John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 8:11

Verſe 11. Now therefore perform] Unleſſe our willing of good be ſeconded with endeavour, it is nothing worth: Balaam wiſhed well to heaven, ſo did he that came kneeling to our Saviour with good master, &c. but they ſtuck at the hardſhip of holineſſe, without which there is no heaven to be had: they would not come off here, and therefore gat nothing by their ſhort-winded wiſhes. Solomon compares ſuch ſluggards to the door, that turns on the hinges,Virtutem exoptant contabeſcu[illegible: 1 letter]t que relictà. Perſ. but yet hangs ſtill upon them, it comes not off for all the turnings.