John Trapp on Psalms 12:3

Verſ. 3. The Lord ſhall cut off all flattering lips] as a rotten member is cut off from the body — Ne pars ſincera trahatur; or as a barren tree is ſtocked up, that it cumber not the ground. There is a wonderful ſympathy between Princes and Paraſites, whoſe ſong is, Mihiplacet, quicquid Regi placet; and whoſe practice is to ſpeak ſuavia potius quam ſana, ſweet, rather than ſound things. But God will cut off ſuch lips (taking notice of the offending member) as hee dealt by Doeg, Ahitophel, Shebna, Shemaiah the Nehelamite, Jer. 29.32.Hen. Steph. [illegible: 1 word] pol[illegible: 1 letter]pro Mero and as it were to be wiſhed that Chriſtian Princes would do, ſerving them all as the Theſſalians did that City in Greece called [non-Latin text not transcribed], or flattery, which they deſtroyed and pulled down to the ground.

And the Tongue that ſpeaketh proud things] Magnifica, bubbles of words, bluſtering ſpeeches, breathing out nothing but arrogance, and contempt of God and his people. Theſe grandilsqui muſt one day anſwer for their hard ſpeeches with flames about their ears, whatever they meet with in the mean while, as did Neſtorius, Tho. Arundel, Stephen Gardiner, and others, plagued here in their tongues, thoſe little Members that had boaſted ſogreat things, Jam. 3.