John Trapp on Ezekiel 8:11

Ver. 11. And there ſtood before them ſeventy men of the Ancients] The whole Sanhedrin or great Council haply. Councils may erre, and have done often. The ill example of theſe Ancients was very attractive. Magnates Magnetes.

Jaazaniah the ſon of Shaphan] A Cheiftain amongſt them; and haply, Preſident of the Council, whom they called Naſi or Prince. His father Shaphan was Scribe in Joſiah's dayes, as ſome think, 2 Kings 22.12.

And a thick cloud of incenſe went up] Abundantia nubis. Papiſts to this day cenſe their images: ſemel ſingulis thuribulum ducat ſacerdos, ſaith the Roman Maſſe-book. The Primitive Chriſtians were preſſed by their Perſecutours to throw at leaſt a little frankincenſe into the fire: which when Origen and Marcellinus did, through infirmity of the fleſh, they were caſt out of the hearts of good people, and branded with the name of Thurificati, i. e. Incenſed perſons.