John Trapp on Proverbs 4:3

Verſ. 3. For I was my Fathers Son] q. d. I that am now ſo famous for wiſdome, was once as wiſe as a wilde Aſs-colt. But I had the happineſs to bee taught and tutoured by the beſt and wiſeſt man in his generation, and therefore you ſhould the rather regard my Doctrine. Plato praiſed God that he was Pupil to Socrates, Bucholcerus that hee was bred under Melanchthon, Mr. What[illegible: 1 letter]ley under Mr. D[illegible: 1 letter]ds Miniſtry, and I under Mr. Ballams at Eveſham. Holy David was far beyond any of theſe, as being divinely inſpired, and rarely qualified. Such a heart ſo well headed, and ſuch a head better hearted, was not to bee found among the ſons of men, for hee was a man after Gods own heart; his counſel to his Son therefore muſt needs bee very precious and ponderous. See ſome of it for a taſte, 1 Chron. 28.9, 10.

Tender, and onely beloved] Filiu[illegible: 1 letter] [non-Latin text not transcribed]. The Greeks commonly called their children [non-Latin text not transcribed], the Latine Chari, Darlings, as Hee in Plantus, Domi domitus fui uſque cum Charis meis. Plaut. Menech. Act. 1. Scen. 1. I was hardly handled at home together with my dear children,

In the ſight of my Mother] Who had other children, 1 Chron. 3. but Solomon ſhee loved beſt, becauſe hee had moſt grace. And as a ſpecial fruit of her love ſhee gave him excellent counſel in her Lemuels leſſon, Prov. 31. His fall was therefore the more blame-worthy, becauſe hee had been ſo piouſly educated.