John Trapp on Proverbs 5:15

Verſ. 15. Drink waters out of thine own Ciſtern] After other preſervatives from fornication (as not to think of, or ſpeak with the harlot, not to come near the doors of her houſe, &c. but to conſider of the many miſchiefs that follow upon it, a diſeaſed body, a damned ſoul, a poor purſe, &c.) Here the Wiſe-man preſcribeth wedlock as a remedy properly ordained by God for that end, 1 Cor. 7.2, 9. And becauſe not the having of a wife, but the loving of her keeps a man honeſt; therefore it follows, verſ. 19. Let her [illegible: 1 letter]ee as the loving Hind, &c.

And running waters] Heathen writers alſo ſet forth a wife by waters: as Heſiod bids men not to paſs over a running water without prayers to the Gods; Heſiod. in Ergis. that is, not to render unto their wives due benevolence, till they have ſought God, as Johannes Grammaticus interprets it. A pious Precept, Marriage as well as meats muſt bee ſanctified by the word and prayer: and God bee called in to bleſs this phyſick to the ſoul. Luſt makes the heart hot and thirſty: God therefore ſends men to this Well, to this Ciſtern, Confer Iſa. 65.1. The Hebrews call a woman [non-Latin text not transcribed] i. e. perforata, Gen. 1.27.