118 METAPHORS FROM WATER. Book I. Pfal. xl. 2. See.tlfo Pfal. lxxiii. ro. Some by the Waters of a full Cup would have the fame Thing underllood; bm the ulual Expolition is, thH it rather gives a Dtlcription of the 'Nicked, who er~oy Profperity and Plenty. And rh is lcMis us to rhe Acceprarion of Water wherein ir J'ignifies Good, in which as in che fon·going Particuldr wt mufi con– ftder it, (r.) As it refers tQ Men. (2.) To Things themfdvcs. (r.) ·water metaphorically fignifies Poflerity, which is propagated from its own Stock or Head, as Water flows from a Fountain, Numb. xxiv. 7. He jha/1 pour the Water out of his Buckets, that is, God !hall fo blefs the People of lfrael (reprcfented by Jacob ) as that they £ball have a numerous Offspring, and increafe into a great Polterity. Another Metaphor taken from Water follow,. And his Sted fi1all be in many \•Vaters, which the Chaldee expounds of Peoples: According to the above Signification thus he para– phrafes, a Ki.ng £ball fpring up who fi1all be magnifled hy his Sons, and he !hall n1le P,Ver many People. But R. Sa!omOii Lys, That this ligr.ifies Profperity, as Seed increafes bell: that is fawn befides the \Vaters. ·To tl1is Senle we are to refer, !fa. xlviii. r. Hear ye tbis, 0 Houfe of Jacob, called by the Name of Ifrae/, a11d are come f"'th out of the W aters of Judah, th<:t is, fuch as are defcended of Jacob and Judah, as from a Fountain; as Deut. xxxiii. 28. and Pjal. lxviii. 26. (2.) By the Metr<phor of Waters the Bleffings of God and our Savior are often noted, as in the Chapter of an Ar.tbr<popathy. 2. 'the SUBJEC'TS, or Things containing Waters are various. The Chief is the SEA, which for the Plenty of Waters, the Violence or lmperuofity of its 'Naves aud Storms, metaphorically denotes a Multitude of Enemies, Jer.li. 4· 'l'be Sea is come up upou Baby/on: She is covered wiJb the lvfultitude of the Waves thereof. Chaldee: The King with his numerous Holts in Pknry li,ke the Sea came up againit Baby/on-So it is to be underllood, Pfa!. lxv. 7· Jxix. 9· and xciii. 3, 4· See alfo, !fa. xvii. I z, I 3· and lvii. 20. J<r. vi. 23. and !. 4'- where there is an exprefs Comparifon. When our Iniquities are laid to be cafl into the Depths of the Sea, Micah vii. I9· it fignifi~s a t0rall,~miffion and utc<r Oblivion of them.. WAVES of the Sea denote Cal~mities and Punin,ments, becaufe they rulb upon us and are noxious, as the ·waves are rroubltfome to Ships and Seamen, Pfa!. xlri. 7· and lxxxviii. 7· to which that Phrafe, Lam. i. 20. anct ii. 1 1. relates, Pfa!. iii. !fa, vii. 24. Jude Verfe 14. Raging Wmm •f the Sea, foaming out their own Sbame. This is fpoke of unquier, untamed Vagt\bonds, or impetuous violent Men, who pofii:ff~d with a Spirit of Giddincfs by falfe Doctrine, and wicked Lives clill:urb the Church, and rail~ Scandal~. A M!laphor taken from a tur.bulent and frothing Sea. See the exprcfs Similitude, Ifa. lvii. 20, 2 r. to which Place the 1\pof'tle feems to have refpect. FLUCTUA'I'ING, or being tolfe.cl to and fro, xl,vJ~vo?•~~'"• Eph. iv. If. is attributed to Men unll:able in the Profeffion of Chrill:ianity. See Jam. i. 6. · A S'l'REAM, 'mJ ( Nacha/) which runs in a Valley, (which is alfo denoted by the fame Hebrew Word) and fuddenly increafes in tempeftuous rainy Weather, and brings not only Terror, but Lofs and Damage to Men and other Creatures, metapl·oricalfy fignifies great Afllittions, Terrors., and bangers, Pfa!. xviii. 4· 'The Floods of Be.ial terrified me. Cba!dee; The Multitude of Opprelfors made me afrard-Junius and 'l're– me/!ius: 'the Floods of wicked Mw affrighting me; he compares the Perfecwions and Vio– lence of the Wicked who would profecute him evw unto Death to Floods, which violent!>, and, ere we are aware, break upon us. Mufeulus upon the Place: 'this Flood of tbe Wicked rightly agrees with the Valley ofKidron, that is, the Ki11gdom ofDarkncfs. Pfal. ex. 7· Hejhall drink of the Brook in the Way-This is diverfely expounded, but moll: fitly of the Paffion of our Savior Chrijf, which is elfewhere compared to drinkmg, for the drinking of his Cup is .in this Place called a drinking of the L'rock in:_ tbe Way. By the Bropk or 'I'orrent, the .Multitude and Bitternefs of Chrill:'s Suffi·rinf'S ~re
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