John Trapp on Proverbs 1:5

Verſ. 5. A wiſe man will hear] Hearing and ſeeing are by Ariſtotle called the learned ſenſes, becauſe by theſe doores, learning, yea life entreth into the ſoul, Iſa. 55.3. David Chytrous, when hee lay a dying, lift up himſelf to hear the diſcourſes of his friends that ſate by him, and ſaid, that hee ſhould dye with better cheer, if hee might dye learning ſomething.

Si mori[illegible: 1 letter]und[illegible: 2 letters] etiam ſi quid [illegible: 1 letter]idic [illegible: 1 letter]ſſet Meich. Adam. And will encreaſe learning] Take heed what you hear: unto you that hear, ſhall more bee given, Mark. 4.24. See the Note there; Onely ponder, and apply what you hear. For they that do otherwiſe, are like the Wolf, who never attain to any more divine learning than to ſpell Pater; but when they ſhould come to put together, and to apply it to their ſouls, they ſay Agnus, their minds running a madding after the profits and pleaſures of the world, and they thinking thoſe little leſs than mad, tha[illegible: 1 letter] run to and fro to encreaſe knowledge, Dan. 12.4.