If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
Ver. 9. If they say thus unto us.] This sign was Nec superstitiosum nec Dei tentativum, sed religiosum aeque ac animosum: it was given him in answer to his earnest prayer, saith Josephus, as was also that of Abraham's servant. Gen 24:13-14 So was not that of the Pazones in Herodotus, who warring upon the Perinthians, had this answer from the oracle, If the Perinthians call you by your name, and challenge you, then set upon them: as if otherwise, not: They did accordingly, and had the better. a Satan is God's ape, as they say.
a Herod., lib. v. initio.