John Trapp on Luke 3:16

Verse 16. The latchet of whose shooes, &c.] By this expression the Baptist acknowledgeth Christs Godhead, as did also Mary by washing his feet. But what doth the Pope that holds forth his feet to be kissed? Is not this he that sits as God in the Temple of God? Is not this Dominus Deus noster Papa? Learned he not this abominable insolency of Dioclesian that bloudy Persecutor? who as he was the first Roman Emperour that would be worshippedEatrop. as God, so he was the first that wore shooes embellished with precious stones, and held forth his feet to be kissed of his prostrate suitors.