Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
Ver. 18. Woe unto them that draw iniquity.] That draw sin to them, as a beast draweth a cart after it. Here the prophet reproveth and threateneth such, saith an interpreter, a as sin without any strong temptation or occasion drawing them thereunto; yea, they draw sin to themselves as with ropes, et quodammodo velut invitum et repugnans cogunt, not remembering that sin haleth hell at the heels of it. Let such get from under sin's cart as soon as they can, otherwise they shall be "holden with the cords (punishments) of their iniquity; they shall die without instruction," &c. Pro 5:22 The devils, as they sinned without a tempter, so they perish without a Saviour. Cavete. Beware!
a Nihil agitantes nisi malum omni studio suo. - Jun. Qui data opera peccant. - Scultet,