I·)O M'ETAPH'ORS FR'OM THE KINDS· oF LIVING;CRRATURts. BookI. A HIND is· commonly tahn in a· good Senfe, Gen. xlix. 2 r. Naphtali is a Hind let loofe_, _tha_t is, which flies moft fwiftly. This is expounded of a ready Promptitude ando Acbv1ty m the happy D1fpatch and Management of Affairs. The Hebrews refer this t<> Barak the Naphtalite, who made a very fpeedy Levy of 10,000 Men of the-Tribe of Ze– bulun and Naphtali, and together with Deborahpurfued Sifera their Enemy, Judg. iv, 10 _ lt 1s added m that Text, (Gen. xhx. 2 I.) he giveth goodly Words, which they refer to the lame Ht!tory, and that fweet Song of Barak and Deborah mentioned, Judg. v. Prov. v.. I9. A good W1fe IS called a Hind of Loves; and a pleafant Roe, fo the He• brew, that ts a Htnd beloved : Becaufe Men take a f111gular Delight ia wild Bea!ts, that are made tame and fociahle, &c. · A HORSE and his neighing metaphorically denotes unbridled Luft, JeY. v. 8. See Ezek. xxiii. 2 o. To RID'E fignifies to rule, or to be in an eminent Condition, Deut. xxxii. I3, Pjafi. l><vi. 12. !fa. lviii. L4. where it is afcribed to God, is already fhown. . A BRIDLE, or to BRIDLEwhich properly belongs to Horfts, James iiL. 5· by which they are reftrained and guided, Pfal. xxxii. 8, 9· metaphorically denotes the curbino- and averting the Violence of Enemies,-fometimes when attributed to ·the 't'ongue, i~ de– notes a p_rudent and becoming Moderation, James iii. 2. and i. 26. See Job xxx, 1I. 2·Sam. VIII, 1. Pfal. lxvt. II 1 I2. An ASS bdides the Place cited, viz. Ezek. xxiii. 20. is found in a Metaphor, Gm·. xlix. 1 + where rhe Tribe of Jjfachar is called the Afs of a Bone, that is of big Bones, and fo flrong, thar though dull by Nature, it !bakes not off, but bears what Burdens are laiJ upon it; hence it is fllbjoined, Couching down between t"!'o Burdens, for they \vere wont to di.vide its Load, and place it in two Bllndles on either Side, the Explica– tion follows~ Ver!e 15, See Judg. v. r6. A BULL denotes a violent, Gruel, and proud Enemy, that abufes and infefts the Miferable, Pfal, xxii. 12. and lxviii. 30. IJa. xxxiv. 7·. By the Name of Kine, the Gran– <lees of the Kingdom are expre!fed, Amos iv. 1. about which fee Chap. x. where we have treated of the Hill Bajhan. !fa. xv, 5· An Heifer ofthree Years oldfeem~ to be a metaphorical Epithet of the City Zoar belonging to the Moabites; the fame we read, Jer. xlviii. 34· and that it was near– the City Horonaim, Upon which Texts fome Expo~tors fay, that it denotes the Pride, Luxury and Want6nnels of the Moabites, becaufe when a Cow comes to be of that Age it begins to grow fierce and wanton. Others underftand it, of Plenty of Paftures. and other Conveniences, with which that L•nd abounded, as a Heiftr or Cow of three Years old, gives Store of Milk. Jero·n.e in his Comment. on lfaiah fays, that we are to underfrand the l-Ieiferof tbree Years old, of perjeft and full Age. For as the thirtieth Year compleats a Man's Strength, fo the third Year does the like in thoft Beafls. Lyranus fays, that it is fo called becaufe of its luxuriant P6tulancy, and that the fe– minine Gender is ufed to denote their filthy Sodomy, which is a far fetched Expofition. Junius and Tremellius expound it of the bawling Moabites, (who are fo called by an emphatical Profopopo:ia) when they laboured to confirm their flying and defpairing "Friends. For a' a lleif'" unaccuftomed to the Yoke, is therefore more impatienr. and complains with louJer and frronger Bellowing at that Age; fo they, impatient of Servitude, cry aloud, &c. · J~r. xlvi. '20. Egypt is called a very fair (or beautiful)Heifer,butDeflruflion cometb· out of the North to it. Here is a Comparifon of its prefent Felicity (by a. Nfetaphor· 'taken from a fattened and plump Heifer) with its future Difgrace and Ruin. Hof x. i I, Ephraim, or the People of lfrael. is called an Heifer taught or accuftomed._ :loving to tread out the Corn. Which Metaphor, Brmtius thus expounds, this Labor of /readil~g O!lt Corn was eajj and pleajing to the Heifers, for they <vere not bound, nor yoked., lufr hlrde;:~a, ·but had a full Freedom of Dancing about, and bad Food enough, according to Deut. xxv. 4· So is !frael hi"therto unaCiuflomed to Banijhments,. Depredations, and utter Devaflations, but dwelling in their own Kilgrfom.under,I/Jeir own Vine and Fig-tree, enjoy– ing w/xft they po.ffCJjed in Peace, &c. · AroU
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