John Trapp on Proverbs 25:4

Verſ. 4. Take away the droſſe from the ſilver] The holy Prophets were not onely moſt exactly ſeen in the peerleſs skill of Divinity, but moſt exquiſitely alſo furniſhed with the entire knowledge of all things natural. Hence their many Similies wherewith they learnedly beautifie their matter, and deck out their terms, words, and ſentences, giving thereunto a certain kind of lively geſture, attiring the ſame with light, perſpicuity, eaſineſs, eſtimation, and dignity: ſtirring up thereby mens drowſie minds to the acknowledgement of the truth, and purſute of godlineſs.