John Trapp on Philippians 3:14

Verſe 14. I preſſe toward, &c.] The Ark of the Covenant was but a cubit and a half high [illegible: 2 letters] ſo were likewiſe the wheels of the caldron. Now we know that a cubit and a half is but an unperfect meaſure: which ſhews (ſaith one) that no man in this life is perfectly perfect. Lee us ſtrive to perfection, as Paul did; and then,Columel. Summum culmen affectantes, ſatis honesti vel in ſecundo fastigio conspiciemur.