John Trapp on Proverbs 24:7-8

Verſ. 7. Wiſdome is too hard for a fool] Hebr. Too high; his pericranium comprehends it not, neither indeed can doe, 1 Cor. 2.14. He puts off the ſtudy of it, pretending the impoſſibility of reaching to it.

He openeth not his mouth in the gate] Hee were two fools if hee ſhould, for whiles he holds his tongue, he is held wiſe.

[non-Latin text not transcribed].Verſ. 8. Shall be called a miſchievous perſon] Hebr. A maſter of ſinful muſings, an Artiſt at any evil. Joſephus ſaith of Antipater, that his courſe of life might fitly be called, a Myſtery of miſchief, quae altiſſimas egerat radices, &c.