An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…

And what doth thine eye wink at?

But is it a fault to wink with the eye; ¹it is said (Joh. 13.24.) that Peter beckoned to, or winked at John (the Greek word signifieth an inviting gesture by the whole head, or by the eye) he winked at him I say, to ask Christ who it was of whom he spake: There was no fault in that, but Eliphaz finds fault with this: What was the supposed fault? There is a twofold faulty winking.

But is it a fault to wink with the eye; ¹it is sayd (Joh. 13.24.) that Peter beckned to, or winked at John (the Greeke word signifieth an inviting gesture by the whole head, or by the eye) he winkt at him I say, to aske Christ who it was of whom he spake: There was no fault in that, but Eliphaz findes fault with this: What was the supposed fault? There is a twofold faulty winking.

1. 1[Greek or Hebrew], nutu utor, quia nutus ficri solet vel capite, vel oculis.〈non-Latin alphabet〉, nutu utor, quia nutus ficri solet vel capite, vel oculis.

First, When we wink at faults, our own faults, or the faults of other men, to bear with, or approve them.