Matthew Poole and continuators on Hebrews 2:7

7 Thou madest him a little lower then the angels, thou crownedst him with glory and honour , and didst set him over the works of thy hands .

[non-Latin text not transcribed], So diminished, as it supposed the Subject to be in a higher Condition before: this no Man ever was, but the Man Christ Iesus, see Philip. 2.7, 8.

[non-Latin text not transcribed] may refer to his Condition, and to the Duration of it. He was lower a little in his Nature being a Man, and Servant in his Condition suffering and dying, yet this was but for a little while, being about thirty three years in the Form of a Servant, and three days in the Grave, Ephes. 4.9. so he was lesser than the Angels in the Psalm stiled [non-Latin text not transcribed] God's Son, Psal. 97.7. to whom he is here compared; tho it be a Truth he is lesser than God in the human Nature.

An Allusion to the crowning of Kings at their Inauguration, so God visibly took him up to heaven, set him down on his Right-Hand on his Throne, and conferred on him the highest Royal Dignity, Honour and Glory, tho the Hebrews disesteemed him, Ephes. 1.21. and 4.9, 10. and Phil. 2.9.

His Institution to his Mediatory Soveraignty and Dominion▪ as the Supreme Lord of all that God made in Heaven, and in Earth, to order, rule, command, and dispose of them as he will, Psal. 8.[illegible: 1 letter]. compare Philip. 2.10, 11.

Marginal references: Or, a little [illegible: 1 word] inferior to.