,VER. 5,6,7,8,9. Epile té` the HEn R s: of the People. As in Latin,Capitis diminutio, is lejningof State or dignity ; as by for of Liberty. For when onewas made a captive by the enemy, he loft his dignity, until). he recovered it jurepoffliminii. So Regulus is termed by the Poet, Capitis minor, when aPrifoner to the Carthaginians ; or by change ofFamily; as when Clodius a Patrician was adopted by a Plebeian, or by Banifhment; all fiuh are &AaisµSVO+, lefened in State orDignity. 111, the word ufed by thePfalmift hath the fame figuification ; and 1011 though it be varioufly rendered by the LXX. yet they never much depart from itsna- tive fignification. lA uln u, to minifh, make lets, take from ; icnT7ín, the fame, iolsis Towed, to become indigent. b,lieµas ; to be in want : éa:,faI ..a,, nteçPioixas,bmpm, all to the fame purpofe. sepioxv, to deprive; ssgin, to want, to be indigent; to come fhort : and úsepw, and sole ,rock,, to make empty; that is, ,oeiu, the word ufed, Phil. 2.7. [ obferve this various renderingof the Word by theLXX. only to (hew, thatit Both confiantly denote a diminution of flare and condition, with an addition of Indigency, which will give us light info the Interpretation of the place. utuZi Ty breve quiddam : Vud. paulo minus. Syr. tlttl7 , paululum, a little, or pan. E1015,ú V lijjeer, a little while : ftl)0, isfrequently by the LXX, rendered µcope, parvum, paulu- tum, a little, intending quantity. Sometimes ixfyov, which they refer tonumber, afew, and fometimes ßpaxu, and then it conflantly refpefis time ; a little while. So that ßparti Tt, is as much as iaì ßgaxsi, that is, ypivw; as inthat Paying, ; (sffJ- fsrzxJs, >i .rixvn µaxra, lifeisfhort ; that is of(hart continuance; whether a little in degree, of a fhort time be here intended, we (hall afterwards enquire. rrat' cintims, Syr. rt7tt40 re, pre Angelis, more thanAngels, above the Angels ; ap áytiees more deftitute than the Angels : Heb. 1=1,141,10 theAngels ofGod. So all OldTranfla. tions render the words: And to render it à Deo, in the Pfalm, is needlefs, ground - lefs, contradbéfory,to the Apoflle. 1,4t, el 754 lcsmdvmfas di7ìe, gloria esh' honore coronafti eum: with glory and honour 'Essopávacas. haft thou crownedhim. Syr. r1Wra rob ti-tplr1 tsnrn]wn, Glory and honour half thouplacedon his head : rritovn -1Pí1 117J1 : thou haft crownedhim, oradorned his head, with Glory andBeauty, or honour: the firft word denotes the Weight and worth, the latter the Beauty and Splendor of this Crown: Raì oeeísnaas durle éaì ; thou haft fit him over. That is appointed him to be Karlseoeto in Authority ; as Pharaoh jet Jofeph over the Landof A:gypt. Syr. Irrimccrttast, autho- ritatem, poteftatem ei tribuifti ; thou haftgiven him power or Authority; made him Sul- tan or Lord ; Heb. ti'vtvort, madehim Lord or Ruler ; as Gen: t. t 8. fo sal hn¡u gai, is ufed, Alls 6. Luke 12. `Tsiva44s isvottdm, lit sali, loft, haft put, put down, fubjeéfed all things under raiTa as. his feet; the words all of them emphatically denote fubjeiìion and deprefliion; and as thus conjoyned the molt abfolute fubjellion that can beapprehended. Vert 7. iij3 Thoumade him lower for a little while than the Angels, thou crownedit him withglory and honour, and didit fit him, (give himauthority ) over the roof/;s of thyhands 3 all things haft thou put infubjet ion un- der bisfeet. Verte
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