John Trapp on Proverbs 8:21

Verſ. 21. To inherit ſubſtance] Heb. That that is, [non-Latin text not transcribed] that that hath ſome tack or ſubſtance in it, ſome firmity, or ſolid conſiſtency. Wilt thou ſet thine eyes upon that which is not? Outward things are not, but onely in opinion, in imagination: In ſemblance, not in ſubſtance. The pomp of this world is but a fancy, Act. 25.33. the glory of it a conceit, Matth. 4. the whole faſhion of it a meer notion, 1 Cor. 7.31. Riches get them great Eagles wings,Prov. 23.5. they flye away without once taking leave of the owner, leaving nothing but the print of their talons in his heart, to torment him. When wee graſp them moſt greedily, wee imbrace nothing but ſmoke, which wrings tears from our eyes, and vaniſheth into nothing. Onely true grace is durable ſubſtance; the things above outlaſt the dayes of heaven, and run parallel with the life of God, and line of eternity.