John Trapp on Proverbs 19:11

Verſ. 11. The diſcretion of a man deferreth his anger] Plato, when angry with his ſervant, would not correct him at that time, but let him go with Vapulares niſi iraſcerer, I am too angry to beat thee. A young man that had been brought up with Plato, returning home to his Fathers houſe,Sen. de ita, lib. 3. c. 11. and hearing his Father chide and exclaim furiouſly, ſaid, I have never ſeen the like with Plato. See the Note on Chap. 14.29. Anger, by being deferred, may bee diminiſhed, ſo it bee not concealed for a further opportunity of miſchief, as Abſoloms toward Amnon, and Tiberiuſſes, whom the more hee meditated revenge,Lentus in meditando ubi prorapiſſet, &c. Tacit. the more did time and delay ſharpen it: And the farther off hee threatned, the heavier the ſtroke fell.

And it is his glory to paſs over a tranſgreſſion] Heb. To paſs by it, as not knowing of it, or not troubled at it: Thus David was deaf to the railings of his enemies, and as a dumb man, in whoſe mouth are no reproofs. Socrates, when hee was publickly abuſed in a Comedy, laughed at it: Polyagrus vero ſeipſum ſtrangulabat, ſaith Aelian; but Polyagrus, not able to bear ſuch an indignity, hanged himſelf. Auguſtus likewiſe did but laugh at the Satyrs and buffooneries which they had publiſhed againſt him: and when the Senate would have further informed him of them, hee would not hear them. The manlier any man is, the milder and readier to paſs by an offence: this ſhews, that hee hath much of God in him (if hee do it from a right principle) who bears with our evil manners, and forgives our treſpaſſes, beſeeching us to bee reconciled. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Act. 13 When any provoke us, wee uſe to ſay, Wee will bee even with him: There is a way whereby wee may bee not even with him, but above him, and that is, forgive him. Wink at ſmall faults eſpecially. Qui neſcit diſſimulare, neſcit vivere. Hee that cannot lye, is not fit to live.