John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 8:2

Verſ. 2. To keep the Kings commandement] Heb. Mouth, i. e. The expreſs word of command: go not here by gueſs, or good intention, leſt you ſpeed as that Scotch Captain did, who, not expecting Orders from his Superiours, took an advantage offered him of taking a Fort of the Enemies:Speed. for which good ſervice hee was knighted in the morning, but hanged in the after-noon of the ſame day for acting without order.

And that in regard of the Oath of God] Thine Oath of Allegiance to thy Prince: This Papiſts make nothing of. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Paſcenius ſcoffs King James for the invention of it. They can ſwear with their mouths, and keep their hearts unſworn, as ſhee in the Comedy. Mercatorum eſt ſtare juramentis, ſay they at Rome. They can aſſoil men of their allegiance at pleaſure, and ſlip their ſolemn Oaths, as eaſily as Monkies do their Collars. And I would this were the ſin of Papiſts onely; and that there were not thoſe found even amongſt us, that keep no oaths further than makes for their own turn: like as the Jews keep none, unleſs they ſwear upon their own Torah, Weems. brought out of their Synagogues.