John Trapp on Romans 16:18
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Romans16:18
Verſe 18 But their own bellies] They pretend the ſervice of Chriſt to their worldly and wicked reſpects, by a diſſembled ſanctity, which is double iniquity. The Duke of Bavaria is even eaten up with thoſe Popiſh fleſh-ſhes, Friers and Jeſuites.
And by good words, &c.] Thoſe locuſts in the Revelation have faces like women, inſinuative and flattering.Tertullian. The Valentinian heretikes had an art to perſwade before they taught, whereas the truth perſwadeth by teaching, it doth not teach by perſwading.
They deceive] As cheaters do, by the cogging of a dye, Eph. 4.14. Fallax artiſicium, vel potiùs artiſex fallacia, [non-Latin text not transcribed] ſaith Eraſmus on that text, a cunning kinde of cez[illegible: 1 letter]nage.
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