John Trapp on Hebrews 11:25

Verſe 25. Chuſing rather to ſuffer] The happieſt choice that ever the good man made. It was a heavy charge that Elihu laid upon Iob, that he had choſen iniquity rather then affliction, Iob 36.21. The Church is ſaid to come from the wilderneſſe (of troubles and miſeries) leaning on her beloved, Cant. 8.5 The good ſoul will not break the hedge of any Commandment, to avoid any piece of foul way. Quas non oportet mortes praea[illegible: 1 letter]ligere? ſaith Zuinglius. Zuing-epiſt 3. What deaths had we not better chuſe, what puniſhment undergoe, yea, what hell not ſuffer rather, then goe againſt our conſciences rightly informed by the good Word of God?

The pleaſures of ſin for a ſeaſon] Iob fitly calleth ſparks the ſons of fire, being ingendred by it upon fuell, as pleaſures are by our luſts upon the object. But they are not long-lived, they are but as ſparks, they die as ſoon as begotten, they periſh with the use, Col. 2.22. Good God, ſaid Lyſimachus, for how ſhort pleaſure how great a Kingdome have I loſt! May not the voluptuous Epicure ſay ſo much better?