But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.
Ver. 15. But thou didst trust in thine own beauty.] Thou grewest proud of it, and thoughtest there was none such; whenas thou mightest well have said of it, as he in the holy history did of his hatchet, "Alas, master, it was but borrowed."
And playedst the harlot.] Being fair and foolish.
“ Lis est cum forma magna pudicitiae. ”
Because of thy renown.] Being puffed up with the greatness of thy name and fame, which should have made thee more morigerous. Pro 27:21 See Trapp on " Pro 27:21 "
And pouredst out thy fornications.] Indifferently and impudently, like a filthy strumpet.
His it was.] Quicunque vult; come as come would: so detestably insatiated wast thou. The Papists boast of their Church that she is a pious mother, that shutteth her bosom to no man. Meretricis scilicet hoc est meretricissimae.