J:>art I. AN A N T H R 0 P 0 PATH Y. Heart was plealing to God, whilil: in the Sincerity and Faithfulnef< of a pibus Mind, he acknowledged and celebrated the Goodnefs of his Lord, &c. To this may be referred feveral other Place5 where this Phrafe (of a .f<»eet-finelling Savor is found, as Exod. xxix. 1 ~' 25, 41. L ev it. i. 9· ii. 12. iii. z6. .and viii. 21. Numb. xxviii. 2. Ezek._xx. z8, 41 1 &c. Doubtlefs in the le Places Hefpect IS had to the Meffias, whom the Sacnlices of the Old Teflament typified, as Eph. v. 2.. Chri:ft Jejus alfo bath loved us, and bath given bimfelf for. us an Offering and a Sacriji:e to God for a Jweet-fmelling Savor. So !fa. _xi. 3· Where it ts f.11d, that he /hall make h1m of a Scent or a Smell, fo the Hebrew, 111 the Fear of the. Lord, which is expounded of the propitiatory Sacrifice of Chri:ft, and his Obedience to the Father even unto Death, which the Prophet calls the Fear of the L ord, according to 2 Cor. ii. 15· For we are made of God a jweet Savor of Chri:ft, that is, our Miniflry to God through Chrift, is as it were accepted as a fweet Sacrifice. See Rom. xv. 16. Pfal. xlv. 8, 9· Cant. i. 3, &c. 'I"ASTING and TOUCHING are afcribed to God, of which there are not many Ex– amples, Pfal. civ. 34· Mj Meditation jhall be fweel to him, fo the Hebrew, that is, grateful and acceptable. Hojea ix. 4· TheyiJhall not offer Wine (Offerings) to the Lord, tor they !hall not be fweet unto him, that is, not plealing nor accepted. See Mal. iii. 4· Jer. xxx. 21. Pjal. xl. 8, 9· John iv. 32, 34• It is faid, Pfal. civ. 3Z · He toucheth the Hills and they fmoke, as if it were faid, by his Touch only he can cldhoy the lofcieft and mo!t firm Things. So fame fay that the Phr<1fe, Pjal. cxliv. 5· albdes to the Smoking of Mount ~inai at the Promulgation of the Law, Exod. xix. and xx. Alfo fame Phrales may be reduced hither that are men– tioned, where a Hand is attributed to God, as before. So much of the external Ac1ions of Senfe, whofe Affections are Sleep and fVatchful– nejs; for as in Sleep the AC\ions of Senfe are !bll and quiet, fo inWatchfulnejs they are provoked to their refpective Operations, as Ar~lfotle * f.1ys. !loth thefe are by an Anthropopathy attributed to God, Pfal. xliv. 23, 24. Awake, why jleepcjt thou, 0 Lord, cajl us 11ot off for ever. Pjal. lxxviii. 65. 'Then the L ord awaked as one out of Sleep. Jet-. xxxi. 26. Upon this I awaked and beheld, and my Sleep was fwect unto me, by the former a Delay of Divine Help is noted, by the latter his Strength and Power againft his Enemies, and hi$ Favor and Grace towards his Church after that Delay. A waking without the mention of Sleep is expre!fed, Pfal. xxxv. 22, 23. Ifa. li. 9, &c. It is faid, Pfal. cxxi. 3, 4· He that keepeth thee, will not jlmnber-Behold he that keepeth Ifrael, jhall neither flumber nor j/eep, by which Phrafe the abfolute and un– do~bted Certainty of Divine Help is declared. SoTYatching t is attributed to GoJ, and denotes his Affiduity or Difpatcl\, in inflicting Punilhments or granting Benefits, Jer. J<XXI. 28. and xltv. 27. Actions ofthe fecond Kind, as local Motion, are afcribed to God by an Anthropopathy as coming unto Believers, whereby the Exhibition of his Grace and Bleffino-s is to be tmder_ftood, Exod. xx .. 24. John xiv. 2_3. There is alfo a Coming to judge a~d punilh, Ifa. 111. 1"3, 14. To whrch belongs that mHo f. xr.9. I will not come (or enter) into the City, that is, in an hoftile Manner, or to deil:roy it, as Sodom. _ WALKING is attributed to God, whereby his gracious Prefence, and Help is ligni. lied, Levit. XXIX. 12. A?Jd I willwal~in the IVlidft ofyot!, that is, ye !hall have my prefent Help and Prote<'lion. So Deut. xxiii. 14. 2 Cor. vi. 16. Levit. xxvi. 24. It is faid, then will I aljo walk contrary to yozt andpunijh you, that is, without Difiinction of Perfons, I will let the Reins of mine Anger loofe upon you. God is faid I~ come down from Heaven, when he takes apparent and efpecial Cogni– zance of the Actions of Men, and that fomeumes out of Grace and Favor, as Exod. iii. 8. or to punijh in Wrath and Anger, as Gen. xi. 5, 7· and xviii. 21. Pfa!. xviii. 9, 10. Ifa. lxtv. 1, &c. . • Lib. de /omno & Yigil, c. 1, t 1pw qjigilaqjif.
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