John Trapp on Proverbs 14:26

Verſ. 26. In the fear of the Lord is ſtrong confidence] The reverential fear of God, is monimentum, munimentum, ornamentum. The wiſe man had ſaid, verſ. 24. The Crown of the wiſe are their riches, and chap. 18.11. hee will tell us, that the rich mans wealth is his ſtrong City. Now, leſt any ſhould hereby bee brought to think of riches more highly than is meet, hee gives us to know, that wealth ſevered from the fear of God, can neither adorn us, nor ſecure us. Great is the confidence of a good conſcience. Our God whom wee ſerve is able to deliver us, and hee will deliver us out of thine hand, Dan. 3.17. Hezekiah pulled down the brazen Serpent,2 King. 18.5. for hee truſted in God. At ego rem divinam facio, But I am ſacrificing, ſaid Numa, when they told him the enemy was at hand. Non ſic Deos coluimus, aut ſic vivimus ut illi nos vincerent, ſaid the Emperour Antoninus. Wee are bold to beleeve that God will deal better with us than ſo.

And his children have a place of Refuge] i. e. Gods children run to his name and are ſafe. Or, the children of him that fears God. For God will bleſs thoſe that fear him, both ſmall and great, Pſal. 115. If I can but once finde the fear of God in thoſe about mee,Selnecer. ſaid Reverend Claviger, ſatis habeo, ſatiſquo mihi, meae [illegible: 1 letter]xori, filiis, & filiabus proſpexi, I ſhall have enough for my ſelf, wife and children; they will bee all cared for.