John Trapp on Revelation 2:9

Verſe 9. I know thy works and tribulation] Mark (ſaith one) the conjunction, Works and tribulation. Active ſtirting Chriſtians are like to ſuffer much. Of Sardis and Laodicea only, we reade not of any troubles they had.

And poverty, but thou art rich] Poverty diſcommends not any to Chriſt: money bears no maſtery in his kingdome. Thou art poor, ſaith he here: but that's neither here nor there: its a matter of nothing, that.

That ſay they are Iews] That is, right worſhippers, as the Turks at this day ſtile themſelves Muſ[illegible: 1 letter]lmans, that is, the only true believers,Cyprian Papiſts the only Catholikes. Faciunt & vespa favos. & ſimiae imitantur homines.