John Trapp on 1 Thessalonians 5:6

Verſe 6. As doe others] What wonder that the Grecians live looſly, faith Chryſoſtome, but that Chriſtians do ſo, this is worſe, yea intolerable.

But let us watch and be ſober] We muſt not be like Agrippa's dormouſe that would not awake till caſt into boiling lead,Comment. i[illegible: 1 letter] Di[illegible: 2 letters]cor. or Matthiolus his aſſes fed with hemlock, that lie for dead, and are half hileded, ere they can be arrouſed. But rather we ſhould reſemble Ariſtotle and others, who were wont to ſleep with brazen balls in their hands, which falling on veſſels, purpoſely ſet on their beds ſides, the noiſe did diſſwade immoderate ſleep.