John Trapp on Nehemiah 8:1

CHAP. VIII. Verſe 1. As one man.]

See Ezra 3.1. and remember that Omne ſimile non eſt idem: this is a diſtinct Hiſtory from that.

Into the ſtreet] Or, open place, the meeting-place of the water-gate, See chap. 3. ver. 26. Right over againſt this Gate, was the Court of the people, ſaith Lyra, See Ezra 10. ver. 9.

And they ſpake unto Ezra the Scribe] The people may,Col. 4.17. 1 Cor. 3.22. if need be, ſay to Archippus, Look to thy miniſtery, &c.] Whether Paul, or Apollo, or Cephas, All is theirs; (the gifts and abilities of all good Miniſters) and they may call for them.

To bring the Book of the Law of Moſes] Wherein he was noe leſſe able, then apt to impart, 1 Tim. 3.2. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. He knew that the beſt had need hear the Law, ne ſpiritum ſeſſ[illegible: 1 letter]rem excutiant, that they might be kept within the bounds of obedience. Not the unruly colt onely, but the Horſe that is broken, hath a bit and bridle alſo.