John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 11:2

Verſe 2. For I am jealous] q.d. My dear love to you puts me upon this praiſing my ſelf.

With a godly jealouſie] Gr. With a zeal of God, called the flame of God, Cant. 8.6. ſuch as was that of Iob over his children, for fear they ſhould ſinne againſt God: not ſuch as was that of the Phariſees over the Galatians, the hypocriſie of jealouſie, Gal. 4.17. [non-Latin text not transcribed] Velut ca quae glutino aut ferrumine com mittuntur. Eraſm. 2 King. 14.9.

For I have eſpouſed you] Gr. I have fitted you, as things that are pieced together, are glewed or ſoddered.

To one husband] Here the Cedar taketh the thiſtle to wife (tantùs taentillos) and doth all the offices of an husband to her. He firſt loveth his Church, and then puriſieth her, Epheſ. 5.25, 26. (Abaſhueroſh had the virgins firſt purified and perfumed, before he took them to his bed) He puts upon her his own comelineſſe, Ezek. 16. as Eleazar put the jewels upon Rebecca (hence ſhe is called Callah of the perfection of her attire, ornaments and beauty, Ier. 2.32.) 3. He maketh love to her by his Paranymphes. his Miniſters, who wooe for him, and preſent her to Chriſt as a chaſte virgin. 4. He cohabits with her, Cant. 7. 5. The King is tied in the ra[illegible: 1 letter]ters. 5. He rejoyceth over her, Iſa. 62.4, 5. 6. He doth the marriage duty to her, and maketh her the mother of us all, Gal. 4.26. Rom. 7. 1[illegible: 1 letter] 4. 7. He nouriſheth and cheriſheth her, Epheſ. 5.29. 8. He hateth putting away, Mal. 2.16. and provideth for her eternall welfare, Eph. 1.27. Col. 1.21, 22.