John Trapp on Esther 6:10

Verſe 10. Then the King ſaid to Haman] The King had no intent herein to enſnare Haman, or croſſe his humour, but God had a hand in it for the effecting of his own ends, which cannot but be ever exceeding good, ſith his will is not only recta but regula.

Make haſte, and take the aparel, and the horſe, &c.] Here was no time left him of deliberation, or liberty of contradiction, diſpute he muſt not, but diſpatch what was given him in charge. Had he had but the leaſt breathing-while, that ſtepping out of the preſence he might have conſidered with himſelfe, or conſulted with his friends, he would either have fained himſelf ſick, or found ſome other excuſe, that he might not have done his enemy this honour. But God had ſo ordered it, and the King commanded it to be done forthwith; it was not therefore for Haman, vel reſponſare, velrepugnare, to chat or chafe, unleſſe he would run the hazard of all; for, Where the word of a King is, there is power; and who may ſay unto him, What doſt thou?

And do even ſo to Mordecai the Jew] This word ſtabb'd Haman to the heart, who had run many great hazards doubtleſſe to dominere in his undeſerved dignities; and now muſt perforce honour him whom he had hoped to have hanged; cloath him whom he hoped to have ſtripped; help him up to his horſe, upon whoſe grave he hoped to have danced; prepare a triumph for him, for whom he had prepared a tree; make Proclamation before him as a Crier lead his horſe as a Lacquey, do all offices for him as a ſlave or underling: Oh what a cut, what a Cordolium was this to a man of his metal and making! It was wonder his heart burſt not, as did Achitophels, for pride ſo ſwelleth the ſoul many times, that it breaketh the caſe, the body I mean, and endeth the life: but this had been here to have ſaved the Hangman a labour. But baſe ſpirits will buckle, and fall down to riſe, crouch and creep to mount, &c.

That ſitteth at the Kings gate] There you ſhall have him, and ſee that you miſtake him not. Haman knew him well enough by his ſtiffeneſſe and ſtoutneſſe, and wiſhed him of all the men in the world out of the world.

Let nothing faile of all that thou haſt ſpoken] Perquàm hoc durum eſt, ſed ita lex ſcripta eſt, ſaith the Civil Lawyer, this was an hard ſaying, and as hard meat to Hamans ſtomack that would ill go down, but there was no help for it, himſelf had adviſed it, and muſt therefore ſpeedily execute it. Lata negligentia dolus eſt, ſayes the Lawyer: remiſſeneſs is a kinde of perfidiouſneſſe. Excuſes would have been conſtrued for refuſals, delayes for denials, &c.