A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

Put off, or Lay down. It is also voluntary; Depono. The Apostle calls himself a depositary, that hath a jewel committed to him on trust, which he is willing to surrender. A man that hath some precious treasure entrusted to him, is not only anxious to defend it from the violent attempts of others, or from their subtle underminings: but is also troubled in himself, with some invasion upon his own honesty, by a corrupt desire to possess it, and employ it at his own pleasure: and never finds full peace from these reluctations, till the proprietary resume it. So for this sparkling Jewell, our soul, which lightens our night of ignorance, and dark body of earth, lodging in our flesh: we are exercised with a continual trouble to preserve our life from sicknesses, and other offensive violences: and are tempted with covetousness to enlarge our term, to strengthen our tenure and state in it; and to make it so much our own, as to spend it unthriftily upon lusts and surfeits: and we have no perfect peace till the giver receive it back: donec deposuimus a nobis, & reposuimus in Domino; till we have put it off from our selves, and laid it up in God.

Put off, or Lay downe. It is also voluntary; Depono. The Apostle calls himselfe a depositary, that hath a jewell committed to him on trust, which hee is willing to surrender. A man that hath some precious treasure intrusted to him, is not onely anxious to defend it from the violent attempts of others, or from their subtle underminings: but is also troubled in himselfe, with some invasion upon his owne honestie, by a corrupt desire to possesse it, and employ it at his owne pleasure: and never finds full peace from these reluctations, till the proprietary resume it. So for this sparkling Iewell, our soule, which lightens our night of ignorance, and darke body of earth, lodging in our flesh: we are exercised with a continuall trouble to preserve our life from sicknesses, and other offensive violences: and are tempted with covetousnesse to enlarge our terme, to strengthen our tenure and state in it; and to make it so much our owne, as to spend it unthriftily upon lusts and surfets: and we have no perfect peace till the giver receive it backe: donec deposuimus a nobis, & reposuimus in Domino; till we have put it off from our selves, and layed it up in God.