John Trapp on Proverbs 25:6

Verſ. 6. Put not forth thy ſelf in the preſence of the King] Ne te ornes coram rege. Compare not, vye not with him in apparel, furniture, houſe-keeping, &c. as the Hebrews ſenſe it. This was the ruine of Cardinal Wolſey, and of Viſcount Verulam.

And ſtand not in the place of great men] Exalt not thy ſelf, but wait till God ſhall reach out the hand from Heaven and raiſe thee, Pſal. 75.5, 6, 7, 8. Adonijah is branded for this, that he exalted himſelf, ſaying, I will be King, 1 King. 1.5. When none elſe would lift Hildebrand up into Peters Chair, he gat up himſelf:Quintil. lib. 9. cap. 2. For who (ſaid he) can better judge of my worth than I can? Harden thy fore-head (ſaid Calvus to Vatinius) and ſay boldly, that thou deſerveſt the Praetorſhip better than Cato. Ambition rides without reigns, as Tullia did over the dead body of her own father, to bee made a Queen. See my common-place of Ambition.