John Trapp on 2 Timothy 4:17
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2 Timothy4:17
Verſe 17. The Lord ſtood] God is never ſo ſweet and ſo ſeaſonable to his Saints, as in the day of their deepeſt diſtreſſe. He loves to help thoſe that are forſaken of their hopes.
The preaching might be fully known] Or, Soundly proved to be a divine ordinance, by my conſtancy and contempt of death.
Out of the mouth of the lion] Nero, who firſt orientem fidem, Romae cruentavit, as Tertullian ſpeaketh, put Chriſtians to death, and made a bloudy decree, That whoſoever confeſſed himſelf a Chriſtian, ſhould,Dedicator dam nationi[illegible: 1 letter] chri, li. anorum. Teit. without any more ado, be put to death as a convicted enemy of mankinde. Tertullian calleth him, The Dedicatour of the condemnation of Chriſtians.
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