John Trapp on Proverbs 18:10

Verſ. 10. The Name of the Lord is a ſtrong Tower] Gods attributes are called His Name; becauſe by them hee is known as a man is by his name. Theſe are ſaid to bee Arx roboris a Tower ſo deep, no pioneer can undermine it; ſo thick, no Canon can peirce it; ſo high, no ladder can ſcale it. A rock, an old rock, Iſa. 26.4. yea, munitions of rocks, Iſa. 33.16. rocks within rocks, a Tower impregnable, inexpugnable.

The righteous runneth to it] All creatures run to their refuges, when hunted, Prov. 30.26. Pſal. 104.18. Prov. 18.11. Dan. 4.10, 11. Judg. 9.50, 51. which yet fail them many times; as the Tower of Shechem did, Judges 9. as the ſtrong hold of Sion did thoſe Jebuſites that ſcorned David and his hoaſt, as conceited that the very lame and blinde (thoſe moſt ſhiftleſs creatures) might there eaſily hold it out againſt him, 12 Sam. 5.6, 7. The hunted Hare runs to her form, but that cannot ſecure her: the traveller to his buſh, but that when once wet thorow, does him more hurt than good; as the Phyſicians did the haemorroiſſe, Mark. 5. But as ſhee, when ſhee had ſpent all before, came to Chriſt, and was cured: ſo the righteous being poor and deſtitute of wealth (which is the rich mans ſtrong City, [non-Latin text not transcribed] John 10. verſ. 11.) and of all humane helps (God loveth to relieve ſuch as are forſaken of their hopes) runs to this ſtrong refuge, and is not onely ſafe, but ſet aloft, as the word ſignifies, out of the gun-ſhot. None can pull them out of his hands. Run therefore to God by praying, and not fainting, Luk. 18.1. This is the beſt policy for ſecurity. That which is ſaid of wily perſons that are full of fetches, of windings and of turnings in the world, that ſuch will never break, is much more true of a righteous praying Chriſtian. He hath but one grand policy to ſecure him in all dangers, and that is, to run to God.