Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Corinthians 2:1

1 BUt I determined this with my self, that I would not come again to you in heaviness .

One reason why I put off my formerly intended journey to you, was, That I might give you time to repent, and reform those disorders that were amongst you, that my coming to you might neither cause heaviness in you, seeing me come with a rod, to chide and reprove you; nor yet in my self, who [illegible: 1 word] not delight in censures and chidings, but must my self have been sad to have seen such errors and disorders amongst you, as I must by my paternal and Apostolical Authority have corrected.