John Trapp on Matthew 26:38
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Matthew26:38
Verse 38. My soul is exceeding sorrowfull] He had a true humane soul then; neither was his Deity to him for a soul, as some Heriticks fancied: for then our bodies only had been redeemed by him, and not our souls ([non-Latin text not transcribed], as that Father hath it,) if he had not in soul also suffered, and so, descended into hell. The sufferings of his body were but the body of his sufferings: the soul of his sufferings, were the sufferings of his [non-Latin text not transcribed]. soul, which was now undequa que tristis beset with sorrows, and heavy as heart could hold. The sorrows of death compassed him, the cords of hell surrounded him, Psal. 18. 4, 5. the pain whereof he certainly suffered, non specie & loco sed [non-Latin text not transcribed], something answerable to hell, and altogether unspeakable. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Hence the Greek Letany. By thine unknown sufferings, good Lord deliver us. Faninus an Italian Martyr, being asked by one why he was so merry at his death, sith Christ himself was so sorrowfull? Act. and [illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1 word]. 853. Christ, said he, sustained in his soul all the sorrows and conflicts with hell and death due to us: by whose sufferings we are delivered from sorrow, and fear of them all. Tarry ye here and watch with me] Yet not for my sake so [illegible: 1 word], as for your own; that ye enter not into temptation.Luk. [illegible: 1 word]. 40.
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