John Trapp on 2 Peter 3:1

CHAP. III. Verſe 1. This ſecond Epiſtle]

SO muſt Miniſters with one Sermon peg in another: and never ceaſe beating and repeating the ſame point, ſaith S. Aug de doct. Chriſtian. Auguſtine, till they perceive by the geſture and countenance of the hearers, that they underſtand it, and are affected with it.

I ſtirre up] Gr. I rouſe you, who perhaps are nodding with the wiſe virgins, Mat. 25.5. [non-Latin text not transcribed].

Your pare mindes] Gr. Pure as the Sun. Chryſoſtome ſaith of ſome in his time that they were ipſo coelo puriores, Hom. 55. in Math. more pure then the viſible heavens: and that they were more like angels then mortals.