John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 5:4

Verſe 4. Do groan, being burdened] viz. With ſin and miſery, whereof we have here our back-burdens.M Bradford. Act. and Mon. fol. 1492. And ſurely great ſhame it were (as that Martyr ſaid) that all the whole creatures of God ſhould deſire, yea groan in their kinde for our liberty, and we our ſelves to loath it: as doubtleſſe we do, if for the croſſe, yea for death it ſelf we with joy ſwallow not up all ſorrow that might let us from following the Lords call, and obeying the Lords providence, &c.

Might be ſw[illegible: 1 letter]llowed up of life] Not as a gulf or fire ſwallows up that is caſt into it, but as perfection ſwallows up imperfection; As the perfecting of a picture ſwallows up the rude draught, as perfect skill ſwallows up bungling, or manhood, childehood; not extinguiſhing,D. Preſton. but drowning it that it is not ſeen.