John Trapp on Psalms 76:3

Verſ. 3. There brake [illegible: 1 letter]e the arrows of the bow] There? Where? Surely in Sion, in the holy Aſſemblies where the Saints were praying, there the Arrow, Shield, Spear, &c. were broken. This made the Queen Mother of Scotland ſay, that ſhe more feared the prayers of John Knox, than an Army of thirty thouſand fighting Souldiers. The King of Sweden, as ſoon as he ſet foot in Germany fell down to Prayer, and what great things did he in a little time? Now for the fruit of Prayer cryed thoſe great Gallants at Edge-hil fight, and did great exploits. The word he[illegible: 2 letters] rendred Arrows ſignifieth fiery Darts, ſee Eph. 6.16. a burning coal, Job 5.7. a light bolt,L[illegible: 2 letters]. 2[illegible: 1 letter]. [illegible: 1 word]. Pſal. 78.48. the Plague, or Carbuncle, Deut. 32.24. [illegible: 1 letter]abak. 3.5. Strabo ſaith, that Ori[illegible: 1 letter]es, Gy[illegible: 2 letters]eters, and Aethiopians ſhot fiery Arrows: ſo might the Aſſyrians. Confer Pſal. 120.4.

The ſhield, and the ſword, and the battle] Both the Men, and the Munition. This Herodotus had heard of, but mil-relateth the Hiſtory, lib. 2.