John Trapp on Proverbs 9:12

Verſ. 12. If thou bee wiſe, thou ſhalt] The benefit ſhall bee thine own. Plutarch reports of the Palm-tree, that it yeelds to the Babylonians 360. ſeveral commodities; And is therefore in great eſteem amongſt them. How ſhould men eſteem of found wiſdome, ſith there is a [non-Latin text not transcribed] in it, 1 Tim. 4.8. a thouſand commodities to bee reaped by it?

Thou alone ſhalt bear it] Thy ſcorning ſhall not, as thou thinkeſt, hurt him that tendereth thy ſalvation. For as the air, when beaten, is not hurt, no, nor ſo much as divided, but returns to his place, and becomes thicker: Ita animus recti conſcius, & ad optima erectus, non admittit irridentium flatus, nec ſentit, ſaith One; ſo an honeſt heart, ſet for Heaven, ſlights the contempts of graceleſs perſons, and pitties them that jeer when they ſhould fear, as much as good Lot once did his prophane Sons in Law. His words to ſuch are like thoſe of the Prophet; Bee not yee mockers, leſt your bands bee increaſed; Iſa. 28.22. with 10. See verſ. 7. of this Chapter.