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God having warned these wise men in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned home another way.
But did these wise men play the parts of honest men, in that they returned not again to Herod?
Answer, it appears not that they promised Herod to return, though he expected it; or if they did, it was in consideration that Herod should come and worship Christ, not to murder and destroy him.
But if they promised him never so positively, God Almighty gave them a dispensation from that promise, by commanding them to return home another way.
Herod kept his design against Christ close from the wise men, but he could not conceal his intentions from the infinitely wise God; he knew the purposes of his heart, and, by his providence, kept Christ out of his hand.
There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel, against the Lord.