John Trapp on Proverbs 10:24

Verſ. 24. The fear of the wicked ſhall come upon him] A ſound of fear is in his ears: in proſperity the deſtroyer ſhall come upon him, Job 15.21. Peſſimus in dubiis Augur Timor — Thus it befel Cain, Statius in Thebaid. Saul, Belſhazzer, Pilate (who for fear of Caeſar delivered up Chriſt to bee Crucified, and was afterwards by the ſame Caeſar kicked off the Bench; yea off the Stage of the world) thoſe wicked Jewes that feared that the Romans would come and take away both their place and Nation, John 11.48. which accordingly befell them ſome forty years after;Hic rogo, non furor eſt, ne moriare, mori? at which time ſome of them alſo killed themſelves, leſt they ſhould bee taken by the enemy. The like may bee ſaid of our Richard the third, (ſee the Note on Verſ. 22.) and Henry the Fourth of France, after his revolt to Popery. He being perſwaded by the Duke of Sully, not to readmit the Jeſuites, which had been baniſhed by the Parliament of Paris, anſwered ſuddenly, Give me then ſecurity for my life: Camde[illegible: 1 letter]s Eliſab. pref. and afterwards admitted them into his boſome, making Father Cotton his Confeſſor, and uſing them ever with marvellous reſpect; yet was ſtabbed to the heart by Ravilliac, through their inſtigation. Excellent is that of Solomon, Prov. 29.25. The fear of man bringeth a ſnare: but who ſo putteth his truſt in the Lord (as Hezekiah did, 2 King. 17.4, 5. and our King Edward the Sixth, and that peerleſſe Queen Elizabeth) ſhall be ſafe.

But the deſire of the righteous ſhall bee granted] Provided that theſe bee the lawful deſires of honeſt hearts. If ſuch ask and miſſe, it is becauſe they ask amiſſe, Jam. 4.3. either they fail in the matter, as Moſes in his deſire to enter into the promiſed Land, or in the manner, as the Church in the Canticles, chap. 5.3. Virtutem exoptant, intabeſcuntque relicta, they would, and they would not:Pe[illegible: 2 letters]. There is a kind of wambling willingneſſe and velleity, but it boyls not up to the full height of reſolution for God, and utmoſt endeavour after the thing deſired: Now affection without endeavour is like Rachel, beautiful but barren. Or laſtly, they fayl in the end, either of Intention, Jam. 4.3. or of Duration, Luk. 18.1. they draw not near with that true heart, Heb. 10.22. that is, content either to wait, or to want the thing deſired, being heartily willing that God ſhould be glorified, though themſelves be not gratified. Let them but bring this true heart, and they may have any thing. See the Note on Matth. 5.6.