M E T A P H 0 R S FROM A HuMAN BonY. Book I. The Phrafe, Gal. vi. 7. Be not deceived, God is not mocked, is emphatical for the Word 1-''JXT?!~'(Eu", fignifies more than to mock, viz. to fleer with the Nofe and Mouth. And in the Times pafr (as Erajinus • and Pliny fay) they were wont tO ule Geftt1res of Derifion or Mockery by the Nofe, for which Term (f""'"e) the Word here is derived_ By ano– ther Metaphor the Jews call their own King the Breath of their Noftrils, Lam. iv. 20. that is, under whoie Protection they di<:J breathe and were refrelhed, &c. A MOU'l"His more t1fed in a Metonymy than a Metaphor, yet fometimes it denotes the Mind and Will of Man, Gen. xxiv. 57· We will aft her Mouth, that is, learn her Mind and Will, 2 Sam. xvii. 5· To fight with one Mouth, [o the Hebrew, .7ofh. ix. 2. that is, with one Confmt. See Pfal. cxxvi. 2 . ciii. 4, 5· and lxxxi. 1 o, 11. Exod iv. 16. Pro·v. vi. •3· A per·verfe Man, is faid to [peak with his Feet, and teach with his Fingen, which denotes fame compofed artifici;~l Geftures of Deceir, as when by treading upon another's Foot, he fignifies fomething, which is metaphorically called fpeaking: And fo by the Geltures or numbering of his Fingers, informs another of fomething he knows nor, by way of Confederacy tO deceive a third Perfon. A SHOULDER becaufe it bears Burdens, fignifies Aflliction and Tribulation, Pfal. xxi. I2. !fa. ix. 4· and xiv. 25. fometimes Obedience, Zeph. iii. 9· Zech. vii. I 1. Ho[. vi. 9· lfa. xi. I4- Deut. xxxiii. 12. !fa. ix. 6. '!"he Govmzment foal/ be upon his Shoulders. The Senfe of this is varioufly given by Interpreters. The Chaldee underftands it of the fulfilling of God's Law: th'us rendering it, He took the Law upon himfelfto keep it. Many of the Fathers underftand it of the Croft of Chrifl, and quote !fa. xxii. 22. But it feems plainly to denote the whole Adminiltration of Chrift's Office. Brentius upon the Place, fays, Mundani Monarch£ 11011 gejlant principatum fuper hzzmeros fuos, fed, &c. Worldly Nlonarchs do not bear the Burdm of Government on their own Shoulders, but transfer it upon their Servants, Cou;zjel– /ors, and civil and military Officers, &c. But Chrifl is fuch a King, that he bears all the Weight of Goverzzmezzt on his own Shoulders; for he alone rules, preferves, and govems his Church. He only expiated Sin. He had no Helper, as earthly Princes are wont to have, &c. An ARM becaufe it exerts a Man's Strength, is put for Power or ftrong Aid, I Sam. ii. 3 I. Job xxii. ~. xxxv. 9· xxxviii. IS- and xl. 4· Pfal. xliv. 3· 'Jer. xvii. 5· and xlviii. 25. Ezek. xxx. 22. xxxi. 17. and xxii. 6. Zech. xi. 17. !fa. ix. 20. 'Ibey jha/1 eat every Man the Flejh of his own Arm, that is, they will delhoy and confume thole of their Friends and Neighbours from whom they were wont to be fupplied, &c. A HAND the extreme Part of the Arm, by which Works are promptly performed, is alfo put for Strength, Exod. xviii. 9 · Deut. xxxii. 36. Jojh. viii. 20. Job xxxiv. 20. Pfal. Jxxxix. 25. !fa. xxviii, 2. Dan. xii. 7· Hence it is proverbially faid. An nefcis longas Regibus eJfe Mmms ? Doft thou not know that ro)'al Hands are long ? that is, the King's Power reaches a great Way. It is likewife put for Help, Miniftry and j\.fachination, which require Power, Exod. xxiii. 1. 1 Smn. xxii. 17. 2 Sam. iii. 12. and xiv. 19. 2 Kingsxvii. I 3· !fa. xxii. 2. Hag. i. r. and ii. 1. In thefe !aft four Texts, a Hand fignifies the Miniftry. For the Prophets are the Organs or lnftr_uments of the Holy Spirit, and rhe Dilpenfers of the Myfteries of God, which they received, to be communicated to the People, or to be reached forth, as it were by the Hand. As it when one remits Money or Treafure to be dif– tributed or paid by him, it is faid to be by fuch a Hand, &c. Lev. xxv. 35· It is faid, and if thy Brother waxeth poor and his Hand faileth, (fo the Hebrew) that IS, if through Poverty he be rrndered incapable of Bufinefs, Trade, or Employment, and fo not able to provide for his Family, &c. then relieve him .. - The Nletaphor being taked from a Man 1 hat is confumed or weakened by a Difeafe, who cannot labor with his Hands. On the contrary to jlrengtbm the Hand, is by Counfel • ~ux1'if AuthJr, P //Jet Nafum jigni.ficat Era(m; and
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