SEeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses] Gr. having such a cloud of witnesses compassing us about. Cloud]ie. Multitude. See Jeremiah 14:13. Ezekiel 38:9. Some are of opinion, that here the Apostle alludes to that cloud whereby the children of Israel were guided, Exodus 13:21. viz. That as that cloud guided the Israelites from Egypt to the Land of Canaan: So this company of the faithfull may direct all the right way from the kingdome of darknesse to the spirituall Canaan, the Kingdome of heaven. let us lay aside] Gr. laying aside, or putting off. as Ephesians 4:22. It is an allusion unto the custome of those who being to run a race, put off and cast away all things burthensome and troublesome. The same word is used, James 1:21. weight] That is, all worldly contents, so farre as they are a burthen unto us and do hinder us in our journey to heaven, Matthew 5:29. Secondly, all manner of sinne, and especially pride and conceit of self-sufficience, Romans 10:3. easily] Entangleth or wraps about: It is a borrowed speech taken either from a net or a long garment. Some understand it of originall sinne, others of sinne in generall. and let us] Gr. let us. race that is set before us] 1 Corinthians 9:24. Galatians 5:7. 2 Timothy 4:7.