John Trapp on Proverbs 1:4

Verſ. 4. To give ſubtilty] Serpentine ſubtilty, Gen. 3.1. ſacred ſagacity, a ſharp wit, a deep reach, a Spirit that ſearcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God, 1 Cor. 2.10. [illegible: 1 letter]nd transformeth a man into the [illegible: 1 letter]ame Image from glory to glory,Pet. Mar[illegible: 1 letter]. in Rom. Ep. dedicat. [illegible: 1 letter] Cor. [illegible: 1 letter].1[illegible: 1 letter] Equidem ſc[illegible: 2 letters] m[illegible: 2 letters]tos eſſ[illegible: 1 letter] qui h[illegible: 1 letter]c non redan[illegible: 2 letters] & non p[illegible: 2 letters] cos qui ea rideant, noſque inf[illegible: 1 letter]nire arbit[illegible: 1 letter]ntur, faith Peter Martyre [illegible: 1 span] velim, &c. that is, I wot well there bee many that will not beleeve it, and not a few that will deride it, and think wee are [illegible: 1 letter]ad in aſcribing ſo much to the Scriptures. But oh that they would bee entreated to make trial a while, and to take to the reading of the Bible! Male mihi ſit [illegible: 1 word] eum in [illegible: 1 word] cauſa jure au[illegible: 1 letter]im) niſi [illegible: 1 letter]andem capiantur ſentient dentiqua quamtum divina hac ab humanis diſtent, &c. Let mee never bee beleeved, if they perceive not a plain and palpable difference betwixt theſe and all humane writings whatſoever. And to the ſame purpoſe Eraſmus, Eraſm. Praefat. in Lucam. expertus ſum in [illegible: 2 letters]cipſo, ſaith hee, I can ſpeak it by experience, that there is little good to bee gotten by reading the Bible curſorily and careleſly: But do it duly and diligently, with attention and affection, and you ſhall finde [illegible: 1 word] an efficacy, as is [illegible: 1 word] bee found in no other Book that can bee named.

To the ſimple] [illegible: 1 letter]atuo [non-Latin text not transcribed] fatuello (Lipſius this diminutive) to the ſilly-ſimple, whoſe learning hangs not in his light, who holds not [illegible: 1 span] wiſe to bee taught, that is not uncounſellable, unperſwad[illegible: 2 letters]le. [illegible: 1 span] qui ſibi ſapit, Chytra[illegible: 1 letter]s. hee is two fools that it wiſe in his own eyes, Pr[illegible: 3 letters] 3. [illegible: 1 span] [illegible: 2 letters] noro, ſed ignorantiam meam non ignoro. Little though it [illegible: 1 span], [illegible: 1 letter]et this I know, that I know but little.

Ariſt. Ethic. lib. 1. Job 1[illegible: 1 letter].12. Eccleſ. 11.10. To the young man Though rude and raſh, [illegible: 1 letter]ead-long and [illegible: 1 letter]ead long [illegible: 1 letter]ntameable and untractable, as a wilde-aſſe-colt; though [illegible: 1 span] luſts, 2 Tim. 2.22. and madly ſet upon ſin, yet hee may cleanſe his waies, by cleaving to Gods Word, Pſal. 119.9. and become a young Saint, an old Angel whereas otherwiſe, like young Lapwings, hee is apt to bee ſnatched up by every Buzzard.