John Trapp on Mark 9:50

Verse 50. Salt is good] Nature [illegible: 1 word] prudently mingled salt with all things, that they may not easily putrifie. Greges enim Joh. Bodin. pecorum urinam salsissimam effundere videmus, & in omnes stirpes [illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1 word]. salem infusum. Have salt in your selves] Habete in vobis sal. A [illegible: 1 word] admonemur tribus literis (ut curiosè observat quidam) Sapere, Agere, Loqui. The conjuring of salt among the Papists is intolerably blasphemous: It is thus: I conjure thee, O salt, by the living God, &c. that thou maist be made a conjured salt to the salvation of them that beleeve. And that unto all such as receive thee,Act. & Mon. thou mayest be health of soul and body: and [illegible: 1 word] from out of the place, wherein thou shalt be sprinkled, may fly away and depart all phantasie, wickednesse or craftinesse of the devils subtilty, and every foule Spirit, &c. And [illegible: 1 word] peace one with another] By mortification season, tame, and purge your own hearts of those lusts that warre in your members, Jam. 4. 1. and prove offensive to others, Mar. 9. 43. so shall you be at peace one with another. Stomack-worms are killed with salt.