John Trapp on Proverbs 5:20

Verſ. 20. And why wilt thou my Son] The premiſes conſidered, there is no reaſon for it, but all againſt it. Nothing is more irrational than irreligion, and yet nothing more uſual with the Devil than to perſwade his vaſſals that there is ſome ſenſe in ſinning, and that they have reaſon to bee mad. And truly, though there were no Devil, yet our corrupt nature would act Satans part againſt it ſelf: it would have a ſupply of wickedneſs (as a Serpent hath of poiſon) from it ſelf, it hath a ſpring within to feed it. Nitimur in vetitum ſemper, petimuſque negata. Nothing would ſerve the rich mans turn, but the poor mans Lamb; if Ahab may not have Naboths Vineyard, hee hath nothing. The more God forbids any ſin, the more wee bid for it, Rom. 7.8. Nay but wee will have a King ſaid they, when they had nothing elſe to ſay why they would.