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John Trapp on Psalms 45:8

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Psalms45:8

Verſ. 8. All thy garments ſmell of myrrbe, aloes and caſſia] Things not only of good ſavour, but of great price, Myrrbe ſome take to be Musk, Aloes Amber, Caſſia, a kind of Ginnamon, which in Galeas time was very rare and hard to bee found, except in the ſtore-houſes of great Princes. And Pliny reporteth, that a pound of Cinnamon was worth a thouſand Denarii, that is, an hundred and fifty Crowns of our [illegible: 1 word]. This deſcription then of Chriſts cloathing, doth allegorically ſet forth the ſweetneſs and pleaſure that the Father findeth in him ([non-Latin text not transcribed], Mat. 3.17.) and that we alſo finde, whilſt he is made unto us of God, Wiſdom, Righteouſneſs, Sanctification, and Redemption, 1 Cor. 1.30. (Confer 2 Cor. 2.14.) and that out of his Ivory palaces, i.e. his heavenly habitation, from which he beholdeth us, and raineth down righteouſneſs upon us.

Whereby they have made thee glad] i.e. Servi & ſodales tui, thy fellow friends and ſervants, who ſtand and hear the Bridegroom, and rejoyce greatly by reaſon of his voyce, Joh. 3.29. yea make him glad by their ready obedience, ſetting the Crown upon his head, and adorning him as it were with all his bravery in the day of his eſpouſals. Cant. 3.11. and making him ſay, How fair, how pleaſant art thou, O love, for delights! Cant. 7.6.

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