As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
Ver. 9. As unknown] To the world, 1 John 3:1,2. A prince in a strange land is little set by, as not known. Unkent, unkist, as the northern proverb hath it.
Well known] To those who have spiritual judgment, and can prize a person to his worth, which the world's wizards cannot do, Isaiah 53:2,3 .
And not killed] God will have a care of that; he corrects in measure, he smites his not at the root, but in the branches, Isaiah 27:8. As it is a rule in medicine still to maintain nature, &c., so doth God still keep up the spirits of his people by cordials, Isaiah 57:16 .