John Trapp on Revelation 2:5

Verſe 5. From whence thou art fallen] viz, From thy former feelings, and preſent fitnes for Gods kingdom, Luk. 9.62.

Andrepent] See the practice of this ſecond repentance, in the relapſed Spouſe returning to her old husband, Cant. 9. See the Note on 2 Cor. 7.11. See an excellent Letter of the Lady Jane to that apoſtate Harding, ſometime her Chaplain, Act. and Mon. fol. 1292. and what ſweet counſel Bradford afterwards gave the ſame Harding, Ib. fol. 1564. beſides the example of Mr Bartlet Green Martyr, fol. 1680.

And doe th[illegible: 1 letter] firſt works] Begin the world again (as the Nazarite was to do, that had broken his vow, Numb. 6.) and, to let thee up afreſh, make a gathering of praiers, and ſee that thy works be better at laſt then at firſt.

And remove thy Candleſtick] Sins are the ſnuffs that dim our Candleſtick, and threatneth the removall of it. And ſurely if we repent not, a removall thereof may be as certainly fore-ſeen and ſore-told, as if viſions and letters were ſent us from heaven, as to theſe ſeven Churches.

Except thou repent] Minatur Deus ut non puniat. God therefore menaceth, that men may be warned. As a Bee ſtings not till provoked: ſo neither doth God puniſh till there be no remedy, a Chron. 36.16.