John Trapp on Proverbs 16:30

Verſ. 30. Hee ſhutteth his eyes to deviſe froward things] Wicked men are great ſtudents, they beat their brains, and cloſe their eyes, that they may revolve and excogitate miſchief with more freedome of mind. They ſearch the Devils ſcull for new devices: and are very intentive to invent that which may do hurt; their wits will better ſerve them to finde out an hundred ſhifts or carnal Arguments, than to yeeld to one ſaving truth; though never ſo much cleared up to them.

Moving his lips, hee bringeth evil to paſſe] Mumbling and muttering to himſelf,Lib. 1. dever. oblig. and ſo calling the Devil into counſel, hee hath him at hand to bring about the buſineſſe. Bartolus writes of Doctor Gabriel Nele, that by the onely motion of the lips, without any utterance, hee underſtood all men, perceived and read every mans mind in his countenance. If Nele could do ſo, how much more the Devil?Cognata ſunt [non-Latin text not transcribed], ut [non-Latin text not transcribed] & [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Juvenal. ſat. 13. In Epiſt. ad Heb. ſerm. 7. Arſatius ſucceeded Chryſoſtome, being an old dotal of eighty years, quem [illegible: 1 letter]iſces facundid rana agilitate ſuperabant. who beſides his natural ſagacity, hath had ſo long experience, and both knows and furthers thoſe evil plots and practices, that himſelf hath injected into wicked hearts.