And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling [was] in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
Ver. 40. And he took his staff in his hand.] His pedum pastorale sive agolum: so Festus calleth the shepherd's crook, ab agendis pecoribus, a poor weapon against such an antagonist. Veritas etiam indefensa est invicta: et arma victorioe eius sunt inermis patientia, bona causa, et bona conscientia. a
“ Qua mens plena fide sit prece iuncta Deo. ”
Even in a scrip.] Such as shepherds use, ut in ea reculas suas recordant, to put their small doings in.
a Bucholcer.