John Trapp on Philippians 2:1

CHAP. II. Verſe 1. If there be therefore]

A Moſt paſſionate obteſtation, importing his moſt vehement deſire of their good agreement: whereunto he conjures them, as it were, by all the bonds of love betwixt him and them. Matters of importance muſt be preſſed with utmoſt vehemence, Coloſ. 3.14. Love is charged upon us above all thoſe excellent things there reckoned up.

If any comfort of love] As there is very much; making the Saints to enjoy one anothers ſociety with ſpirituall delight, Pſal. 16.3. and to communicate with gladneſſe and ſingleneſſe of heart, Act. 2 46 The Lord doth uſually and graciouſly water the holy fellowſhip of his people with the dews of many ſweet and glorious refreſhings: ſo that they have a very heaven upon earth, for kinde, the ſame with that above, and differing onely in degrees.