(6) And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
How delightful was this honest boldness. The righteous are bold as a lion. Think of Haman's terrors: his own conscience accused him: he needed no other. Alas! what an awful day will that be to the sinner, when standing before the judgment-seat of Christ. Oh! for grace now in the day of grace to flee from the wrath to come!