John Trapp on 1 Timothy 1:15

Verſe 15. This is a faithfull ſaying] Worthy to be credited and embraced, as it was by Bilney the Martyr, who by this promiſe was much comforted in a great conflict. So was Ʋrſine by Joh. 10.29. Another by Iſaiah 57.15. And another by Iſaiah 26.3. ſaying, That God had graciouſly made it fully good to his ſoul.

Of whom I am chief] Primus, quo nullus prior, as Gerſon expounds it, [illegible: 1 letter]mò quo nullus pejor, as Auguſtine, worſer then the worſt. The true Poenitentiary doth not elevate but aggravate his ſinnes againſt himſelf, is ever full in the mouth this way, as Dan 9 5.