John Trapp on John 17:1

CHAP. XVII.

THis and the like outward geſtures in prayer, as they iſſue from the fervency of the good heart, ſo they reflat upon the ſoul, whoſe inviſible affections by theſe viſible actions, in the Saints, are the more inflamed. Howbeit hypocrites, though they have their hands elbow-deep in the earth, will ſeem to pierce Heaven with their eyes lift up in prayer, videntur torvo aſpectu coelum ad ſe attrahere, ſaith Calvin ſomewhere: they ſo fix their eyes in publike prayer, as if they would leave them on the roof of the Church: when as all is but hiſtrionicall, [non-Latin text not transcribed], to be ſeen of men, Matth. 6. theatricall, counterfeit. The eagle, when ſhe ſoareth higheſt, hath ever an eye to the prey below: ſo hath the hypocrite, to profit, credit, &c.

The hour is come] q. d. I aske not before the time is come, and ripe and ready for thy kingdom. Some would be in Heaven, ere they have done their worke upon earth. But what ſaid that Ancient? Domine, ſi tibi ſim neceſſarius, non recuſo vivere: Lord, if thou have any further ſervice for me to do, I am willing to live longer. When we come to Heaven, the reward will be ſo large, that we ſhall repent us (if it were poſſible there to repent for any thing) that we have done no more worke. It is not lawfull (ſaith one) to wiſh for death ſimply, neither to be ſet free from the troubles, fears and cares of ſin, Capell of Tempt. par 3. nor that we would not conflict, nor wreſtle any longer (for this were to ſerve our ſelves, and ſeek our own eaſe and ends) but in hatred to ſin, as it is ſin, &c.