Part I. AN A N T H R 0 P 0 P A T H Y. Baro-ain therefore fome tranOate it a Pledge, According to Suidas Arrhebo or an Ear~efr 'is a Piece of Money given by the Buyer to the Seller, to afcertain the Paymenc of the RcuJue. Jerome Jays, iris a certain Tefrimony, Evidence, or Obligation to fe– cure the B.~rgain made. It differs from a Pledge, which is left as a Security for the R eturn of borrowed Money, and upon Payment is returned to the Owner. The Holy Spirit is thus called becaufe he alfures Believers., that they rhall obtain eternal Life. Some refer this Metaphor to Nupua!s or Marnage, as the Bndegroom pledges hrs Faith ro rhe Bride, and gives her an efpoufal Token, as a Pledge to alfure her that he will marry her; fo when God efpoufes himfelf to Believers, Hof ii. 19. I will betroth rbeo U/Jto me for ever, yea I will betroth thee unto me in Righteoufizefs, and in Judgment, and in loving Kindzzejs, azzd in Mercies, &c. But the Nuptials of the Lamb did not yet appear Rev. xix. 7· Therefore God gives them a moft noble Earneft, viz. the Holy Spirit ;o comfort their Hearrs, and confirm their Faith that they lhall in due Seafon be admitted to the Marriage of the Lamb. It is faid, Pfal. lxxv. 8. For in the Hand of the Lord there is a Cup, and the Wine is Red, it is full ofMixture, and he pouretb out the fame; but the Dregs thereof all the Wicked of the Earth.fba/1wriizg them out, and drink them-by which the various Kinds of Divine Afflictions are intimated. The like Metaphor we meet with Jfa. li. 17, 22, &c. CHARIO'l'S are attributed to God, by which either his Divine Magnificence is manifefted to Men, as Hab. iii. 8. 'Thou didjl ride upon thine Horfes, and thy Chariots of Salvation, or elfe it denotes thofe My– riads of miniftring Angels mentioned, Pfal.lxviii. 17. The Chariots of God are twenty Thoufand, even many Thoufands of Angels. The WHEELS by which a Chariot, or Cart moves are by an elegant Metaphor at– tributed to God, Pfal. lxv. 11. 'Thy* Cart-wheels drop Fatnefs, fo the Hebrew, rhat is, thy Clouds difrill down Rain and Snow, which refrdh and fertilize the Ground, fo that with the Bleffing of God it produces various, profitable, and necelfary Fruits. The Clouds are called the Chariots and Horfes of God, and Rain is faid to make the Earth far and fruitful, Pfal. xviii. 10, II, 12. and clxiv. 2, 3· Jfa. xix. z. RICHES are attributed to God, by which the Abundance of his Divine Majefty and Glory, as alfo his Mercy and Grace are noted, Prov. viii. 18. Rom. ii. 4· ix. 23. x. 12. and xi. 33· 2 Cor. viii. 9· Eph. i. 7, 8, 18. ii. 4, 7· and iii. 8, 16. Col. i. 27. Phi!. iv. 19. Such as receive thefe in true Faith, are called rich in God, Luke xii. 21. and Jam. ii. 5· WINDOWS are afcribed to Heaven the Habitation of Goel, out of which he has, as it were, a Profpect, and fends Good or Evil upon Men, Gen. vii. 11. and viii, 2,- 2 Kings vii. 2. Jfa. xxiv. 18, Mal. iii. 10. Deut. xxvi. 15. Pfal. xiv. 2, and cii. 19, 20. Lam. iii. 8, 50. · A FURNACE is attributed to God, Jfa. xxxi. 9· by which the Divine Vengeance, whereby God, as it were in a fiery Oven, confumes the Enemies of his Church is in– timated, Jfa. xxx. 30, 33· Pfal. xxi. 8, 9, 10. LO'l', POR'l'ION, or INHERI'J'ANCE is attributed to God, when it is faid that the People and L and of Jfrael is his Heritage, Deut. xxxii. 9· Jer. ii. 7· xii. 7, 8. and vi. 18, &c. by which his great Love, and !ingular Care and Providence is intimated. See Exod. xix. 6. Deut. xi. 12, And when it is faid of Chrift, rhat he is conjlituted Heir of all Things, Heb. i. 2. and that he hath by Inheritance obtained a more excellent Name th~n Angels, Verfe 4· it is wit)l Refpeft to J1is Right of Primogeniture and Divine Title of Command over all Things. A .BOOK is afcribed to God, by which his moft exaft Knowledge and Providence is noted, The Metaphor is taken from Wife Men who are wont diligently to note down • Or/Jitte lu.re jlillanl Jinguulhum. in
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