John Trapp on Proverbs 2:4

Verſ. 4. If thou ſeekeſt her as ſilver] Opulentiſſima metalla quorum in alta latent vena, ſaith Seneca, your richeſt metals lie loweſt.Sen. Epiſt. 23. Viſcera terrae extrahimus, ut digito geſtetur gemma, quam petimus, ſaith Pliny: Wee draw out the very bowels of the earth, that wee may get the gem that wee deſire. Lib. 2. c. 65. Shall wee not do as much for this pearl of price, the knowledge of God and his Will, of our ſelves, and our duties? Beg wee muſt, verſ. 3. but withall wee muſt dig too, verſ. 4. and continue to do ſo, ſearching for her, as for hid treaſures. Ora & labora; for elſe, the talk of the lip onely brings want, Prov. 14.23. What man finding a rich Mine of Gold or Silver, is content with the firſt Oar that offers it ſelf to his view, and doth not dig deeper and deeper till hee become owner of the whole treaſure? So here, Then ſhall yee know if yee follow on to know the Lord, Hoſ. 6.3. if yee ceaſe not till yee get all the dimenſions of knowledge mentioned by the Apoſtle, Epheſ. 3.18. till yee ſee that bliſsful ſight, Epheſ. 1.18, 19.