John Trapp on James 3:1

CHAP. III. Verſe 1. Be not many maſters]

MAſters of opinions, that boldly obtrude upon others their own placits, and will not have them diſputed or debated:Praeſat, in[illegible: 2 letters]. Sent. Eſt ipſiſſimum Dei verbum. Hoſius. Such are the Sorboniſts, who rejoyce to be called, Magistri notri Pariſienſes, our Maſters of Paris. Bacon the Carmelite was called, Doctor reſolutiſſimus, becauſe he would endure no gueſſing or may be's. The Popes paraſites perſwade the people, that what interpretation ſoever he gives of Scripture, be it right or wrong, it is without further triall to be received, as the very word of God.