John Trapp on 1 Corinthians 4:3

Verſe 3. But with me it is, &c.] A good Miniſter reviled, may reply, as once a Steward did to his pa[illegible: 2 letters]onate Lord, when he called him knave, &c. Your honour may ſpeak as you pleaſe, but I believe not a word that you ſay; for I know my ſelf an honeſt man, [non-Latin text not transcribed] F[illegible: 1 letter]ſl. lib 22 cap. 34. Dio [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Dio Act. and Mon. fol. 1356. Non curo illos cenſores, qui vel non intelligendo reprehendunt, vel reprehendende non intelligunt, ſaith Augustine. Auguſtus did but laught at the Satyres and buttoniers, which they had publiſhed againſt him. Severus the Emperour was carefull of what was to be done by him, But careleſſe what was ſaid of him. Doc well and hear ill is written upon heaven gates, ſaid Mr Bradford the Martyr. Thou art an hereticke, ſaid Woodroofe the Sherifte to Mr Rogers the protomartyr in Queen Maries daies. That ſhall be known, quoth he, at the day of judgement. Some men ſlatter me,Polic epiſt. l. 3. ep. 24. ſaith Politian, ſome others ſlander me, I think neither the better nor the worſe of my ſelf for that: no more then I think my ſelf taller or lower for that my ſhadow is longer in the morning and ſhorter at noon.