John Trapp on Revelation 2:1

CHAP. II. Verſe 1 Ʋnto the Angel]

THis was Timothy, as ſome think; who not ſtirring up the gift of God that was in him, had remitted ſomewhat of his former fervour. By the ſtile here given him (Angel) he is moniſhed not more of his dignity, then of his duty. That Angel at Bochim, Judg.Eccle[illegible: 1 letter]. 56. 2.1. is thought to have been Phineas. And ſome interpret that of Solomon, Neither ſay thou before the Angel, that it was an errour of the Prieſt. It is good counſel to Miniſters that one gives, Ange'orum induiſt is nom[illegible: 1 letter]n, induite & naturam, neſit ([illegible: 2 letters] dixit nonnemo) nomen inanc, crimen immanc.