John Trapp on Nehemiah 9:13

Verſe 13. Thou cameſt down alſo upon mount Sinai] A place of many buſhes and briers: The Law there delivered, pricketh and pierceth the conſciences of evil-doers. Thither God came with ten thouſands of his Saints, as Moſes (who climbed up that hill, and alone ſaw it) ſaith, Deut. 33.2.

And ſpakeſt with them from heaven] He came down upon Sinai, and yet ſpake from heaven: See a like text, John 3.13. There he ſpake alſo with us, Hoſ. 12.4. See that ye refuſe not him that ſpeaketh from heaven, ſee that ye ſhift him not off, much leſſe turn away from him, Heb. 12.25.

And gaveſt them right judgements, &c.] All theſe high praiſes are farre below the worth and excellency of Gods holy Lawes. They were given in the wilderneſſe, becauſe (ſaith Philo) they are to be learnt in a wilderneſſe; ſeeing there we cannot be hindered by the multitude. But this is no way ſolid, as one hath well obſerved.

Good Statutes and Commmandments] Good they are in reſpect, 1. Of the Author. 2. Of the Matter. 3. Of the Effect; for they make thoſe good that obſerve them. This is true of the Moral Law; as for the Judicial, it was fitted to the Jewes, and beſt for them: but Caroloſtadius did ill to ſeek to force it as needful for all Chriſtian Commonwealths.Encyclop. Solon being asked whether he had given the beſt Lawes to the Athenians? anſwered, the beſt for them, the beſt that they could ſuffer. So here.