John Trapp on Proverbs 6:1

CHAP. VI. Verſ. 1. My Son, if thou bee Surety]

THe wiſe-man having exhorted his Son to marry, rather than burn, and to nouriſh a family, rather than to haunt Harlots houſes, to the end that hee may ſhew himſelf a good Oeconomick, and provide for the comfortable ſubſiſtence of wife and children, hee bids him here beware, 1 Of unadviſed ſuretiſhip. 2 Of idleneſs, two great enemies to thrift, without which there can be no good houſe kept. The royalty of Salomon could not have conſiſted for all his riches, without forecaſt and frugality.