John Trapp on 1 Timothy 6:9

Verſe 9. But they that will be rich]Dives qu[illegible: 1 letter] ficri valt, & cito vult fieri, Juvē. Prov. 28.20. That are reſolved to have it howſoever, —rem, rem, quocun que modorem. He that haſteth to be rich, ſhall not be innocent.

And a ſnare] As the Panther, which ſo loveth mans dung, that if it be hang'd a height from it, it will leap and never leave till it have burſt it ſelf in pieces to get it.

Drown men in destruction and perdition] [non-Latin text not transcribed] Such a drowning as is deſperate. Ita demergunt ut in aquae ſummit[illegible: 1 letter]to rurſùs non [illegible: 1 letter]bulliant, ſo as they never ſhew themſelves above water any more. We ro[illegible: 1 letter]d of the inhabitants of Oenoe, a dry Iſland beſides Athens, that they beſtowed much labour to draw into it a river to water it, and make it more fruitfull. But when all the paſſages were opened, and the receptacles prepared, the water came in ſo plentifully, that it over-flowed all: and at the firſt tide drowned the Iſland, and all the people. So fareth it with many covetous caitiffs, who ſeem to be of Neveſſan the Lawyers minde, He that will not venture his body ſhall never be valiant; He that will not venture his ſoul ſhall never be rich. Hubertus, an Engliſh, Cormorant, made this will, I yeeld my goods to the King, my body to the grave, my ſoul to the devil.