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228 A Commentary
Chapter Ibid. The Worhnanflnf of thy Tabrets, and of
XXVIII. thy Tzpes, was prepared in thee [or for thee] in
IS~V~\) the Day thou waft created."] The higheft Ex-
preflions of Joy, fuch as are the founding of all
forts of Mufical Inftruments, ufhered thee into the
World, according to the ufual Practice at the Birth
of Great Princes, and ever fince thou haft been
brought up in the choicer!: Delicacies, which a
Royal Palace or a Luxurious City could furnifh.
See Chap xxvi. 13. Ija.xiv. 11.
Ver. 14. Ver. 14. Thou art the anointed Cherub that
covereth.] Anointing is the Ceremony wherewith
Kings are Inaugurated ; fo the Prophet compares
the Prince of Tyre to a Ruling or Principal Cheruby
one of the chief of the Angelical Order, who
attend upon God in Heaven, and are reprefented
by the Cherubims in the Temple overfhadowing
the Mercy Seat. To this Senfe St. Jerom tran-
flates it, The extended Cherub that covereth : i. e.
whofe Wings were ft retched out to cover the
Mercy Seat : See Exod. xxv. 20. reading Memuffiak
inftead of Mimjhak. The Words allude to
the High Advancement of Satan in Heaven, before
his Fall, where he was placed in one of the
Higheft Orders of Angels, fuch as were neareft in
Attending upon the Divine Majefty. So Ifaiatfs
Defcription of the Fall of the King of "Babylon
does plainly allude to the Downfal of Satan out of
Heaven : Ifa. xiv. 12, &c.
Ibid. Thou waft upon the Holy Mountain of
God.] The Temple is often ftyled God's Holy
Mountain, fee Chap. xx. 45. and the Temple being
the Place of God's peculiar Refidence, is now
and