John Trapp on James 5:4-5

Verſe 4. Kept back by fraud crieth] Bloudſhed, Gen. 4.10. unnaturall luſt, Gen. 18.21. and oppreſſion (whether by force or fraud) cry to God, and he will hear, for be is gracious, Ex 22.27.

Lord of ſabbath] Who hath all power in his hand, and can eaſily reach you. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Verſe 5. Ye have lived in pleaſure] Ye have lain melting in ſenſuall delights, which have drawn out your ſpirits, and diſſolved them.

Ʋpon earth] No place of pleaſure to good men, but of purgatory, baniſhment and bondage. A place of that nature, that (as it is reported of the Straits of Magellan) which way ſoever a man bend his courſe (if home-ward) he is ſure to have the winde againſt him. [illegible: 1 word] 16.[illegible: 1 letter]5 It was a heavy charge laid upon Dives, Sonne, remember that thou in thy life time receivedſt thy good things, &c.

And been Wanton] Fulneſſe breeds forgetfulneſſe, Deut. 32.15.

As in a day of ſlaughter] For ſacrifice; when they uſed to have good chear, Prov. 7.14. And hereunto the Wiſeman alludeth, Pro 17.1. The Apoſtle here ſeemeth to intimate, that theſe rich ſenſualiſts lived upon the cream of ſinning, and had ſuch plenty, that they pickt out none but the ſweeteſt bits to nouriſh their hearts withall.