John Trapp on Romans 2:24

Verſe 24. For the Name of God, &c.] Heretikes and hypocrites doe ſtill with Iudas deliver up the Lord Chriſt to the ſcoffes and buffetings of his enemies. Auguſtine complains of the ancient heretikes.Aug. deciv. Dei, l. 1 c. 51. that in them many evil-minded men found matter of blaſpheming the Name of Chriſt, becauſe they alſo pretended to the Chriſtian religion. Epiphanius addeth, That for the looſeneſſe of ſuch mens lives, and the baſeneſſe of their tenets, many of the Heathens ſhunned the company of Chriſtians, and would not be drawn to hear their Sermons.T[illegible: 1 letter]e opific. Dei, proaem. Origen before them both cries out, Nunc malè audiunt caſtigantur que vulgò Christiani, quòd alitèr quàm ſapientibus convenit, vivant, & vitia ſub obtentu nominis celent, &c. There is an ill report goes of Chriſtians for their unchriſtian converſation, &c. Ammianus Marcellinus a Heathen Hiſtorian deeply taxeth the pride, luxury, contentions, covetouſneſſe of the Biſhops in his time, and the deadly hatreds of common Chriſtians.Am. Marc l. 2[illegible: 1 letter] cap. 2, Nullae infeſtae hominibus bestiae, ut ſunt ſibi ſerales pleri que Chriſtiani, ſaith he. A ſad thing that a Heathen ſhould ſee and deteſt ſuch helliſh miſcarriages among Chriſtians.