lf4Z METAPHORS FROM THE PARTS OF LIVING CREATURES. Book I. Kingdom of the Melfiab. The Chaldee renders it *Kingdom, both here and in Jer. xlviii. 25. Pfal. cxxxii. I7. '!'here I will make the Horn of David to bud, that is, I will amplify, enlarge and propagate the Srrengrl> of his Kingdor:n. This alto moft perfeEtly apper– mins to the Mjjiah, David's Son. Chaldte: There will I caufe to bud a precious King, to the Houfe of David. See I Chron. xxv. 5· This Signification of Power, and a Kingdom, is propofed, as it were by a lively Me– taphor and Similitude, in that fymbolical Action of Zedekiah the falfe Prophet, I Kings xxii. tl. alfo in the prophetical ViGons, D'an. vii. 7, 8, 21. and viii. 3• &c. Zech. i. r8,, &c. where the fierce and ftrong Enemies of the Church are underltood, Rev. v. 6. xii. 3· xiii. 1, 1 r. and xvii. 3, 7, 12, 16. 'J'o pujh ·with the Horn t metaphorically fignifies an exerting or putting forth of Strength or Power againfl: the Enemy in fighting, Deut. xxxiii. I7· Pfal. xliv. 5, 6. I Kings xxii. r r. Dun. xT·. 40. In other Things a Horn fignifies, 1. A more eminent Place, lfa. v. I. My Belowd hatb a Vineyard, in tbe Horn of the So11 of Oil, fa the Hebrew, that is, in a fublirne and very fat Place. The Land of Ca11aan which flowed with Milk and Honey feems to be fignified by this Defcription; for into this, the People of Ifrael were like a Vine, tranfplanted or tranilated, Pfal. Jxxx. 8. 2. Sometimes .!lngles, Corners or Emincnccs, having the Form ofHorns, Exod. xxvii. 2. and xxix. 12. Lev. iv. 7· 1 Kings i. 51. Jer. xvii. L and elfewhere, fa in the Syriac and Chaldce Tongues the extreme or angular Point :f:. 3· Splendor or a fparkling Ray, like a Horn, flab. iii. 4· .!lnd his Brightnefs was as the Light, he had f:lorns(or as the Chaldee has it, bright Beams) coming out of his Hand. Hence the Verb l,P fignifies to diffufe Beams in the Likenefs of Horns, Exod. xxxiv. 29, 30, 35· where the Speech is of Mofes, when his Face fhined. Chaldee: The Splendorof the Glory of his Face was multiplied; to which Verfron Paul feems to have refpecr, 2 Cor. iii. 7. &c. A MOUTH becaufe it is hollow, concave, and open, and the Beafts Inftrument of bitincr, has therefore two metaphorical Notions, (I~) The Orifice of any Thing, an Entrance or gaping Hole, and fa it is faid, Gen. xlii. 2 7· The Sack's Mouth. Gen. XXIX. 2, 3, 8, 10. The Well's Mouth.-Aifo of a Den, Jofh. x. IS~ 22, •7·. OftheR.obeandHabergeon~.Exod.xxxix. 23. for fotheHebrew, .Pfal. cxxxni. 2. Of the Gate of a Czty, Prov. VIIL 3· Of the Book, Ifa. XIX. 7· The Edge of the Sword, by which (as it.were it bites,) hurts and cuts, Ge!'· xxxi v: .z6. Exod. xvii. 13· Numb. xxL 25. Deut. XIIL 15,. and elfewhere-Of the hie it rs !a~d, I Sam. xiii. 2 I . .If File baving Mouths, that IS, lull of lnc1fures the better to fharpen Iron. So when Mouths in the plural are attributed to a Sword, it denotes its two Edges, Judg. iii. I6. Pfal, cxlix. 5, 6. Prov. v. 4· fa to a Rake or Harrow, Ifa. xli. I5· See 2' Kings x. 21. and xxi, 16. Ezra ix. 11, &c. What are done by the Jvfouth, Tongue and Teeth of Beafts we will here together difpatch. 'J'o BI'J'E 11 (for the moll: Part attributed to Serpents, Numb. xxi. 7, 8. Gen. xlix. I7, Ecclef x. 8, I I. Jer. viii. 17. Amos ix. 3, &c.) is put for hqf/ile Invajion, Spoil and Tearincr in Pieces, Hab. i;. 7· For the Pains of Body or Mind, by Reafon ofDrunken– nefs, o~ the Relicks of Wine; Prov. xxiii. 32. For Ufury, Exod, xxii. 25. Lev. xxv. 3 6. Deut. xxiii·.'9· Pfal. xv. 4, 5· Prav. xxviii. 8. Ezek. xviii. 8, 13. 17. and xxii. I2. So Lucian calls rt devourzng Ufury. It IS fa~d of falfe Prophets that they bite with their 'J'eeth, Micah iii. 5· tlrat is, like Wild Beafts they tear and deftroy the Flock-Others think thisPhrafe to be noMetaphor,but to be underftood of the eating ofpleafantFood. 'J'o EAt and DEVOUR, )~l'l in a metaphorical Signification is the f.1mc with (to de– flroy and confume) Exod. xv. 7· Ifa. ix. I:>. 7he Srritws before, and the Philiflines bebind, tmd they jha/1 devour Ifrael with the whole Mottth-that is, after the Manner of raven– ous Beafts, they fhall moft 1nhumanl/ treac them, capt•vate, fpoil, and confume them.· t Cornupetere n:.l t Bu.xtorf. in Lexic.Chald. Syria(o, p. 511, 512. 1J 1lt?:J mordere. '{o
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