144 METAPHORS FROM THE PARTS OF LIVING CREATURES. Book r. it is elegantly attributed to the Eyes, Prov. xxiii. 5· Wilt thou caufe thine E;·es to}) unto ibat-, that is, wilt thou caft thine Eye ppon it, with moft intent and earnefl Defire? And to a Sword, Ezek. xxxii. 10. [When I jhall caufe my Sword to fly,] fo the Hebrew that is, when 1 !hall flomilh or brandilh my Sword. This is fpoke of the true God' by an Anthropopathy, when he threatens DeftruB:ion and Death. ' 'l'o fly, ligmfics alfo to vanilh and perilh, Job xx. 8. Prov. xxiii. 5· Hof ix. I 1. To fly upon, the Property of rapacious Creatures, fignifies to rulh fuddenly upon a Thina as 1 Sam. xiv. 32. the People flew upon the Spoil, &c. o> '!'he HE/JN'l' of a living Creature, becaufe it is in a Manner in the Middle of the Breafl, and within the Body, by a Metaphor is put for the Middle of any Thino, and alfo the inward Part; Deut. iv. 11. And theMountain burnt with Fire unto the H;art of Heaven, that isthe Middle of the lower Heavens, z Sam. xviii. 14. In the Heart of the Oak, t, e. m the Mtddle, &c. See more Examples, Exod. xv. 8. Pfal. xlvi. 2, 3· Prov . xxx. '9· Ezek. xxviii. 2. Jonah ii. iv. Jer. li. 1. .So the BELLY is put for .the middle Place of a Thing, 1 Kings vii. 20. The Reins for Grains ofWheat as before, Chap. vt. <J'he '{AIL the hindermoft Part of the Creature is put for the Extremes of any Thing, !fa. vii. 4· '!'he <J'ails of the Firebrands, that is, the very Ends almoft burnt, which can do nothing but fmoke, and will be quickly confum.ed. By which the two Kings that were Adverfanes to the Jews are underftood as before. Somettmes the Head and 'Tail are joined together, the firft fignifying Dominion, the other Subjeflion and Servitude, !fa. ix. ' 4· 'The Lord will cut offHead and<J'ail,that is, high and low, the Courageous and the AbjeCt (which by another Metaphor of Branch and Rujh is alfo there expreifed), he adds,Verfe 15. 'I'he J:.minent andHonourable, he is the Head: and the'Prophet that teacheth lies, he is the 'I'ail, which Phrafe renders them moft abje<'l: and deteflable before God. 11/yricus *, <J'he '!'ail is interpreted of Seducers, whether becaufe of the extreme Vilenefs of their Life, or becaufe they voided the venomous Excrements of Satan, or becaufe they wagged when they flattered Men, fo as Dogs fawn with a Motion of their 'I'ail. Deut. xxv. 18. What we read in our Englijh Verfion, he fmote the hindmofl of thee, in the Hebrew is, f he fmote thy <J'ail,] that is the Rear of the Army. The Chaldee, and he flew all of thine that were loitering behind thee. See Jojh. x. 19. <J'he HEEL, the extreme Part of the Foot, by a Metaphor fignifies, the Ends, Bounds, or Limits of a Thing, Pfal. cix. 112. alfo the Gain, Fruit, of Reward which is the End of the Work, Pfal. xix. 1 I, &c. To lift up the Heel, Pfal. xli. 9· is faid of a refrac– tory Enemy, and a Contriver of Mifchief, the Metaphor being taken from the Kick– ings of ftubborn and angry Horfes. See John xiii. 18. Deut. xxxii. 15. 1Sam. ii. 29. Of the Phrafe to kick againfl the Pricks, we will treat hereafter. Here we will add fome certain homogeneal or fimilar Parts of an Animal, . for what wo have hitherto fpoken of, are (according to a phylical Notion or DiftinB:ion) heteroge– neous, or diflimilar. A BONE becaufe it is hard and white has two metaphorical Notions: And, 1. Denotes Hardnefs and Inhumanity of Mind, Prov. xxv. 15. /lfoft 'Tongue break– eth the Bone; that is, even the moll hard-hearted and fevere Man, or the moft grie– vous and rigid Anger: So Gideon pacified the Ephraimites, Judg. viii. 1, 2, 3· and /lbi– gail pacified David, when he intended to deftroy Nabal, 1 Sam. xxv. 24. and the follow· ing Verfes. 2. It denotes white like a Bone, 2 Kings ix. 13. 'I'hen they hafted and took e·very Man his Garment, and put under him Cl1)" 1 )N upon the Bone ofthe Stairs; that is, a Srep wh1te as a Bone. Others interpret this Phrafe as metonymica/, imagining the Steps to be of!vary, or fame other Sort of Bone. The Chaldee turns it, upon the Step of Hours: undedland– ino (as Schindler thinks) a Dial cut into the Srone, in which were figned Degrees, by wl~ich the Hour of the Day may be found by the Sun-thine. R. Kimchi, upon the high· ej/ Step amongflthe Steps, &c. • c,.': Ito. MARROW
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