John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 3:6

Verſe 6. Not of the letter] To wit, of the law, which requireth perfect obedience, preſuppoſing holineſſe in us,Lex jubet grat[illegible: 1 letter]a juvat. Aug. and curſing the diſobedient: But the Goſpel (called here the Spirit) pre-ſuppoſeth unholineſſe, and, as an inſtrument, maketh us holy, Ioh. 17.17. Act. [illegible: 1 letter]0.32. For we preach Chriſt, 1 Cor. 1.23. We give what we preach. The Spirit is received by the preaching of faith, Gal 3.2. This Mannah is rained down in the ſweet dews of the Miniſtery of the Goſpel, 1 Pet. 1.22.

For the letter killeth] Many Popiſh Prieſts, that hardly ever had ſeen, much leſſe read St Pauls writings, having gotten this ſentence by the end, The letter killeth; took care of being killed, by not medling with good literature. Hence that of Sr Thomas Moore to one of them, Tu benè caviſti, ne te ulla occidere poſſit Littera: nam nulla eſt littera nota tibi.