John Trapp on Proverbs 7:6
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Proverbs7:6
Verſ. 6. I looked through my caſement] Little did this young fool think whoſe eye was upon him: leſs did hee heed the all-ſeeing eye of Heaven. Solomon was obſerving his ſubjects carriages, and found a miſcarriage. Magiſtrates, as they have many eyes upon them (whence alſo they have their name in the Hebrew tongue) ſo they are to have their eyes upon many,Nagid a Neged, quod in eam omnes conjiciam oculos. watching when other men ſleep, and obſerving what other men ſlight. The Poets feign, that Jupiter over-looks the world, and that Somnus or Sleep durſt never come a neer him. A King that ſitteth in the Throne of Judgement, ſcattereth away all evil with his eyes, Prov. 20.8.
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