Didaskalia De nobili dicto Davidis (1587) - Page 9

I.
It is my intention to explain in a didaskalikōs instructive/pedagogical manner the illustrious allegory concerning the most pleasant and fertile Plantation of the Church, handed down by the Royal Psalmist in Ode 92, verses 13, 14, and 15, to the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, and for our own instruction and consolation.

Hebrew Context.
"The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; To show that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him."

Greek version.
"The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree: he shall be multiplied like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still be multiplied in a fat old age, and they shall be well-favored: to show that the Lord our God is upright, and there is no unrighteousness in him."

Latin translation.
"The righteous shall germinate like a Palm: he shall grow with increase like a Cedar in Lebanon. Planted in the house of Jehovah, they shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall also germinate in old age, they shall be fat and green. That they may announce that Jehovah is upright, my Rock; and that there is no iniquity in him."

II.
Just as the prophet Zechariah most beautifully depicts allēgorikōs allegorically CHRIST JESUS dwelling among the pious, whom the blessed Angels serve, when he compares Him to a man sitting upon a red horse—that is, of a fiery color, because He separates the dross from the gold, that is, the unfaithful from the faithful—and the Church, flourishing and budding in Christ, and bringing forth the fragrant fruits of sanctification, to a most pleasant myrtle grove; and finally, the angels to red, bay, and white horses, because some of them are ministers of judgment and vengeance, others of beneficence, and others (as some say) of both. Chapter 1, verse 8.