Matthew Poole and continuators on Romans 1:30

30. Backbiters, haters of God , despiteful , proud, boasters, inventers of evil things , disobed[illegible: 1 letter]ent to Parents .

The [illegible: 1 letter]riginal Word hath a passive Termination; and therefore [illegible: 1 word] read it, hated of God. But words Passive are someti[illegible: 3 letters] Actively taken, vid. 2 Pet. 1.3. And the Apostle here intendeth a Catalogue of the Gentiles Sins, whereof this was one, vid. Psal. 81.15.

Or Injurious.

They were not contented with old usual Evils, but they invented new; whether we refer this to Evils of Pain, or Evils of Sin, we may find examples thereof amongst the Heathen. Phalaris propounded a Reward to him that could devise a new Torment. And Sardanapalus offered Rewards to such, as could find out new venereal Pleasures.

Either natural or political.