John Trapp on Proverbs 3:12

Verſ. 12. For whom the Lord loveth] The Saints afflictions proceed oft from love diſpleaſed, offended. And yet wee have ſome now that tell us that God is never diſpleaſed with his people, though they fall into Adultery, or the like ſin, no not with a Fatherly diſpleaſure; that God never chaſtiſeth his people for any ſin, no not with a Fatherly chaſtiſement. But hee (though a Father) doth alter the ſet of his looks towards his childe, who is wanton upon his love, and lets down the diligence of his juſt obſervance and duty.

In whom hee delighteth] Quem unicè diligit, whom hee cockers above the reſt of his children. That Son in whom hee is well pleaſed, ſaith Mercerus, quem approbat, whom hee makes his White-boy, So Theophylact, Qui excipitur à numero flagellatorum, excipitur à numero filiorum. Hee that eſcapes affliction, may well ſuſpect his adoption. See my Love-tokens p. 54, 55.