John Trapp on 2 Timothy 2:15
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2 Timothy2:15
Verſe 15. Study to ſhew thy ſelf] There are crept into Gods Sanctuary ſuch Levites to divide the word, that are not worthy the place of Gib[illegible: 1 letter]onites to cleave wood: like thoſe unlearned Logicia us in Plato, Lacerant doct[illegible: 1 letter]inas, ſicut caniculi panniculos, ſaith he: They tear up a text, and torment it, they wreſt the Scriptures and wrong them, ſet them upon the wrack, and make them ſpeak what they never meant. Theſe ſhould be driven from the work, as thoſe baſtard Levites were by the Tirſhata, Ezra 2.63.
Rightly dividing the word of God] [non-Latin text not transcribed]. The Syriack renders it, Rightly preaching the word. Aeſchines ſaith, An Oratours oration, and the law (ſo a Preachers Sermon and the Word) muſt be uniſons. And it Galen could ſay, That in anatomizing mans brain, Gol. de uſu par. lib 7. P[illegible: 1 letter]yſicians muſt carry themſelves as men doe in the Temple: How much more muſt Divines do ſo, in dividing Gods holy Word?
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