John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 5:6

Verſe 6. Therefore we are confident] Not haeſitant, or halting, as Hadrian the Emperour was, and as he that cried out on his death-bed, Anxius vixi, dubius morior, neſcio quò vado, I have lived carefully,Plato. I die doubtfully, I go I know not whither. Socrates alſo that wiſeſt of Philoſophers could not with all his skill reſolve his friends, whether it were better for a man to die or to live longer. Cicero comforting himſelf as well as he could by the help of philoſophy againſt the fear of death, cries out and complains at length,Neſcio quomo do, imbe[illegible: 3 letters]ior eſt med cina qudm morbus. that the medicine was too weak for the diſeaſe. It is the true Chriſtian only that can be confident that his end ſhall be happy, though his beginning and middle haply may be troubleſome, Pſal. 37.37.

Whilest we are at home] Or ſtay for a night, as in an Inne. A man that comes into an Inne, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. if he can get a better room, he will: if not, he can be content with it; for, ſaith he, it is but for a night. So it ſhould be with us.