John Trapp on Proverbs 6:3

Verſ. 3. When thou art come into the hand] For the borrower is ſervant to the lender, Hieron. ad Celantiam. Prov 22.7. And Facilè ex amico inimicum facies cui promiſſa non reddes, ſaith Hierom. A friend will ſoon become a foe, if unfriendly and unfaithfully dealt with. Not keeping time makes a jarre in payments (and ſo in friendſhip too) as well as in Muſick.

Ezek. 32.2. & 34.18. Go, humble thy ſelf] Crave favour and further time of the Creditour: ſay, Doubt not of your debt, onely forbear a while. Caſt thy ſelf at his feet, as to bee trodden (ſo the Hebrew word here ſignifieth) Stick not at any ſubmiſſion, ſo thou mayeſt gain time, and get off, and not bee forced to run into the Uſurers Books, that Amalec or licking people, which as Cormorants fall upon the borrowers, and like Cur-doggs, ſuck your blood onely with licking, and in the end kill you, and cruſh you, rob you, and raviſh you, Pſal. 10.8, 9, 10.

And make ſure thy friend] For whom thou ſtandeſt ingaged; call upon him to ſave thee harmleſs. For as Alphius the Uſurer ſometimes ſaid of his Clients,Horat. Epod. Colum. de re ruſt. l. 1. c 7. Optima nomina non appellando mala fieri; Even good Debters will prove ſlack pay-maſters if they bee let alone, if not now and then called upon. Some read the words thus: Multiply thy friends, or ſollicite them, viz. to intercede for thee to the Creditor, and to keep thee out of this brake.