John Trapp on Proverbs 6:27

Verſ. 27. Can a man take fire] Leſt any man ſhould reply, I will ſee to my ſelf, and ſave one from the fore-named miſchiefs. I have more wit than to truſt any Harlot, and more skill than to let it come abroad to my diſgrace and detriment: The Wiſe-man anſwers, that it is as poſſible to take a live-coal from the hearth, and bear it in a mans boſome, without burning his cloaths, or to walk upon fire without ſcorching his feet, as to attempt any thing in this kinde, and to ſcape ſcot-free. Flagitium & flagellum ſicut acus & filum. Sin and puniſhment go linked together with chains of Adamant. Thy cloaths will ſtink at leaſt of that fire, thy feet will bliſter at leaſt with thoſe coals. If the great ſhowr blow over thee, yet thou ſhalt bee wet with the after-drops.