John Trapp on Proverbs 17:20

Verſ. 20. Hee that hath a froward heart, findeth no good] Who this is that hath a froward heart, and a perverſe tongue, Solomon ſhews; Prov. 11.20. viz. the hypocrite, the double-minded man, Jam. 1.8. that hath an heart and a heart, Pſal. 12.2. One for God, and another for him that would have it, as that deſperate Neapolitan boaſted of himſelf. And as hee hath two hearts, ſo two tongues too, 1 Tim. 3.8. wherewith hee can both bleſs and curſe, talk religiouſly or prophanely according to the company, James 3.10, 11. ſpeak Hebrew and Aſhdod, the language of Canaan, and the language of Hell; like thoſe in an Iſland beyond Arabia, of whom Diodorus Siculus ſaith, that they have cleven tongues, Antiq. l. 3. ſo that therewith they can alter their ſpeech at their pleaſure, and perfectly ſpeak to two perſons, and to two purpoſes, at once. Now how can theſe Monſters of men expect either to finde good, or not to fall into miſchief? How can they eſcape the damnation of Hell, whereof hypocrites are the chief inhabitants, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Mat. 24.31. yea the free-holders as it were? for other ſinners ſhall have their part with the Devil and hypocrites.