John Trapp on John 1:37-40

Verſe 37. And they followed Jeſus.] So powerfull is a word or two (many times) touching Chriſt and his croſſe, to change the heart. Phil. 1.13. Acts & Mon. fol. 920. Paul ſheweth, that the very report of his bonds, did a great deal of good in Caeſars Court. Bil[illegible: 1 letter]eyes confeſſion converted Latimer. Galeacius Caracciolus (that Italian Marqueſſe) was wrought upon by a ſimilitude, uſed by Peter Martyr, reading on the 1. Epiſt. to the Corinthians. So were Earle Martinengus, and Hieronymus Zanchius (both of them Canonici Lateranenſes) by ſome ſeaſonable truth, Ea[illegible: 1 letter]ch. Miſcel Epiſt. ad Lanteran. p. 3, 4. falling from the ſame mouth. Luther having heard Staupirius ſay, that that is kinde repentance, which begins from the love of God; ever after that time, the practice of repentance was ſweeter to him. Alſo this ſpeech of his, tooke well with Luther, The doctrine of Predeſtination, Melch. Adam. in vita Luth. begins at the wounds of Chriſt.