John Trapp on Matthew 16:25

Verse 25. For whosoever will save his life] That is [illegible: 1 word] [non-Latin text not transcribed]. of it, when Christ cals him [illegible: 1 word] be prodigall of [illegible: 1 word]. Man is naturally [illegible: 5 words]. a life loving creature. What man is he that desireth life? I doe, and I, and I, as Augustine brings men in, making [illegible: 1 word] answer. Life is sweet, we say, and every creature makes much of it, from the highest Angel to the lowest worm, as that [illegible: 2 words]. But life in Gods displeasure is worse then death, as d ath in [illegible: 1 word] true [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 5 words]. is true life, said Bradford to Gardiner: for such a death [illegible: 4 words] life, as S. Paul hath it, [illegible: 1 word] Tim. 6. 19. or (as [illegible: 2 words] read it) upon life indeed. For, aeterna vita, vera vita, saith Augustine. None to that, as David said of Goliahs [illegible: 1 word]. None but Christ, none but Christ, as that [illegible: 1 word] cried in the flames. This love of Christ made them sacrifice their dearest lives to his Act. [illegible: 1 word] Mon. fol. 438. name, yea professe, as John Ardely did to Bonner, That if every hair of his head were a man, he would suffer death in them all for his sweet Christs sake. My wife and my children are so dearly beloved unto me, that they cannot be bought from me for all the riches and possessions of the Duke of [illegible: 1 word]; But for the love of my Lord God I will willingly forsake them, said George Carpenter, who was burnt at Munchen in Ibid 807. Bavaria.