II. SIMPLE, is opos’d to a Deceiver, an unjust or a wicked Person. It stands for Sincerity, Fidelity, Innocence, and Candour. Gen. xxv. 27. Job i. 1, 8. Prov. iii. 32.‘Tis in this Sense that Jacob is call’d a plain or a simple Man. Job is call’d a perfect and upright Man, or, according to the Vulgate, a simple Man. Wisdom is given to the Simple.
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