John Trapp on James 2:5

Verſe 5. Ch[illegible: 1 letter]ſen the poor] This the world wonders and ſtumbles at. [illegible: 1 word] Heathen Romans would not receive Chriſt (though they heard of his miracles and mighty works) into the number of their gods, becauſe he preached poverty, and made uſe of poor perſons. Aig[illegible: 1 letter]land King of Saragoſſa in Arragon, refuſed to be baptized, [illegible: 1 span]. becauſe he ſaw many Lazars and poor people expecting alms from Char[illegible: 2 letters]mains table: and asking what they were, was anſwered, That they were the meſſengers and ſervants of God. And can he keep his ſervants no better, ſaid he? I'le be none of his ſervants.Revel. [illegible: 1 letter]. But what ſaith Chriſt? I know thy poverty: but (that's nothing) thou art rich. And, The poor are Gospellized; not only receive it,Mat. 11. but are changed by it.

Heirs of the Kingdom] Heads deſtinated to the diadem, ſaith Tertullian.