John Trapp on Proverbs 6:4

Verſ. 4. Give not ſleep to thine eyes, &c.] Auguſtus wondred at a certain Knight in Rome, that owed much, and yet could ſleep ſecurely;Dio. and when this Knight dyed, hee ſent to buy his bed, as ſuppoſing there was ſomething more than ordinary in it, to procure ſleep. The opportunity of liberty and thriving is to bee well husbanded, leſt ſome ſtorm ariſing from the cruelty of Creditors, or mutability of outward things, over-whelm a man with debt and danger, as the whirlwind doth the unwary traveller upon the Alpes with ſnow. Now if ſuch care bee to bee taken that wee run not raſhly in debt to men, how much more to God? If to undertake for others bee ſo dangerous, how ſhould wee pray with that godly man,Auguſt. From my other-mens ſins good Lord deliver mee? If wee are ſo to humble our ſelves to our fellow-creatures in this caſe, how much more ſhould wee humble our ſelves under the mighty hand of God,Jam. 4.10. that hee may lift us up in due ſeaſon? If this bee to bee done without delay, where the danger reacheth but to the outward man; how much more ſpeed and earneſtneſs ſhould bee uſed in making peace with God, whoſe wrath is a fire that burns as low as hell, and getting the black lines of our ſins drawn over with the red lines of his Sons blood; and ſo utterly razed out of the book of his remembrance?