John Trapp on Psalms 140:2
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Psalms140:2
Verſ. 2 Which imagine miſchiefs in their heart] Where the Devil worketh night and day as a mintman; as a Smith in his forge; or an Artificer in his ſhop. A godly man is ſaid to have right thoughts, Prov. 12.5. and that his deſires are only good, chap. 11.23. An evill man is called a man of wicked devices, Prov. 12.2. & 14, 17. being ingenioſe nequam, wittily wicked, as it was once ſaid of C. Curio the Roman Lawyer.
They are gathered together for war] Heb. They gather wars, as Serpents gather poiſon to vomit out at others. Coaceruant praelia. q. d. ſunt tanquam tube belli.
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