Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; [I pray thee], say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
Ver. 20. I desire one small petition of thee.] Small she called it, but Solomon, who saw further into the matter, judged otherwise of it. 1Ki 2:22 There are depths of the devil which every one cannot dive into.
“ Ut fugias quae sunt noxia, tuta time. ”