John Trapp on Ezekiel 44:19-20

Ver. 19 They ſhall put off their garments] See chap. 42.14.

They ſhall not ſanctifie the people with their garments] i. e. By the touch of their garments. See Exod. 29.37. & 30.29. Ezek. 46.20. To ſanctifie the people, in this text, is to perſwade them that they are ſanctified by the touch or ſight of the Prieſtly veſtments. The Monkes at this day make the ſilly people beleeve, that they cannot be damned when they dye, if they be buried in a Franciſcans coul.

In orat. pro Roſc. Comado.Ver. 20. Neither ſhall they ſhave their heads] What can the Popiſh ſhavelings ſay to this— qui ne pilum ullum viri boni habere videntur, as Cicero ſaith of Fannius Chaereas; noting it to be a ſign of crafty malice to be ſhaven? And indeed it is ſo bald and heatheniſh a ceremony, that ſome Prieſts in France are aſhamed of the mark:Spec. Eur. and few of them have it, that can handſomely avoid it.

Nor ſuffer their lock[illegible: 1 letter] to grow long] As womens: ſome heathen-Prieſts nouriſhed their heir to a great length. A ſhag-haired Miniſter is an ugly ſight: buſhes of vanity become not ſuch, of any men.

They ſhall only poll their heads] Or, round them. Certainly, ſaith one, the devil forg[illegible: 1 letter]t this text,Mr. Burroughs. when he raiſed up that reproach of Roundheads. To have hairy ſcalpes is the garb of Gods enemies, Pſal. 68.21.