ll2 MET A pH 0 R s FROM AIR. Rook I. Beaft, is attributed to thefe two Kings; viz. that in tirem !hou!d be ended the Kingdom of Syria, that is, DmTmfcus, and the Kingdom of Samaria, that is, of the n·n Tribes which by .another Name were c·alled l!.phralm, according to what is (elated, 2 Kings xv. 29. xvr. 7• 8, 9· xvu. 5· and th\0 follow1ng Verfes. Sometimts it denotes Divint:: Deliverance from Evil, as it weie from Fir'e, Zecb: iii. 2. Is not t!.>is a Bra11d plucked out {}f the Fire? be fpeaks of Jofoua the High Pl'idl, \vho by the Favor and Grate of God was delivered from the Babylonian Captivity, cari1e to Jerufalem, rdtored the Tem)lle, and exercifed rhe Priefthood. See /lt.~os iv. I I. Jitt!e Verfe 23, &c. Job xii. 5• Ifa. x!ii. 3· SMOKE, the Excrement of Fire, and a Sign of it is metaphorically put for Punifl 1 • ments inftitted by God, and Cilamities, lfa. xiv. 31. '!here jha/1 colne fr011i /he North a Smoke; the Chaldee renders it Vengeance, Revenge; forne trnderftand this Spee7h o'f Uzziah with his Ho!1:, who fubd•ed the Philijlines, 2 Chl'l!>z. xxvi. 6. 7· !:lur Jerbtiie in his Comment upon the Place by Smoke underftands the KingofAjj)<ria, who arlli:>rig!l: other Nations ddtroyed the Philiflines, and he quotes, 'Jer. xlvii. 2. Smoke is ufed to fignify any Enemy, becaufe it is very fwlft in invading, very pehe– traiing and fearching, and can by none be refilled, and be!rtg a certain token of Fire: So the Fire of God's vVrath once kindled fmokes at'ter the farlie Manner. See Ffdl. xxxvii. 20. lf•· lxv. 5· and xxxiv. IO. Rev. xiv. Il. Joel iii. 3· J!Cts ii. I9· in \vnich Places Sntde is a Symbol of V\"rnth and Divine Puni01ments, &c. · Some Verbs belong to this H ead, as to he hot, wHich is an e!fdl: ofAnger, \vliich, as Fire, inflames the Heart, Deut. xix. 6. Pfnl. xxxix. 3· antllvii. 4· The J).nger i:if a godly Man, proceedeth from an holy Zeal again!t Sin is faid to burn, 2 Cor. xi. 29. Tlie like is faid of lut1ful and depraved Affections, 1 Cor. vii. 9· So l/irgil fays, Eft mollis jlamma medullas, that i;, a loft Flame eats my _Marrow, and el!ewhere et cd!co carpiti<i' igui, &c. The Syriac renden it, to bum with L!!jt. Thus the Jews are faid to inflame themfelves \\'ith Idolatry, which is fpiritual Whore– dom, Ifa. lvii. 5· whereby they are !harply reptoved for their vehemeilt Pilrfuit of Idolatry, which was like burning Luft, whereby the Whore is inflained with :Defires after the Adulterer, whence Verfe 3· they are called tbe Seed of the Adillterer and TVhore. To this may be referred what is fpbken of Heretics forbidding the Ufe of Mar~ riage, viz. Y.!lCca:VTlfF'"ITf.J.!VW)' -rnv ,J',«,. uvrultnu,v, HaVing their Confcitnces Jeartd With an hOt Iron, 1 'l'im. iv. 2. which imports two Things, · ( 1.) The Htwting and Wounding of Confcience, as if he had faid they teacn and compel others tO ob!erve fuch Things, which they themfelves very well know to be not only impoffible but wick~d, and theretor·e their own Confciences reptoach arid check: them for the Fal!hood of what they deliver and impofe, and hence in the fame Verfe, they are faid to fpeak Lies in Hypuctify. (2.) The Cau!e of that Burr, viz. the Heats or Burning of variotls Lulls, or both, as [faid, are comprehended in that Word for lt is derived of x~uT"P• (wuter,) that is, an Inftrument whereby fl:igmatized Perfons ate burnt; which hurts and pains borh l:'lelh and Skin ; and the Manner of it is by Fire and Burning. Befides the Apoftle Jeeq1s to have Refpect to fpiritual Infamy, which cannot but, in a Matter of fo <>reat Monient wound the Confcience, as wicked Men that were !iigmatized, catried a Brand of Infa– my about them, Ephif. vi. 16. Fiery Darts, are attributed to ti>ff De·t·i!, by ,vhlch ir.– ward Temptations and outward l'erfecutions, Scandals :md Sin's ftitred up b'y the Devil are intimated. There is an Emph~jis in that Word ofPaul's tranflated from Fire, 2. '1'/m. i. 6. Where– fore I pu! thu bt Remembrance that thrm * ftir up the Gift of God which is in thee, &c. The Greek Word properly frgnifies to !lir up Fire, le!t it go our, that it may fla'me. Beza upon the Place fays, 'The Gift of God is a certain live Flame kindled in our Hearts which the Flejh and Satan mdeavor tojNJ!ocate or finother, but 011 the other Side we are fo much the more concetmd to cherijh it, a-!td ftir it "P' whm it is as it were aJleep. Where this Divine little Ffame iJ 11ofjlirred up, Love mid Ch'arity waxes cold, Mat(. xxiv. 12. And then the Fdttn!ain of Love, which'is jtfvirtg Fai'th; a>zd eternal Salvation is loft, &c. Thus Paul eJthorts not fo qt~ench lhe Spirit, I 'J'hef v. '9· The favin'g Light of rhe Knowledge of God kincl•led by - ~he Holy Spirit is' ex!in'gui!bed by Neglects of the Word of God and devollt Prayer; by- Security, Impiety, and lngrJtiiud'e; hence an Exhortation
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