John Trapp on Proverbs 9:11

Verſ. 11. For by mee thy daies] This verſe depends upon verſ. 6. See the Note on verſ. 7. Thoſe that embrace wiſdome, ſhall bee paid for their pains, either in mony, or monies-worth: Either they ſhall dye, as Abraham did, with a good gray-head, or elſe with Joſiah, they ſhall live long in a little time, and then live for ever in Heaven. Henoch had the ſhorteſt life of any of the ten Patriarchs: But then hee was recompenced in the longeſt life of his Son Methuſalah, but eſpecially, in that God took him to glory. Beſides, that though hee departed the world ſoon, yet fulfilled hee much time, as Mr. Hooker hath it.Eccleſ poſit. l. 4. p. 168.

And the year of thy life ſhall bee encreaſed] Heb. They ſhall encreaſe the years of thy life. That is, they that ſurvive thee, ſhall perpetuate thy memory, thy good name ſhall never dye. Some live to bee their own Executors for their good name; and yet they ſee them (not honeſtly) buried before themſelves dye: Nay, many are as thoſe, Job 27.15, 23. hiſſed and kickt off this Stage of the World, buried before they are half dead. There is ſcarce a vicious man, whoſe name is not rotten before his carkaſs. On the other ſide, a good mans name is oft-times the heir to his life. Or, if obſcured for a time, as the Martyrs were, yet as the Sun breaks through the cloud that masketh it, ſo God ſhall bring forth their righteouſneſs as the light, and their judgement as the noon-day, Pſal. 37.6.