John Trapp on Micah 2:11

Verſe 11. If a man walking in the ſpirit, &c.] Si vir ventoſus, ſo Junius rendreth it, if a windy and falſe man lie, ſaying, &c. Let a man but feed them with vain hopes and frothy fancies, let him but make fair weather before them when the ſtorm of Gods wrath is ready to break out upon them; let him promiſe them plenty of all things, and propheſie to them of wine and ſtrong drink: as the Popiſh Prieſts in Gerſons time publikely preached to the people, that if any one would hear a Maſſe, he ſhould not on that day be ſtruck blind, nor die ſuddenly, nor want ſufficient ſuſtenance, &c. Theſe call themſelves the Spirituality, or men of the Spirit, (as Hoſea hath it) as if all others to them were carnal, and deſtitute of the ſpirit. They alſo (after the manner of thoſe falſe prophets of old) take to themſelves big-ſwoln titles, and as they increaſe in their pretended holineſſe, ſo they proceed in their titles from Padre benedicto to Padre Angelo, Specul. Europ. then Archangelo, Cherubino, and laſtly Cerephino, which is the top of perfection. But what is all this more then a light flask, or a pillar of ſmoak, which the higher it mounteth, the ſooner it vaniſheth? And what are all ſuch vain boaſters but gloriae animalia, popularis aurae mancipia vilia ac Hierome cals Crates the Philoſopher? may it not fitly be ſaid of them as Hoſ. 9.7. The Prophet is a fool, the ſpiritual man is mad: and as Ezek. 13.3. Surely theſe are fooliſh prophets that follow their own ſpirit, and have ſeen nothing. O Iſrael, they Prophets are like the foxes in the deſert, &c. A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land. The Prophets propheſie falſely, and the Prieſts beare rule by their means, and my people love to have it ſo: and what will ye do in the end thereof? Jer. 5.31. All will be naught no doubt. There is not a more dangerous creature then a paraſitical Prophet. Ezekiel calleth them the devils dirt-dawbers, chap. 13.10. his upholſters, for they ſowe pillowes, &c. And theſe are Prophets for this people, fit lettice for ſuch lips, dignum patellâ operculum: a ſingular plague of God upon the men of this world, who deſerve to be deceived: for why? they have deſired it, and it beſt pleaſeth their vitiated palats. Moſt people, having firſt flattered themſelves, are well content to be ſoothed up by others: and I cannot but accord him that ſaith, If there were Judges ordained for flattery, they would have no doings: there being ſo very few that will complain, that they are flattered.