John Trapp on Matthew 23:2

Verse 2. Sit in Moses chair] i. e. Have the ordinary office of teaching the people, but quo iure, he questioneth not. The Preists and Levites should have done it, but the Scribes and Pharisees had [non-Latin text not transcribed]. [illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1 word]. for present taken it upon them, stept into the chair, and there set [illegible: 1 word]. R m. 2. 20. So Hildebrand and his successours, have invaded Peters chair, as they call the sea of Rome, but what said an Ancient? Non habent Petri haereditatem, qui [illegible: 1 word] non [illegible: 1 word]. They have no right to Peters chaire, that have not Peters faith. The Index [illegible: 1 word], commands (sublestâ fide,) instead of Fidem Petri, to print it Sedem Petri. [illegible: 1 word] Quintil. lib. 9. [illegible: 1 word] 2. [illegible: 1 word], said Calvus to Vatinius, & digniorem [illegible: 1 word] dic qui Praetor [illegible: 1 word] Catonem. Put on a good face, and say that thou art [illegible: 1 word] for the office then Cato himself. But what a bold face had [illegible: 1 word] the [illegible: 1 word] who meeting the devil, required his chair of [illegible: 5 words]. him, as one that better deserved it? He had his desire I doubt not. But if [illegible: 1 word] and Pharisees sat in [illegible: 1 word] chair, it's no news [illegible: 1 word] for bad men to succeed better; as Timotheus Herulus did Proterius the good Bishop of Alexandria, and as Arminius did Junius in the [illegible: 1 word] place at Leyden.