John Trapp on James 3:2

Verſe 2. For in many things, &c.] This is,Euphormio. Triste mortulitatis privilegium, the ſad priviledge of man-kinde, as one phraſeth it, to have leave to offend ſometimes. Every Pomgranate hath at leaſt one rotten grain within it, ſaid Crates. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. And it is the honour of God alone to be perfect, ſaith Plato. Hierom pronounceth a curſe upon him that ſhall ſay, that the fulfilling of the whole law is impoſſible to any. But Patres legendi eum venia; Hierome was out in this, and too blame.

A perfect man] That is, A prudent man, Pſ. 37.30, 31.