John Trapp on 2 Timothy 4:2

Verſe 2. Be inſtant] Gr. Stand over it. Stand cloſe to it. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Chryſostome at Antioch having preached many Sermons againſt ſwearing, was at length asked, when he would preach upon another ſubject? He anſwered, When you leave ſwearing, I'le leave preaching againſt ſwearing.

In ſeaſon, out of ſeaſon] On the Lords-day, on the week day, Volentibus nolentibus dic importunum, Tu vis errare, tu vis perire, ego nolo, ſaith Augustine. Let men know whether they will or no, that for lack of preaching they ſhall not periſh. The ſhew-bread ſtood all the week before the Lord; to ſhew, that preaching is not ou[illegible: 1 letter] of ſeaſon on any day. The Friers of Baſil held that it was Lutheranum diebus profanis praedicare, Mel[illegible: 1 letter]h. Adam. Act. and Mon fol. 11 11. Ibid. 86 [illegible: 2 letters] Hereticall to preach on working-daies. But Anthony Perſon, Martyr, told his perſecutours, That they were bite ſheeps and not Biſhops for neglecting to preach: It being as great a wonder at Rome to hear a Biſhop preach, as to ſee an Aſſe ſlie, ſaid Dr Baſſinet. Ibid 1559. Ibid. 1380. But Biſhop Ridley preached uſually every Sabbath-day and holy-day: ſo did B. Iewel, Dr Tailor Martyr, Mr Bradford, even during his impriſonment: Preaching, reading and praying was all his whole life. Ibid. 1457. He did ſharply reprove ſin, pithily improve errours, ſweetly preach Chriſt crucified, earneſtly perſwade to a godly life, &c.

With all long-ſuffering, &c.] Sidecimus quiſ que , ſi unus perſuaſus fuerit, ad conſolationem abundè ſufficit, ſaith Chryſoſtome. If you gain but the tithe of your hearers, or leſſe, it is well.