John Trapp on 1 John 2:17

Verſe 17. And the World paſſeth away] As the ſtream of a ſwift river paſſeth by the ſide of a City. Animantis cujuſ que , vita in fuga eſt. Life it ſelf wears out in the wearing, as a garment: all things below are mutable and momentary. Wilt thou ſet thine heart upon that that is not? ſaith Solomon.

And the luſt there of] So that although thou wert ſure to hold theſe things of the world, yet they may be ſuddenly loſt to thee, becauſe then canſt not make thine heart delight in the ſame things ſtill. Not the world only, But the luſt thereof paſſeth away: there is a curſe of us ſatis[illegible: 1 letter]iableneſſ[illegible: 1 letter] lies upon the creature▪ [non-Latin text not transcribed], ſaith the Oratour: There is a ſatiety of all things, The worlds comforts are ſweeter in the ambition hen in the fruition: for after a little while we loath what we lately luſted after, as Amnon did Tamar. Men first itch, and then ſcratch, and then ſmart. Dolor eſt etiam ipſa voluptas.