John Trapp on Colossians 1:8

Verſe 8. Who alſo declared unto us] His heart was over-joyed with his peoples forwardneſſe, and he could not but impart it to the Apoſtle. It was a pride in Montanus to over-ween his Pepuza and Tymium two pelting Pariſhes not far from Coloſſe, and to call them Jeruſalem, Euſeb[illegible: 2 letters] 5.[illegible: 1 letter] 17 as if they had been the only Churches in the world. But this was a commendable practice of Ep[illegible: 1 letter]phras to late to S. Paul the good he found in his people, that he by an epiſtle might further encourage and quicken them.