John Trapp on 1 Peter 1:4

Verſe 4. Ʋndefiled, and that fadeth not] The two Greek words here uſed are alſo Latine: Amiantus is a precious ſtone (ſaith D.Iſidor E[illegible: 1 letter]ym. 1.16.[illegible: 1 letter].4. Playfire out of Iſidore) which though it be never ſo much ſoiled, yet it cannot be blemiſhed. And Amarantus is the name of a flower, Paedagog. l.1. c 8. which being a long time hung up in the houſe, yet ſtill is freſh and green, as Clemens writeth. To both theſe poſſibly the Apoſtle might here allude. And it is as if he ſhould ſay, the crown that you ſhall receive, ſhall be ſtudded with the ſtone Amiantus, which cannot be defiled: and it is garniſhed, with the flower Amarantus which is freſh and green, &c.