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John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 6:8

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2 Corinthians6:8

Verſe 8.Act. and Mon. fol. 1491. By honour and diſhonour, &c.] It is written on heaven-doors (ſaid that Martyr) Do well and hear ill. A bad report port is the ordinary reward of very-well-doing: which made Luther wax proud even of his reproach.Tom. 1. oper. Lat. p 31. [illegible: 1 letter] Superbus fio, ſaid he quod video nomen peſſimum mihi creſcere. Hierome alſo writeth to Auguſtine, Quod ſignum major is gloriae eſt, omnes haeretici me deteſtantur. This is my glory, that none of the heretikes can give me a good word or look.Qui boni viri famam perdidit ne conſcientiam perderet, Sen. It was a divine ſaying of Seneca, No man ſets a better rate upon vertue, then he that loſeth a good name to keep a good conſcience.

As deceivers] Aſperſed for ſuch, as Chriſt was, Mat. 27.63. And Lucian blaſphemouſly termeth him [non-Latin text not transcribed], the crucified cezener.

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