John Trapp on Ezekiel 21:26
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Ezekiel21:26
Ver. 26. Remove the diadem] This was a fine linnen cloth wherwith the Kings head uſed to be bound about, and then the crown was ſet on.Diadema of [non-Latin text not transcribed] circumligare.
Take off the crown] Our Richard the ſecond, when to be depoſed, was brought forth crowned and in royal robes. Never, ſaith the Chronicler, was Prince ſo gorgeous with leſſe glory, and more grief.
This ſhall not be the ſame] Haec non erit hae[illegible: 1 letter]. This crown or kingdom ſhall not be as it hath been.
Exalt him that is low] Jeconiah, or, as ſome will, Chriſt the King of the Church.
And abaſe him that is high] Zedekiah: Juſt the ſame that Cambyſes threatened unto Egypt, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Herod. lib. 2. Let him not henceforth be the Maſter of a mole-hill, nor owner of his own liberty. In him let it appear that Mortality is but the ſtage of Mutability.
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