beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:
The will of God revealed to us for our salvation is here largely represented to us as easy to be known and understood, that none may have an excuse for their ignorance or error, and as worthy to be embraced, that none may have an excuse for their carelessness and unbelief. I.
Commenting on Proverbs 8:1-11
She crieth at the gates,.... Of the temple, or of the city, where the courts of judicature were, and persons met on civil accounts; and where people were continually passing and repassing; at the entry of the city; meeting those that came out of the country to the city upon trade and business; at the coming in at the doors; of the temple, or city...
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entrance of the doors. (b) Where the people resorted most and which was the place of justice.