John Trapp on Esther 9:24

Verſe 24. Becauſe Haman the ſonne of Hammedatha the Agagite, &c.] In deteſtation of whoſe wicked plot, the Jewes at this day, when at this feaſt of Purim, they read the book of Eſther in their ſynagogues, as oft as they hear mention of Haman, Anton. Meraanta. lib. de Jud. cerem. they do with their fiſts and hammers beat upon the benches and boards, as if they did knock upon Hamans head; Lavater ſaith, the Papiſts in ſome countreyes do the like on Good-friday, when in the reading of the Goſpel, mention is made of Iudas the Traitour. But as for Faux, Digby, Piercy, Catesby, and the reſt of that helliſh crue of Popiſh Hamans, treacherous Judaſſes, theſe they have crowned with freſh Encomiaſticks, and little leſſe then ſainted. Garnet (that boutefeau) hath his picture ſet among the reſt of Rome's Saints,Cornè á Lap. in Apoc. 7.3. Ger. [illegible: 1 letter]. Apol. Cont Jeſuet. in the Jeſuites Church at Rome with this Inſcription, Voluiſſe ſat eſt, Prodigious impudency.

And had caſt Pur] But found to his coſt, that there is no inchantment againſt Jacob, Ut contereret eos. neither any divination againſt Iſrael, but that, according to this time it ſhould be ſaid of Jacob and Iſrael, (ſaid by way of wonder at Gods doing on their behalf) what hath God wrought? Numb. 23.23.

To conſume them] Heb. to cruſh them, as a thing cruſhed to pieces, as the leſſer beaſts are cruſhed by the Lion, or as things are broken with a maule.