John Trapp on Proverbs 4:15

Verſ. 15. Avoid it, paſs not by it] As yee would not come near a carrion-carkaſs, as the Sea-man ſhuns ſands and ſhelves (the Apoſtles ſimile, 2 Theſ. 3.6.) as yee would bee loath to come near thoſe that have the plague-fore running upon them. Evil men endanger good men, as weeds the Corn, as bad humors the blood, or as an infected houſe the neighbourhood. Nemo errat ſibi ipſi, Seneca. ſed dementiam ſpargit in proximos. Intireneſs with wicked Conſorts is one of the ſtrongeſt chains of Hell, and binds us to a participation both of ſin and puniſhment. Hence ſo many words about it here: Abundans caut[illegible: 1 letter]la, &c. This heap of words is not without great uſe and emphaſis: there is earneſtneſs, and not looſeneſs in this repetition.