John Trapp on Matthew 17:26

Verse 26. Then are the children free] q. d. And much more I (who am the naturall, the only begotten [illegible: 1 word] of that King everlasting, the heir of all) am priviledged from paiments. Yet because few knew what Peter did, that he was the Christ the sonne of the living God, the sonne also of David, according to the flesh, lest by his example he should occasion and encourage either the Jews to deny paiment, or the Romans to defie the Gospel as contrary to Monarchy, he would not make use of his [illegible: 1 word], but sent to sea for money to make paiment.