John Trapp on Proverbs 9:2

Verſ. 2. Shee hath killed her Beaſts] Chriſt provideth for his the beſt of the beſt, fat things full of marrow, wines on the lees, &c. Iſa. 26. his own fleſh which is meat indeed, his own blood which is drink indeed, Joh. 6.55. beſides that continual feaſt of a good conſcience, whereat the holy Angels (ſaith Luther) are as Cooks, and Butlers, and the bleſſed Trinity joyful gueſts.

Shee hath mingled her Wine] That it may not inflame or diſtemper. Chriſt ſpake as the people were able to hear, liſping to them in their own low language; So muſt all his Miniſters accommodating themſelves to the meaneſt capacities. Mercers note here is, Cum ſobrietate tractandae Scripturae. The Scriptures are to bee handled with ſobriety.

Shee hath alſo furniſhed her table] So that it even ſweats with variety of precious viands wherewith her gueſts are daily and daintily fed. Mr. Latimer ſayes, That the aſſurance of Salvation, is the ſweet-meats of this ſtately Feaſt. But what a do[illegible: 1 letter]t was Cardinal Bobba, who ſpeaking in commendation of the Library of Bonony (which being in an upper-room hath under it a Victualling-houſe,Angel. Roccha in Vatican. p. 395. and under that a Wine-cellar) had thought hee had hit it, in applying thereunto this Text, Wiſdome hath built her an houſe, hath m[illegible: 1 letter]ngled her wine, and furniſhed her table?