.99$ Chip. 42. e/!n Expo/Trimupon the Book, of Jo a. Verfw tg.; or iïxth were not the firff day ; thereforewe tranflate for one day, the firff day. Thus here be called the nameof one, that is, of the firft Jcmima. There is a .two-fold firfinefs. Firfi, In order of time. Se- .condly, In order of honour. Firft here is firff in time. The other two might equal, yea, exceed the firff in worth and dignity:; but this was fobs firff-born daughter, his firti in time. He called aye nameof the firti Jemima. .Hence note, Firf' ; It is a duty to givenames to our ckildren. 'Tisnot meerlymatter of prudence, 'tis not an humane inven- tion to give names. God himfelf gave the name to the firff man; God called him by the name, which, doubtlefs himfelf had given him, when he called himAdam. Theproper name of the firf} man, is anamecommon to all men; Adam fignifying redearth, fheweth us of what matter all men are made. And as God called the firff man by that name Adam, fo Adam gave aname to the firff woman, his wife (Gen. 3. so.) He called his wife: name Eve, becaufe floe wat themother of all living. And as God have the firff man aname, and he named the firft woman, foGod ap- pointed the firff man to give names toall living creatures (Gen. 2. a 9.) The Lord brought all the We of the field to Adam to fee what be wouldcall tbem;tl' whatfoever Adam called every liv- ing ,creature, that was the name thereof. TheLord would have coshing namelefs, or without aname;furely then, he would have men and women known by their names. Abraham was once called Abram, a high father ; but God changed his name, and would have him called Abraham, the father ofa mukitnde.Were it not fornames we thould be is a greatconfufion, both about per- fons and things ; we could not dilfinguifh men had we not names /flown 'NO to call themby; and therefore theLatines fay the word (nomea) shun°e° fignifying a name, comes from (notareren) aword which figmfieth sham,P m, a mark of difiin8tion. Whatfoever God is made known by, is called hisname in Scripture, becaufe men, and all things ere, are known by their names. Though fome in a fpecial manner are called men of name in Scripture (Gen. 6. 4.) which we there- fore tranflate men of renown; and men of no account or reputa- tion among area, are called amp of no norm: yet the pooreft, the nbfcurcfi
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