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H4 PLANTS IN SCRIPTURE
if the preceding words (exalted and elevated) be used,
they are more applicable unto the cedar; where the
word (flourishing) is used, it is more agreeable unto
the laurel, which, in its prosperity, abounds with
pleasant flowers, whereas those of the cedar are very
little, and scarce perceptible, answerable to the fir,
pine, and other coniferous trees.
46. Though so many plants have their express
names in Scripture, yet others are implied in some
texts which are not explicitly mentioned. In the feast
of tabernacles or booths, the law was this, “ thou shalt
take unto thee boughs of goodly trees, branches of the
palm, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of
the brook.” Now though the text descendeth not
unto particulars of the goodly trees and thick trees ;
yet Maimonides will tell us that for a goodly tree they
made use of the citron tree, which is fair and goodly
to the eye, and well prospering in that country: and
that for the thick trees they used the myrtle, which
was no rare or infrequent plant among them. And
though it groweth but low in our gardens, was not a
little tree in those parts; in which plant also the leaves
grew thick, and almost covered the stalk. And Curtius
if the preceding words (exalted and elevated) be used,
they are more applicable unto the cedar; where the
word (flourishing) is used, it is more agreeable unto
the laurel, which, in its prosperity, abounds with
pleasant flowers, whereas those of the cedar are very
little, and scarce perceptible, answerable to the fir,
pine, and other coniferous trees.
46. Though so many plants have their express
names in Scripture, yet others are implied in some
texts which are not explicitly mentioned. In the feast
of tabernacles or booths, the law was this, “ thou shalt
take unto thee boughs of goodly trees, branches of the
palm, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of
the brook.” Now though the text descendeth not
unto particulars of the goodly trees and thick trees ;
yet Maimonides will tell us that for a goodly tree they
made use of the citron tree, which is fair and goodly
to the eye, and well prospering in that country: and
that for the thick trees they used the myrtle, which
was no rare or infrequent plant among them. And
though it groweth but low in our gardens, was not a
little tree in those parts; in which plant also the leaves
grew thick, and almost covered the stalk. And Curtius