John Trapp on Proverbs 8:16
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Proverbs8:16
Verſ. 16. And Nobles] So called in the original, from their liberality and bounty. Hence Luke 22.25. This word is expreſſed by [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Bountiful, or Benefactors, ſuch as are ingenuous, free, munificent, indued with that free Princely ſpirit, Pſal. 51.14.
Even all the Judges of the earth] Though haply they bee reckoned in the rank of bad men, but good Princes; ſuch as was Galba, and our Richard the third,Plin Secund. Dion. Caſſ. and Trajan, much magnified for a good Emperour, and yet a Drunkard, a Baggerer, and a cruel Perſecutor.
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