John Trapp on 2 Thessalonians 3:1

CHAP. III. Verſe 1. Finally, Brethren, &c.]

QƲod ſupereſt: [non-Latin text not transcribed]. That which yet remains, brethren. Miniſters have never done, but have ſomewhat more to ſay (Redit labor actus in orbem) when they have ſaid their utmoſt.

Pray for us] As he had done for them, Chap. 2.16, 17. See the like, 1 Theſſ. 5.23, 25. with the Notes. O pray (ſaid a dying Dutch Divine) that God would preſerve the Goſpel: Pontifex enim Rom[illegible: 1 letter] & Concilium Tridentinum mira moliuntur: For the Pope and his Trent conventicle are plotting ſtrange buſineſſes.

May have free courſe] Gr. May run its race, as the Sun doth, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Hiſt. l. 2. c. 3. Pſal. 19. Euſebius ſaith that the Goſpel ſpred at firſt through the world, like a Sun-beam.

And be glorified] As it was Act. 13.48. The word never worketh, till it be received with admiration.