John Trapp on Matthew 26:51

Verse 51. One of them which were with Iesus] This was Peter, who asked [illegible: 1 word] to strike, but staid [illegible: 1 word] till he had it, out of a preposterous zeal to his Master, and because he would be a man of his word. A wonderfull work of God it was surely, that hereupon he was not [illegible: 1 word] in an hundred pieces, by the barbarous souldiers. Well might the [illegible: 1 word] say, He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death, Psal. 68. 20. My times are in thine hands, Psal. 31. 15. But this stout [illegible: 1 word] could not be found, when his Master was, after this, apprehended and arraigned. Plato hath observed, That the most skilfull [illegible: 1 word] Peritissimi [illegible: 2 words] in ludo, sunt [illegible: 4 words]. are the most cowardly [illegible: 1 word].