given the sackとは 意味・読み方・使い方

After Hidemasa read the article on the board, he put on Hakama (formal men's divided skirt) and washed his mouth by chozu (purifying water), held the board three times over his head and said, "There is nobody who can give such precious words to expostulate me, those words must be given by God," he put the board in a sack and put it in a box as family treasure, then denounced bad behavior of his retainers and changed their behavior completely.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

この高札を読んだ秀政は、袴をつけ、手水で口をすすぎ、高札を三度押し戴き、「こんな立派な諌めの言葉を私に向かっていえるものは誰もいないはずだ、これはひとえに天の与えさせ給うものだ」といい、家宝として、袋に入れ、箱に収め、家中の者の作法、善悪を糾し、ことごとくを改めさせた。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス