John Trapp on Proverbs 21:8

Verſ. 8. The way of man is froward and ſtrange] And therefore ſtrange, becauſe froward, various and voluble; ſo that you know not where to have him, hee is ſo unconſtant, nor what to make of him, hee is ſo uncertain, and unſetled; double-minded, Jam. 1.8. double-tongued, 1 Tim. 3.8. verſut ulus & verſatilis, Qui tantum conſtans in levitate ſua.

Folieta Galeazo reports of Sfortia Duke of Millain, that hee was a very Monſter, made up and compact of Vertue and Vice. Such of old were Alcibiades, and likewiſe Julian the Apoſtate, of whom Marcellinus ſaith, that by his vicious errours Obnubilabat gloriae multiplices curſus, hee ſtained his many praiſe-worthy parts and practices▪ Galba, and our Richard the third, are ſaid to have been bad men, good Princes. And of King Henry the eighth, ſaith Mr. Camden, Fuerunt quidem in eo rege magnae virtutes, nec minora vitia, confuſo quodam temperamento mixtae, that is, there was a ſtrange mixture of great Vertues, and no leſs Vices found in this King.

But as for the pure, his work is right] For why? Hee works by rule; and therefore all his actions are uniform; Hee is alſo one and the ſame in all eſtates of life,2 Cor. 1.17, 18 as gold is purged in the fire, ſhines in the water. Did I uſe lightneſs? (ſaith St. Paul) or is therewith mee, Yea, Yea, and Nay, Nay? No, But as God is true, ſo our word toward you was not Yea and Nay. I did not ſay, and unſay; do, and undo, &c.