John Trapp on Nehemiah 6:2

Verſe 2. Then Sanballat and Geſhem ſent unto me] As if ſollicitous of my ſafety, and careful of the common good. He that hateth, diſſembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him. When he ſpeaketh fair, beleeve him not: for there are ſeven abominations in his heart, Prov. 26.24, 25. Nehemiah well knew that all this pretended curteſy was but droſſe upon dirt, ver. 23. a fair glove drawn upon a foul hand, a cunning colluſion to undo him. He therefore keeps aloof: quia me veſtigia terrent, &c.

Come let us meet together] Thus they called him to conference and conſultation whiles the doores were not yet upon the gates; purpoſely to take him off the work: as the Fox diverts the Huntſ-man from following the Hare: and as our deceitful hearts do too often draw us away from the proſecution of good purpoſes, by caſting many other odde impertinent matters in our way.

In the plain of Ono] Which was in the tribe of Benjamin, chap. 11.30, 31. near to Jeruſalem: that he might the ſooner come, and be the more ſecure: ſo the Papiſts appointed Trent for their conventicle, as near to the Reformed Churches: inviting their Divines thereunto ſub fide publicâ: but that Councel was carried by the Pope and his complices, with ſuch infinite guil and craft, without any ſincerity, upright dealing and truth, as that the Proteſtants, Calvin, Bucer, &c. kept off: as ſeeing that it was to no purpoſe to come amongſt them.

But they thought to do me miſchief] To kill me, or at leaſt to captivate me.