John Trapp on Proverbs 16:5

Verſ. 5. Every one that is proud in heart, &c.] That lifts up himſelf againſt God, and his righteous Decree, daring to reprehend what they do not comprehend about the doctrine of Reprobation, as thoſe Chatters, Rom. 9.20. Theſe, whiles like proud, and yet brickle clay, they will bee knocking their ſides againſt the ſolid and eternal Decree of God (called Mountains of braſs, Zach. 6.1.) they break themſelves in peeces. So likewiſe do ſuch as ſtumble at the word, being diſobedient, whereunto alſo they were appointed, 1 Pet. 2.8. How much better were it for them to take the Prophets counſel, Hear, and give ear, bee not proud, for the Lord hath spoken it. Give glory to the Lord your God (let him bee juſtified and every mouth ſtopped, ſubſcribe to his moſt perfect juſtice, though it were in your own utter deſtruction, before your feet ſtumble upon the dark mountains, &c. Jer. 13.15, 16. That was a proud and Atheiſtical ſpeech of Lewis the eleventh, St ſalvabor, ſalvabor; ſi vero damnabor, damnabor. If I ſhall be ſaved, I ſhall bee ſaved; and if I ſhall bee damned, I ſhall bee damned; and there is all the care that I ſhall take. Not unlike to this was that wretched reſolution of one Ruffus, of whom it is ſtoried, that hee painted God on the one ſide of his ſhield, and the Devil on the other, with this mad Motto, Si tu me nolis, iſte rogitat. If thou wilt not have mee, here is one will.

Though hand joyn in hand] See the Note on Chap. 11.21. Some make hand in hand to bee no more than out of hand, Immediately, or with [illegible: 1 letter]aſe; for nothing is ſooner, or with more eaſe done, than to fold one hand in another. God ſhall ſpread forth his hands in the midſt of them, as hee that ſwimmeth ſpreadeth forth his hands to ſwim, and hee ſhall bring down their pride together with the ſpoil of their hands, Iſa. 25.11. The motion in ſwimming is eaſie, not ſtrong; for ſtrong ſtroaks in the water would rather ſink, than ſupport. God with greateſt facility can ſubdue his ſtouteſt adverſary, when once it comes to handy-gripes, when once his hand joyns to the proud mans hand (ſo ſome ſenſe this text) ſo that they do manus conſerere, then ſhall it appear that it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, Heb. 10.