John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 6:17

Verſe 17. And be ye ſeparate] For groſſe Idolatry, and for fundamentall errours only muſt we ſeparate. Corruptions grew ſo great in the Church of Rome, that it juſtly occaſioned firſt the ſeparation of the Greek Churches from the Latine, and then of the Reformed Churches from the Roman.Di[illegible: 1 letter]p derep. l. 2. cap. 12. Machiavel obſerved, that after the thouſand year of Chriſt, there was no where leſſe piety then in thoſe that dwelt neareſt to Rome. And Bellar mine bewails it,Lib. 3. de Papa Rom, cap. 21. That ever ſince we cried up the Pope for Antichriſt, his kingdom hath not only not encreaſed, but hath greatly decreaſed.

And I will receive you] So you ſhall be no loſers, [illegible: 1 letter]e put you into my boſome. God imparteth his ſweeteſt comforts to his in the wildernes, Hoſ. 2.14.