John Trapp on John 3:18

Verſe 18. Is condemned already.] The ſentence is paſſed, the halter about his neck; there wants no more then to turn him off the ladder of life, and he is gone for ever. In the mean while, he hangs but by one rotten twined thread, over hell-fire.

Becauſe he hath not beleeved.] He ſaith not, becauſe he hath committed adultery, murther. There is no righteouſneſſe now but of faith; no ſin (ſaith one) but from unbeliefe; for thy ſins againſt the Law are not imputed unto thee, if thou do but beleeve the Goſpel. [non-Latin text not transcribed] Gal. 3.23. It is unbeliefe that ſhuts a man up cloſe priſoner in the Lawes dark dungeon, whence faith only can fetch us out.