John Trapp on Luke 22:32-40

Verse 32. But I have prayed] So the plaister is ready made before the wound be given: for else the patient might perish, as those do that are stung with scorpions, if not presently anointed with [illegible: 1 word] of scorpions. That thy faith fail not] It is our faith that Satan chiefly assaulteth:Seneca. He knowes that nihil retinet qui fidem perdidit. Strengthen thy brethren] So he doth notably, in both his Epistles, dooming Apostates most severely, 2. Pet. 2.