Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 60:13

13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine-tree and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary , and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

The Box, the Fir, the Pine, and the Cedar, on account whereof Lebanon grew so famous, a Metonymy of the Efficient, Kings, Princes, and great ones the glory of the world, and also Persons of a lower rank, the Pi[illegible: 1+ letters]es, Firs, and Box trees, as also the choicest Persons, endued with the special gifts of the Holy-Ghost shall be the materials, and members of Christ's Church as those also of a lower size, and measure, we find the godly called trees, Ch. 61. 3. they shall have sweet Communion together; the Box shall not envy the Pine, nor the Pine despise the Box, they shall Worship the Lord together.

This is the reason and end why the glory of Lebanon is to be brought hither; by these trees understand the beauty, and Nobility of the Church. Trees being both for building and for beautifying

The Temple wherein was the Sanctuary, this being a type of the Church both actively, as that which his presence Sanctifyeth; and passively, as that, wherein he is worshipped, and Sanctified.

viz. The Ark, 1 Chro. 28. 2. described here by a periphrasis so called because supposing God after the manner of man to sit as on a seat between the wings of the Cherubims, his feet would rest upon the Ark, and therefore called the mercy seat, Exod. 25. 17, 18, 19, 20. The Temple, and Sion is called his rest, Psa. 132. 13, 14. and all this is made good in the Gospel Church 2 Cor. 6. 16.

Marginal references: Chap. 35. 2. & 41. 19.