John Trapp on John 20:22

Verſe 22. He breathed on them, and ſaith, &c.] Otherwiſe, who had been ſufficient for theſe things? The Miniſtery is a burden to be trembled at by the Angels themſelves, On[illegible: 2 letters] ipſis etiā Angel[illegible: 1 letter]s tremendum. ſaith Chryſoſtome. Father Latimer when at the comming in of the ſix Articles, he, to keep a good conſcience, reſigned up his Biſhoprick, putting off his rochet, he ſuddenly gave a skip in the floor for joy, feeling his ſhoulders ſo light, Act. and Mon. fo. 1578. Rom. 8.26. [non-Latin text not transcribed] Eſt manus proprium, ut att Galenus. and being diſcharged, as he ſaid, of ſuch an heavy burden. Now the Spirit where he is beſtowed by Chriſt heaves at one end (as S. Pauls word imports) and takes off the brunt of the buſineſſe from us. He oyls our wheels, and makes us drive merrily. He helps our infirmities, edgeth our ſpirits, ſteeleth our faces, filleth us with matter, furniſheth us with words, does all our work for us. When I firſt came into this City (ſaid Calvin upon his death-bed, in his ſpeech to his fellow-Miniſters) I found all out of frame, and met with many malicious oppoſites. But our Lord Chriſt ſo ſettled and ſtrengthned me, Melch. Adam. in vita Calv. who by nature (to ſpeak truth) am eaſily daunted, Ʋt nullis illorum conatibus ceſſerim, that I ſtoutly withſtood them.