Chap.: 2$. !!!n Expófition 'upon the Book, of J o s. Verf. 17. 275 Judgement tobe worn by the High*Prleft (Exod. 28.2o) And the fourth row;a Beryl, and an Onrx¡; anda f afper : they (hall befit in Goldin their inclofish. The Onix is a whitiíh (lone , like the White ofa mans nayl ; ' from whence alfo it bath its name ; fome of them are of divers colours, whin fpeckled. The Saphire was fpokcn of at the fixth verfeof this Chapter. But I would not have the reader either here or there toexpeet any exact di'coveryof the figure, of thenature, of the vercue or value of theft precious (foots ; I leave that work to its own profeffors.But how excellent foever they are, theycannot be valued with wifdom. Verf. 17. TheGold and the Cryftal cannot equal ir, and the ex- change of itfhall not be for jewels offine Gold. Before itwas Goldwith the preciousOnix ; Here 7beGold and fl:bl! i Gem- theChryflal. The word.. which we renderChryffal, is tranfiated manár;dipi>»o, by fome notas a diflin t kind offlour, but as notingthe quality of R bá :at the belt Roue of any kind, the root importing purity and clear- Deft. The Cryf?al is a well knownGemrn like unto mot) pure water congealed into a tranfparenr,perfeÈiry perfpicuous body; And as its excellency arifeth from its Own native beauty, fo from itsufe inScripture,.co Embleam or fet forth the moli beautiful) things (Ezek. 1.22. and 4.6. Rev.22. i.) To be clear as Chry- fial is a proverbial) fpeech noting the greatefi clearnefs. And if chr ßattue this fione were as hard as it is clear and pure., no Getrmwould gemmaefl can be comparableto the bell fort of Chryfiall for beauty and glory, dip ófjrr=. And becaufe it is hard to determine what {cone isdiflinily in- auro.flruf. tended by the Hebrewword,thcrefore,as we tranllace it the Cloy- ?ñurrhino d7 fial, fo others the Diamond. Doubcleflè fobmeant a lione of great Chryflalina ex cfieem;for feting the fence rifeth higher and higher ; Therefore eodemstriaof it feemes tobe a fione in value beyond the Onix and the Saphire. buff pretiúm The Natui aliti Pliny puts the precioufnefs of it in the britticnefs facerer ipfo of ir, men buffingmoll ie chofethings which are foonell loll. fragibras. Hoc argumentumo And the exchangeof it(hall not 6efor Jewels offooe god, pum hæcvent Some read ve f felt of fine Gold. Now as he had f oken of Gold , imati,, p Qry eif'?smatio in the meter and nature.of ir, So here he fpeakes of Gold in the eßhobere quoit ufe of ir, when wrought into fome exquifire forme by Art. Some prflatim things are more prized for the art. ufed. and (hewed in making' toruaaperire. them, then for the' rnafter of them ; the wotkrnanfhi ismore Pl'n.1`33. P Proacm, N n 2 worth
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