John Trapp on Proverbs 13:19

Verſ. 19. The deſire accompliſhed is ſweet to the ſoul] Tota vita boni Chriſtiani ſanctum deſiderium eſt, ſaith Auguſtine. The whole life of a good Chriſtian is one holy deſire; hee even ſpends and exhales himſelf in continual ſallyes as it were, and expreſſions of ſtrongeſt affection to God, whom hee hath choſen, and with whom hee hath much ſweet intercourſe; hee cannot bee at reſt without ſome comings in from him every day: And then, O the joyes, the joyes, Mrs. Kath. Brettergh. the unconceivable joyes! as ſhee once cryed out. O that joy! O my God, when ſhall I bee with thee? Theſe were the dying words of the young Lord Harrington: Hee was in heaven aforehand, as having let out his holy ſoul into God,Fun. Serm. by Mr. Stock. the fountain of all good.

But it is abomination to fools to depart from evil] To bee pulled from their vain delights, though never ſo ſinful, never ſo deſtructive: Eſau for a meſs of pottage ſold his birth-right. Cardinal Burbon would not part with his part in Paris, for a part in paradiſe. Theotimus in Ambroſe, being told that intemperance would bee the loſs of his eye-ſight, cried out, Vale lumen amicum. Hee would rather loſe his ſight, than his ſin; ſo doth many a man his ſoul. The Panther loves mans dung, they ſay, ſo much, that if it bee hanged a height from him, hee will leap up, and never leave till hee hath burſt himſelf in peeces to get it; and this is the way they get that creature. Like policy uſeth Satan, by baſe luſts to draw many to hell. It was a ſpeech of Gregory Nyſſen, Hee that doth but hear of Hell, is without any further labour or ſtudy taken off from ſinfull pleaſures. Mens hearts are grown harder now adayes.