John Trapp on Matthew 23:15

Verse 15. Ye compasse sea and land] They walked the round, as the devil doth, to gain proselytes; they spared for no pains to pervert men (as now the Jesuites those Circulatores & [illegible: 1 word];) should not we be as diligent and indefatigable to convert them to God? Shall we not be as [illegible: 1 word] in building stair-cases for heaven, as seducers are in digging descents to hell. If Saul seeking Asses found a Kingdom, shall not we by seeking others finde heaven? Ye make him two-fold more [illegible: 1 word] the childe of hell] Either because they relapse to Gentilisme, as finding you so vile and vitious in your lives: Or, because ye teach them only Ceremonies and superstitions: Or, because you keep them ignorant of Christ, andAmbros. de [illegible: 1 word] & [illegible: 1 word]. cap. 12. plant in them an hatred of the truth, as the Jesuites do in their proselytes. So that of them we may say as Ambrose did of Polemo, who, of a drunkard, by hearing [illegible: 1 word], [illegible: 1 word] a Philosopher, Si [illegible: 1 word] a vino, [illegible: 2 words] tamen [illegible: 1 word] sacrilegio, Though he be now no drunkard, yet he remains drunk [illegible: 1 word] with superstition.