John Trapp on Proverbs 3:8

Verſ. 8. It ſhall bee health to thy navel] That is, Thou ſhalt bee in good plight both for the outward and inward man: Thy bones full of marrow, thy breaſts full of milk, thy ſpirit alſo lively and lifted up in the waies of the Lord. And as it is with children in the womb (for to theſe is the alluſion here) that by the navil nouriſhment is miniſtred unto them, yea, even to the ſtrengthening of the inward parts: So the godly in the Church are [illegible: 1 letter]ed and bred by the Faith and fear of God; And as without marrow in the bones,Munſter. Mercer. T.W and others in loc. no part of man, no not that which is of greateſt value and force, is able to do any thing: So the ſtrength that they have from God, is as the marrow which ſtrengtheneth the bones, and maketh them apt to do good things; And as a man that hath his bones filled with marrow, and hath abundance of good blood and freſh ſpirits in his body, hee can indure to go with leſs cloaths than another, becauſe hee is well lined within: So it is with a heart that hath a great deal of grace and peace, hee will go through difficulties and troubles, though outward comforts fail him.Act. & Mon. fol. 1358. It is recorded of Mr. Saunders Martyr, that himſelf ſhould tell the party that lay in the ſame bed with him in priſon, that even in the time of his examination before Steven Gardiner, hee was wonderfully comforted, not onely in ſpirit, but alſo in body hee received a certain taſte of that holy Communion of Saints, whileſt a moſt pleaſant refreſhing did iſſue from every part and member of the body to the ſeat and place of the heart, and from thence did ebbe and flow to and fro unto all the parts again.