John Trapp on Psalms 36:2

Verſ. 2. For he flattereth himſelf in his own eyes] This is the firſt proof of the foregoing charge, and the fountain of all the following exorbitancies. See the like, 2 Tim. 3.2. there ſelf-love brings all out of order: here ſelf-flattery. Sibi palpum obtrudit, he ſtroketh himſelf on the head, and ſaith, I ſhall have peace, though I walk in the ſtubbornneſs of mine heart, to adde drunkenneſs to thirſt; and rebellion to ſin, Deut. 29.19. Thus he ſootheth and ſmootheth up himſelf, neither ſhall any one perſwade him but that his penny is as good ſilver as the beſt of them all. Thus he calleth evil good, and good evil; and proudly bolſtering of himſelf in his ſinful practices, he maketh a bridge of his own ſhadow, and ſo falleth into the ditch of deſtruction.

Vntil his iniquity be found to be hateful] Till God by his Judgements uncaſe him, and men out of utter hatred of his execrable practices, tell him his own to his teeth. Thus Stephen Gardiner being charged of cruelty by Mr. Bradford, anſwered in open Court, I for my part have been challenged for being too gentle often times, which thing Bonner confirmed, and ſo did almoſt all the audience, that he had ever been too mild and moderate. But Doctor Taylour told him another tale,Act. & Mon. 1461. Ibid. 1380. when he ſaid to him, How dare you for ſhame look me or any Chriſtian man in the face, ſeeing you have forſaken the truth, denied our Saviour Chriſt, done contrary to your Oath? &c. So Bonner, They report me, ſaid he, to the Lord Mayor, to ſeek bloud, and call me Bloudy Bonner; whereas God knows I never ſought any mans bloud in all my life. To whom Mr. Smith the Martyr anſwered, Why my Lord,Ibid. 1537. do you put on this fair viſor before my Lord Mayor, to make him beleeve that you ſeek not my bloud, to cloak your Murthers through my ſtoutneſs, as you call it? Have you not had my brother Tomkins before you, whoſe hand when you had burnt moſt cruelly, you burnt his whole body: and not only of him, but of a great many of Chriſts Members, &c? So upon the Martyrdom of Maſter Philpot, a certain unknown good woman in a Letter to Bonner wrote thus; Indeed you are called the common Cut-throat, and general ſlaughterſſave to all the Biſhops of England; and therefore it is wiſdom for me and all other ſimple ſheep of the Lord to keep us out of your butcherly ſtall, as long as we can, eſpecially ſince you have ſuch ſtore already that you are not able to drink all their bloud, leſt you ſhould break your belly; and therefore you let them lye ſtill, and dye for hunger,Ibid. 1672. &c. And ſoon after, you have broken a Pot indeed (Mr. Philpot) but the precious Word contained therein is ſo notably therewithall ſhed abroad, that the ſweet ſavour thereof hath wonderfully well refreſhed all the true Houſehold, or Congregation of Chriſt, that they cannot abide any more the ſtinking ſavour of your filthy ware, that came from the dunghil of Rome, though your Lordſhips Judaſſes ſet them to ſale every where to fill up your Baggs, &c. Thus theſe bloud-ſuckers ſtunk above ground, and it is probable that the Saints ſhall look upon ſuch in the next World, throughout all eternity, with execrable and everlaſting deteſtation.