John Trapp on Esther 1:21

Verſe 21. And the ſaying pleaſed the King] Pity but itching ears ſhould have clawing Counſellors. Memucan was a fit helve for ſuch an hatchet; and his adviſe fit lettice for ſuch lips. What marvel that ſuch a ſmooth Counſellour pleaſed the King, when as he had before given place to two ſuch bad Counſellours, Wine and Anger?

And the Princes] Who perceived (very likely) by the Kings looks and geſtures, that he was much taken and tickled with Memucans counſel: which they therefore ſecond and ſubſcribe to. How rare a jewel in a Princes care is a faithful counſellour, that will deliver himſelf freely, non ad gratiam, ſed ad veritatem; not to pleaſe, but to profit. Such a one was Agrippa to Auguſtus, Polybius to Scipio, Latimer to Edward the ſixth, &c. There is ſafety in the multitude of Counſellours, modò andeant quae ſentiant (as the Oratour ſaith) ſo they dare ſpeak out, and will not ſpare to do it.Cic. pro Milone

And the King did according to the word of Memucan] Dicto citiùs, it was forthwith done. Vaſthi is all on the ſudden divorced, and the fooliſh King publikely ſhamed. But all this was of the Lord, that Eſther might be advanced, and the Church relieved. So there was a wheele within a wheele, which the wicked diſcerne not, nor the Saints conſider of. God oft wraps himſelf in a cloud, and will not be ſeene till afterwards. All Gods dealings will appear beautiful in their ſeaſons; though for the preſent we ſee not the contiguity and concatenation of one thing with an[illegible: 2 letters]her.