John Trapp on Proverbs 8:27

Verſ. 27. When hee prepared the heaven] Or cauſed them to bee prepared, took order to have it done, viz. by mee, who was with him, and by whom hee made the worlds,Joh. 3.35. Heb. 1.3. Joh. 1.3. Col. 1.16. For the Father loveth the Son, and hath put all things into his hand.

When hee ſet a compaſs] Or, drew a circle round about the earth, meaning the Out-ſpread firmament of heaven, Gen. 1.6. Howbeit the Hebrews underſtand it of the world of Angels, called by them the third world, or the third heaven; whereunto St. Paul alſo ſeems to allude, 2 Cor. 12.2.