278 Chap. 28. yin Expo/ition upon the Book, ofJ o B. Verf. 19, as we may ead(Lam,4.7 ì hey .pert mcrerteddy in body then Ru- bier. The RubyorCarbu cle, for ío the great Rbyiscal(ed,bath a glory in is whicï, eìembles a flame of fire ; 'cis of the colour of pure vermillionor crimfon, And by honemuch the more fiery it loch al-pear, by tora;ach the better it is. ' : is reported by a learn- ed Author, that one of the I ndian Kings had a Carbuncle of fo great a magnitude and fplcndour, t hat he might be feen by- it in a dark place, asif the Sun beames had darted into the room. And it bath a name in the Heb:ew(rot that here expretped by3ob,which is Panimirn but Barakath) derived from a verb fignifying to lì '.ht- en, becaufe this (lone catleth fortha fparkling dory like iigat- ning. In complyance wherewith it is call ed pyropur in drink, from a word fignifyingfirs, as alto Antbrax,becaufe it is fo likea fire-coal. Tbis [lone alfo was the laf of the fnrfl row of thofe precicus (tones which adorned the Breati-plate of Judgement, (Exod.28.17.) Afone of fuch value iris , that it belies the fatale price with the inoft excellent Diamond of i s own en?igbc yet faith Sob, and Solomon faith it too , (Prov. 8. i t.) The pries of wifdom is above Rubyee ; 3ob bath Paid much, but he tninka he bath not fail enough in the praifeof wiìdom, and therefore goes two fleps further in the next verfe. Verf. 19. The Topaz of Ethiopia fhall not equate' it, neither. Ihala it be valued withpure Gold. The Topaz alto had the honour tohave the fecond place inthe Bref-plate of Judgement (Exod. 28. 17.) and is one of the twelve foundations of the glorious City defcribed (Rev. 2 t .) This [lone, the Topaz, is fuppofed to be the fame, with the Etne- rauld or Smaradge; All which names are applied toone precious flone,of foadmirable avicidiry or fpringcolour,thar it exceeds the beautyof the faire[l mcddow, and feafts the eye with frecher de- lights, then the greenefl fuit that ever the Spring wore. And as this [lone pleafeth the eye much,fo it muchcleareror fharpens the dulnefs of ir.There are feveral forts(fome fay twelve)of this Clone reported by Lapidaries;but I (hall fay no more of ir,when I have fail, that they tell us, the Topaz of the Ancientswas that which is now nowcalled theCryfolite. And th'at though theTopaz was found . in many Countries , yet the rarefl and mof efeemed was The
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