John Trapp on Ezra 5:11

Ver. 11. We are the ſervants of the God of heaven] And in that reſpect, higher then all the Kings on the earth, Pſal. 89.27. (for all his ſervants are ſons, heirs of God, and coheirs with Chriſt, Rom. 8.17.) who have held it no ſmall honour to be called his vaſſals. See how bold theſe [illegible: 1 word] men beare themſelves upon this relation to the God of heaven and earth, and how couragiouſly they ſtand to their work, and ſtout it out with their adverſaries. See Prov. 28.1. with the Note.

Theſe many years ago] Five hundred at leaſt.