John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 12:20

Verſe 20.Mimus. And that I ſhall be found] Crudelem medicum intemperans aeger facit. We delight not to fling daggers at mens faces: but if men be not told their owne, and that with ſome ſharpneſſe, they will on in ſinne to their utter ruine. Sharp waters clear the eye-ſight: and bitter potions bring on ſweet health. A weak doſe doth but ſtirre bad humours, and anger them, not purge them out: ſo it fareth with ſinnes.

Lest there be debates, envyings, &c.] K. Edward the fourth, the night before his death, ſaid to his kinſmen and friends: I remember it to my grief, that there hath bin diſcord amongſt you a great time, not alwaies for great cauſes, but poor miſtakings, &c. Some, Daniels hiſt. of Engl 2.0. like Salamanders, live alway in the fire, like trouts they love to ſwim againſt ſtream, like Phocion, they think it a goodly thing to diſſent from others.