John Trapp on John 15:16

Verſe 16. And ordained you, that you ſhould goe, &c.] Not that ye ſhould Lord it over your brethren (as the Pope ordains his Caterpillars) and get up the beſt of the land for your private uſe and pleaſure. The Pope when he maketh his Cardinals, uſeth theſe words, Eſtote confratres noſtri, & principes mundi. The Archbiſhoprick of Toledo is ſaid to be worth an hundred thouſand pounds a yeare: a greater revenue then ſome Kings have.

That whatſoever ye ſhall aske, &c.] Bernard in his Meditations giveth divers rules of ſtrictneſſe, of purging the heart, of being faithfull and fruitfull, Et cum talis fueris (ſaith he) memento mei: Intimating, that then they might have what they would of God, for themſelves or others, Meditat. de[illegible: 1 letter]et. cap. 5. that were ſo qualified.