John Trapp on Matthew 15:11

Verse 11. Not that which goeth into the man, &c.] Whether with clean or [illegible: 1 word] hands, taken meat [illegible: 1 word] not the [illegible: 1 word] guilty of Gods wrath. What? Not if abused to surfeting and drunkennesse? saith Bellarmine, who is angry with Christ for this doctrineOb. (as making against theirs directly) and therefore seeks to disprove him. We answer for and with Christ: that he speaks here of the moderate use of meats, which is indifferent. As for the abuse of it to [illegible: 1 word] and excesse, this is an evil that cometh out of the heart, and defileth the man, as being a flat breach of the law of God, who every where condemns it. But that which cometh out of the mouth] That is, out of the heart that muck-hill, thorow the mouth, as thorow a dung-port, that defileth a man worse then any jakes can do. Hence sin is called filthinesse, abomination, the vomit of a dog, the devils excrements, &c. The very visible [illegible: 1 word] are [illegible: 1 word] by it, and must therefore be purged by [illegible: 1 word], as those vessels were that held [illegible: 1 word] sin-offering. As for the soul, sin sets such engrained stains upon it, as nothing can fetch out, but the bloud of Christ that [illegible: 1 word] lamb.