John Trapp on John 2:16

Verſe 16. And ſaid to the Dove-ſellers,] Theſe (belike, as more tractable, and not ſo groſſe offenders) he deals more gently with, but bids them be packing. I expect not (ſaith Reverend Rolloc) a plenary and perfect reformation of the Church, Nota, Eſt E[illegible: 2 letters]le[illegible: 2 letters]ae, Scoticanae praev leg[illegible: 1 letter]u raru[illegible: 1 letter], prae [illegible: 1 letter]ultis, quod [illegible: 1 letter]ine [illegible: 1 letter]chi[illegible: 1 letter] mate, [illegible: 1 word] b[illegible: 2 letters]reſi unita te[illegible: 1 letter] cum p[illegible: 1 letter]ritat[illegible: 1 letter] doct[illegible: 1 letter]inae retinu[illegible: 1 letter]rit. Sic in Elo[illegible: 1 letter] prafator: de co [illegible: 1 letter]feſſ. in princip. Syntag Confeſſ p 6 edu. G[illegible: 2 letters]ev. after ſo horrible an apoſtacie under Antichriſt, till Chriſt come again to judgement. And yet that Church of Scotland is ſaid to have this rare priviledge above many others; that ſince the Reformation there wrought, they have, without hereſie, or ſo much as ſchiſme, retained unity, with purity of doctrine.

An houſe of merchandiſe.] So he cals it, for all their goodly pretexts of good intentions. So the Church-warden of Ipſwich was much trounced and troubled in the High-commiſſion, for writing over the place where the ſpirituall Court was kept, My houſe ſhall be called an houſe of prayer, but ye have made it a den of theeves, Novemb. 6. 1635.