John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 1:9

Verſe 9. But we had the ſentence] Gr. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. The anſwer or denunciation of death. Here we muſt diſtinguiſh between anſwers of triall, and direct anſwers. This was of the former ſort: for Paul died not at that time. When Leyden was ſo long, and ſo ſtrictly beſieged by the Duke of Alva, that they were forced for their ſuſtenance to ſearch and ſcrape dung-hils, &c. and the Duke, in the language of blaſphemy, threatned the defendants with cruell death, that very night the windes turned, the tide ſwelled, and the waters came in, and forced him to raiſe the ſiege.

That we ſhould not truſt] Hope is never higher-elevated then when our ſtate in all mens eyes is at loweſt.