John Trapp on 1 Corinthians 9:24

Verſe 24. Know ye not] The Apoſtle argueth from their profane ſports, yet approveth them not: As neither doth the Lord patronize U[illegible: 1 letter]ury, Mat. 25, 27. Injuſtice, Luk 16.1. Theft, 1 Theſſ. 5.2. Dancing, Mat. 11.17.

So runne that ye may obtain] Here is the race, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. but above the Crown, ſaid Ignatius to Polycarp. Run to get the race, ſaid Mr Bradford to his fellow-ſufferers: you are almoſt at your journeys end. I doubt not but our Father will with us ſend to you alſo,Act and Mon. fol. 1495. as he did to Elias, a fiery charet to convey us into his Kingdom. Let us therefore not be diſmaied to leave our cloke behindeus, that is, our bodies to aſhes.