John Trapp on Proverbs 16:9

Verſ. 9. A mans heart deviſeth his way, but God directeth his ſteps] Man purpoſeth, God diſpoſeth of all, Prov. 19.21. Events many times croſſe expectation, neither is it in man to order his own waies, Jer. 10.23. This the Heathen ſaw, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Thucyd. Dio. and were much troubled at, as the Athenians were, when their good General Nicias loſt himſelf and his Army in Sicily. So the Romans, when Pompey, Cato, and others, worthy Patriots, were worſted by Julius Caeſar; Brutiu a wiſe and valiant man overthrown by Antonius, cries out, [non-Latin text not transcribed], &c. O miſerable virtue, thou art a meer ſlave to fortune. Chriſtians have learned better language, and can ſet down themſelves with founder reaſon, if croſſed of their deſigns or deſires; they know it is the Lord; they are dumb, becauſe it is his doing, and they are puniſhed leſs than their deſerts, Ezra 9.13. Pompey (that ſeeing all to go on Caſars ſide, ſaid there was a great deal of miſt over the eye of Providence) did no better than blame the Sun, becauſe of his ſore eyes.