John Trapp on John 5:36

Verſe 36. The works which the Father hath given me] Loe, Chriſt accounts his work, a gift: So Joh. 17.4.

The works that I do, bear witneſſe] Let our works likewiſe ſpeak for us, Matth. 5.16. as they did for the Primitive Chriſtians; of whom Athenagoras (their Embaſſadour to the Emperour) boldly ſaith; [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Athan. Tert. ad Scapulam. No Chriſtian is evil-mannered, unleſſe it be ſuch as diſſemble themſelves to be Chriſtians. And Juſtin Martyr confeſſeth of himſelf; that beholding the piety of Chriſtians in life, and conſtancy in death; he gathered, that it was the true Religion that they profeſſed. Non aliunde noſcibiles quam de emendationt vitiorum, ſaith Tertullian of the Chriſtians of his time. And Chryſoſtom ſpeaketh of ſome in his dayes, whoſe lives were Angelicall, they ſo walked up to their principles.