John Trapp on Hebrews 4:1

CHAP. IIII. Verſe 1. Let us fear]

WIth a fear not of diffidence, but of diligence. See the Note on Phil. 2.12. and on 1 Cor. 10.12.

Loſt a promiſe] Some render it thus, Leſt we ſhould ſeem to fall ſhort of the promiſe, that is left us, &c. But where is that promiſe left us, may ſome ſay? It is cloſely couched in the former commination, Chap. 3.18. God ſware that unbelievers ſhould not enter: and therefore intimates a promiſe, that believers ſhall enter. A Bee can ſuck ſweet honey out of bitter thyme; ſo cannot a Flie do.

To come ſhort of it] [non-Latin text not transcribed]. To come lag and late, when the gate is ſhut, the draw-bridge taken up, as thoſe fooliſh Virgins, or as lazy race-runners, or as thoſe that come a day after the fair, an hour after the feaſt, and ſo are fruſtrated.