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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:12

Pro 2:12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from the man that speaketh froward things; Ver. 12. That speaketh froward things. ] As if his mouth were distorted, or the upper lip stood where the nether should. See Acts 20:30 . a a διεστραμμενα . read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:13

Pro 2:13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; Ver. 13. To walk in the ways of darkness. ] As thieves, drunkards, dicers, and our other solifugae, that abuse even gospel light; that put not light under a bushel, but under a dunghill; that, when they have walked themselves weary in these byways, highways to hell, sit down "in darkness, and in the shadow of death," Luk 1:79 which posture imports, (1). Continuance there; (2). Content, as well paid of their seat.... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:14

Pro 2:14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked; Ver. 14. Who rejoice to do evil. ] It is their meat, drink, sport; Proverbs 4:27 ; Pro 10:23 they cannot be merry unless the devil be their play fellow. This is reckoned as an aggravation of Jerusalem’s sin: "When thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest." Jer 11:15 But better is the sorrow of him that suffereth evil than the jollity of him that doth evil, saith Augustine. a a Melior est tristitia iniqua... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:15

Pro 2:15 Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths: Ver. 15. Whose ways are crooked. ] How justly may God say to such, as the crab in the fable did to the serpent, when he had given him his death’s wound for his crooked conditions, and then saw him stretch himself out straight, At oportuit sic vixisse: It is too late now, you should have lived so. And who are froward. ] Absurd, ’ Aτοποι . 2Th 3:2 Men made up of mere incongruities, solacising in opinion, speeches, actions,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:16

Pro 2:16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words; Ver. 16. From the strange woman. ] Forbidden thee by God, as strange fire, strange gods, &c. Which flattereth with her words. ] Whose lips are nets, whose hands are bands, whose words are cords to draw a man in as a fool to the stocks, or an ox to the slaughter. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:17

Pro 2:17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. Ver. 17. Which forsaketh the guide of her youth. ] That is, Her husband; as Helena, Herodias, Bernice, Act 25:13 and other odious harlots. Adulterium quasi ad alterum, vel ad alterius torum. a This wanton never wants one, though her husband be ever so near. And forgetteth the covenant of her God. ] Marriage is a mixed covenant, partly religious and partly civil: the parties tie themselves first to God,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:18

Pro 2:18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. Ver. 18. For her house inclineth unto death. ] Terence calleth harlots Cruces, quia iuvenes macerent et offligant. Venery a is death’s best harbinger: Venus ab antiquis λυσιμελης dicta. She provideth, saith one, b not for those that are already born, but for those that shall be born. Of Pope Paul the Fourth, that old goat, it went for a byword, Eum per eandem partem animam profudisse, per quam acceperat. Pope John... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:19

Pro 2:19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. Ver. 19. None that go unto her return again. ] Some of the ancients have herehence concluded that adultery is an unpardonable sin; but "all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men," saith our Saviour, "save only the sin against the Holy Ghost." Mat 12:31 True it is, that "a whore is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow pit"; - that Pro 23:27 "whoredom, and wine, and new wine take... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:20

Pro 2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous. Ver. 20. That thou mayest walk in the way. ] This is another work of wisdom - as to keep us from bad company, so to put us into good, where much good may be learned. Dr Taylor, martyr, rejoiced that ever he came in prison, there to be acquainted with that angel of God, John Bradford (so he called him). a Latimer and Ridley, while they lived, kept up Cranmer by intercourse of letters, and otherwise,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:21

Pro 2:21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. Ver. 21. For the upright shall dwell in the land. ] Of Canaan, a type of heaven; for by these outward and corporeal things, inward, spiritual, and eternal are understood. Here the wise man speaks after the manner of Moses’ law, under which he lived; Deu 11:8 and howsoever upright men suffer hardship and hunger here, yet they enjoy great tranquillity and felicity, as seeing God in all, and depending wholly... read more

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:12

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:13

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:14

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:15

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:16

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:17

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:18

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:19

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:20

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:21

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