22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.



Ver. 22. It is the voice of a god] çäéóôïí áêïõóìá åðáéíïò , saith Xenophon. Men naturally hear nothing with more delight than their own commendation; fair words make fools vain, put them into their paradise. How much better Charles V, who coming to Paris, and entertained with a speech by one of the king’s counsellors, that tended much to his commendation; answered, Ideo sibi gratam esse orationem quod eum commone fecisset quod talis esse deberet, i.e. That the orator rather taught him what he ought to be than told him what he had been.