John Trapp on Matthew 8:3

Verse 3. And Josus put forth his hand, &c.] The law forbad contactum contagionis, non sanationis. The high-Priest might enter a leprous house, &c. We have not an high Priest that cannot [illegible: 1 word]. 4. 15. be touched with the feeling of our infirmities. Better might he say, then S. Cyprian, Cum singulis pectus meum copulo, maeroris & funeris pondera luctuosa participo, cum plangentibus plango, cum deflentibus [illegible: 1 word], &c. Then S. Paul, Who is weak, and I am not weak? 2 Cor. 11. [illegible: 1 word]. Who is afflicted, and I burn not? It [illegible: 1 word] held a great condescention in King Alphonsus, to use his skill for the recovery of one of his sick Subjects: What was it here in Christ, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords?