John Trapp on Matthew 23:17

Verse 17. Whether is greater the gold, &c.] The cause must needs be more noble then the [illegible: 1 word]. But the dust of covetoulnes had put out the eyes of these buzzards, and expectorated their [illegible: 1 word]. It is a besotting sin, and bereaves a man of right reason. Avidus [illegible: 1 word] non videndo. Papists, our modern Pharisees, are most corrupt in those things, where their honour, [illegible: 1 word], or profit is ingaged. In the doctrine of the Trinity that [illegible: 1 word] not upon these, they are sound enough. Or [illegible: 4 words] the gold?] Solomons Temple was stone without, and gold within, to shew, saith one, the resplendent glory of divine Majesty, lurking within a humane and humbled Moses unveiled body. Quid est templi illius aurum sive aurea claritas, nisi ad dextram [illegible: 1 word] sedentis immortalitas at que impassibilitas? saith Rupertus, What is the gold of the Temple, but the glory of Christ at Gods right hand?