John Trapp on John 5:44

Verſe 44. Which receive honour one of another] Faith empties a man of himſelf, purgeth upon ambit on, and is an act of the will; elſe the ſeeking of praiſe with men, could be no impediment to the act of beleeving. Surely, as Pharaoh ſaid of the Iſraelites, they are entangled in the Land, the wilderneſſe hath ſhut them in: ſo may [illegible: 1 page] [illegible: 1 page] we ſay of many, They are entangled in the creature, the world hath ſhut them in, they cannot come to Chriſt. They are ſhut up in the cave of the world, Ioſh. 10.18. as thoſe five Kings in a cave, Joſh. 10. have hardneſſe of heart, as a great ſtone, rolled to the mouth, and honours, riches, and pleaſures, as ſo many keepers, &c.