John Trapp Complete Commentary - James 3:11
11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Ver. 11. Doth a fountain send forth ] The fountain, or rather the botch, of sensual and sinful pleasures doth. Sin is a bitter sweet, γλυκυπικρον , the poison of asps, which first tickleth, and then killeth. All creature comforts are dulcis acerbitas, saith one. Amarissima volulptas, saith another, (Tertul.) " Principium dulce est, at finis amoris amarus; Laeta venire Venus, tristis abire solet. " read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - James 3:10
10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Ver. 10. Out of the same mouth ] As it did once out of the mouth of Pope Julius II, who in the battle of Ravenna on Easter Day, between him and the French, as he sat by the fire reading his prayers, and having news of the defeat, he flung away his book, saying, Sit ergo Gallus in nomine diabolorum, Let Gaul be in the name of the demons. The devil take the French. (Annal. Gallic.) Is not... read more