John Trapp on Habakkuk 2:6

Verſe 6. Shall not all theſe take up a parable againſt him?] Shall not the Babylonian, who is now a terrour, be ere long a ſcorn? ſhall he not inherit with ignominis, reproach?

and a taunting proverb againſt him] Heb. An interpretation, and riddles: For example, Woe to him that increaſeth that which is not his: that is both a proverb (becauſe in many mens mouthes) and an interpretation, becauſe it is plain and perſpicuous. But that which followeth is a riddle. That ladeth himſelf with thick clay. This Nut muſt be broken up, ere the kernell can be come at. See Judg. 7.15.

Woe to him that i[illegible: 1 letter]creaſeth that which is not his] Heb. Lo, lo. Some render it,Veſhibhro. Hoe, he that multip lieth not for himſelf, but fro another, ſc. for the Medes and Perſians, not Woe, but Hoe, a note of inſulting, and upbraiding, anſwerable to the Latine Vah, Vah, tune ille es, &c. Ah ſirrah, are you he that increaſeth that which is not yours, &c. Euge, [non-Latin text not transcribed].

how long?] This is the common complaint of the oppreſſed nations, groaning out their grievances, and longing for deliverance from thoſe troublers of the world. Neither is this vſque quo in vain; for God is gracious: and may better ſtile himſelf then the great Turk, Awlem Penawh, that is, The worlds refuge: the poor mans King, as James 4. of Scotland was called.

and to him that ladeth himſelf with thick clay] With gold and ſilver, that guts and garbage of the earth; fitly called clay, becauſe of the clogging and polluting property: and ſaid to load people, as a ſumpter-horſe laden with treaſure all day, but at night turned into a ſtinking ſtable, with his back full of gauls, and bruiſes. He that firſt called Riches, Bono, Goods, was miſtaken; the Scripture calleth them, Thorns ſnares, thick clay, &c. a great burden to the owner, according to the proverb, Magna navis, magna cura, A great ſhip is a great care: and the lading oft proves no better then that which Captain Forbiſher brought back with him, after his Voyage to diſcover the Straits, viz. a great quantity of ſtones, which he thought to be Minerals: from which,Camd. Eliſab. 189. when there could be drawn neither gold nor ſilver, nor any other mettall, they were caſt forth to mend the high-wayes. This was labour in vain, preſſure to no purpoſe: and no leſſe is theirs that heap up riches without right, Jer. 17.11. or, if by right means, yet ſet their hearts upon them, Pſal. 62.10. ſtill ſtriving (as they ſay the toad doth) to die with as much earth in their mouthes as may be; till at length their Never-enough, be quit with fire-enough in the bottom of hell. Neneſſan the Lawyer was wont to ſay, He that will not venture his body, ſhall never be valiant: he that will not venture his ſoul, never rich. O curvae in terras animae, & coeleſtium inanes. Is it nothing to loſe an immortall ſoul? to purchaſe an everlaſting death? to ſink into the bottomleſſe lake under this thick clay.