METAPHORS FROM INANIMATE BODIES. Book I. cious if confided in. Others expound ~xu~~A~, as if he had faid Y.U«f3"-A~, that which is thrown to Dogs-So Suidas takes it. And it is to be noted that in the fecond Verfe falfe Apoflles are called Dogs, whofe corrupt Works the Apoltle cautions again it. By Mud, Dirt, and other Filth the Members and Apparel of a Man are polluted and con. taminated; which Contamination is brought frequently to denote the filthy Nature of Sin, Ifa. lxiv. 6. 2 Cor. vii. 1. Eph. v. 27. 'l'it. i. 15. 2 Pet. ii. 10, 20. (with Verfe 13 22.) 'jude Verfe 23. 'James i. 21. Rev. iii. 4· To this Wajhing and Cleanjing are con~ trary, by which the taking away of Sin i• noted. ']'he DUS'l' of the Earth likewife lignifies Contempt, Abjeetion, Mifery, and Mourn– ing, 1 Sam. ii. 8. 'Job xv. 16. Pfal. vii. 5, b. xxii. 15, 16, 29, 30. xliv. 25, 26. cxiii. 6, 7· and cxix. 25. Ifa. xlvii. 1. lii. 2. Lam. iii. 16, 29. ASHES, in a metaphorical Signification, and by t Allufion of the Name aarees with Duft, with which it is fometimes joined, fometimes not. For the Dufl is ind~ed Ajhes, only that is a groffer Matter into which a Thing burnt is reduce.d. By this is lignified Frailty and Vilenefs, Gen. xviii. 27. Ecclef x. 9· where nevenhelefs there is RefpeCl: had to Man's firft original which was Dufl andAjhes-Sometimes it lignifies great_Ca– lamity, and the Sadnefs and Mourning that enfue, Ifa.lxi. 3· Ezek. xxviii. 18. Mal. iv. 3· Lam. iii. 16. for Mourners were formerly wont to throw Alhes upon their Heads, yea to lye in it, as appears, 2 Sam. xiii. 19. 'Job ii. 8. and xhi. 6. lfa.lviii. 5, Jer. vi. 25. Ezek. xxvii. 30. ']on. iii. 6. Niatt. xi. 21, &c. The fame metaphorical Signification is in the Phrafe, to feed on Ajhes, Pfal. cii. 9· I have eaten Ajhes like Bread, that is, I am in very greot Grief or Trouble. !fa. xliv. 20. He feedeth of Ajhes, a de– ceived Heart bath turned him afide- He fpeaks of the Idol, which can bring nothing but Mourning and all Evil to its Adorers. So much ofjimple Bodies and what bears Analogy with them. Of compound we wrll treat m the followmg Cha,pters. C H A P. XI. Of Metaphors takm from Minerals, Plants aud living Creatures. coMPOUND Bodies, according to the phylical Diftinetion, are either inanimate or ammate. Inauimate are Metals, Stones, and concrete 'juices, as Salt– Animate are either vegetative, ftnfitive, or rational. Of the firft Kind are Plants, or Things growing out of the Earth. Of the fecond Kind, Brutes. Of the third Kind, Men and Women. · Of which diftinetly and in Order. Metaphors taken from Inanimate Bodies. QOLD metaphorically fignifies quoad Naturalia, as it refpeets Naturals, (1.) A clear and fhining Liquor like Gold, viz. Pure Oil, Zech. iv. I2 . (2.) Serenity of Sky, when it is of a yellowilh red, 'Job xxxvii. 22. Fair Weather cometh out of the North-in the H ebrew, it is [Gold cometh out of the North] that is, (as Schiudler fays [a clear Air without Clouds J or a Wind pure as Gold, and purifying the Air, making it as pure as Gold: The North Vv'ind,. hence called by Homer "'~f"'Y'""'' the Caufer of Serenity. The Septuagint rendered rt, "~"~~uyzvlx., Clouds jbining ltke Gold. As it refpeCts Spirituals, Gold ftgnifies the pure Doflrilze of the Gofpel, as Silver, and precious Stones do, I Cor. iii. 12. Alfo the Grace and Benefits of Chrilt our SaUl?_r; or, which is the fame Thing, true Wifdom received by the Word of Chrifl, Rev. ur. I 8. and even Life eternal, Re·v. xxi. 18. SILVER
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