John Trapp on Proverbs 17:10

Verſ. 10. A reproof entreth more into a wiſe man, &c.] A word to the wiſe is ſufficient: A look from Chriſt brake Peters heart, and diſſolved it into tears. Auguſtus being in a great rage, ready to paſs ſentence of death upon many, was taken off by theſe words of his friend Mecaenas, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Dio in Aug. [illegible: 4 letters]. Maul. loc com. written in a Note, and caſt into his lap, Tandem aliquando ſurge carnifex. When Luther was once in a great heat, Melancthon cooled him and qualified him by repeating that verſe, Vince animos, iramque tuam, qui caetera vincis. Maſter you paſſions, you that ſo eaſily maſter all things elſe.

Than an hundred ſtripes into a fool] Hic enim plectitur, ſed non flectitur; corripitur, ſed non corrigitur. Beaten hee is, but not bent to goodneſs; amerced, but not amended. The Cypreſs, the more it is watred, the more it is withered, Ahaz was the worſe for his afflictions, ſo was the railing Theef. Jeroboams withered hand works nothing upon his heart. Hee had herein as great a miracle wrought before him (ſaith a reverend man) as St. Paul had at his Converſion,Dr. Preſton. yet was hee not wrought upon, becauſe the Spirit did not ſet it on.