John Trapp on Proverbs 26:1

CHAP. XXVI. Verſ. 1. So honour is not ſeemly for a fool.

HOnour is the reward of vertue, dignity ſhould wait upon deſert. Sed dignitas in indigno eſt ornamentum in luto, as Salvian. Honour is as fit for a fool, as a Gold-ring for a Swines ſnout. Sedes prima & vita ima, will never ſuit. The order of nature is inverted when the vileſt men are exalted, Pſal. 12.8. it is a foul incongruity, and of very evil conſequence.Cicer. de divina[illegible: 1 letter] lib. 2. For thereby themſelves will be hardened, and others heartened to the like proſperous folly (Felix enim ſcelus virtus vocatur, ſaith Tully) The ſtudy of vertue alſo will be neglected when fools are preferred, and Gods heavie Wrath poured out in full meaſure upon theſe uncircumciſed Vice-gods (as I may in the worſt ſenſe beſt term them) who miſ-repreſent him to the world by their ungodly practices, as a wicked, crooked, unrighteous Judge.