John Trapp on Revelation 6:2

Verſe 2. And behold a white horſe] The Apoſtles and Apoſtolike Preachers of the primitive times: white for their purity of doctrine, diſcipline and converſation. [non-Latin text not transcribed] [illegible: 1 span] l. 2. [illegible: 2 letters]p 3. Horſes for their n[illegible: 2 letters]ble and ſwift ſpreading the Goſpel, which ran thorow the world like a Sun-beam (as Euſebius hath it) and was carried abroad as on Eagles, or as on Angels wings. A horſe hath his name in Hebrew from devouting the ground by his ſwiftneſſe, and was therefore by the Heathens dedicated to the Sun; whoſe going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it, Pſal. 19.6.Cranz in Sax. Cranzius tels us, that the Saxon Princes, before they became Chriſtians, gave a black horſe for their arms, but being on[illegible: 2 letters] baptized, a white horſe; with reference, haply, to this text.

He that ſat on him] Chriſt, Chap. 19.11. Pſal. 45.5.

Had a bow] The doctrine of the Goſpel, whereby the people fall under him, Pſal. 45.4.Adve [illegible: 1 letter] I[illegible: 1 letter]d c. 7

Conquering and to conquer] Brit[illegible: 1 letter]nnorum inacceſſa Romanis lo[illegible: 2 letters], Chriſto [illegible: 2 letters]men patuerunt, ſaith Tertullian. Chriſt cam[illegible: 1 letter] and conquered this kingdome: which the Romans with all their power could not do. A Christo vinci, ſumma victoria eſt, vinciri ſumma libertas, ſaith another, There is no ſuch conqueſt as to be conquered by Chriſt, no ſuch liberty, as to be hound by him.