John Trapp on John 2:17

Verſe 17. The zeal of thine houſe.] Apoſtates, on the otherſide, eat up their zeal of Gods houſe. But as in falling forward is nothing ſo much danger, as backward: So the zealot, though not ſo diſcreet, is better then the Apoſtate: Howbeit, zeale ſhould eat us up, (ſaith one) but not eat up our wiſdome, Mr. Vines. nor ſhould pride eat up our zeale.