290 Chap: S. An Expofition upen the Book of J O B. Vetf. 13 knowledg nd prat fe the Lord in bit wifdom , and in thefe wonderful works, which be bath done among the children of men l He takes the wife in their owncraftinefs ; And, as it follows in the text The counfel ofthe froward is carriedheadlong, The counfel. ] There is fomewhat further in that ; not only are con li jn oil their devices difappointed, but their Counfcls; Counfels are the di non focien. refults of ferions and' fad debates ; Craft is ofone, counfel is of many divee eacogi- beads laid together. Caunfel is the extrac`l ofreafon, both about what tataratio, we are to do, cr leaveundone : There counfels God carries head- cicer.t.2. de rong : There is nothing moreoppofite tocounfel then precipita- de tnvenr' tion;longdeliberation fhould go beforedetermination, but their counfels flail be carried head long:They fhal either be overha- fly in counfel, or their counfels being folemnly enough fetled , fhal beaverhaflily aaed:Rafhheadlong execution may bean dangerous asrafh headlong refolutions. Bat whole are there counfels?the fame mens flill,though under another notion.Tke *mufti of thefroward. aradice1Irt Etinniphol Before we had,tbe devices of the crafty; aod,again, the craftinefs of Niphial,tortuo, thewife; Now here, tbecdunfelof the froward. The Spirit of God difortus , per varies words,but the men are the fame. There is [carte variety ronymicì enough of words inall languages, to exprefr the variety of wickedneffcr, latus furr' which one heartfpeaks. The Hebrew word in the root, figni- v"(, enim lu- tutur cum ali. fieth to wrefl,or to writh a thing,or to reft and turn a thing as quo,cuta va- wrafllers their bodies. Hence by a Trope, it is tranflated often, rid torquet,da- to wra[lle ; becaufe a cunning man in wraling, tumeth and neceumvintat windeth hisbod , and works himfelf in and out every way, to e praflernit. y Notatur bic get an advantage of his adverfary any way ; therefore your tstiovet verfu. cunning-headed men, your crafty men, are fitly prefented un- tia, quo quis der this word ; they are like wraftlers,who turn and wind them- focitè atium felves in and out, and lie for all advantages;or,as we [peak, they turzuindu ,but-lye at catcb,Amanknows not where to have thern,or what they , taecfacire ca- mean, when they (peak plainefhor (wear folemnefl : when we veti net facile think we fee their faces, we fee but their vifards ; all their pro- uneri pogit in miles and performances too,are under a difguife. Such cunning eí7ionibus fuss vetad lueate- m aeflers or wrafilers are here intended. One of the Patriarks re: ailuditur had his name(Gen,3e.8.) Naprbali, and the ,reafon is there gi- ttos, ven, for ( faith his mother) with great wrafilings have 1 wraflled withmy f fier, and I have prevailed , and fhe called his name Nap- Obgli :The Hebrew is, with wraftlings of God t that is divine and
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