John Trapp on Esther 6:2
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Esther6:2
Verſe 2. And is was found written] It was God who directed the Reader to that very place: like as he did the Eunuch to Eſay 53.7, 8. where reading of the meekneſſe of Jeſus Chriſt, he was transformed into the ſame image; as was likewiſe Johannes Iſaac a Jew, converted by reading the ſame chapter. Hoc ego ingenuè profiteor, ſaith he, Caput illud ad fidem Chriſti me adduxiſſe. This I confeſſe ingenuouſly, that lighting upon that chapter, I was brought thereby to the faith of Chriſt. Auſtin thought he heard a voice, ſaying, Tolle, lege, take up the Bible and reade: accordingly he took it up, and opening it, fell upon that text in the Romanes, chap. 13.14. which was the main meanes of his Converſion.
That Mordecai had told of Bigthana, &c.] See chap. 2.21.
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