John Trapp on Colossians 4:5

Verſe 5. Walk in wiſdom] Neither giving offence careleſly, nor taking offence cauſ[illegible: 1 letter]eſly.

Redeeming the time] Opportunities are headlong, and muſt be timouſly laid hold on, or all's loſt. See the Note on Eph. 5.16. It is ſaid of Hooper the Martyr, that he was ſpare of diet, ſparer of words, and ſpareſt of time.Act. and Mon. fol. 1366. Ibid 1[illegible: 1 letter]74. Ibid 1457. Latime[illegible: 1 letter] roſe uſually at two of the clock in a morning to his ſtudy. Bradford ſlept not commonly above four hours in the night: and in his bed, till ſleep came, his book went not out of his hand. He counted that hour not well ſpent, wherein he did not ſome good, either with his pen, tongue or ſtudy. Theſe Worthies well weighed what a modern Writer hath well obſerved, That they that loſe time are the greateſt loſers and waſtfulleſt Prodigals. For of all other poſſeſſions two may be had together, but two moments of time (much leſſe two opportunities of time) cannot be poſſeſt together.