17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.



Ver. 17. That they spake henceforth to none] They must cut out their tongues then, for, as new wine, they must vent or burst. When Valens the Arian emperor threatened Basil with banishment, torment, death, &c.; Let him fright babies, said he, with such bugbears, and not me. He may take away my life, but not my love to the truth.