John Trapp on Nehemiah 3:5

Verſe 5. The Tekoites repaired] The common ſort of them: for the Nobles refuſed. The leſſer fiſhes bite beſt: the poor are goſpellized, Mat. 11.5. deſtined to the diadem, Jam. 2.5.

But their Nobles put not their necks] So haughty they were and high-minded, they thought it a buſineſſe below their greatneſſe; Somewhat of that profane Earle of Weſtmerlands mind, who ſaid that he had no need to pray to God: for he had tenants enow to pray for him.1 Cor. 1. Not many mighty, not many Noble, ſaith the Apoſtle: Well if any. The Lion and Eagle were not for Sacrifice; as the Lamb and Dove were. Yet the old Nobility of Iſrael were forward with their ſtaves of honour, and are therefore famous, Numb. 21.18.

To the work of their Lord] Though they knew him to be Lord of Lords, who are all his vaſſals and underlings; and by ſpecial relation, Their Lord, ſo avouched by theſe his holy-day-ſervants; yet ſo ſtiffe-necked were they, that they would not ſtoop to his ſervice; but cryed out, as the Popiſh Clergy do, Domine, nos ſumus exempti, we may not work, we will not contribute.