u Gen. 42.. x Lig,ht[oat in Gen. Church Af{embly, but the EcClcjiaflical Court, or Convcnti~n. for decifion of firifts, wherein they were not to favor the caufe of the rich againfi: the po~r ; which is an explicati0n ~hat cleareth the whole Context, and preventeth th~ inconveniencies of the received expofition, which fo far pleadeth the cau{e of the poor, as to deny civility and due refpect to the rich and honorable in :cnr,iHianAf– femblies. " ~manWith a gold ring,] x~v!foJirt.t1~>..1~-, agold-fingered man, th3.t's the force of the .Original word: The gold rmg was ·a badg of honour and nobility; therefore Judah h1d his fignec, Gen.- 38.18, 25. and Pharoah, as a tokenthat Iofeph was promoted to honour, u took.._ojf his ring from hu hand, and put it upon Jojephs, and arrayed him in. vcflures of fine linncn : So Ahfljuerm dealt with Mrrrdecai, Eflh.·8. So , In goodly apparel,] This alfowasanoteofdignity, qen.27~I). Rebeccab too~ the goodly garment of•her Ion Efau: By which x fo:ne underfiand th~ gorgeous pridUy ornaments which belonged to him, as having the birth· right. So, when the Prodigal .returned, the Father, to do him honour, calleth for the bes1 r9be, and a ring : fome marks and ornaments of honour which were put on upon folemn days. But the luxury of afcer-times made the ufe more common. 'Tis [aid of the rich man in the Gofpel, Luk_. 6. I 9· That he W,u .clothed in purple and fi14e litmen, andfared ddicior/flJ evtry dv~y. A p&or man irJ viler~ymcnt :] In the Original, e~iiTl pU7rrt~c,:-·, filthy fordid rayment; 'tis the fame word which the Sep:uagint ufe mZech. 3• 3,4. where mention is made of the High Priefis filthy garments, which was a figure of the calamitous fiate of the Church; where theSeptuagint have ip.rlmrt. fumte.f.. ' And )fJit have re.rjelJ to him that weareth the gay clothing,] tm.eAhico~v, is to gaze, and obferve, with fome admiration and fpc– cial reverence. Sit thou here in agooa place,] )(,rt.J..w;, in an hrmourable or Wor– thy place ; and fo it noteth, either the rath difpofal of the honours of the Church into their hands, or the favouring -of th~m ·in their caafe, as before. · · Stand thou there, or fit under my footfloot: J Expreffions of contempt and dif-refpett. Standing, or·jitting at the feet, was the pofture of the younger Difciples. Sometimes ftanding is put for thofe
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