John Trapp on John 18:3

Verſe 3. Judas having then received a band.] Theſe are the enemies beſt arguments, and thoſe they fiee to when ali's done. So the Jeſuites, thoſe ſworn ſword-men of Satan, give out that their weapons are only, preces & loachrymae, prayers and tears; and that it is unlawfull for them to uſe any other, even then when they are about their moſt bloudy deſigns. Camd. Eliz Epiſt. to Read. A late King of France (after his revolt to Popery) being perſwaded by a great Dake about him not to read mit the Jeſuites, which had been juſtly baniſhed the Realm, he anſwered ſuddenly, Give me then ſecurity for my life. He therefore admitted them, even into his boſome, giving them his houſe for a Colledge; and in a publike ſpeech, laying, Vita Devid. Parei operth. praefix. That they were Timothies in the houſe, Chryſoſtomes in the Chair, Auguſtines in the Schools, &c. But what came of it? One of the Popes ſlaughter flaves, by the inſtigation of the Jeſuites, ſtabbed him to the heart: Theſe Timothies proved Judaſſes; theſe Chryſoſtoms, Catilines; theſe Augustines, Aſſaſſines.

Commeth thither with lanterns, Eſſries divine and morall. &c.] Hypocrites may be compared (ſaith one) to thoſe ſouldiers in the Goſpel, which came to ſeek Chriſt with lights and lanterns, as if they meant not to miſſe of him; yea, they brought clubs and ſtaves, as if they would fight for him: Yet, when he ſaith, Here I am, take you up my Croſſe, they ſtumble at the Croſſe, and fall backwards.