John Trapp on Proverbs 14:17

Verſ. 17. Hee that is ſoon angry, dealeth fooliſhly] Alexander in his hot blood ſlew his deareſt friend, whom hee would have revived again with his heart-blood.

— Qui non moderabitur irae Infectum velit eſſe dolor quod ſuaſerit & mens.

Raſh anger differs from madneſs (ſaith Seneca) in nothing, but in time onely. See my Common-place of Anger.

And a man of wicked devices is hated] i. e. Hee that beareth a grudge, intending revenge (as one that onely wants, and therefore waits a fit time, as Abſolom did for Amnon) this is a dangerous man, and deſervedly deteſted of all: It is counted Manhood, indeed its Doghoo[illegible: 2 letters] The Curs of Congo they ſay, bite, but never bark: Eſau threatned Jacob. [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 2 letters]ius lentus in meditando, ubi prorupiſſet, triſtioribus dictis atrocia facta conjungebat. The more hee meditated revenge, the more did time and delay ſharpen it; and the further off bee threatned, the heavier the ſtroke fell; therefore hee was generally hated, as an odious miſcreant.