John Trapp on Proverbs 9:17

Verſ. 17. Stollen waters are ſweet] Forbidden pleaſures are moſt pleaſing to Senſualiſts, who count no mirth but madneſs, no pleaſure, unleſs they may have the Devil to their play-fellow. Veniſon is nothing ſo ſweet, they ſay, as when it is ſtolen.

Ovid.Quod licet ingratum eſt; quod non licet, acrius urit: Sic interdictis imminet ager aquis.

Men long to bee medling with the murthering morſels of ſin, which nouriſh not, but rent and conſume the belly that receives them. Many eat that on earth,In terris manducant quod apud inferos digerant. Auguſtin. that they digeſt in Hell.