John Trapp on 2 Thessalonians 3:9

Verſe 9. Not becauſe we have not power] Poſſe & nolle nobile est. See the Notes no 1 Cor. 9.4.6, 7, 11, &c.

But to make our ſelves an example] Thoſe therefore that have enough to live on, muſt yet be doing ſomething whereby the world may be the better: and not think to come hither meerly as rats and mice, only to devour victuals, and to run ſqueaking up and down, Theſe are Cyphers, or rather excrements in humane ſociety. By the law of Mahomet, the great Turk himſelf is bound to exerciſe ſome manuall trade or occupation (for none muſt be idle) as Solyman the Magnificent,Peacham. that ſo threatned Vienna, his trade was making of arrow-heads, Achmat the laſt horn-rings for Archers.