200 OF THE F I Gu REs OF A w 0 RD. Book I. 1. Epizeuxis ,,.,?,oE•;, in Latin Subjunilio, is "hen the fame 'Vord or Sound is con– tinued or repeated in the f.1me Sentence, as Exod. xxxiv. 6. 'l'he Lord, the Lord a God merciful and gracious, &c. Deut. xxiii. 43· '!"be Strmzger that is in thy Middle (or within thee)jball afwzd above thee, up, up, and tboujhalt defcend down, down, (fo the Hebrew) which denotes, that the Servants or Vaffals of the fmning lfrae/ites, above whom they bore fuch a Sway, fhould become their Maflers, and bring them into Thral– dom. 2 Kings iv. '9· And he (the Son of the Sbunamite) faid to his Father (when he began to be lick in the Field) my Head, my Head, that is, my He•d moft grievouGy achs. Pjal. xxu. I. '~N '~N My God, My God, why haft thou forfaken me? Which l~epetition fervently denotes the overmuch Cruelty of rhe Enemy, and the mournful Condition _of lfrae/ in Captivity: !fa. vi. 3· Holy, holy, boly is the Lord God of Hofts: This triple Repetition denotes the Myftery of the Trinity or three Perfons in one Divine Effence ; fee Jer. xxii. 29. Ezek. xxi._27. Matt. xxiii. 37· Lukexxii. 31. and xxiii. 2I. Jabn v. 24. Afls ix. 4· Rev. xviii. 2. Lev. xxiv. 8. 2 Sam. xviii. 33· !fa. xxviii. IO. Hof ii. 2I. Ezek. xxxiv. I7- where you have Examples of this Figure. 2. Anadiplqfis ,.,,.;,,.-.w~•; called in Latin Reduplicatio, in EngliG1 Redoubling) is, when the /aft Word of the former Sentence is repeated in the Beginning of the next: as Pfal. cxxi. I, 2. cxxii. 2, 3· and xcviii. 5· Rom. viii. 17. Pfal. cxv. 12. Rom. ix. 30. and x. 17. Phi/. ii. 8. James i. 3· Pfal. cxiii. 8. This Figure helps to evidence and expound Things, as in the alledged Examples. 3· Climax "'-'1'-"'E' Gradatio, or a climbing by Steps; this is a Continuation of the former Figure * in more Degrees, fo as that the /aft of the antecedent Sentence, muft be a Part of the following ; as Hof ii. 2r. And it jha/1 come to pafs in that Day, 1 will hear, faith the Lord, I will hear the Heavens, and they (that is, the Heavens) jba/1 bear the Earth, and the Earth jhal! hear the Corn, and tbe Wine, and the Oil, and they (that is, the Corn and the Win~, and the Oil) jhall hear Jezreel. This Gradation may be fitly called an Epitome of Phylical Theology, which by a fair Projopop£ia enumerates all the Caufes of the Converfation of univerfal Nature, and particularly of Man: See it at large expounded in our Philologia Sacra, Book I. Page 94· John i. 1. In the Beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word-this Word, was in the Beginning with God. The true Divinity of Cbrifl, and his diflinet Subfiflence from the Father, are mofl fairly expreft by this Gradation. In the third Propofition there is an Inverjion of the Terms, viz. God was the Word, for the Word was God,. Alike Climax, refpeeting his Office and Benefits, is fubjoined, Verfe 4, 5, &c. See more Examples, Joel i. 3, 4• Rom. v, 3, 4, 5· viii. 29, 30. and x. 14, 15. I Cor. xi. 3· James xiv. 15. 2 Pet. i. 5, 6, 7· Matt. x. 40. Rom. i. 30. 1 Cor. iii. 23. 4· 'Ava~'P" Anapbora, from "'"~'ew refero, to bring back, or rehearfe, is when the fame Word, or more, is repeated in the Beginning of divers Claufes or Sentences: ~ Dent. xxviii. 3· Bie[Jed jhalt thou be ill the City, and bie[Jed jhalt thou be in the Field, Verfe 4· Ble[Jed jhall be the Fruit of thy Belly, and the Fruit of thy Ground, and the Fruit of thy Cattle, &c. Verfe 5· B!e[Jedfha/1 be thy Bafket, &c. Verfe 6. Blejfedjhalt thon be when thou comefl in, and ble[Jed jhalt thou be when thou goefl out. The hke Anapbora, refpecting the Curfes of God upon the Wicked and Rebellious, we read Ver!cs I 6, 17, 18, '9· This Figure is very frequent in Scripture, take thefe few Places inftead of many; Pfal. iii. I, 2. xxix. 3, 4• 5, &c. lxvii. 5, 6, 7· cxv. IZ, '3· cxviii. 8, 9, IS, I6. cxlviii. I, 2, 3, &c. and cl. I, 2, 3, &c. !fa. ii. 7, 8. Jer. iv. 23, 24, 25, 26. v. 17. 1. 35, 36, 37· and li. 20, 2I, 22, 23. Micah v. 9, 10, Il, 12. and vii. Il, I2· Zeph. i. 2, 3· I Cor. xiii. 4, 7, I I. and xii. 8, 9, IO. 2 Cor. xi. z6. And in the Re– petition of Pronouns, and Particles, Pfal. xciv. 5· Rqm. viii. 35, 38, 39· 2 Cor. vi1. IL Phi/. iv. 8, &c. 5· E"''e'~" Epiflrophe, C?nverlion, is a Figure when t~e fame \Vord or Phrafe, is repeated in the End of dtvers Sentences. Examples ot the Repetmons of ~fingle Words (among which, we reckon the Hebrew Affixes) are to be read, Deut. xxx11. IO· Ezek. xxvi. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. Rom. Vtll. 3 I. Ho Eho) u7rre '~~t~wv, 1'H xa9 "fl{MIJ!I; If GoJ. be for us, whu eau be againjl11s? 2 Cor. xi. 22. Are they Hebrews? foam I; are they lfraelites? foam I: Are they the Seed of Abraham ? Jo am I, &c. Examples ofPbrafes, or little Sentences are, Pfal. cxv. 9, IO, I r. where their Help, and their Shield, fre– quently concludes the Sentence. Pjal. cxxxvi. 1, 2, &c. See Deut. xxvii. I5, &c. Pfal. ~ Viz. Atmdiplojis. xxiv. 9• IO·
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