John Trapp on Proverbs 18:22

Verſ. 22. Whoſo findeth a wiſe, &c.] Whoſo, after much ſeeking (by prayer to God, and his own utmoſt induſtry, as Gen. 24. Iſaac went forth to pray, and his ſervant went forth to ſeek) findeth, a fit and faithful yoak-fellow (called here a wife, that is, a good wife, Hilbah. id eſt, umbra ipſius, quomodo Menander [non-Latin text not transcribed] dixit. as Eccleſ. 7.1. a name is put for a good name, and as Iſa. 1.18. wooll is put for white wooll: every married woman is not a wife; a bad woman is but the ſhadow of a wife, according to Lamechs ſecond wives name, Zillah) hee findeth a good thing, a ſingular bleſſing, and ſuch as ſhould draw from him abundance of thanks. Hee may well ſay as they were wont to do at Athens, when they were married, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. I have left a worſe condition, and found a better.Zenodo. prov. If any bee the worſe for a wife (for a good wife eſpecially) it is from his own corrupt heart, that like a Toad, turns all it takes into rank poiſon