PHILOLOGIA 0 R, A T R E A T I s E 0 F THE T Y P E S, P A RA B L E S, &c. 0 F THE 0 L D A N D N E W T E S T A M E N T, WITH THE EXPOSITIONS of the LEARNED, upon fuch, as are obfcure, &c. · I N treating of a 'l'ype, we are to remark, x. Its Definition, and that (x.) With re-· fpeEt to its Name. (2.) With refpeEt to the 'l'hing itfdf. 2. Its Divijion. 3· It• Canons, or Rules: Of which in Order. A R T C L E I. Of the Definition of a Type. JN the Definition, (1.) We are to refpeEt its Etymology. (2.) Its Homony11ry, or various Acceptations. The Greek Word TU?rl1j}>, 'Typos, which generally is ufed in this Afrair, is derived of •u"~w, (which fignifies to beat or jlrike, and is formed of its mean Puiler-'l'enfe) has various Significations. As, I. In a general Signification •u"l1j}>, a 'l';pe, is called the Print or Mark, which is made by beating, as 'John xx. 25. What we call, the Print of the Nails, is in Greek, -ru"l1j}> •>-wv, the 'l'ype of the Nails; that is, the lmpreffion or Holes left by the Nails beaten or driven through his Hands. 2. More particularly, it denotes an Example or Exemplar, which, in certain ACtions , we imitate, this goes before, and is to be imitated; fee Phi!. iii. I7· I 'Thejf. i 7· 2 'Tbejf. iii. 9· I 'l'im. iv. I2. '!'it. ii. 7· I Pet. v. 3· and ii. 2x. Ails xxiii. 25. Rom. vi. I7· What we tran(]ate Form of Doilrine, in the Greek, is •u"l1j}> J,J«%"• that 'l'ype of Doilrine; that is, in which God has prefcribed the Rule, Form and Example of Obedience, and Life to us, viz. to believe theGofpel, and live accordingly, Phi/. i. 27. 3· In another Signification Tu?rl1j}>, a 'fype, is called a*Defcription not very exail, viz. that which is made fummarily, briefly, and lefs compleatly. 4· It has alfo another Signification with Phyficians, who call that Form and Order obferved or noted in the lncreafe or .Abatement of Difeafes, -ru?r!1i}>, a 'l'ype, denoting the Symptoms of the Difeafe, and what it is: Hence Galen wrote a Book entttled, "'e' •wv •u.-wv, of 'Types. As to other Senfes wherein Lawyers and Politicians take it, confulc Stephanus in 'l'hefaur.Gr,ec,e Lingu-e, Tom. 3· Col. I6gi. 5· But to approach nearer to our Scope and Bufinefs, ""!1i}>, a 'Type, denotes a Figure, Image, Effigy, or Reprefentation of any Thing, and that either painted, feigned, or engraven or expreffed by any other way of Imitation, Ails vii. 43· So, fJo– ,.-ates in Evag. encom. calls TU""'• the Images ofBodies, (•wv uwf'<~•wv """M·) • Arijl. Elh. 1. '· 3· and I. •· '· 7• ~ 3 L €i. Divines
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