John Trapp on Proverbs 9:1

CHAP. IX. Verſ. 1. Wiſdome]

HEbr. Wiſdomes in the plural; and this, either honoris cauſa, for honours ſake, or elſe by an Ellypſis, as if the whole of it were Wiſdome of Wiſdomes, as the Song of Songs for a moſt excellent Song, Cant. 1.1. Junius renders it Summa ſapientia: See the Note of Chap. 1.20.

Hath builded her houſe] That is, the Church, 1 Tim. 3.15. See the Note there.

Shee hath hewn out her ſeven pillars] Pillars, and poliſhed pillars. Any thing is good enough to make up a mud-wall; but the Churches Pillars are of Marble; and thoſe, not rough, but hewn; her ſafety is accompanied with beauty.