Part I. ME T A P H 0 R S FROM A HuMAN Bonv. Word. There is a Synecdoche, joined with the Metaphor here, and by "'~">.'J" the whole Bodv and Volume of the Old T eftament, in which the Prophecies and Types of the Mefftah are extant, is to be underftood. Jcrome on Ifa. xxix. fays In the Head of the Book (lays our Savior in the Pfalm), it is written of me, not of Jeremy or Ifaiah, but in all the Holy Scripture, which is cailed one Book. ./J FACE the foremoft Part of a Man's Head; Bare and fit for feeing; and apt to vary its Pofture or Afpect according to the different Affections of the Jvfind, c:mies a threefold metaphorical Notion. 1. It denotes the firft Part of any Thing, 2 Sam. x. 9· Jer. i. '3· Ezek. ii. 10. 2 . The Superficies and external Species of any Sub(l:ance, which appears to, or is be– held by Men, Gen. i. 2. 1Sam. xiv. 25. 2 Sam. xvii. 19. lfa. xiv. 21. Luke xxi. 35· 3 . The Mind or inward Faculty or Affeftions, as /inger, Joy, Benevolence,Magnani– mity, &c. Gm. xxxii. 20. 1 Sam. i. 5, 18. Job ix. 27. Prov. xvi. 15. and xxv1i. '7· Ezek. iii. 8. ' A FOREHEAD the fuperior Part of the Face, is metaphorically brought to denote the interior Affection of the Mind. A hard Forehead denotes Obllinacy in Wickednefs, 1fa. xlviii. 4· and a perfevering magnanimous Zeal againft the Wicked, Ezek. iii. 7, 8, 9 . A Whore's Fm·ehead, Jer. iii. 1. fignifies extreme Impudence, the Metaphor be– ing taken .from thofe gracelefs, lbamdefs, and immodeft Proflitutes. An EYE the Organ of Sight, by a metaphorical Tranilation oftentimes denotes the Mind, Judgment, and Knowledge; Gen. xvi. 4, 5· Deut. xv. 18. I Sam. xv. 17. and xviii. 23. 2 Sam. vi. 22. Job xxxii. I. Pfa!. xv. 4· Prov. iii. 7· xxviii. 1I. and xxx. I2. Jfa. v. 21. Zech. viii. 6. Matt. vi. 22. John v. 35: Hence the right E:[e is put for the greatell Prudence, Zech. XI. I7. An evzl E)•e, for a perverfe and mahgnant Mind, Deut. xv. 9· Prov. xxiii. 6. and xxviii. 22. Matt. xx. 15. Mark vii. 22. A good Eye, for a <Yood and benevolent Mind, Prov. xxii. 9· Ecclifraf. xxxv. 9· AnEye fignifies a providential Carefulnefs, fometimes a Solicitude in Evil, as Pfal. x. 8-xvii. 8. (fee I Sam. xviii. 9.) fometimes in Good, Gen. xliv. 21. Num. x. 31. Ruth ii. 9· Jobxxix. I5· Pfal. x. 6. Prov. iv. 25. and xxi. 9• 12. Ecc!. ii. 14. Sometimes it denotes Experience, Gen. iii. 7· Sometimes fpirituallllumination or renewing ofHearr, Pfal. xiii. 3· and cix. I8. lfa..){xxii. 3· Eph:. i. I8. Someti~1es fpiritual Blindnefs, Pfal. Ixix. 23. !fa. v1. 10. Matt. XIII. I5· John x11. 40. Aftsxxvlll. 27. Rom. xi. 8, IO. See Lam v. I7· * It denotes a Fountain, Gen. xxxiv. 13. and xlix. 22. Exod. xv. 27. Pfal. lxxxiv. 6. and cxiv. 8. A 'fEAR an Humor Aowing from the Eyes of fuch as weep, metaphorically denotes Wine and Oil, becaufe they drop as 'Iears do, when the Grapes or Olives are bruifed in the Prefs, Exod. xxii. I9· See Deut. vii. 13. Eye-falve denotes the fpiritual Healing of our natural Darknefs, Rev. iii. r8. thru Things arefaid of a Man corrupted by Sin, Verfe. I7· viz. that he is poor, naked and blind, and therefore miferable. To remove thefe three, Verfe 18. are Medicines pro– pofed; (1.) Gold tried in Fire, (that is heavenly Treafure) which makes one divinely Rich. (2.) White Raiment, (that is, the Merits of Chrifl: applied by Faith) by which Naked– nefs being covered, a Man may be prcciouily adorned. (3.) Eye-falve to anoint the Eyes (that is, the faving Word of the Gofpel, by which a Man is illuminated) which reftores or gives fpiritual Sight. ./ln EAR, as well as the Eye, is tranilated to denote the Mi11d, and when referred to the Word ofGod, denotes a faithful./lttentioll and receiving of it, Pfal. xlix. 4· lxxviii. 1. and xlv. IO. Ifa. Iv. 3· where you may note neverthdefs that the external H earing of the Word is not excluded, but prefuppofed. Heavinefs or jhutting of the Ears, denotes Hardnefs and Stubbornnefs of Heart, Ifa. vi. IO. Matt. xiii. 15. ./lfts xxviii. 27. Rom. xi. 8. Itching Ears, denote fuch as with a perverfe Curiofity ftudy after falfe Opinions, 2 'Iim. iv. 3· with ACts xvii. 2I. • {'» oculus f!f tleri'llatum t'l'O. s s The
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