John Trapp on Revelation 9:6

Verſe 6. Shall men ſeek d[illegible: 1 letter]ath] Being brought, thorow anguiſh of conſcience, and fear of wrath, to that pitifull plight, that Roger Biſhop of Saliſbury was, in King Stephens time, through long and ſtrait impriſonment. He was ſo hardly beſtead (ſaith the Hiſtorian) Ʋt vivere noluerit, mori neſcierit, that live he would not, die he could not. Popiſh pardons, pilgrimages, dirges, &c. would not quiet or cure diſtempered conſciences, or ſhake out the envenomed arrows of the Almighty,Haeret later[illegible: 1 letter] lethalis arundo. that ſtuck faſt in them. A broken leg is not eaſed by a ſilken ſtocking. Neſcio quomodò imbecillior est medicina, quàm morbus, ſaid Tully of his philoſophicall conſolations: ſo may theſe well ſay of their Popiſh paltry applications. The medicine is too weak for the malady. The Papiſts ſay, That the reformed Religion is a doctrine of deſperation. This we are ſure is true of theirs, Act. and Mon. 1904, 1907. as were eaſie to inſtance in Stephen Gardiner, Dr Pendleton, Francis Spira, Guarlacus, Bomelius, Latomus, Creſcentius, &c.