John Trapp on Matthew 23:27

Verse 27. Ye are like unto whited Sepulchres] The Jews had their vaults or caves for buriall. These the wealthier sort would paint, garnish, beautifie at the mouth or entrance of them. And [illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1 word]. Heb [illegible: 1 word]. hereunto our Saviour alludeth, Intùs Nero, foris Cato: [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 2 words]. hic ut Piso, vivit ut Gallomus, &c. It was said of the Sarmatians, [illegible: 4 words] Tac. lib. [illegible: 1 word]. cap 10. that all their vertue was outward: And of Sejanus, that he had only a semblance of honesty, Intùs summa adipiscendi libido, within he was full of extortion and [illegible: 1 word]. Hypocrites seem as gloworms, [illegible: 3 words], &c. to have both light and heat: but touch them, and they have neither. The AEgyptian temples were beautifull on theTac. out-side: when within ye should finde nothing, but some serpent or crocodile. Apothecaries boxes oft have goodly titles, when yet they hold not one dram of any good drug. A certain stranger coming on [illegible: 1 word] unto the Senatours of Rome, and colouring his hoary hair and pale cheeks with vermilion hiew, a grave Senatour espying the deceit, stood up and said, What sincerity are we to expect at this mans hands, whose locks and looks, and lips do lie? Think the same of all painted hypocrites.