John Trapp on 1 John 3:14

Verſe 14. We know that we have paſſed] Not we thinke, we hope, &c.—fortunam rudentibus op[illegible: 2 letters] If we would not have with the Merchant an eſtate hanging upon ropes, and depending upon uncertain windes, let us make ſure work for our ſouls. This is a jewell that the Cock on the dunghill meddles not with. Senſum electionis ad gloriam. in hac vita nullum agnoſco, ſaith Greevinchovius the Arminian, I know no ſuch thing as aſſurance of heaven in this life. Papiſts allow us nothing beyond a conjecturall confidence, unleſſe by ſpeciall revelation, Miſerable comforters!