John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 7:3

Verſe 3. I speak not this, &c.] Though cauſe enough he had to condemn them for their ſhamefull tenacity toward him, whom they baſely ſuffered to labour for his living, and to preach gratis; againſt all right and reaſon.

To die and to live with you] Such faithfull friends are in this age all for the moſt part gone in pilgrimage, and their return is uncertain, as once the Duke of Buckingham ſaid to Biſhop Morton in Rich. the thirds time. Jonathan and David, Pylades and Oreſtes, Poliſtratus and Hippoclides are famous for their love one to another. Theſe two laſt being Philoſophers of Epicurus his ſect,V[illegible: 1 letter]l[illegible: 1 letter]r, M[illegible: 1 letter]x, l. [illegible: 1 letter]. c. 16. are ſaid to have been born the ſame day, to have lived together all their daies, and to have died in the ſame moment of time, being well ſtricken in years. But the love of Iriſh foſter-brothers, is ſaid far to ſurpaſſe all the loves of all men.C[illegible: 1 letter]md. Elizab. fol. 483. [non-Latin text not transcribed].