John Trapp on Nahum 1:11

Ver. 11. There is one come out of thee that imagineth evill againſt the Lord] Many there are, but one among and above the reſT: ſc. Sennacherib, that bold Briareus, that lifteth up his hundred hands at once againſt heaven; and threateneth to cut off at a blow Gods people, as if they had all but one neck. See verſe 9. He is come up over all his chanels, and gone over all his banks, Iſa. 8.7. but God ſhall ſoon put a ſtop to him: and with an over-running ſlood (that he may be even with him) make an utter [illegible: 1 letter]nd of his place, as it is here ver. 8.

a wicked Counſellour] Heb. a counſellour of Belial, or of the devill, who lendeth him his ſeven heades to plot, and his ten horns to puſh Gods people. What pernicious counſel he gave them ſee 2 King. 18. 2 Chron. 32. Eſal. 36. ſc. to caſt off God as not able to deliver them out of his hands: and to make an agreement with him by a preſent &c. the peſtilent counſell he gave them by Rabſhakeh, who was, ſay the Rabbines, a Renegado-Jew. Every Viſier and Baſha of State among the Turks uſeth to keep ſtill a Jew of his private counſell: whoſe malice, wit, and experience of Chriſtendome, with their continuall intelligence, is thought to adviſe moſt of that miſchief,Voyage into the Levant. p. 114. which the Turk at this day puts in execution againſt us (ſaith mine Authour) the Jews being found the moſt nimble and Mercuriall wits in the world, but counſellours of Belial. In all the ſhop of hell there is no anvile ſo well ſet, whereon to forge, no engine ſo apt, whereby to execute any choice piece of miſchief, as that man, who is ingenuose nequam, & publico ma[illegible: 1 letter]o facundus (as it is ſaid of C. Curio the Roman) Wittily wicked, and peſtilently eloquent. Such were Cardinall Pool to England, Cardinall Sadeletus to Geneva, and the I[illegible: 1 letter]ſuite[illegible: 1 letter] generaily, great Politicians and factours for Rome: They ſay, Satan ſent Luther, and God ſent them to withſtand him. They deſtroy many ſouls, as the Dragon doth the Elephant; by biting his ear, and ſucking his blood; becauſe he knows that to be the onely place which the Elephant cannot reach with his trunk to deſend. They take crafty counſel againſt the Church. Pſal. 8.33.