John Trapp on Proverbs 5:22

Verſ. 22. His own iniquities ſhall take the wicked] As ſo many Serjeants ſet on by God: who will ſurely hamper theſe unruly beaſts (that think to ſhift and ſcape his fingers) with the cords of their own ſins, binding them hand and foot, and bringing them to condign puniſhment. So that, ſay the Adulterer bee not puniſhed by the Magiſtrate, or come off by commutation, yet hee ſhall feel himſelf in the gall of bitterneſs, and bond of perdition, hee ſhall finde that hee hath made a halter to hang himſelf. No body can be ſo torn with ſtripes, as a mind is with the remembrance of wicked actions. Tiberius felt the remorſe of conſcience ſo violent, that hee proteſted to the Senate,Taci. that hee ſuffered death daily.