14 If 16 17 ExoDUS XXV111. The two Beryll Bones, üuare and of equal! big -.' warlike Bate ofthátTribe,whidi rnntierdupoti nelfe, fignified the like precious faith anddigni- tie , which all have obtained before God in Chrift, z Pet. I. 1.'Galath 3.28,29. (The Beryll being alfò the Bone mentioned in the defcription of Paradife, Genis 2. 12. and the Bone of Io- feph,'Exodus 28.2o. who figured Chrift in his fu- ftaining of Ifrael , Genefis 45.7, t 1. and 49. 24.) The fhoulders on which they are borne, fignified the power and principalitie , whichChrift bath over his Church ; prefenting the fame by his me- diation, pure and holy unto God , and calling them to be had in perpetual) memorie, Efay 9.6.. and 22.22. Eph.5.25,27. Joh.17.t9,20,24. Mal. 3.16. Pfal.115.12. Verf..14. at the ends] òr, equal: oflike propor- tion. So in verf.22. The Chaldee tran(lateth,limi -. sed- ,theGreeke,mixedwithfoures. faffen] Hebr. give, which word isufed for making firme, fall and Beadie, as the Scriptures thew : one Prophet, laying, Thou hat given, 1Chron, e7.22. another Paying for it, T hose haft confirmed, 2 Sam. 7.2,4. So after in verfe 25. VerG 15. Breffplate] in Hebrew Chofhen, which is hot cafe to interpret; but becaufe is was an or- nament of the breti, we call it a Breflplate. Iofephue in his Greeke Antiquities, booke 3. chap. 8. keep- eth the Hebrew Effm: the Lxx. Interpreters u- fually tranflate it Logeion, and Lagion, as being the Oracle ornament , becaufe by Vrim and Tbummim that was therein, God gave anfwer to the gover- nours, Numb. 27.21. It hath afinitie with ha- fhah, that fignifieth ftlence; as implying afloat ora -. cle, to be feene on the breit of the high Prief, ra- ther then heard. Allo with Chazab , that fignifi- eth feeting, and fo wee may Englilh it, the Comen- platien (or Con/:'deration) of judgement , and it no- tech the care that the Prieft lhoùld have ofanfwe- ring judgement and equity to them that asked of God by him. Whereof fee more in the notes on v.3o. cunningworkman]woven both fides alike. Verf.16. doubled] Maimony (in the forefaid trea- tife,chap. 9. feat. 6.) explaineth it thus, that the death (of the Breulplate),wao woven with cunning works of gold, andof blew, purple, fearlet, and fine lin- non, witb z8. shreds, as before is filmed. The. length sit was a cubit (that is, two fpannes) andi& hredth ojit, a(pan: and they doubled it into two , fo it was a(pan every way, fourfquàre. And they feet thereon feure rowel of tones, expreffed in the Law, and every fore was fourfquare, &c. Verf. 17. Foure rowel] as the twelve Tribes en- camping about Gods Tabernacle, werein fours quarters , Eatt , Weft, North , and South , three Tribes in every quarter, Numb.2. Sardius] or Sardine : a precious Bone called in Hebrew Odem, of Adam, which fignifieth Ruddie,lam. 4.7. for it was a blood - coloured Bone. Accordingly the Chaldee paraphrafe calleth it Sampan, and Thar- gum Jerufalemie Samketha, that is , Red. In the Greek, and by the holy Ghoul in Rev. 21.20. it is named a Sarditu (of Sardis a chiefe Citie in Afta, where filch Bones Were.) On this Bone the name of Reuben was engraved , and it forethewed the the enensie,ard in Sault daies conquered the Ha- garims, 1 Chron. 5. i o.'and_went armed before their brethren,at the conquef of Canaan,Jof.4.12, 13. Topaz] fo named of the Greeke Topazion, here,and in Rev.2I.20. In Hebrew, Pitdah: from the letters of which word tranfplaced,Topad or Topaz are derived. It was a precious Bone, fou`hd in .Ethiopia, Job 21.19. By the Hebrew Doftors, and alto by Plinio in his 37. booke, ch. 8. the To- paz is of a glorious green colour,and Strabo in his r 6. booke of a golden colour. Hereupon one fort of Topaz , is of Pfmie named Prafoeidet, Greene co- loured: and to this the Chaldee name agreeth,Iar- kan in Onkelos, and lark/Ma, in Thargum Jerufa= lemie, both fignifying greene. On this (tone Syme- ens name was graved, of which Tribe there was little glorie, till Ezekas dales , when the Symeo- nites smote the remnant of Amalek, t Chro.4.42, 43. Smaragdjor Emeraule4 as it is allo Engli- [bed. In Hebr:it is called Bareketb,of Barak,Which is Lightning, Eaek.1.13. and the Chaldee names a- gree: hereunto. But the Greek turneth it Smarag- dos, and fo the holy Ghoul in Rev. 21.19. Which Smaragd (or Emerauld) is of a moil goodly and glorious green colour,that the eieofa man is de -. lighted, refreshed, but never filled with the look- ing upon it, as Plinie (in his 37. bocke, chap. 5.) faith. And as there are many forts of Etneraulds, fo fome glitter like the Sun,whofe charret is ther- fore feigned by Poets,to jhine with cleare Smaragds. OvidMetamorph. 2. and theGreeke name (as well as the Hebrew) implieth fo much Smaragd,as be- ing Maragd, of Mairo, to fbine. On this ftone,Levi was engraved. So the Ierufaleníie Thargum upon this place, having named thefe three Bones , ad- deth, Write plainly upon them, the-Warms tithe three Tribes, Reuben, Symeon,Levi. So this glittering !lone, forelhewed Levier glorie, who should teach Jacob Gods judgements, and Ifrael his law, Dent. 33.10.whofe lightnings do illuminate the world, Pfal.97.4. Of Levi canoe Motes and Aaron, and all the Priefts , and leim the Baptill, who fhined as Emeraulds in the Church, So the covenant of grace is refembled by a Rainbow of an Emerauld colour, in Rev. 4.3. Ver.18. Chalcedonic] in Hebrew Nopbec, which 18 the Chaldee of Onkelos turned Ifneragdin,that is, the Smaragd forententioned ; but Thargum Jeru- Glemie calleth it CadeedaÑ , to which the nanti given it by the holy Ghoul, Chalcedony Rev. 25.59. agreeth. The Greek verfion hath Antbraoe,that is, a Carbuncle, and fo the Cloakedoie is like unto a Carbuncle; and one fort of it, as Plinio fheweth in booke 37. chap. 7. This Charcedonie (as it is allo called) Ihineth clear like a Barre, but fomewhat purple - coloured: and the Carbuncle (which is fo called Pyropus)hath the name of fire,like which it Ihineth. The ground of this Chalcedonic, feemeth to be the Hebrew Cat/cod , mentioned in Efay 54. 1.2. On this Bone, Iudahs name was graven. In Caleb, Othoniel, David, and Solomon, this Bone (hewed his glorie, but above all in Chri (t, who came of this Tribe according to the flesh, K k 3 Hebr. 113
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