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Pro_24:9 The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.
Ver. 9. The thought of foolishness is sin.] The schools do well observe, that outward sins are maioris infamiae, of greater infamy; but inward heart sins are maioris reatus, of greater guilt, as we see in devils. {See Trapp on "Pro_14:22"}
And the scorner is an abomination to men.] Witness Julian, Lucian, Porphyry, Julius Scaliger, that proud hypercritic ( qui neminem prae se duxit hominem), Laurentius Valla, who jeered at other logicians, and extolled his own logic as the only best, calling it Logicam Laurentinam.
“ Iupiter hunc coeli dignatus honore fuisset,
Censorem linguae sed timet ipse suae. ” - Trithem.
But what an odious scorner was Quintinus the libertine, of whom Calvin complains, that he scoffed at every one of the holy apostles? Paul he called a broken vessel, John a foolish youth, Peter a denier of God, Matthew a usurer, En quomodo ille faetoris gurges putido ore suo blasphemare audebat! saith Calvin. {a} See how this stinking elf doth bark and blaspheme the saints. The basest can mock, as the abjects did David, {Psa_35:15} and Tobiah the servant did Nehemiah. {Neh_2:19} Scorners are the most base spirits. The Septuagint call them pests, {Psa_1:1} incorrigible, {Pro_21:1} proud persons, {Pro_3:34} naught, {Pro_9:12} &c.
{a} Calv., Inst. Advers. Libert, cap. 9.