John Trapp on Matthew 17:25

Verse 25. He saith, Yes] Christ submitted himself to every [illegible: 1 word] of man for the Lords sake: and hath bidden us, Give unto 1 [illegible: 1 word]. 2. 13. [illegible: 1 word] those things that are Caesars, tribute to whom tribute is due, custome Mat. 22. 21. to whom custome, &c. So doth not that great Heteroclite ofRom. 12. 7. [illegible: 1 word]: he not only detains, but demands Peter-pence, and other [illegible: 1 word] paiments from Kings and States. One Pope said, that he [illegible: 1 word] never want money so long as he could hold a pen in his [illegible: 1 word]. This Kingdom was of old called the `Popes-Asse, for bearing [illegible: 1 word] burdens and exactions. Innocent the 4t said, that England wasHortus [illegible: 1 word] & puteus [illegible: 2 words]. the Popes [illegible: 1 word], and a pit that could never be drawn dry. What [illegible: 1 word] summes drained they hence in King Johns daies? Otto (one of the Popes Muscipulatores, Mice catchers, as the Story calleth them.) sent hether by Gregory 9. after three years raking together [illegible: 1 word] money, left not so much in the whole Kingdom, as he either carried with him, or sent to Rome before him. But I hope [illegible: 1 word] long the Kings of the earth, awakened by their grosse abuses put upon them, will [illegible: 1 word] that withered whore, and burn her flesh with fire, a punishment fore prophecied and well befitting so foul [illegible: 2 words].