1 Samuel 11:6

And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.

Ver. 6. And the Spirit of God came upon Saul.] That is, The spirit of fortitude, saith the Chaldee Paraphrast; not that "spirit of love, of power, and of a sound mind." 2Ti 1:7

And his anger was kindled greatly.] Anger is cos fortitudinis, saith Aristotle, the whetstone of courage a And Saul, though cold in his own cause when slighted and rejected, 1Sa 10:27 is all alight, on fire, exarsit nasus eius, when God is dishonoured, and his people so reproached.

a Nervus est animae indignatio.