For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

Ver. 34. Who hath been his counsellor] Alphonso the wise (the fool rather) was heard blasphemously to say, that if he had been of God's counsel at the creation, he could have advised and ordered many things much better than now they are. This Alphonso, the tenth of that name, king of Spain, who by a just hand of God upon him deprived of his kingdom, and died in public hatred and infamy.

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