John Trapp on Romans 3:13

Verſe 13. The poiſon of Aspes] Of that ſort of Aſpes that ſpit their venome farre from them upon the by ſtanders.P[illegible: 1 letter]ya[illegible: 1 letter]es. There is a great deal of ſuch vermine and venome in that new found world of wickedneſſe, the tongue, Iam. 3. It is eaſie to obſerve, that S. Paul here making the anatomy of a naturall man, ſtands more on the organs of ſpeaking then all other members, and ſheweth how his tongue is tipped with fraud, his lips tainted with venome, his mouth full of gall, his throat a gaping grave, his tongue as a rapier to run men thorow with, and his throat as a ſepulcher to bury them in. As for the Aſp, they write of her, That whereas her poiſon is ſo deadly, that the part infected cannot be cured,Io Wover. [illegible: 2 letters]nd 8. c. 23. but by cutting off, ſuccurrit periclit[illegible: 2 letters]tibus benignior natura, & noxioſiſſimo animali caliginoſos obtutus dedit. Aſpidi (ſaith Pſiny) hebetes oculi dati, co[illegible: 1 letter] que non in fronte, ſed in temporibus habet.