John Trapp on Hebrews 11:6

Verſe 6. But without faith] That is, without Chriſt, in whom the Father is well-pleaſed, Ioh. 14.6.

For he that cometh to God] ſc. Formâ pauperis, that cometh a begging to him in the ſenſe of his own utter indigence, as Iacobs ſons came to Ioſeph, and as the Aegyptians hard beſtead came to him, ſaying, We will not hide it from my Lord, how that our money is ſpent, &c. Gen. 47.

Muſt believe that he is] Zaleucus Law-giver of the Locrians, ſpeaketh thus in the proem to his Laws, Hoc inculcatum ſit, eſſe Deos, Let this be well ſetled in mens mindes, that there is a Deity, and that this Deity will reward the devout. But what an odde conceit was that of the Cretians to paint their Iupiter without either eyes or ears? And what an uncertainty was ſhe at, Med[illegible: 2 letters]. [illegible: 1 word] that praid, O Deus quiſquis es, vel in coelo, vel in terrâ, O God whoever thou art, for whether thou art, and who thou art, I know not. Servi[illegible: 2 letters] in Ge[illegible: 2 letters] lib. 1. This uncertainty attending Idolatry cauſed the Heathens to cloſe their petitions with that generall Dij que , Deae que , omnes, Hear all ye gods and goddeſſes. And thoſe marriners, Ion. 1.5. every man to call upon his God: and leſt they might all miſtake the true God, they awaken Ionah to call upon his God. Chriſtian petitioners muſt ſettle this, that their God is Optimus, Maximus, ſuch in himſelf, and ſuch toward them, as he ſtands deſcribed in his holy word.