This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
Ver. 15. All they which are in Asia] All the ministers there. These stars fell from heaven, Revelation 6:13, as fast as the fig tree makes abort, with any never so light and gentle a wind. (Plin.)
Phygellus and Hermogenes] Famous only for their recidivation a and apostasy. Hermogenes look after Hermogenes the retrograde rhetorician; who at 22 years of age was an excellent orator, but by 24, mente lapsus est, forgot all his skill, and became a very dunce, nulla evidente causa, for no apparent reason, saith mine author (C. Rhodigin).
a Relapse into sin, error, crime, etc.; backsliding, apostasy. (Very common in 17th c.) ŒD