John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 7:9

Verſ. 9. Bee not haſty in thy Spirit to bee angry] The haſty man (wee ſay) never wants woe. For wrath is an evil counſellour, and inwrappeth a man in manifold troubles, miſchiefs and miſeries. It makes man alike the Bee (that vindictive creature) which to bee revenged, loſeth her ſting, and becomes a drone: or like Tamar, who to bee even with her Father in Law, defiled him and her ſelf with inceſt. Ceaſe therefore from anger, and forſake wrath: fret not thy ſelf in any wiſe to do evil, Pſal. 37.8. Athenodorus counſelled Auguſtus to determine nothing raſhly, when hee was angry, till hee had repeated the Greek Alphabet. Ambroſe taught Theodoſius, in that caſe, to repeat the Lords Prayer. What a ſhame is it to ſee a Chriſtian act like Hercules furens, or like Solomons fool, that caſts fire-brands, or as that Demoniack, Mark 2.3. out of meaſure fierce? That Demoniack was among the tombs, but theſe are among the living, and moleſt thoſe moſt, that are neareſt to them.

For anger reſteth in the boſome of fools] Ruſh it may into a wiſe mans boſome, but not reſt there, lodge there, dwell there. And onely where it dwells, it domineers, and that is onely, where a fool is Maſter of the family. Thunder, hail, tempeſt, neither trouble nor hurt celeſtial bodies. See that the Sun go not down upon this evil gueſt; ſee that the ſoul bee not ſowred or impured with it; for anger corrupts the heart, as leaven doth the lump,Aug. Epiſt. 87. or vinegar the veſſel, wherein it doth continue.