John Trapp on Psalms 45:2

Verſ. 2.Valde palchiui[illegible: 1 letter]i. Vat. Thou art fairer than the Children of men] Heb. Thou art double-fairer; the Hebrew word is doubled, ad corroborandum, faith Kimchi. It may very well be, that Salomon was, for his beauty, another Nireus; and for his eloquence, another Neſtor; Lentulus ad Senat. ap. Magdeb. cent: 1. wiſdom might make his face to ſhine. Of Chriſt we are ſure, that his body being of the fineſt temperament, and no way diſeaſed, could not be but very beautifull. The Roman regiſter reporteth him to have been of a reverend countenance, his ſtature ſomewhat tall, his hair after the colour of the ripe hazel-nut, his forehead ſmooth and plain, his face without wrinkle, mixt with moderate red, his eyes gray, various, and clear, &c. Surely if Stephens face was as the face of an Angel, and if with his bodily eyes he could peirce the heavens, and ſee there what he would; How much more could the Lord Chriſt, whoſe very manhood came the neareſt unto God of any that ever was or could be? His very countenance did expreſſe a divinity in him. And what if to the Jews, who eſteemed him not, but maligned him, and crucified him, he had neither form nor beauty, Iſa. 53.2? what if he were ſo broken at thirty three years of age, with continuall paids and grief for them, that they judged him wel-nigh fifty, Job. 8.57? yet he was every way compleat and comely above all the Children of men; yea above all the Angells in heaven: for in him the Godb[illegible: 2 letters]d dwelt bodily, Col. 2.9. and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and tru[illegible: 1 letter]h, Joh. 3.14. His ſoul was like a rich pearl in a rough ſhell; like the Tabernacle, Goats-hair without, but gold within; or as Erutus his ſtaff, enjus insue ſoliduns aurum [illegible: 1 letter]ernto vilabatur cortice. He was all glorious within; had a fullneſs of grace above that of Adam, Joh. 1.16. as much as a Creature was capable of;Plutarch. and more near familiarity with the Godhead, than any creature.

Grace is poured into shy lips] So that thou canſt gracefully deliver thy ſelf in a ſet ſpeech. Solomen could, no doubt, as another Phacion or Pericles; in whoſe lips, [non-Latin text not transcribed] (ſaid Eupolis) ſat a ſtrange perſwaſive faculty; ſo that he could prevail with the people at his pleaſure. Jeſus Chriſt could much more do ſo; for together with his words there went forth a power; he ſpoke as never man ſpake he ſpoke with authority, and not as the Scribes; all that heard him wondred at; the words of grace that proceeded out of his mouth, Luk. 4.22. Iſa. 50.4.

Therefore God bath bleſſed thee] Or better, becauſe that God hath bleſſed thee, and endowed thee with ſuch gifts and graces.