John Trapp on Nehemiah 9:34

Verſe 34. Neither have our Kings, our Princes, our Prieſts, &c.] But as there hath beene a general defection, ſo a well deſerved deſolation, wherein we have all juſtly ſhared.

Nor hearkened to thy Commandments] And that becauſe they teſtified againſt their contrary practiſes. This, wicked men cannot away with, they hate him that reproveth in the gate, as Ahab did Micaiah. None but the gracious can ſay, Let the righteous ſmite me, be the reproof never ſo well tempered. No ſugar can bereave a pill of its bitterneſſe. Now the eare trieth words, as the mouth taſteth meats, Job. 12.11. And ungodly men (as they write of ſome creatures) have fel in aure, and muſt get their eares cured ere they can be in caſe to hear Gods Commandments, and his Teſtimonies. In vita. It is ſaid of Gerſon, that he loved a friendly reprover: and of Queen Anne Bullen, that ſhe not onely was willing to be admoniſhed,Her life by M. Clark. but alſo required her Chaplains freely and plainly to tell her of whatſoever was amiſſe. Scilicet Chriſtus voluit aliquando etiam Reginam in Coelum vehere, as Luther once ſaid of Elizabeth, Queen of Denmark. Theſe Kings and Princes of Iſrael were none-ſuch.