John Trapp on Philippians 3:1

CHAP. III. Verſe 1. Rejoyce]

OR farewell in the Lord. Salutem in Sospita[illegible: 1 letter]ore.

To [illegible: 1 letter]rite the ſame things to you] So 1 Cor. 5.9. Joh 15.1, 5. Some gather out of Mat. 5.1. with Luke 6.20. that our Saviour preached the ſame Sermon twice over, Men are dull to conceive, hard to believe, apt to forget, and ſlow to practiſe heavenly truths, and had therefore great need to have them much preſſed, and often inculcated. Neither let any cry out, Occidit miſ[illegible: 1 letter] ros crambe repetita magiſtros. Surfet not of Gods Manna, ſay not it is a light meat, becauſe lightly come by, or the ſame again. Aug de [illegible: 2 letters]ct; Chriſt. & in. [illegible: 1 word] 10. Auſtin perſwades the Preacher ſo long to purſue and ſtand upon the beating and repeating of one and the ſame point, till by the geſture and countenance of the hearers he perceives that they underſtand and relliſh it.