chriſts beſt beloved to be much afflicted.

Let him ſend for the Elders] This help God hath previded for ſuch as are by ſickneſſe diſabled to pray for themſelves. Sick Abimelech was ſent to Abraham] (a Prophet) for praiers.

Anointing him with oyl] As an extraordinary ſign of an extraordinary cure. From miſtake of this text, the Church in ſtead of Paſtours had Ointers and Painters in times of Popery, who did not only ungere, but emungere, anel[illegible: 1 letter] men, but beguile them of their monies, and of their ſouls. Neither want there at this day, that hold this anointing the ſick as a ſtanding ordinance for Church-members amongſt us: and they tell of ſtrange cures too effected thereby.