low] That is, in his humilitie: because God hath given him an humble and lowly heart notwithstanding his riches and honours. for] Here and in the next verse Saint James shews by what means God doth work humilitie in rich and honourable men endued with faith: viz. by putting into their hearts a serious consideration of their own instabilitie and vanitie, and of all those outward comforts which they enjoy, Psalms 103:15. Esa. 40. 6, &c. 1 Peter 1:24. Luke 12:20, &c. & 16. 19. as the flower of the grasse] Esa. 40. 6. 1 Peter 1:24. Job 14:2. Psalms 10:2. & Psalms 103:15.