John Trapp on 1 Corinthians 6:1

CHAP. VI. Verſe 1. Goe to law before the unjust]

ALl unbelievers are, 1. Void of Chriſts righteouſneſſe imputed. 2. Of true civill righteouſneſſe, as being ſelf-ſeekers in all. 3. They oppreſſe the Saints, and draw them before the judgement [illegible: 2 letters]ats. Jam. 2.6.

And not before the Saints] Chriſtians firſt brought their cauſes before the Biſhops to be judged. And hence grew their power (as Paraeus noteth) which the Chriſtian Emperours firſt would not, and afterwards could not take away from them. This raiſed Papacy and Prelacy to ſuch an height; they would be Princes as well as Biſhops.