The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

Secondly, in the instrument that he used, the Serpent, not only the subtlest of all the beasts of the Field, which were to be kept out of the Garden, but the nimblest ⟨p. 235⟩and slyest, as the ^hword doth also signify: and therefore fittest to creep in and out, till he had done his feat, with whom (as it seemed) the woman talked, without suspicion of fraud, or astonishment to hear a dumb creature speak, because not then knowing of the fall of Angels, she thought some Angel had spoken in the Serpent.

Secondly, in the instrument that he vsed, the Serpent, not onely the subtillest of all the beasts of the Field, which were to be kept out of the Garden, but the nimblest ⟨p. 235⟩and slyest, as the ^hword doth also signifie: and therefore fittest to creepe in and out, till he had done his feat, with whom (as it seemed) the woman talked, without suspicion of fraud, or astonishment to heare a dumbe creature speake, because not then knowing of the fall of Angels, shee thought some Angell had spoken in the Serpent.

1. h[Greek or Hebrew]. For it cometh of a root which signifieth to make naked or bare, as men use to do, when they would go nimbly about a thing.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. For it commeth of a roote which signifieth to make naked or bare, as men vse to doe, when they would goe nimbly about a thing.

The fetches and devices which he had to draw her into his Nets, are worthy to be considered: