John Trapp on Proverbs 25:7

Verſ. 7. For better it is that it be ſaid unto thee] From this Text our Saviour takes that Parable of his, put forth to thoſe that were bidden to a feaſt, Luk. 14.10. Now, if before an earthly Prince, men ſhould carry themſelves thus modeſtly and humbly, how much more before the King of heaven? And if among gueſts at a feaſt, how much more among the Saints and Angels in the holy aſſemblies? That is an excellent ſaying of Bernard, Omnino oportet nos orationis tempore curiam intrare coeleſtem, in qua Rex regum ſtellato ſedet ſolio, circumdante innumerabili & ineffabili beatorum Spirituam exercitu. Quantâ ergo cum reverentiâ, quanto timore, Bern. de diverſ. quantâ illuc humilitate accedere debet è palude ſua procedens & repens vilis ranuncula? At prayer-time we ſhould enter into the Court of heaven, where ſitteth the King of Kings with a guard of innumerable bleſſed Spirits. With how great reverence then, with how great fear and ſelf-abaſement ſhould wee come, like ſo many vile Vermine creeping and crawling out of ſome ſorry pool or puddle?