John Trapp on Proverbs 14:22

Verſ. 22. Doe they not erre that deviſe evil] Heb. That plow it and plot it, that dig it and delve it, that whet their wits and beat their brains about it;Toto errant calet doe not theſe erre? are they not heavenly wide, utterly out? ſhall they not miſſe of their purpoſe, and meet with diſappointment? witneſſe thoſe Babel-builders, Gen. 11. thoſe Kil-Chriſts, Pſal. 2. thoſe State Traytors, Sheba, Shebna, &c. divers Engliſh Traytors who drew their laſt thread in the Triangle of Tiburn. Knute the firſt Danique King, cauſed the falſe Edrics head to bee ſet on the higheſt part of the Tower of London: Daniels Hiſt. 19. therein performing his promiſe of advancing him above any Lord in the Land. Traytors always become edious, though the treaſon bee commodious. Philip Duke of Auſtria, Parei Hiſt. prof. madul. 769. paid the Ambaſſadours of Charls the fourth (who had betrayed their truſt) in counterfeit coyn: whereof when they complained, he anſwered, that falſe coyn was good enough for falſe knaves: James the firſt King of Scots, was murdered in Perth, by Walter Earl of Athol, in hope to attain the Crown:Hect. Boeth. but his hopes failed him. Crowned indeed he was, but with a Crown of red hot Iron clapt upon his head, being one of the tortures wherewith hee ended at once his wicked dayes and deviſes.

But mercy and truth ſhall be to them that deviſe good] Mercy and truth were the beſt that David could wiſh to his faſt friend Ittai, 2 Sam. 15.20. Theſe two Attributes of God ſhall cauſe that good deviſes ſhall not miſcarry. His mercy moves him to promiſe, his truth binds him to perform, 2 Sam. 7.18, 21. For thy words ſake, and according to thine own heart haſt thou done all theſe things. According to thine own heart, that is, of meer mercy, out of pure and unexcited love, thou didſt give thy Word and Promiſe, and for thy words ſake thou haſt performed it.