John Trapp on Isaiah 32:5
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Isaiah32:5
Ver. 5. The vile perſon ſhall be no more called liberal] Benefici & magnifici Domini. That ſapleſs fellow Nabal ſhall no more be called Nadib, that is, Bountiful benefactor, or Gracious Lord. Of Arch-biſhop Bancroft was made this Diſtich, Here lyes his Grace in cold clay clad, Who dyed for want of what he had.
In Ahaz his time the worſt of men gat honours and offices. Hezekiah would look to that. Dignity ſhall henceforth wait upon deſert, and flattery ſhall be utterly out of faſhion and requeſt at Court. Our old Engliſh Bibles have it thus, A niggard ſhall not be called a gentle, or gentleman.
Nor the Churl ſaid to be bountiful] The Hold-faſt, whoſe Logick is all little enough to conclude for himſelf, ſhall not be cleped a Magnifico. The Vulgar Latine hath it, Neque frandulentus appellabitur major.
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