John Trapp on Lamentations 4:6

Ver. 6. For the puniſhment of the iniquity of Zion is greater] For Sodom was deſtroyed by Angels, Zion by malicious men: The enemies were not enriched by Sodom, as they were by Zion. Sodom was deſtroyed in an inſtant; not ſo Zion, for ſhe had her puniſhment piecemeal; firſt a long ſeige, and then the loſs of all, after a world of miſeries ſuſtained in the ſeige. Julius Caeſar was wont to ſay, It is better once to fall then alwaies to hang in ſuſpence. Auguſtus wiſhed that he might dye ſuddenly: His life he called a Comedy, and ſaid that he thought he had acted his part therein pretty handſomly; Now if he might ſoon paſſe through death, he would hold it an happineſſe. Souldiers wiſh is thus ſet forth by the Poet; —quid enim? concurritur, horae Momento aut cita mors venit aut victoria laeta. It is the ancient and manful faſhion of the Engliſh (who are naturally moſt impatient of lingering miſchiefs) to put their quarrels to the trial of the ſword,Speed. 963. as the Chronicler obſerveth.