He that diggeth a pit] This, and the three following Proverbial similitudes tend all to this end, That evil usualy returneth on the heads of those that were the authors of it. Malum consilium consultori pessimum, Prov. XXVI. 27. and XXVIII. 10. Psal. VII. 16. and IX. 15. In application; against such as overturne the foundations of Lawes, and Customes; and alter the long established and wholsome constitutions of Kingdomes, Nations, and people; and confound Rule and Subjection, and dissolve the ligaments of Government, Prov. XXVI. 27.