274 Chapa 28. c/1n Expofi.tion upon the book, of J o s.,Verf. 16; Neither !hall flyerbe weigbedfor the price thereof. 1 2lnde- There is an allufion inthe word weighed to the.cuf{onse ofchore Jci15 podefl times;then they made their payments by weighing (Gen, 2,3. t;entoponders. 161) as we doe now by telling. Verf. 16. It cannot be valued with theGoldofOphir. Frcm the word chetem here tranfIatedgeld, that word MiEam is derived , which is the title of feveial of Davids Pfalmea ( Ffal 1.5.56.57.58. 6o.) As if it had been faid,thefe are Got- den Pfalmes, or »raft precious Pfalmes. And 'tis faid here,;that. wifdom cannot bevalued with this gold ; the meaning is, though. there be fame gold more precious and valuable thenother, and you bring that which is molt valuable, yeteven that is novaluable Ftice ffcr wisdom. This verfe is of the fame .fence with the for- mer ; onlynote , that whereas we render, It cannot be valued ; 7170 caleavit the Hebrewelegancy is, it cannot be laid on the ground with the humi profiavit Gold ofOphir. Whichmanner of fpeaking is a further allufion to P" lYletonim- the cuftoms of manyNations, in trading by exchange or barter, amiimayiravh, among whom the buyer layette an heap of his commodity, and eeflimavit,qura mercer venales the feller an heap of fome other commodityupon the ground, d- æfii,nande that each may judge whether it be proportionable in value. God . ante ocular hu- will not lay the 'call ray of this wifdom to the greatefi mount of eniflernunrur. gold, and go to a barter with you , there is nogetting wifdom by fuchexchange. Concerning Cdr , the reader may fee more ((hap. 2 z. V. Z4.) where OpbirTone is put (as we tranflate), for the gold found there. It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir , With the precious Onix and the Saphire. Having fpoken of precious mettals,he now fpeaks of precious tadattiner fbnes,gemms,and Jewels ; Concerning which it is not neçeffary varianomina to make any large difcourfe,eithEr.as to thereafon of their names,, arigemma- or of their Nature. And if a Modern Author bath faid inhis . r erir1e8or,boni Comment . upon this Scripture, it,may well enough become a good rifeGrammati- Gramma,ian to be ignorant about them,, much more may I fay, Ci querdam is- it will be no,ditparagem nt toa °cod chriflian tobe fo. We find rotate, this ftén trtettrioned' as the fecond in the fourth or fail row of Cot' r ciotts' fióàre appointed b God:to b fet'in the,b;etl-lateof 1 y p judge-
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