work wilily: Genesis 34:13; 1 Kings 20:31-33; Matthew 10:16; Luke 16:8
ambassadors: The word tzir:, an ambassador, properly denotes a hinge; because an ambassador is a person upon whom the business turns as upon a hinge. So the Latin Cardinalis:, from cardo:, a hinge, was the title of the prime minister of the emperor Theodosius, though now applied only to the Pope's electors and counsellors.
wine bottles: These bottles being made of skin, were consequently liable to be rent, and capable of being mended; which is done, according to Chardin, by putting in a piece, or by gathering up the wounded piece in the manner of a purse; and sometimes by inserting a flat piece of wood. Psalms 119:83; Matthew 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37-38