John Trapp on Ephesians 6:16

Verſe 16. Above all] Or, Over and upon all. [non-Latin text not transcribed] For the word here rendred a ſhield cometh from another word that ſignifieth a door: to note that as a door or gate doth the body, [non-Latin text not transcribed] ſo the ſhield of faith covereth the whole ſoul. Let us be therefore (as Epaminondas) Non d[illegible: 1 letter] vita, ſed de ſc[illegible: 1 letter]to ſolliciti. S[illegible: 1 letter]eva at the ſiege of Dyrrachium ſo long alone reſiſted Pompeys army, that he had 220 darts ſticking in his ſhield, and loſt one of his eyes, and yet gave not over till Caeſar came to his reſcue.

To quench all the fiery darts] Pointed and poiſoned with the venome of ſerpents, which ſet the heart on fire from one luſt to another. Or fiery for the dolour and diſtemper that they work: in alluſion to the Scythian darts, dipt in the gall of aſps and vipers; the venemous heat of which, like a fire in their fleſh, killed the wounded with torments the likeſt hell of any other.