John Trapp on Romans 5:5

Verſe 5. Hope maketh not aſhamed] As among men, many lie languiſhing at Hopes hoſpitall, as he did at the Pool of Betheſda, Joh. 5. and return as they did from the brooks of Tema, Job 6.17. Or, as men goe to a Lottery with heads full of hopes, but return with hearts full of blanks. The Dutch have a Proverb to this purpoſe, Sperare & expectare, multos reddit ſtultos. And we ſay, He that hopes for dead mens ſhoes may hap go bare-foot. Bad mens hopes may hop headleſle, they may periſh in the height of their expectancies. Not ſo thoſe that hope in God: they ſhall yet praiſe him who is the help of their countenance, and their God, Pſ. 43 ult. Nunquam confuſi, Deo confiſi.