...surely no gem is so precious or ornamental as the lovely temper here described. No. 572. — ii. 2. If there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring.] By the assembly here mentioned we are not to understand a congregation convened for public worship,...

...faith of our Lord Jesus Christ • — with respect of persons. For if there come into your assemblies a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there...place, and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool ; are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil...

...some difficulties in his manner of stating the case, as well as in the maxim to which he applies it. If there come unto your assembly a man with a gold...in vile raiment ; and ye have respect to him that wearelh the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place ; and say to the poor, Stand...

...brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold...goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in Tile raiment ; and ye Ьате respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit...

...also 3 a poor man in dirty raiment, And ye look upon him that weareth the fine apparel, and say to him, Sit thou here, in a good place, and say to the poor man, Stand thou 4 there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool, Ye distinguish not in yourselves, but...

...house, and before the throne of God. The apostle James (chap. ii. 24.) says, — " If there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel,...footstool ; are ye not then partial in yourselves ?" But the external distinction of rank and riches is often carried even to the sacred table of the...

...transgressors. faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, tlie Lord of glory, with respeet of persons. 2 For if there eome unto your assembly, a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there eome in also a poor man in vile raiment; 3 And ye have respeet to him that weareth the gay elothing,...

...before another, doing nothing by partiality. To have respect of persons is not good. If there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring in goodly apparel,...footstool : are ye not then partial in yourselves ? Ye have despised the poor. If ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin. God will surely reprove...

...come in also a poor man in mean dress: 3. And ye respect him that weareth the gay clothing, and say to him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the...poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool ; 4. Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges who reason ill? 5. Hearken, my beloved...

...2, 3,) that strangers frequently attended the public assemblies of Christians : " If there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel,...Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool," &c. What do these circumstances give us an idea of, but of such promiscuous assemblies as are now held...