John Trapp on Job 12:22

Verſe 22. He diſcovereth deep things out of darkneſſe] As he did to Joſeph and Pharaoh by dreams, to the Prophets by viſions and revelations, and ſtill doth to his people by his Spirit: for the Spirit ſearcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God, 1 Cor. 2.10. He bringeth to light alſo the hidden things of darkneſſe, helliſh conſpiracies, as in the Powder-plot, the deep reaches of Kings to maintain their authority, and compaſſe their deſigns, reſolving to ſuffer never a rub to lie in their way, that might hinder the true running of their bowle. Philip de Comines dived ſo deep,Heyl. Geog. and wrote ſo plainly of the Stately affairs (thoſe arcana imperii) that Katharine de Medices (Queen-mother of France) was wont to ſay, that he had made as many hereticks policy, as Luther had done in Religion: ſhe ſaw not that God had ſet Comines awork, and that he will yet further bring out to light (that all men may ſee) the ſhadow of death; that is, the things that are moſt abſtruſe, and moſt unlikely ever to have been diſcovered: ſee Matth. 16.26. with the Note: and ſay, Wo to them that ſeek deep to hide their counſel from the Lord, Iſai. 29.15. The powder-plot was a deep thing of darkneſſe, it was under ground, they were ſo long digging in their vault of villany; and a long time it was ſecreted under oaths, and ſtrongeſt concealments: But a bird of the air revealed it, and that which had wing told the matter, Eccleſ. 10.20. It was a quill, a piece of a wing brought all to light by a blind letter put (by a providence) into a wrong hand: the danger was at the very [non-Latin text not transcribed], within eight hours of being acted, when from a match ready fired, we received a matchleſſe deliverance: Say then, [non-Latin text not transcribed]