John Trapp on Ezekiel 22:7

Ver. 7. In thee have they ſee light by father and mother] Whom, very Heathens honoured as their [non-Latin text not transcribed], houſhold-gods.

In the midſt of thee, &c.] So Hierom complaineth of his country, In mea patriae Deus Venter eſt, & in diem vivitur, that they were all belly-gods, and had no goodneſſe in them. So Bede complaineth of the ancient Brittons, immediately before their deſtruction by the Saxons. Bradford cryeth out of the iniquity of the times in King Edward's dayes: You all know, (ſaith he in a certain letter of his) there was never more knowledg of God, and leſſe godly living, and true ſerving of God. It was counted a fooliſh thing to ſerve God truly: and earneſt prayer was not paſt upon.Act. & Mon. Preaching was but paſtime: Communion was counted too common: faſting was far out of uſe: almes was almoſt nothing. Malice, covetouſnſſe, and uncleaneſſe was common everywhere, with ſwearing, drunkenneſſe and idleneſſe, &c.