John Trapp on Revelation 1:9

Verſe 9. In the kingdom and patience] Chriſt hath a two-fold kingdom, 1. Of power. 2. Of patience. Nec niſi per a[illegible: 1 letter]guſta ad augusta, &c. I have no ſtronger argument againſt the Popes kingdome, ſaith Luther, quàm quod ſine cruce regnat, Luth. T 2. then this that he raigns without the croſſe. The glory of Chriſts Church (ſaid George Marſh Martyr) ſtands not in out ward ſhews,Act. and Mon. fol. 1423. in the harmenious found of bels and organs, nor yet in the gliſtering of mit[illegible: 1 letter]es and copes, &c. but in continuall labours and daily afflictions for his Nam[illegible: 1 letter]s ſake.

Was in the Iſle Patmos] He tels us not how he came thither, he boaſteth not of his baniſhment, Virtus proprio contenta theatro. Vertue is no braggard.