John Trapp on Matthew 26:15

Verse 15. What will ye give [illegible: 1 word] ] Take heed and beware of [illegible: 1 word], saith our Saviour: for it is the root of all evil, saithLuk. 12. 15. Paul; a breach of the whole decalogue, as some Divines have demonstrated,1 Tim. 6. 10. and universall experience hath confirmed. TheseSee M. Dikes Caveat for the Covetous. [illegible: 2 words], as one calleth them, are still found every where: such as will sell their soules to the devil with Ahab, [illegible: 1 word] [non-Latin text not transcribed] Isid. Pelus. 2 3 ep. 24. for seven years enjoyment of the Popedome, as some have done, but for a few paltry shillings, as Iudas here did, or some other pidling profit. This our Saviour calleth the Mammon of iniquity, which is the next odious [illegible: 1 word] to the devil himself.Luk 16 9. For thirty peeces of silver] A goodly price, as the Prophet in scorn and [illegible: 1 word] calleth it. It was a known set price for the basest slave, Exod. 21. 31. Ioel 3. 3, 6. For so small a summe sold this traytour, so sweet a master, as had not only admitted him into his company, but committed the bag to him, and let himVirgil. [illegible: 1 word] for nothing. Quid non [illegible: 2 words] a cogis, [illegible: 1 word] sacra fames? Look well to it. For as there were many Marij in one Cesar, so are there many Iudasses in the best. Let Patrons especially look to it: for many of them are worse then Iudas; He sold the head, they the members: he the sheep, they the sheepherd: he but the body, they the souls, as that scarlet strumpet, Revel. 1813.