John Trapp on Nehemiah 1:10

Verſe 10. Now theſe are thy ſervants and thy people] And therefore thou are concerned, in point of honour, to ſee to them, and to work for them, as every Maſter will do for his ſervants, and King for his ſubjects. Otherwiſe, the neighbour-Nations our enemies may poſſibly ſay as Aigoland King of Saragoſſa in Aragon did; of whom it is reported, that he long time made Charlemaine beleeve that he would be baptized. [illegible: 1 word]. And when he came for that purpoſe to the French Court, and ſaw many Lazars and poor people expecting alms from the Emperours table, he asking what they were? was anſwered, that they were the ſervants and people of God. On theſe words, he ſpeedily returned; deſperately proteſting that he would not ſerve that God, which could keep his ſervants no better.

Whom thou haſt redeemed by thy great power] And wilt thou part with thy purchaſe, or obſcure the glory of thy conqueſt over the gods and people of Egypt, by leaving the [illegible: 1 span] people deſtitute?