If there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment:
And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?—James, ii. 2, 3, 4.
If thou beest he; but O how fall’n! how changed
From him who in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, did’st outshine
Myriads, though bright!
Milton.
The golden palace of my God,
Towering above the clouds I see;