Matthew Poole and continuators on Hebrews 12:19

19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words, [illegible: 1 letter]hich voice they that heard , intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

Which was most shrill and dreadful, it sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, giving a fearful Alarm unto Israel to draw near to the Lord to hear his Law to them, and covenant with them, and to see a Type of their Doom, if they transgressed it, in an obscure Representation of the General Judgment, Exod. 19.16, 19. and 20.18. compare 1 Thess. 4.16. 2 Thess. 1.7, 8, 9.

The People being overwhelmed with the Majesty and Dreadfulness of that Voice, deprecated any more such for matter or manner of Manifestation to them, Exod. 20.19. Deut. 5.23, 24, 25, 26. and ch. 18.16. And therefore desired Moses to speak to them God's Law, and that God might speak no more.

After which Alarm, the Angel of the Covenant uttered his Voice out of the Fire most majestickly, distinctly, and loudly, spake to Israel in their own Language, the Ten Words, or Commandments, that they might hear and understand them, so as they sensed them to be dreadful for their sound and matter, Exod. 20.1, to 20. Deut. 4.10, 12, 13. and 5.1, to 28.

Marginal references: Exod. 20.19.