John Trapp on Matthew 24:46

Verse 46. Blessed is that servant] It was Augustines wish, that Christ when he came might finde him, aut precantem, aut praedicantem, either praying or preaching. It was Latimers Act. and Mon. sol [illegible: 1 word] wish (and he had it) that he might shed his heart-blood for Christ. It was Jewels wish that he might die preaching, and heB. [illegible: 1 word] life [illegible: 1 word] D [illegible: 1 word]. did so. For presently after his last Sermon at Lacock in Wiltshire, he was, by reasen of sicknesse, forced to his bed, from whence he never came of, till his translation to glory. I have heard the like of Mr Lancaster, a precious man of God, sometimes Pastour of Bloxham in Oxfordshire, a man very famous for his living by faith. Cushamerus a Dutch Divine, and one of the first Preachers of the Gospel at Erfurt in Germany: had his pulpitIn [illegible: 1 word] veneno [illegible: 1 word] extinctus est. poisoned by the malicious Papists there, and so took his death in Gods worke. What, would you that the Lord when he comes, should finde me idle? said Calvin to his friends, who wished himScult. Ann. 80. to forbear studying a while, for his health sake. And such a like answer made Doctour Reynolds to his Physitian upon the likeBeza in vita. occasion. Eliah was going on and talking with Elisha (aboutAn [illegible: 1 word] vitam vivendi perdere [illegible: 1 word]. heavenly things, no doubt) when the charet of heaven came to fetch him. There can be no better posture or state for the messenger of our dissolution to finde us in, then in a diligent presecution of our generall, or particular calling.