John Trapp on Proverbs 3:24

Verſ. 24. Thou ſhalt not bee afraid] See this exemplified in David, Pſal. 3.5, 6. Peter, Act. 12.6. and Mr. Rogers our late Protomartyr,Act. & Mon. fol. 1356. who when hee was warned ſuddenly to prepare for the fire, hee then being ſound aſleep in the priſon, ſcarce with much ſhogging could bee awaked.

Thy ſleep ſhall bee ſweet] As knowing that God (thy Keeper, Pſal. 121.4, 5.) doth wake and watch for thee, Pſal. 120.1. Wicked mens ſleep is often troubleſome, through the workings of their evil conſciences; Daniel[illegible: 1 letter] Hiſt. of Eng. as our Richard the third (after the murther of his own two innocent Nephews) had fearful dreams, inſomuch that hee did often leap out of his bed in the dark, and catching his ſword (which alway naked ſtuck by his ſide) hee would go diſtractedly about the Chamber, every where ſeeking to finde out the cauſe of his own-occaſioned diſquiet. So Charles the ninth of France, after that bloody Maſſacre of Paris, was ſo inwardly terrified, that hee was every night laid to ſleep, Thu[illegible: 1 letter]n. lib. 57. and wakened again with a ſet of Muſicians.