John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 4:18

Verſe 18. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Whiles we look not] Gr. Whiles we make them not our ſcope our mark to aim at. Heaven we may make our mark, our aim, though not our higheſt aim.

At the things that are ſeen] Whiles we eye things preſent only, it will be with us as with an houſe without pillars, tottering with every blaſt, or as a ſhip without anchor, toſſed with every wave.

But at the things which are not ſeen] Pericula non reſpicit Martyr, coronas reſpicit: Plagas non horret, praemium numerat: non videt lictores inſernè flagellantes, ſed Angelos ſupernè acclamantes, ſaith Baſil: Who alſo tels us how the Martyrs that were caſt out naked in a winters night, being to be burned the next day, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. comforted themſelves and one another with theſe words; Sharp is the cold, but ſweet is Paradiſe: Troubleſome is the way, but pleaſant ſhall be the end of our journey: let us endure cold a little, and the Patriarchs boſome ſhall ſoon warmus: let our foot burn a while, that we may dance for ever with Angels: Let our hand full into the fire, that it may lay hold upon eternall life, &c.

But the things which, &c.] The Latines call proſperous things Res ſecundas, becauſe they are to be had hereafter, they are not the firſt things; theſe are paſt, Rev. 21.