Part I. MET A pH 0 R s FROM CONTAI NING SUBJECTS. xvii. 1 I, 20. xxviii. 14. J ojh. i. 7· xxiii. 6. Prov. iv. 2.7· !fa. xxx. 21. &c. The right Side is a Symbol of Prudence, Circumfpechon, and Honefl:y; and the left of Im– prudence, Temerity, and Incogitancy, Ecdef. x. 2, &c. , LA'fl{UDE or LARGENESS gives fame Metaphors :Jm dilatare, to enlarge, ftgni– .fies a Delivcrauce and Help from Calamity, Pfal. iv. r. xviii. I9· and xxxi. 8, 9· Prov. xviii. 16. So N~rrownefs betokens Trouble and Afllietion, Pfal. xxv. I6, 17. xxxi. 9· cxxxviii. 6, 7· Prov. xi. 8. xxiv. 10. The Metaphor being taken from narrow Places, or Men (hut up, befleged, or furrounded by an Enemy in a narrow Compafs, which expoli:s them to much Ddtrefs and D.Jliculties of Deliverance. A Heart enlarged ftg– .nifies Joy, Pf~l. cxix. 3' · !fa. lx. 5· See 2 Cor. vi. 11, 12, 13, &c. '{his enlarging of Heart, denotes lometimes great Wifdom and Virtue, I Kings iv. 29. Sometimes Pride and Audacity, Pfal. ci. 4, 5· Prov. xxi. 4· and xxviii. 25. See 1 Sam. ii. 1. 2Cor. vi. 11. Eph. vi. 19. Pfal. lxxxi. 1 o, 1 r. and cxix. 131, &c. Of Places where Men dwdl we will !hew, ( 1) Their Parts. (2) Their Species or Ki1tds. The Paris, from which Metaphors are taken, are, r. FoundaJion, in which we are ro confider, (1.) Irs Dignity, being the principal Part of the Edifice, which fupports !he whole Weight of the Building. Hence Chrift is cdled the Foundation of the Church, which is his fpiritual Houft, !fa. xxviii. 16. r Cor. iii. ro, I I. Eph. ii. 20. See Matt. xvi.I6, I8. 1 Pet. ii. 4, 5· Jude Verfe 20. Rev. xxi. I 4· becaufe from him, and by him are all Things, which are needful for the gathering, preferving, and faving of his Church. (2.) Its Siedfaftnejs, Stability and Firm;ujs; which makes the whole Building fl:rong and durable. Hence it is faid of the Creation of the Earth, that folid and immoveable Body, together with its Parts, Exod. ix. 18. Job xxxviii. 4Pfal. xxiv. x, 2. civ. 5· Prov. iii. I9· viii. 29. Heb. i. IO. Hence it is pm . for the Ground, which we tread upon, Hab. iii. 13· by making naked the Foundation (fo the Hebrew) that is, by clearing your Land of its Enemies, who fo covered it, as if they had taken a perpetual Root in it, Verfe 6. More M etaphors you may find, Prov. x. 25. 2 'fim. ii. I9· John vi. 27. !fa. xiv. 32. Eph. iii. 18. Col. i. 23. It is put for to confult or deliberate, becaufe every Defign mull have a Beginning, Pfal. ii. 2. xxxi. 13, I4. and to appoint, decree or or– dain, fo as that a Thing fhould be firm and certain, I Chron. ix. 21. Ejlher i. 8. Pfa!. viii. 2. Out of the Mouths of Babes and Sucklings haft thou founded (fo the Hebrew) Strength, &c. (3.) Its Order, becaufe it is the firft Thing in a Building, and the lafl: in deftroying of an Houfe; hence it is put for Beginning, with Refpeet to Time, I[a. vii. 9· and for the very Extreme or End in the Defl:ruCtion or utter rooting out of the People, Pfal. cxxxvu. 7· A WALL is transferred to a human Body, Jer. iv. I9· I am pained at the Walls of my Heart, (fa the Hebrew) that is, my Bowels and Sides which environ or encompafs my Heart, in which Places, fuch as are troubled with an hypocondriac Difeafe, are much pained, &c. Afls xxiii. 3· Paul calls the Chie Prieft a whited Wall, that is, an Hypocrite and vain Speaker, who bragged of the Dignity, and Title of his Office, whofe outward Appearance was gaudy and fplendid, befpeaking much SanCtity, whereas within he was full of Impiety and Uncleannefs. See Matt. xxiii. 27. It feems this Kind of Wall which he alludes to, · was made of Mud, that is a flight Wall ofuntem– pered Mortar, as Ezek. xiii. 1 o. which had no folid or durable Subfl:ance in the Infide, but was curioufiy whited with Lime on the Outfide. Eph. ii. I4· l''ff'T")(." intergeri11us paries, the middle Wall of Partition, denotes the Mofaical Law, which like a Partition divided the Jews from the Gentiles, which being now taken away they are all one in Chri£1:. A Wall, in a Metaphor is a Symbol of Strength and Defence, I Sam. xxv. I6. Pfal. xviii. 29. !fa. xxvi. 1. Jer. i. I8. and xv. 20. A Hedge denotes alfo Defence, Ezek. xiii. 5· and xxii. 30. ]er. v. 1. Pfal. cvi. 23, 30. A Step or Stair, or Degree, (3~&1'"• is put for Increafe of fpiritual Gifts, I 'fim. iii. '3· See Mat!. xiii. 12. A Pillar metaphorically fignifies Things like it, whether with Refpefl to Hgure and Shape, Exod. xiii. 21, 22. Judg. xx. 40. Rev. x. 1. or Ufe, for it is firm, and bears great Weight, and therefore denotes Firmnefs, Confl:ancy and
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