John Trapp on 1 Thessalonians 5:3

Verſe 3. For when they ſhall ſay] Security is the certain uſher of deſtruction, as in Benhadads army, and Pompeys, before the Pharſalian field. Some of them contended for the Prieſthood, which was Caeſars office, others diſpoſed of the Conſulſhips and offices in Rome, as if all were already their own: Pompey [illegible: 2 letters]mſelf being ſo wretchedly wre[illegible: 1 letter]chleſſe, that he never conſidered into what place he were beſt to retire, if he loſt the day.

Then ſhall ſudden deſtruction] As Philoſophers ſay, that before a ſnow the weather will be warmiſh: when the winde lies, the great rain fals; and the air is moſt quiet, when ſuddenly there will be an earthquake.