John Trapp on Revelation 3:1

CHAP. III. Verſe 1. I know thy work]

SApiens nummularius Deus eſt: nummum fictum non recipiet. Bern. Though men may be deceived, God is not mocked. He knows that many cry, The temple of the Lord, that yet nothing care for the Lord of the temple. Deifica profeſſio & diabolica actio. Ambroſ. God likes not ſuch creaking and cracking.

And that thou haſt aname] Many content themſelves with a name of Chriſtians; as if many a ſhip hath not been called Safeguard, or Good ſpeed, which yet hath fallen into the hand of Pirats.

And art dead] All thy ſpecious works therefore are but dead works; thou canſt not ſerve the living God.