John Trapp on Psalms 119:71

Verſ. 71. It is good for mee that I have been afflicted And thereby humbled; for elſe the fruit of affliction is loſt, and they are always impaired, that are not improved by their ſufferings, as all Gods people are ſure to be at length. The Lac[illegible: 1 letter]demonians of old (and the ſame is ſaid of the Hollanders a late) grew rich by war, and were bettered when all other Kingdomes were undone by it. The Saints make benefit of their croſſes; which to others are deſtructive.

That I might learn thy ſtatutes] Luther ſaith of ſome of Saint Pauls Epiſtles, that they can never be underſtood, but by the croſs. Qui [illegible: 1 span] (ſaith he in another place) [illegible: 1 span] do beſt underſtand the ſcriptures when the wealthy and ſecure read them but as one of Ovids Poems.