John Trapp on Matthew 4:5

[illegible: 1 word] 5. Then the devil taketh him.] Not in vision only, or imagination, but really and indeed: as he was afterwards apprehended, bound and crucified by that cursed crue. Spirituall assaults may be beaten back by the shield of faith: Bodily admit of no such repulse. A [illegible: 2 words] Abraham Luk. [illegible: 1 word]. 16. may be bound by Satan, A Mary Magdalen possest, a Job [illegible: 1 word], a Paul boxed, &c. As for the souls of the Saints, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. they are set safe out of Satans scrape. Shake his chain at [illegible: 1 word] Cor. [illegible: 1 word]. 7. them he may, muster his forces, Revel. 12. 7. which may band themselves, and bend their strength against [illegible: 1 word] Psal. 61. 1. and [illegible: 1 word] Angels, Christ and his members: but they are boundedPsal 31. 6. by God, who hath set his on a rock that is higher then they: So that the flouds of temptation (that the serpent casts out of his mouth after them) cannot come so much as to their feet. Or, if it touch their heel, yet it can come noGen [illegible: 1 word]. 15. higher. There is no [illegible: 1 word] against Jacob, because God was a Numb. [illegible: 1 word] 22, 23. Vnicorn, to take away the venom (saith Balaam the sorcerer) as waters, when the Unicorns horn hath been in them, are no longer poisonable, but healthfull. Into the holy City.] Things are called holy, either by nature, as God, who is truly, alway, and only of himself holy: or by separation, or being set apart to a holy use or end: which Origen calleth, sancta sanctificata, by accession of externall holinesse [non-Latin text not transcribed]. from without: So Jerusalem is here called, holy, because the City Ho [illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1 word]. of God, where he was daily worshipped. And for the same cause was the ground, whereon Moses and Ioshua trod, called [illegible: 1 word] ground, and Tabor, the holy Mount. And when we stand in our2 [illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1 word]. Churches, saith Chrysostome, we stand in a place of Angels and [illegible: 1 word] angels, in the Kingdom of God, and heaven it self; which [non-Latin text not transcribed]. they that profane, may justly fear to be whipt, like dogs, out of [illegible: 2 words] ad [illegible: 2 words] 14. [illegible: 1 word] haavenly temple, and City too. And surely it were to be wished, that such profane Esaus now-adaies, as dare prate or sleep, or laugh and play the parts of jesters, or doe any thing else, unbeseeming the service of God, would keep themselves from Gods sanctuary: or that we had such Porters to keepe them [illegible: 1 word], as they had under the Law, 2 Chronicles 23. 19. And setteth him upon a pinacle of the Temple] Height of place giveth opportunity of temptation. The longest robe contracts the greatest soil: neither are any in so great danger, as those that walk on the tops of pinacles. Even heigth it self makes mens brains to swim: As in Diocletian, who not content to be Emperour, [illegible: 1 word]. would needs be adored as a god: and Caligula, of whom it was said, That there was never any better servant then he, nor [illegible: 1 word] Chron. worse Lord. Vespasian is reported to have been the only man,Vesp [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 5 words]. that ever became better by the Empire conferred upon him. It is both hard and happy, not to be made worse by advancement. [illegible: 1 word] signifies both honour and [illegible: 1 word]; Chabadh, [illegible: 1 word]: and honour; Honoro and onero shew, that honour goeth not without a [illegible: 1 word]. Fructus [illegible: 1 word] oneris, fructus honoris, onus. Pope Pius [illegible: 1 word]. a lapide in [illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1 word]. Quintus said thus of himself: Cumessem religiosus, sperabam bene ae salute animae meae: Cardinalis factus extimui: Pontifex creatus, [illegible: 2 words]. When I was first in orders, without any further ecclesiasticall dignity, I had some good hopes of my salvation: When I became a Cardinall, I had [illegible: 1 word]; since I was made Pope, least of all: The same thoughts of himself had Clement the 8th his immediate successour, saith the same Authour. Non insulsè Autor [illegible: 1 word]. moral. cap. 12. Praepositioni quot accidunt? Unum. Quid? Casus tantùm. Quot casus? Duo. Qui? Accusativus, & abiativus. Haec enim Praelatum oportet timere, accusari a crimine, & aufirri [illegible: 2 words] in [illegible: 1 word]. ad [illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] historiae [illegible: 1 word], de [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 2 words], a [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] so [illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1 word], & sic ignominiosè cadere.