John Trapp on Proverbs 4:7

Verſ. 7. Wiſdome is the principal thing] Say the world what it will, a dram of this wiſdome, is worth a pound of wit. Let others cenſure with the Scribes, let mee wonder with the multitude. And for wealth, hee is rich, not that hath the world, but that can contemn it. As for honour,Magnos homina virtute meti[illegible: 2 letters] tur non fortun[illegible: 1 letter] prudentes. Nepos. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Virtue is a thouſand Eſcuchious: And that is the true Nobility, whereof God is the top of the kin, Religion the root: For without this, well may a man be notable or notorious, but truly Noble hee can never bee. Laſtly, For learning, the Greeks expreſs learned, and good, by one word, as if they were not learned that are not good; and the Scripture calls a wicked man generally a fool.

With all thy getting get] With any pains, for any price. This gold cannot bee bought too dear. Make Religion thy buſineſs, other things do by the by: as Ariſtotle ſtudied Philoſophy in the morning, that was his [non-Latin text not transcribed] but eloquence in the afternoon, that was his [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Or as Caeſar ſwimming thorow the waters to eſcape his enemies,Major fuit cura Caſari libellorum quam purpura. carried his books in his hand above the waters, but loſt his robe.