Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Corinthians 2:16

16 To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life w: And who is sufficient for these things? .

As sweet Smells, which are to some pleasant and comfortable, are to others pernicious and deadly; so it is with the sweet savour of the Gospel. The Report which we in all places make of Christ, to some, through their unbelief and hardness of heart, and fondness of their lusts, proveth but the favour of death unto death; hardening their hearts to their Eternal ruine and destruction: but to such, who being ordained to Eternal Life, believe our reports, and embrace the Gospel, and live up to the Precepts and Rule of it, our preaching proves a cause of spiritual and of Eternal Life, to which that leadeth.

And O how great a work is this? What man? What Angel is sufficient for it? It is a mighty work to preach the Gospel as we ought to preach it.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word] 2.34.; C[illegible: 1 letter]p. 3.5, 6.