John Trapp on Proverbs 24:9

Verſ. 9. The thought of fooliſhneſſe is ſin] The Schools doe well obſerve, that outward ſins are majoris infamiae, of greater infamy: but inward heart-ſins are majoris reatus, of greater guilt, as wee ſee in Devils. See the Note on Chap. 14.22.

And the ſcorner is an abomination to men] Witneſſe Julian, Lucian, Porphiry, Julius Scaliger, that proud Hypercritick (qui neminem praeſe duxit hominem) Laurentius Valla, who jeared at other Logicians, and extolled his own Logick as the only beſt, calling it, Logicam Laurentiuam.

Trithem.Jupiter hunc coeli dignatus honore fuiſſe[illegible: 1 letter], Cenſorem linguae ſed timet ipſe ſuae.

But what an odious ſcorner was Quintinus the Libertine, of whom Calvin complains, that he ſcoffed at every one of the holy Apoſtles? Paul he called a broken Veſſel, John a fooliſh Youth, Peter a Denyer of God, Matthew an Uſurer.Calv. Inſt. Adverſ. Libert. cap. 9. En quomodo ille foetoris gurges putido ore ſuo blaſphemare audebat! ſaith Calvin. See how this ſtinking elf duſt bark and blaſpheme the Saints. The baſeſt can mock; as the abjects did David, Pſal. 35.15. and Tobiah the ſervant did Nehemiah, Chap. 2.10. Scorners are the moſt baſe ſpirits. The Septuagint call them Peſts, Pſal. 1.1. incorrigible, Prov. 20.1. proud perſons, chap. 3.34. naught, Prov. 9.12, &c.