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Thou hast been; thou hast dwelt and reigned.
In Eden; in the midst of all delights; and though nature made thy lot a very barren rock, thy art and industry, added to that of thy progenitors, have made it as pleasant, rich, and beautiful as Eden, that place of all desirable enjoyments.
The garden of God: this is explicative of the former; a garden is a place of delight, and men have made some delightful to a wonder, but none ever like that God planted: this of Tyre came as near as any, and yet ungrateful and atheistical Tyre dreams of Divine power and stability, forgetting human frailty and uncertainty.
Every precious stone; every sort of rich stones.
Thy covering, bought to adorn thy crown, thy robes, thy bed, &c.
The sardius; of a red, and by some said to be the ruby.
Topaz; of a yellowish green.
The diamond; of clear, waterish, sparkling colour.
The beryl; of a sea-green colour, the best.
The onyx resembles the whiteness of the nail of a man’s hand.
The jasper; of divers colours, but the best green.
The sapphire; of sky colour, or blue.
The emerald; green interspersed with golden spots.
The carbuncle; of flame colour.
Gold; beside the abundance of which in their public treasures, much was used about the clothes and robes of this proud prince; it is like these precious stones were set in gold, that they might the safer be put upon his garments. This was the accoutrement of solemnities, especially of the coronation, as appears in the close of the verse.
The workmanship of thy tabrets, & c: now the prophet notes their joys, music and songs; both to wind or loud music, and to softer music, as the lute and tabret, in the day of their king’s coronation, and all this music on instruments of most exquisite make, and of their own artists’ work too; in this they exceeded as in the other.
Wast created; either born, for the birth of princes hath been celebrated with great joys; or rather in the day of this king’s coronation, or investiture in the kingdom and royal dignity.