John Trapp on Philemon 1:23

Verſe 23. Epaphras my fellow-priſoner] Clapt up, belike, for viſiting and countenancing S. Paul, to whom he was ſent by the Coloſſions with relief, whiles he was priſoner at Rome. The eccleſiaſticall hiſtory telleth us of one Philcas a Martyr, who going to execution, ſeemed as one deaf at the perſwaſions, and blinde at the tears of his friends,Quo no iò poteſt terrenu lachrymia ſlecti cupas oculi coeleſſem gloriam contu e[illegible: 1 letter]tur' moving him to ſpare himſelf. And when one Phil ramus defending him ſaid. How can he be moved with earthly tears, who hath his eyes full fed with heavenly glory? He alſo was taken in, and both preſently beheaded.