Chap. 5. An Expofition upon the Book of J OB. Vet f. r z. z? . . ,the i i9.PfiIm,verf. 29. David ufeth this word , to,(h:w the ac curatenefs, and holy curioficy which he ufed in furveighing his own life. 1 thought on my zoayr, that is,I fludied my felt and my works,with grearcfi cxa&}uefs,to find out very error or failing, or to frame my ways to a hairs breadth(it it were poible ) ac- cording to rule ; which anfwers the App filesphrafe,Epbef.5. of walking circrrmfptûly or exatll1, grace will we it with jnfnl craft, for exatinefr, that will make as cnri au :pork, or devices in holiref:, ar the other can in wicksdnefs. Of crafty. Here the workmen are defcribed as well as their work ; their works are devices, and the workmen are crafty. As the man is, fo is hie impl}ymen ; we are in working ,u we art in bring, Devices are the proper trade of crafty ones. The Original word, fometimes imports holy wifdome ; and (ometimes corrupt and finful wifdome: We read it in a good fenfe (Prop, I. 4. ) and (Prov. i 2. 3. ) The prudent man (a man thathach holy craft and skill inhim ) forefees the plague , and bideth himfelf ; Again , Prov. 8. 12. 1 wifdym dwell with prudence , and find out know- leelg of w" itty inventions. But dually the word is taken in an ill fenfe, for fubtil and finful craft, for craftinefs and fubtilty to do mi(chief ; therefore the vulgar tranflates it , He difap- `au1i,Yni pointeth thedevices ofeke (Malignant!; noting, that it is not an $ °_ hone( craft, but a malignant craft, by which the counfcls and `at etiam an devices of thttfe men are contrived or aged : (P(at, 83. . 3 Ì that frum,cujur in word is ufed , They bave taken crafty counfel aping thy people, and anineplures confulted was ttsoreagnbt then Beats of the field T. N,w the Serptnt di ticu(a Í naked any e The wo:d properly yvra;u:a,. liignifies tobe - land by a Metaphor, to be fubtile;fly,craí- ereeo,un'd ty, nimble; becaufe men, who (as tumblers; racers, rope-dan yviaraonr. cers) are todo a thing nimbly and fpeedily, fubtilly and flily, Lecu ubi nudi often (trip themfelves of all, but will never cumber themfelves fe euerccban- with many cioathes. We know , that craft alwaycs a turnunc fama- cloak or veile upon atEions,and walks in a difguife : yet becaufe rerúrio ubl the crafty man is fo nimble to turn and wind, & vary him(elf a gcnialitar>J thoufa:ad wayes,both for the plotting and a&ing of his defigns, difcendb Deer_ thereforehe is elegantly named, from nakednefi. Hence allo in erilQBNcrer; the Greek Language *, the word which figni6es nimble aEting orexercifing themind or body,asallo places and Schools wheie Fedit,i,, Pya, , thofe cxercifes were performed and taught, is derived from na- kednefs;or from being naked:And it is obfervable, that our firfl N n Parents
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