John Trapp on Proverbs 25:20

Verſ. 20. As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather] Muſick in mourning is held moſt unſeaſonable: that was an Heatheniſh cuſtom that the Jewes had taken up, Matth. 9.23. Cantabat moeſtis tibia funeribus, ſaith Ovid. Faſt. lib. 4. Wee ſhould rejoyce with thoſe that rejoyce, and weep with thoſe that weep. Nabla & lyra lugentibus ingrata, ſaith Plutarch. Muſick and mourning agree like Harp and Harrow, like thin cloathing and cold weather, or like Nitre and Vinegar, ſaith Salomon. There are that read the words otherwiſe, and accordingly ſenſe them. Thus: As he that putteth on a garment in the cold ſeaſon, or Vinegar on Nitre; ſo is he that ſingeth ſongs to a ſad heart. That is,Junius. Triſtitiam diſſolvit cantus, ut veſtes diſcutiunt frigus, & acetum diſſolvit nitrum. As a garment warmeth the body, and Vinegar diſſolveth Nitre, ſo a ſweet ſinger, by his delightſome ditty, cheareth up the penſive ſoul, and driveth ſorrow out of it. See 1 Sam. 16.24. 2 King. 3.15. Dan. 6.19.