John Trapp on Proverbs 7:4

Verſ. 4. Say unto wiſdome, thou art my Siſter] q. d. If thou muſt needs have a Lady to ſet thy love upon, Let mee commend a Miſtreſs to thee more amiable and affable than any that thou canſt meet with; and that is Heavenly Wiſdome. Say unto her, thou art my Siſter, &c. Chriſt oft wooes his Spouſe by this title, My Siſter, my Spouſe. As the neareſt affinity is Spouſe, ſo the neareſt conſanguinty in Siſter. There are all bonds to knit us to Chriſt, there ſhall be all to knit Chriſt to us, if wee fall in with Wiſdome: this is to become a kin to Chriſt, Mat. 12.56. And that is the trueſt nobility, where God himſelf is top of the kin, and Religion the root, in regard whereof all the reſt (riches, retinue, &c.) are but ſhadows and ſhapes of nobleneſs.

Call underſtanding thy kinſwoman] i. e. Bee throughly and familiarly acquainted with her. Surely as in nature hee is accounted a ſingular Idiot, that knows not his own ſiſters or near kinsfolk: ſo in Religion, hee is ſtrangely ſimple and ſtupid, that is not acquainted with the grounds of behaviour▪ and comfort, as they are contained in the word.