John Trapp on Matthew 23:30

Verse 30. If we had been in the daies] Either these men grosly dissembled, or their hearts greatly deceived them; For certainly, an Herod and Herodias to Iohn Baptist, would have [illegible: 1 word] an Ahab and Iezabel to Elias. But as it was said of Demosthenes, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. [illegible: 1 word]. that he was excellent at praising the worthy acts of [illegible: 1 word], [illegible: 1 word] so at imitating of them: In like sort may we say of the [illegible: 1 word], they could well declaim against their fore-fathers [illegible: 1 word], but not so well disclaim them. They were adversus sua ipsorum [illegible: 1 word] facundi [illegible: 1 word], as one speaketh in a like case. Shrill accusers of themselves.