Matthew Poole and continuators on Matthew 14:8

8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptists head in a charger.

Mark ch. 6.24, 25. reports it more largely. And she went forth, and said unto her Mother, What shall I ask? And she said, the Head of Iohn the Baptist. And she came in straightway, with hast to the King, and asked saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a Charger, the Head of Iohn the Baptist. The meaning is plain, so as the Words need no Interpreter, they let us see, 1. The Power of the Lu[illegible: 1 letter]t of Malice, and desire of Revenge; surely Herodias might have prompted her to have asked something which might have done her more good, than the Blood of an Holy and Innocent man. The guilty Soul is never at rest, Iohn Baptist was a Prisoner, she should not need have feared the influence of Iohns word to have caused a Divorce, but she cannot be at rest while Ioh[illegible: 1 letter] is alive. 2. The great Evil of wicked Parents: And the contrary Blessing of Parents fearing God, the former by commanding, or perswading their Children to sin, are great Instruments towards their Childrens Damnation: The other by their Admonitions, Precepts, and Instructions, great In[illegible: 1 letter]truments of their Salvation, and eternal Happiness. 3. We may observe the Genius of flattering Courtiers, not one of them interposeth to save the Baptists Life.