John Trapp on Revelation 9:2

Verſe 2. And there aroſe a ſmoke] Of hereticall opinions and flagitious practices. All the old heretikes fled and hid themſelves in the Popiſh Clergy. Thoſe dark corners alſo of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.Act. and Mon. fol 1117. Take heed (ſaid the Lord Audely Chancellour of England) how you deal with Popiſh Prieſts: for (you may believe me) ſome of them be knaves all. Petrus de Aliac[illegible: 1 letter] long ſince wrote,De re[illegible: 1 letter]orm eccl. Ad hunc ſtatum venit Romana Eccleſia, ut non eſſet digna regi niſi per reprobos. The Church of Rome hath for a long ſeaſon been ruled by a rabble of reprobates.