John Trapp on Nehemiah 5:17

Verſe 17. Moreover, there were at my table, &c.] He did not eate his morſels alone, as that Pamphagus Nabal; and as many miſers now-adayes, who, like little children, though they have their hands full, and their mouths full, yet will part with none.

Ecce Deo ſimilis vir dapſilis, atque benignus.Palingen.

Beſides thoſe that came unto me from among the heathen] Either as State-Agents, or upon other occaſions. Nehemiah entertained them, that they might not lie upon the publike charge. And herein he trode in the foot-ſteps of hoſpitable Abraham, whom Syneſius calleth [non-Latin text not transcribed], Gods Hoſt. The Primitive Chriſtians likewiſe won much upon the Heathens by their hoſpitality towards all,Epiſt. [non-Latin text not transcribed] Chryſoſt in Joan. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. as Julian the Apoſtate confeſſed: all that he could ſay againſt them for it was, that they did it all in hypocriſie, and vain-glory: which was an envious and falſe charge.