John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 7:10

Verſe 10. Godly ſorrow worketh] Sin bred ſorrow, and ſorrow, being right, deſtroieth ſin: as the worm that breeds in the wood, eats into it, and devours it.Chryſoſt. So that of this ſorrow according to God we may ſay as the Romans did of Pompey the great, [non-Latin text not transcribed] Plutarch. That it is the fair and happy daughter of an ugly and odious mother.

Repentance never to be repented of] That is, ſaith one, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. M[illegible: 1 letter]rb[illegible: 2 letters]y of Repent. Never to fall back again: for a man in falling back, ſeemeth to repent him of his repentance. Others interpret it, ſuch a repentance, as a man ſhall never have cauſe to repent of. Job curſed the day of his birth; but no man was ever heard to curſe the day of his new birth. For it is repentance to ſalvation, it hath heaven: it is that rain-bow, which if God ſee ſhining in our hearts, he will never drown our ſouls.

But the ſorrow of the world] That which carnall men conceive either for the want or loſſe of good, or for the ſenſe or fear of evil.

Worketh death] As it did in Queen Mary, Act. and Mon. fol. 1901. who died (as ſome ſuppoſed by her much ſighing before her death) of thought and ſorrow either for the departure of K. Philip, or the loſſe of Callice, Duke of the he[illegible: 1 letter]rt. or both. There are that interpret death in this place, of ſpirituall death, becauſe it is oppoſed here to life and ſalvation.