John Trapp on Proverbs 30:24

Verſ. 24. There be four things] made up thus in quaternions (as the 119. Pſalm is in octonaries, and thoſe in an Alphabetical order) for help of memory.

Which are little upon the earth, but exceeding wiſe] God is maximus in minimis, very much ſeen in the ſmalleſt Creatures. In formicis major anima quàm in Elephantis, in nanis quàm in gigantibus. The ſoul is more active in Ants than Elephants, in Dwarfes than in Giants. Who hath deſpiſed the day of ſmall things? Zech. 4.10.

Ovid.A can[illegible: 1 letter] non magno ſaepè tenetur aper.

The Creatures, next to the Scriptures, are the beſt Lay-mans-Books; whereby we may learn to know God and our ſelves ſavingly. Ask now the beaſts, and they ſhall teach thee; and the Fowls of the Heaven, and they ſhall tell thee, Job 12.1.