And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Ver. 4. Ye shall receive a crown] A crown imports perpetuity, plenty, dignity, the height of human ambition. Quarta perennis erit It will be the fourth part of eternity, was Sir Thomas Bodly's posy. Manet ultima caelo It remains by the greatest heaven, was Henry III's of France, who was first crowned king of Poland. See Trapp on " Jam 1:12 "