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Vers. 1. WHerefore when I could no longer forbeare] As if he had said, my love to∣ward you was such,* 1.1 and so strong within me, that it was like a fire in my breast, I could no longer keep it; and from thence it was that I sent Timotheus our brother to establish and comfort you touching your faith.
Vers. 5. No longer forbear] A desire both of knowing your faith and affaires.* 1.2
Vers. 8. We live] That is, lead a merry life, so the Hebrewes use this word,* 1.3 Psal. 22.27. and the Greekes and Latines also so use it.
Jf yee stand f••st in the Lord] A Speech borrowed from them that stand upon their guard or watch, or in their ranck, wherein they are set,* 1.4 See Rom. 5.2. 1 Cor. 16.13. 1 Phil. 27. and 4.1.
See 2d Ch. 8.11 Cum desiderium vestri n••n fer∣rem diutius, nec tam••n aditus ad vos daretur, visum fuit adventum & praesentiam meam per alium mihi conjunctissimum, ac velut alterum me, suppleri. Estius.
Jllud verbum 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 propriè significat continere se seu onus sustinere. Significat ergo Apostolus desiderium quo tenebatur videndi & in tot calamitatibus Thessalon••censes consolandi, cum non posset praestaere quod cupiebat propter Satanae impedimenta, fuisse sibi onus grave. zanch.
Vivimus, hoc est rectè val••mus. Calvinus.
Doctor Airay. Significatio est ingentis gaudij, quod ex ijs quae Timotheus nunciaverat, percepit. Estius.