John Trapp on Revelation 7:1

CHAP. VII. Verſe 1. And after theſe things]

THis whole Chapter is purpoſely interlaced between the opening of the ſixth and ſeventh ſeal, for the ſupport of the poor ſuffering Saints, that they ſinke not under their many preſſures.

Four Angels] Miniſters of indignation, whether good or evil angels, the Doctours are divided.

Holding the four windes] Thoſe b[illegible: 1 letter]ſomes of the air, Mundi [illegible: 1 word]. Rupert. as Rupertus cals them, and Scripture-emblems of ſpirituall influence, Joh. 3.8. Cant. 4. ult. Ezek. 37. 9.

Nor on any tree] The Philoſopher compares men (the Scripture good men oft) to trees, which y benigne windes are filled with fruits.