John Trapp on Proverbs 25:14

Verſ. 14. Whoſo boaſteth himſelf of a falſe gift] as Ptolomy ſirnamed [non-Latin text not transcribed], from his fair promiſes, ſlack performances: As Sertorius the Roman, that fed his creditours and clients with fair words, but did nothing for them, (Pollicitis dives quilibet eſſe poteſt) As that Pope and his Nephew, of whom it is recorded, that the one never ſpake as he thought, the other never performed what he ſpake. Laſtly, as the Devill who promiſed Chriſt, excelſa in excelſis, Matth. 4. mountains on a mountain, and ſaid, All this will I give thee, when as that All, was juſt nothing, more than a ſhew, a repreſentation, a ſemblance, or if it had been ſomething, yet it was not his to give: for the earth is the Lords, and the fulneſs thereof. Phyſicians call their drugs [non-Latin text not transcribed] gifts, and yet we pay dear for them. Apothecaries ſet fair titles upon their boxes and gally-pots, but there is oftentimes aliud in titulo, aliud in pyxide, nothing but a bare title. Such are vain boaſters, pompous Preachers, Painted hypocrites, Popiſh prieſts: ſuch as was Tecelius, that ſold indulgences in Germany, and thoſe other Maſſemongers in Gerſons time, that preached publiquely to the people, that if any man would hear a maſs, he ſhould not on that day be ſmitten with blindneſs, nor dye a ſudden death, nor want ſufficient ſuſtenance, &c. Theſe were clouds without rain, that anſwer not expectation, Jude 12.