John Trapp on Proverbs 2:10-12

Verſ. 10. Is pleaſant to thy ſoul] Spiritual joy mortifies ſin: His mouth hankers not after homely proviſion, that hath lately taſted of delicate ſuſtenance: Pleaſure there muſt bee in the wayes of God, becauſe therein men let out their ſouls into God, that is the fountain of all good, hence they ſo infinitely diſtaſte ſins taſteleſs fooleries: Crede mihi res ſevera eſt verum gandium, ſaith Seneca. True joy is a ſolid buſineſs.

Becman. [non-Latin text not transcribed].Verſ. 11. Diſcretion] Hebr. Thoughtfulneſs, or good adviſement. Cogito quaſi coagito. Notat ſercitatem, ſuch as is that of the wife to pleaſe her husband, 1 Cor. 7.34. caſting this way and that way how to give beſt content: Or that of the good huſwife to build her houſe,Prov. 14.1. ſtudying in every buſineſs how to ſet every thing in order: As the Carpenter ſtudies how to ſet every part of the frame in joynt.

[non-Latin text not transcribed] Verſ. 12. That ſpeaketh froward things] As if his mouth were diſtorted, or the upper-lip ſtood where the nether ſhould. See Act. 20.30.