John Trapp on Proverbs 28:20

Verſ. 20. A faithful man ſhall abound in bleſſings] God will bleſſe him, and all that bleſſe him, Gen. 12.3. See the note there. Men alſo ſhall riſe up and call him bleſſed, ſaying, as Deut. 33.29. Happy art thou O Iſrael; who is like unto thee O People, ſaved by the Lord, the ſhield of thy help, &c. Stars, though we ſee them ſometimes in a puddle, in the bottom of a Well, nay in a ſtinking Ditch, though they reflect there, I ſay, yet they have their ſituation in Heaven: So Gods faithful ſervants, though in a low condition, yet are they fixed in the region of happineſſe. See Lev. 26. and Deut. 28.

But he that maketh haſte to bee rich, ſhall not bee innocent] Neveſſan (a better Lawyer than good Chriſtian) was wont to ſay, He that will not venture his body ſhall never be valiant, he that will not venture his ſoul ſhall never bee rich. But let their money periſh with them, that (Shimei-like) by ſeeking their ſervants, loſe their ſouls; or (Jonas-like) care not to bee caſt over ſhipboard, ſo the ſhip of their worldly wealth may be in ſafety. Francis Xaverius counſelled John the third King of Portugal, to meditate every day a quarter of an hour on that Divine ſentence, What ſhall it profit a man to win the whole world, and loſe his own ſoul? See 1 Tim. 6.9. with the note. What a woful Will was that of rich, but wretched Hubertus, I yeeld, ſaid hee, my goods to the King, my body to the Grave, my ſoul to the Devil?