John Trapp on Proverbs 11:30

Verſ. 30. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life] i. e. The commodities and comforts that one may every way receive from a righteous perſon (for eſt aliquid quod à viro bono etiam tacente diſcas, Seneca. ſaith Seneca, ſomewhat a man may learn from a good man, even when hee ſayes nothing) are more than can bee imagined. Plutarch reporteth, that the Babylonians make three hundred and threeſcore ſeveral commodities of the Palm-tree, and do therefore greatly honour it. Should not wee much more honour the multivarious gifts of God in his righteous ones for our good? For whether it bee Paul, or Apollo, or Cephas — All is ours, 1 Cor. 3.

And hee that winneth ſouls] And uſeth ſingular art and induſtry therein, as Fowlers do to take birds (for ſo the Hebrew word imports) or Fiſher-men fiſhes, Hee is wiſe, and wiſeth others, as Daniel hath it, Chap. 12.3. hee is juſt, and juſtifieth others, hee ſhall ſave a ſoul from death, Jam. 5.20. Hee ſhall ſhine as a ſtar in heaven. And this is inſtanced as one ſpecial fruit of that tree of life mentioned in the former Hemiſtich: This is a noble fruit indeed, ſith one ſoul is more worth than a world, as hee hath told us, who only went to the price of it, Matth. 16.26.