John Trapp on 1 Corinthians 9:15

Verſe 15. Better for me to die] To be hunger-ſtarved then to do any thing to the prejudice of the Goſpel. Affliction is to be choſen rather then ſin, Job 36.21. Quas non oportet mortes praeeligere, Epiſt. 3. ſaith Zuinglius. What death ſhould not a man chuſe, nay what hell rather then to ſin againſt his conſcience? Daniel thoſe rather to be caſt into the Lions den, then to bear about that lion in his own boſome. The Primitive Chriſtians thought it farre better to be thrown to lions without, then to be left to luſts within.Ad leonem m[illegible: 1 letter] [illegible: 3 letters] [illegible: 1 letter]uam lenonē. 1 citul. Potiùs in ardentem rogum inſiluero, quam ullum peccatum in Deum commiſero, ſaid a good man once. I will rather leap into a bonefire, then wilfully commit any wickedneſſe. The Mouſe of Armenia will rather die then be defiled with any filth.Pintus in Dan. [illegible: 1 letter]. If her hole be beſmeared with dirt, ſhe will rather chooſe to periſh with hunger then be polluted. Such was Paul here, and ſuch we ought all to be.