Part I. OF AN .tE N I G M A. meafure to him ; as to good Meajitre or bad Meajure. So the Sentence, l•ifatt. xix. 24. It is eqfier for a Camel, &c. is in the '!'a/mud as Aug. Caninius fays; only it is C1i<i there, that an Elephant cannot go through the Eye of a Needle, for which E!epha~l, (a Beafl: known to few) Chrifl: fai d a Camel, a Beafl: well known 10 S)'rta. And the l hr,de, Luke vi. 42. Buxtorjius in Glo.!Jatore 'l'almudico fays, is alfo in the '!'a/mud. A nd 2 'l'bejj; iii. 10. If all)' will not work, neitherfoal/ he eat. Drujius, 2 'l'ract. in Gen. magn. Berefchith Rab– ba 'f'ract. '!'a/mud: fays the fame Phrafe is in the '!'a/mud. And doubtlefs the Apoftle thence took it. See Adag. facra, written by Z elmer from the whole Bible in 5· Centur. Of proverbial Phrafes. See Examples, Exod. xi. 7. That a Dogfoou/~ not move his 'l'ongue, was a .Proverbial Speech, denotmg profound Silence and Peace m that Place. Some refer thts to a M eiofis. See 1Sam. xxv. 22, 24. I Ktngs xw. 10. and xvt. I 1. 2 Kings ix. 8. which lafl: was alfo a proverbial Phrafe, denoting extreme Defl:ruCl:ionl even to the vilefl: Animal. See otherproverbial Speeches, 2 Kings xiv. 26. Deut. xxxii. 36. Ejfh. i. 22. Job xvi. 10. Pjal. iii. 7· Lam. iii. 39· Micah iv. 14. See lfa. iii. 15. 2Cor. xi. 10. and xxvii. 7· Matt. v. 39· L uke vi. 29. with I Kings xxii. 24. Joh>t xviii. 22. Acts xxiii, 2. I Cor. iv. 11. Prov. xxvi. 17. and xxviii. 21 , Ezek. xiii: 19. Matt. iii. I 1. John i. 27. Matt. xxiii. 24. Acts ix. 5· and xxvi. 14. 'l'o kick againjf the Pricks! was a proverbial Speech, Acts v. 39· See Acts xxiii. 9· The Phrafe, 1Cor. xiii. IS· But he jhall be Javed )'et fo as b)' Fire, is a proverbial Speech, as if he had efcaped from a ConAagration. That is, as Il!yricus fays, * fuch a 'l'eacher is together with his Stubble ill the Midjf of a terrible Incendium (or Fire), thefe being condemned by the Judgment of God foal! peri.Jh, but he by the jingular Pavor of God, jhall be preferved though with much Hazard and Dijfimlt)', See Zech. iii. <~;. Amos iv. 11, &c. C H A P. XXII. Of an .lEnigma. JN a continued '!'rope, if there be a lingular Obfcurity it is called "'"'YP."• Ainigma, which lignifies an obfcure §(,uejlion, a knotty or dark Speech; it is derived of ""'"~'~~"' which fignifies to hint obfcure!y, and, as it were, to fpeak in the dark. And that comes from ""@)>• which amongf1: other Things denotes not only Praifc, but a fa)'ing worthy of Praife and Admiration, becaufe it is a fymbol ical and linewy Way of Ex– preffion. It is faid of the Q,teen of Sheba, I Kings x. t. That foe came to tr)' Solomo11 with hard §(,uejlions, that is, .lEnigmas, fuch as we now treat of. See Ezek. xvii. 2. Pfal. lxxviii. 2. with xlix. 4, &c. Judg. xiv. 14. Sampfon fays to his'Guefl:s, out of the Eater came forth Meat, and out of the Strong came forth Sweetnefs, this is a continued S)'ilecdoche, with the Addition of a Metonym)'. By the Eater and Strong is meant a Lion, by a S)'necdoche of the Genus, by Sweetnefs, Honey, by a M etonymy of the Adjunct, as Verfe 18. Vof/ius after he had called this an Ainigma, Lib. iv. Injfit. Orat . c. 1 I. thinks it was not really fo, becaufe It was unknown to the Philifl:ines, that Sampfon had killed a Lion, or got Honey out of his Carcafs, being a Thing he had told to no Perfon, as Judg. xiv. 7• 10, 17. Pfal. xhx. 5· I willfear in the evil Da)', the Iniquit)' ,of my Heels foal! compafs me about, the Ol1ef1:10n is, what th is ,evil Day is, and what is the Sin or Iniquity of the Heels? As to the firfl: R. Abm Ezra, by evil Da)', underf1:ands old Age, compared with Eccl. xii. I. In tlus Senfe, whyJhould [trouble tn)'je!f with the Cares of this World, for the Solicitude of old Age? R. Kimchi would have it in this Senfe, why Jhould I be felicitous for the Rtches of this World, which are its Glory? R . s~lomon joining this with·the next • ClaroJ, S<ript. Col. 870. 3 E Verfe
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