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Chap.
3
2. An
E.xpofition opon
the
Book,
of
3. o
B.
Verf. z;
good
and figni
ìcant names,
filch
names
as
carry
a
remembrance.
of
duty,
or
of mercy. Wn:,n.Alexander
the
great.,
met
with
,v
common Souldier
whofe_name was
Alexander, He
laid.
tb
him,,,
Be
fore
thoridoe,nothing
una,crtby,
the.name
of
Alexander,.Hi
name..
had
a
great.encouragemenr
in
it
co
gallantry in
warre,
And
Ego curabo ne
noted of
.íDladumentu,
that
having
obtained
botfi
the Empire and
de/lm nomini
the
name of
Antoninus,
he
laid,
I
will
labour
a1CI
can,
that
I
may
limoninorum..
not
bc.injnrioas
to
the. name
of
the,Aathofine;.
This fhould be
much more our
care and
audy,
where.holineffe
makes_
the
name
honourable
;
:John
figniderh the
grace
of.God
;
And,
as
I
remem-
ber
it
is.the
fi,,
ing
of
one
of the ancients, concerning
a
bad
man;
fo
called,
Thy
name,
ìa
John, but
thou
art
not
John;
thy name
fig-:
nifieth grace, but thou'art not
gracious.
Ambrofe..faicÿ-
to the
vir-
gin Agnes,
or
Anne, ,There
.is
chafti
ty
in.
thy
name,
doe
not contra.,:
dill
thy
name.
Sc Jerome writing
to.
,Pammachiius, which
name,
fignifieth
a
fighter againft
all;
Do
thou(
faith he
)fight
againfl all,
fin,
againft. the
Devill,the
world,and
thy
tonne
corrupnón.
The
fame.
Author
writing to.Mclocias
which
fignifies
,
Honey freeetnefs,
Have
thou
(faith.
he)
the
freetneffe.of
honey
in
thy manners.
And
to
Probus
he
writes,
Thy
name
fignifierh
honefiy,7hen
be
thou
ors
honey
man.
The
Apoftle exhorts
( 2.71m.
z.
19.
)
Let
every,
one
that
nameth.
the, name of
(brig
depart from
iniquity,
It
is
a
great
argument, feeing
all
.who
profe(le
the
Gofpel are called
Chriftians,
from
Chria
,
that therefore they Mould adorne that
aloft worthy
naine by worthy walking.
And
let
me
fay
to
all
thole
whole
names lignifie
any
thing of
God,
of Grace,
or
good-
neffe,ye
have
a
good
and gracious
name,fet not
your
aCtious
be a
reproach,
to.
God,,
nor
a
fhame
to the
profeffîon
of
his
grace.
A
good heart will
make a good
ufe of
every thing
,
and is provoked.
to
have
more
then
a
name for
that
grace
or
goodneffe which is
ire
his name,
even
to
be really
that
which his name is.
How-
fhould.
,an
Elihu,
whole name
fionifies
He
is
my God,labour
after
this ho-
ly
affurance
that
God
is
his
?How
fhould
a
Barachel, whole name
fignifieth
the
Bleflîng
of
God;
be
alwayes
praying
and
waiting
for
the
blefling
of
God,
or returning praife, to
God
( both
in.hemrt,
and
life
)
for all his
blefngs
?:
Elihu
the
fan
of
Barachel
The
Buzitc.
Here
Elihu
is
defcribed
by
his
family,
as
before
by his
farher.
The