Book r. METAPHORS FROM VARIOUS DIFFERENCES OF MANKIND. I 67and iv. 5, 6. 1 Pet. i. '4· 23. I 'John iii. 1, 2. &c. Becaufe of the Myfl:ery of Regene– ration. And becaufe this is efit:Cl:ed by Preaching the Word. Paul calls his Converts his Sons, 1 Cor. iv. '4• '7· Philemon, Verfe 10. Thus fuc.h as believe as Abraham did, and only fuch, are called his Seed or Children, and he therr Father, Rom; rv. 16. See Rom. ix. 7, 8, 9· and Gal. iv. 21. &c. . . The Impious and Unbehevmg on the contrary are called..the Cluldren of the. Devrl, .dtls xiii. 10. 1 Johnru. 10. (See Verfe 8.) and I John vu1. 44· becaufe they rmltate him in Wickednefs. Princes and Magifl:rates are called Sons of the Moft High, Pfal.lxxxii. 6. not with Refpect to their Faith, but ( 1 ) Becaufe they are on Earth as it were God's Heirs, fucceeding in a certain Part of judiciary Authority. ( 2 ) Becaufe they are of fuch Authority on Earth that God tenders and loves them, and commands Reverence and Obedience to them, Rom. xiii. 1. &c. Firft begottm Son, in a Metaphor obtains the Notion of Excellence and Prerogative, and is put for one very dear and precwus, as the eldef1: Son IS to the Parent, Exod. iv. 22. Jer. xxxi. 9, 20, &c. An Orphan denotes a forlorn and helplefs Condition, Pfal. x. 14, 18. Lam. v. 3· Hence Johll xiv. I 8. Chrif1: promifes his Difciples that he would not leave them (•e~"'"') Orphans, that is defl:itute of Help. A Brother is put for that which is like a Thing, Job xxx. 29. Prov. xviii. 9· A Man and his Brother denote Society or mutual En– oaaemenr, Gen. xxvi. 31. xxxvii. 19. and xlii. 21, 28. Exod. xvi. 15. Numb. xiv. 4· Je~. xxiii. 25. and xxv. 26. Mal. ii. 10. See Exod. xxv. 20. Job iv. 8. Joelii. 8. A Woman and her Sijler, Exod. xxvi. 3, 5, 6, '7· Ezek. i. 9> 23. and iii. 13, &c. See alfo Jer. xxiii. 35· and·xxxi. 34· !fa. xxxiv. 15, 16. A LORD ?)l:l [ Bam] the metaphorical Significations hereof are at large given • elfe– where. The principal Species of Lordfhip is Royalty, which to figure the Eminency of heavenly Glory is attributed to Believers, who are called Kings, Rev. i. 6. and v. 10. See Matt. xxv. 34· Dan. vii. 22, 27. 1Pet. ii. 9· Hence is the Mention of 'Thrones, Rev. iii. 21. and iv. 4· Matt. xix. 28. and xxii. 30. Of ro)•at Government, Rev. ii. 26, 27. And a Crown, Verfe II. and elfewhere frequently. A SERVAN'f, to ferve, a;1d Servitude, have many metaphorical Acceptations, de• noting fometimes Good, fometimes Evil. 1. Good, as the Service of God (of which there is frequent Mention in Scripture) by which hisjincere Worjhip, in Faith and Obedience is noted. So a Man is faid to be the Servant of Righteoufnefs when he ferves God in Faith, Holinefs and Righteoufnefs, Rom. vi. 16, t8, t9. Luke i. 75· 'l'o Jerve other Men, Matt. xx. 27. Mark x. 43, 44· Gal. v. '3· denotes an officious Humility, and Beneficence, the Fruit of Faith. So Paul was the Servant of Chrifl:ians; 2 Cor. iv. 5· See 1 Cor. ix. ' 9· Paul fays that he brought his Body into J"A"1'"'1'"' Ser·vitude, 1Cor. ix. 27. which denotes Mortification. 2. It denotes Evil, when it refpeCl:s Sin, and what relates to it. 'To ferve Sin, de– notes Impenitence, John viii. 34· Rom. vi. 6, 17, I9, 20. <fit. iii. 3· 2 Pet. ii. 19. <fo Jerve Mammon, denotes Worldly-mindednefs, and a greedy Defire after ill-got Riches, Matt. vi. 24. 'l'o ferve the Belly, denotes an indulging one's felf in carnal Pleafures, Rom. xvi. 18. See Phi/. iii. '9· 'l'it.iii. 3· Tofervemuch Wine("'"' ,.,AA«> J,JouA"'I-'""') denotes Drnnkennefs, <fit. ii. 3· <fo Jerve Men, denotes an Obedience to their Pre– fcriptions in OppoGtion to the Commands of God; 1 Cor. vii. 23, 25. Gal. v. 1. and iv. 9· with Ails xv. 10. which two lafl: Texts refpeCl: the legal Ceremonies, and hence that Phrafe is taken, Rom. viii. 15. Spirit of Bondage, to which is oppofed the Spirit of Adoption: the one denotes legal StriCl:nefs and Terror, the other evangelical Grace. See Heb. xii. 18, &c. See alfo Heb. ii. •5· The .Law is called a Schoolmafl:er, becaufe it taught the Way to Chrif1:, Gal. iii. 24. There is a very fair Metaphor taken from a Schoolmafl:er's lnfl:ruCl:ion, !fa. xxviii. 10. For Precept muft be (or hath been) upon Precept, Precept upon Precept; Line upon Line, Line upon Line; here a little, and ther-e a little (was added) as Ruleo and Precepts are g1ven and inculcated into the Minds of Children, and their Hands guided to write (as • Gram. Sa(r.p. uo.fiq. in
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