Part I. . 0 F AN I R 0 N Y. that it was not lawful for them on the Sabbath to go above ·• 1000 greater (or 2000 Jelfer) Paces; ond therefore they ought to pray, that they may not be neceffitated to fly on the Sabbath, becaufe the accull:omed Sabbath-day's Journey would not be enough to convey them beyond the Danger of the Roman Soldiers. And by this the Grievouf. nefs of the Calamity is indicated. Luke xxii. 36. '{hen Jaid he (that is Chri ll:) unto them, But now he that bath a Purje, let him take it, and lii<ewife his Scrip : And he that bath no Sword, let bim Jell his Gar– ment, and buy one. By this Speech is fignified, that to that quiet and comfortable Way of Living, which the Apoil:les had hitherto enjoyed in the School of Chrijl, fl10uld im– mediately fucceed a moft grievous Perfecution, even to be begun_that very Night?. and that the Enemy wJth Swords and Clubs were at hand, fo that loch as confide 111 an Arm of Fltfh, and would confult (as Men) about the Security of themfelves and theirs, could have no better Way, than to difpofe of all, even to their very Coats, and provide themfelves with military Defences to refiil: the Enemy's Violence. By this Sign there– fore, the Thing jignified is to be underil:ood; for Chrijl does not require, that his Apoil:les fhould buy Swords and defend themfelves, but by the Necellity of a Sword, he jjmbolically infinuates or intimates the Grievoufnefs of that Danger, which threatens them from the Enemy. So fays 'fheoph;·laft and Enthymius upon the Place. The Apoil:les underftood thefe Words of Chritl: properly, and therefore fay, Verfe 38. Lord here are two Swords, to whom he fa id, It is enough. By which Anfwer he modeil:ly and tacitly reprehencs the Abfurdity of his Difciples ; as if he had faid, I perceive you do not apprehend the Meaning of my parabolical Speech, therefore it is enough to have admonifhed you thus much; your Experience, and the fulfilling of my Prediction, will fupply the Place of an Expofition, when in a little Time a military Hoft fl1all in– vade, to repel which a hundred Swords !hall not be enough. See Brmtius and Erajmus upon the Place. 7. A Name is put for the Perfon, or Thing. THENAMEofGOD is put for God himfelf,Deut. xxviii. 58. 'fhat thou maye.ft f ear this glorious and fearful Name, (viz. the Lord thy t;;od.) Pjalm xx. I. 'fhe Name of the God of Jacob defmd thee, that is, the God of Jacob. So Pfalm cxv. r. Ija. xxx. 2 7· Mic. v. 4· and frequently elfewhere, John iii. I 8. Becauje he bath not believed in the Name of the only begottm Son of God, that is, Son of God himfelf. So John xvii. 6. Afls iii. I6. and x. 43· I John ii. 12, &c. N Ala1E is put for Man, Afls i. I 5· 'fhe Number of the Names together, were about one hundred and twenty, that is, fo many Men. So Rev. iii. 4· and xi. '3· Erajinus fays, the Reafon of this Speech is, that when Men are numbred, their Names are call– ed over. Name is put for Son, or Pofterity, becaufe they are called by the Name or Sirname of their Anceil:ors, Deut. xxv. 7· 1 Sam. xxiv. zz. 2 Sam. xiv. 7, &c. Name is put for the 'Thing itfe!f, Afls iv. I2. For thereis none other N ame under Hea– ven given unto Men whereby we muft be Javed, that is, there is no other Way or Means of Salvation but by Chrijl. Eph. i. 21. Every Name that is named, that is, every Thing in Nature. It notes alfo Dignity or Eminence, Phi!. ii. 9· Wherefore God a!fo bath highly exalted him, and given bim a Name which is above every Name, &c. C H A P. V. Of a11 IRONY. AN IRONY is a Trope whereby Contraries vr Oppofites are put for one another, or when by th~ Thing named a ~ontrary Thing muil: be underftood. The Word pro– perly figmfies Dijfimulatzonor CaVllhng, Vox "P""""' proprie Dijfimulationem& Elujionem, f:J ~~odwin in hil Mofes 1mJ Aaronfoyt, that zooo gt~metrical C116i11 is a $a6bath-day's Jrmrney. Lib. 3· ! jet<
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