John Trapp on Proverbs 16:28-29

Verſ. 28. A froward man ſoweth ſtrife] The Belialiſt, before mentioned, verſ. 27. as hee digs, ſo hee ſows; but as ill ſeed as may bee, that which comes not up, but with a curſe, as cud-weed, and devils-bit: hee is a ſedulous ſeeds-man of ſedition; this bad ſeed hee ſows in every furrow, where hee can finde footing.

And a whiſperer ſeparateth even very friends] A peſtilent pick-thank that carries tales, and ſo ſows ſtrife. Such were Doeg and other abjects that tare Davids name, and ceaſed not, Pſal. 35.15. toſſing it with their carrion-mouths, as Dogs, buzzing into Sauls ears ever and anon, that that might ſet him a gog againſt him. Such alſo were thoſe malicious Makebates, the Phariſees, who when they thought the Diſciples had offended, ſpake not to them, but to their Maſter, why do thy Diſciples that which is not lawful? As when they thought Chriſt offended, they ſpake not to him, but to his Diſciples. Thus theſe whiſperers went about to ſeparate very friends, to make a breach in the Family of Chriſt, by ſetting off the one from the other. The words of ſuch whiſperers are as wounds, and they go down into the innermoſt parts of the belly, Prov. 18.8. They are like the wind that creeps in by the chinks and creviſes in a wall, or the cracks in a window, that commonly prove more dangerous than a ſtorm that meets a man in the face upon the Champion.

[non-Latin text not transcribed] Verſ. 29. A violent man enticeth his neighbour] As thoſe ſeducers at Epheſus dragged Diſciples after them, Act. 20.30. compelling them by their perſwaſions to imbrace diſtorted doctrines, ſuch as cauſe convulſions of conſcience. Such are ſaid to thruſt men out of Gods waies, Deut. 13.5. As Jeroboam did the houſe of Iſrael, as Julian and other cunning perſecutors did in the primitive times; [non-Latin text not transcribed]. prevailing as much by their tifing tongues, as by their terrifying ſawes, Heb. 11.37. they were ſawn aſunder, they were tempted. The Apoſtle ranks and reckons their alluring promiſes among their violent practices. But though they ſpeak fair, beleeve them not; for there are ſeven abominations in their hearts, Prov. 26.25.