John Trapp on Revelation 4:5

Verſe 5.Iob 31.3. Iob 9.4. Lightnings and thunderings] Is not deſtruction to the wicked? and a ſtrange puniſhment to perſecutours? Who ever hardened himſelf againſt Gods Church and proſpered? Have theſe workers of in[illegible: 1 letter]quity no knowledge, who [illegible: 1 letter]at up Gods people as they eat bread, Pſal. 144? Sur[illegible: 1 letter]ly, if they had but ſo much wit for themſelves, as Pilates wife had in a dream they would take heed of having any thing to do with juſt men. If any man will hurt Gods Witneſſ[illegible: 1 letter]s, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies, Revel. 11.5. It was therefore no ill counſel that a Martyr gave his perſecutour, If thou wilt not ſpare us, yet ſpare thy ſelf. It is a fearfull thing to fall into the puniſhing hands of the living God.

The ſeven spirits] See Chap. 1. verſe 4.