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upon EZEKIEL. 105
Ver. to. / food- thee with 'Badgers Skin); &rc] Chapter
Or, with Sandals of a Purple Colour, as Bochart XVI.
e- pounds the Word Tahafh. This and the following LS\~K)
Verfes allude to thofe Parts of Womens Attire,
which ferve not only for Ufe, but for Ornament
:too : and import ttifct God did not only provide the
Jews with Neceffaries,. but likewife with Superflu-
ities .
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Ibid. I girded thee with fine Li?wen.] This
Manufa&ure Egypt wa^ famous for; See Chapter
xxvii. 7. it was one of J the principal Ornaments oF
Women; Seel/a. iii. 16. as well as of Great Men.
Ver. n. I fut 'Bracelets upon thy Hands, and a Ver. u.
Chain about thy Neck.'] Thefe• were Ornaments
that none but Perfons of better Quality ufed to wear'.
See Gen. xxiv* 47. Trov. i. 9.'
Ver. 12. eAnd I pit a Jewel on thy Forehead.]^ ^* 12.
The fame which is called a Nofe-jewel, I/a. in.
21. where- the Words might as well be translated
a Jewel for .'the Bane, or 'Forehead. -Compare like-
wife Gen. xxiv. 47.
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Ibid. aAnd a beautiful Crown upon thy Head.']
Crowns or Garlands were ufed in times of Publjck
Rejoicing.; from whence is derived that ExprefFiQii
tff St.'