John Trapp on Hosea 12:7

Verſe 7. He is a merchant,] Heb. He is Canaan, that is, a meer naturall man, Ezek. 16.3. a money-merchant, who ſo he may have it, careth not how he comes by it: he is more like a Canaanite then a Jacobite. Jacob ſaid, I have enough my brother; but Ephraim is ſick of the plague of unſatisfiableneſſe: and inſtead of keep mercy and judgement, as in the former verſe, he keepeth falſe ballances in his hand, and falſe weights in his bag, Deut. 15.13, 14, 15. Lev. 19.36. Prov. 11.1. and 16.11. and 20.10. See the Notes there, He that hath his hands full of the ballances of deceit, and will not looſe them to take hold of God, will not part with his fat and ſweet (as the Vine and Olive in Iothams Purable) though it be to raigne in heaven, how can it be expected that he ſhould turne to God, or that he ſhould love to be his ſervant, Eſay 56.6?

when hee loveth to oppreſſe.] To get gain, if not by fraud and cunning contrivance, then by force, and by forged cavillation, as Luke 19.9. Sic quaecunque poteſt arte nocere, nocet: And all this he loveth to do: he delights in it; he not onely is pleaſed with it, but pleadeth for it, and oppoſeth with creſt and breſt whatſoever ſtandeth in the way of his own heart; exerciſed with covetouſneſſe, (as S. Peters phraſe is, 2 Pet. 2.14,) which he conſtantly followeth, as the Artificer doth his trade. Let ſuch Canaanites read that flaming text, 1 Theſſ. 4.6. and take heed, leſt while they get all they can, by wrench and wile, leſt while they count all good fiſh that comes to net, they catch at length the Devil and all: leſt they receive no leſſe ſummes of curſes, then of coyn; leſt ſcreech-owls of woe cry aloud, from the beams of their chambers, &c. See the Note on chap. 7.1.