John Trapp on Psalms 36:4
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Psalms36:4
Verſ. 4. He deviſeth miſchief upon his bed] He bendeth his wits and beateth his braines, perdius & pernox, breaking his ſleep to plot and plow, to contrive and effect miſchief. Vanity, or villany is his whole ſtudy. He is alwaies either weaving ſpiders webs, or batching Cockatrices eggs.
He ſetteth himſelf in a may that is not good] And there meaneth to keep him, as the word importeth; ſet he is, and he will not be removed, being every whit as good as ever he meaneth to be. Statuit ſe; there you left him, and there you may find him, for he is no changeling; and that's a peece of his ſilly glory.
He abhorreth not evill] Sed ſtudio ſiſſime amplectitur, Jun. but doth wickedly with hands earneſtly, and taketh long ſtrides towards Hell (which is but a little before him) as if he feared it would be full ere he came thither. If he do abſtain from any wickedneſs, yet hee abhorreth it not. It is for the evill conſequents of ſin (viz. ſhame, loſs, puniſhment) that he forbeareth it; and not becauſe it is offenſivum Dei, & averſivum à Deo, an offence againſt God, and a turning away from God; that's no argument at all to him, ſed fertur laxis habenis in quaevis flagitia, but he is hurried headlong into all wickedneſſes, as Ʋulturs flye ſwiftly to the moſt ſtinking carcaſes.
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