1óo© Chap. 42. an Expofttion upon the Book, of j o e. Verf. 14, fo, but his name fhall be caled John. How was this matter deter- mined ? They madefignes to his father, how be would have him called, he mutt end toe matter ; and he calledfur a writing table, and wrote, laying, his name is John. There have been many no- minations from the Mother, but the impoficion ever was from the Father ; and ufually, the Fa; her crly ismentioned in giving the name (Gen. 5. 3,x9.) as alto here in the Text,'cis faid of job to. lone, He called the name of the firfl Jemima, and the name of the fecond, Kezia, and the name of the third Kerenhapuch. I ihall, Firft, Confider the fgnification of theft names in the origi- nal Language. Secondly, Give tome account why Job gave them thefe names; for we mutt cot think they were given (as we fay)at a venture,nor in a fancy, He called the name of the firff Jemima. 1;1"F"' Kept. The root of this name in the Hebrew, fignifieth Day, or, the Diem Vulg lightof the day ; and fo both the Septuagint and the vulgar Lx- e9Radice Mr tine tranflate : as if we fhould render it in Englifh, He called the name of thefirff, Day. He called the name of thefecond Kezia, Thar, in the Hebrew,figniñeth a Spice or Perfume, a very fra- grant and pleafant fpice, of which Naruralifis fpeak much, and is commonly knownby the name Cafa, and fo rendred (Pfal. 45. 8.) All thy garments fondi of Myrrh, Aloes and Caffia a as if in Englith job had called his fecond daughters name, Sweet fpice or perfume. ,/lnd the name of the third Keren- happotch. That's a compound word, from Keren, which fignifieth a Horn ; and Happuch, which among the Learned hash a double l gnification. Firf', It fignifieth a ponder, of which they made a kind of oint- ment, wherewith proud ones painted themfelves, called in Latine Stibium. Some fay it was a mineral ; others fay it was a plant growing in the Sea, which being ground to ponder, was of an ex-
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