68 , I V£ R s.ro. )Jn Expojition, 'With Notes ChriO:ian or Brothcr; which will appear morefully l>y a view of the words. · . · But the ric.b,] It noteth the noble, the honoraMe, thofe that are dignified with any outward excellency, more efpecially thofe that did as yet remainuntouchedor unbtok,::n hy per[ecutio1J: Some obferve he cloth not fay the rich Brother, as before, the Brother of lr;w degree, but onely generally the ric·h; few of that quality and ran/z. give their names to Chrifl:: But this may be too curious. - In that,&c.J Yo!.l fee here wanteth a verb to make che fence entire and fall; What is to be undedlood ~ Oecumenim faith al~vvio'3("' let -him be afoamed conGdering the uncertainty of his efiate; others much to the fame fence, Ta:7fE'IV~J7(c), let him be hum– bled in that he i.s made low, as if the oppoGte word to IUI.JJX,ri.:7tt~ were to be introduced to fupply the fence, fo it would be a like fpeech with that, I Tim. 4· 3. where in the Original it runneth· thus , K.41A.vbv1(c)v yd.p.iiv '!1 tl?Tix_a.&cu ,)y {6~(c)p.d.TCciV, forbidding to marry, and to abffainfrom meats: where there is a defetl: of the contrary word, c.omma;~ding, which we in our Tranfiation fupply, and read, f~rbidding to marry, and commllnding to abftainfrm~ meats, as £piph.mim, -citing that place, readeth it with that addi– tion, K(c~A.vov1(c)v yap.iiv ~ i~Mvov1(c)v ,l?T;xso'3"...c /3fCc~p.rl.T~c~v; So I Tim. 2. 12. I fujfer not a 'Woma.n to teach, but to be in {ilence; the oppoGte wofd tofujf.:r not, or forbid, is underftood, that is, I command her to be in jilence : So here, Let the hrother of low de- , gree, glory in that hs u exalted; and then, the .rich be hfimbledin that he i.s made tow : Many go this way ;-~ But this feemeth feme– what to difl:urb·the feries and order of the words: I always count that the heftfence which runneth with a fmooth piA-innefs, there– fore I rather like the opinion ofothers, who repeat K(I.JJxrl..:7(c), ufed in the former Verfe, Let him rejoyce, the poor man in that he is JPiritually exalted, the rich in that he is JPiritually humbled: So that Grace makerh them both even and alil{e.to God, and in regard of divine approbation they fiand upon the fame le1:1el,. thepoor · that is too low he is ex.tlte.d, the rich that is too highhe is humhled, which toboth is matter ofglor] .orjoy. . ,'. · ') He i.s made low; J Some fay outwardly• .and in provide~e,. when his ~rown is layd in the du£1:,· and he is !tripped of all, and brought into the condition of the brother of low degree J Bat this is not fo proper : for th€ Apofile fpeakethof fuch a makjng low
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