John Trapp on Proverbs 3:19

Verſ. 19. The Lord by wiſdome] By his eſſential wiſdome, by his eternal word, Prov. 8.30. the Lord Chriſt, who is the beginning of the Creation of God, Rev. 3.14. See the Note on John 1.3. In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth, Gen. 1.1. that is, In his Son, as ſome interpret it, Heb. 1.2. Col. 1.16. This interpretation is grounded upon the Jeruſalimy Targum, who tranſlates that, Gen. 1.1. bechochmatha, in ſapientia. So doth Auguſtine and others: and for confirmation they bring Joh. 8.25. but that is a miſtake, as Beza ſhews in his Annotations there.

Hee eſtabliſhed the Heaven] Heb. Hee aptly and trimly framed and formed them in that comelineſs that wee now ſee. The Heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament ſheweth his handy-work, (Pſal. 19.1.) Upon the third Heaven hee hath beſtowed a great deal of curious skill and cunning workmanſhip, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Heb. 11.10. But of that no natural knowledge can be had, nor any help by humane arts, Geometry, Opticks, &c. For it neither is aſpectable, nor moveable. The Viſible Heavens are (for the many varieties therein, and the wonderful motion of the ſeveral ſphears) fitly called [non-Latin text not transcribed].Coelum maximè co nomine intelligunt Graci. Mercer. The Original word here uſed, ratione conjugationis plus aliquid ſignificat quam paravit, vel ſtabilivit. Conen, Mirum in modum dispoſuit. Hee hath cunningly contrived. And hence haply our antient Engliſh word Koning, and by contraction King, comming of the Verb Con, which ſignifies (as Becanus noteth) Poſſum, Scio, Andeo, I can, I wot, I dare do it.