John Trapp on Ezra 9:3

Verſe 3.Juvenal. I rent my garments and my mantle] In token of his deep and down-right humiliation, indignation, deteſtation of their dealings herein.

And pluckt [illegible: 1 letter]ff the hair of my head, and of my beard] To ſhew how paſſionately grieved and offended he was. The raging Turk did the like at the laſt aſſault of Scodra: being extremely vexed at the diſhonour and loſſe he had received there. But what followed? In his choler and frantick rage,Turk. Hiſt. he moſt horribly blaſphemed God: whereas holy Ezra, though he ſat aſtonied till the Evening ſacrifice, yet then he poureth forth his ſoul in an heavenly prayer, verſe 5, 6.

And ſate down aſtonied] As one that hath neither life nor ſoul, (as we ſay) that can neither ſay nor do for himſelf, being wondrouſly amazed, aſtoniſhed, or deſolate, as David had been, Pſal. 143.4. The true Zealot, as his love is fervent, his deſires eager, his delights raviſhing, his hopes longing; ſo his hatred is deadly, his anger fierce, his grief deep, his fear terrible, &c. Zeal is an extreme heat of all the affections, Rom. 12.11. boyling-hot, hiſſing-hot, as the Greek importeth. [non-Latin text not transcribed].