John Trapp on Proverbs 1:22

Verſ. 22. How long yee ſimple ones] The fatuelli that are eaſily perſwaded into a fools Paradiſe. Theſe are the beſt ſort of bad men: The Apoſtle calls them [non-Latin text not transcribed], Rom. 16.18. Optimi putantur Pointifices, (ſaith Papirius Maſſonius a Popiſh Writer) ſi vel lenitèr mali ſint; In vita Pauli. 3. vel minus honi quàm caeteri mortale eſſe ſalent. Thoſe are thought to be very good Popes, that are not ſtark naught, or that have any good at all in them. Theſe Simplicians are much better than ſcorners, that delight in their ſcorning, but far beyond thoſe fools that hate knowledge. See a like gradation, Pſal. 1.1. with the Note there. Peccata non ſunt paria Nemo repentè fit turpiſſimus. All ſins are not alike ſinful: and wicked men grow worſe and worſe.