in the dayes of his flesh] That is, of his humiliation, while he was subject to our common, humane, yet blamelesse infirmities. The word flesh often imports weaknesse in the Scripture. See Chap. 2. 14. Psalms 78:39. Esther 31:3. strong] He meaneth that most earnest prayer which Christ uttered in the Garden, when he swet drops of bloud, Matthew 26:36. Mark 14:33. Luke 22:39. unto him] Mark 14:36. was heard] Psalms 34:4. That is, delivered, as Psalms 22:21. in that hee feared] Or, for his piety, or, from his pious feare. From that which he so piously and mightily feared, viz. that cup of anguish, those unknown pains which he suffered in his agony, when the whole power of darknesse set upon him, from this he was delivered, Luke 22:43. John 12:27. Or, in respect of his pious feare, Esther 11:2.