John Trapp on Proverbs 5:10

Verſ. 10. Lest ſtrangers bee filled] This ſin is a purgatory to the purſe, though a paradice to the deſires. How ſoon had the Prodigal ([non-Latin text not transcribed] quaſi [non-Latin text not transcribed]) waſted his portion when once hee fell among Harlots (thoſe ſordida poſcinummia, Luke 15. thoſe crumenimulgae?) Ask mee never ſo much gift, and I will give it, ſaid Shechem, Gen. 34.12. what pledge ſhall I give thee? and ſhee ſaid, Thy ſignet, thy bracelets, &c. Gen. 37.18. and if ſhee had asked more, ſhee might have had it. Ask what thou wilt, and it ſhall bee given thee, ſaid Herod to his dancing Damoſel: Nay, hee ſware to her, that whatſoever ſhee ſhould ask, hee would give it her to the half of his Kingdome, Mar. 6.22. ſo ſtrongly was hee inchanted and bewitched with her tripping on the toe, and wanton dancing, This deteſtable ſin is able to deſtroy Kings, as Solomons Mother taught him. Prov. 31.3. [non-Latin text not transcribed] tripudiabat Baccharum m[illegible: 1 letter]re. And ſurely Solomon by the many women that hee kept, was ſo exhauſted in his eſtate (for all his great riches) that hee was forced to oppreſs his ſubjects with heavy taxes and tributes, which occaſioned the revolt of ten Tribes. The whore lyeth in wait for a prey, Prov. 23.20. and by means of a whoriſh woman, a man is brought to a morſel of bread, to extream beggery, Prov. 6.26.