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Part II. OF A p A R 0 N 0 M A s I A. 201 xxiv. 9• 10. Joel ii. 26,.27. Ezek. XX)(iii. 25,}6, 27. and. xxxvi. 23, 24, 25, &c. Amos iv. 6, 8, &c. Hag. ll. 8, 9· L am. Ill. 41, 0c. Mall. Vll. 22. 6. ~vp.7rAo>c11 Symploce, Complication, the Word is derived of ~·Jp.7rA:xw, to wrap or couple ton-ether; and is a Figure, when the fame Word or Phrafe both begins and ends a Sentenc~, which joins the two !aft Figures (viz. Anaphora and Epijlrophe) together, Pfal. cxviii. 2, 3, 4· Let lfrael now fay, that his Mercy endureth for wer,. &c. So Pfal. cxxxvi. I, 2, 3·. Jer. IX. 13. I Cor. xu. 4, 5, 6. and XJV. I5· 2 Ccr. IX. 6, &c. Pfal. xlvii. 6. Ram. x1v. 8. 7· Er.~'~""<}", Epanalepjis, Refumptio, a Taking back, is when the fame Word is repeated both in the Beginning and End of a Sentence, as Phi/. iv. 4· Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I fay, Rejoice: See Pfal. liii. 2. 2 Kings xviii. 33· r Cor. xxi. 22. 2 Cor. iv. 3· I Cor. xii. 4, 5, 6. and xiv. IS· 2 Cor. ix. 6. Pfa/. viii. I, 9· and xlvi. 1. ult. 8. Er.~v~J", Epanadoi, Regreffion or turning back, (derived of ,,., above, and .o:~()J'o~, an aJcending, or climbing, from etvw, upwards, and octo~, a Way,) is a Figure, when the fame Word is repeated in the Beginning and Middle, or in the Middle and End, fo as that there is an lnverfion of them ; as lja. v. 20. Wo unto them who call Good Evil, and Evil Good; whoput Darklzejs for Light, and Light for Darknejs; that put Bitter for Sweet, and Sweet for Bitter. Ezek. vii. 6, 7· Gal. ii. I6. 2 Cor. ii. 10, I5, I6. John viii. 47· Ezek. xxxvi. 6. Ram. vii. 19. Pfal. cxiv. 3, 4, 5, 6. Ezek. xxxii. I6. 2 'l'hejf. 2, 4, &c. lio'-vr.1wTov, Polyptoton, in Latin Cajimm Parietas, a Variety of Cafes, or the Change of the Cafe or Termination (from r.o'Av varioujly, and r./wTov falling, derived from r./ow to fall,) is when Words of the fame Root, primitive, or original, are ufed in a different Termination with RefpeCl: to Mood, 'fenfe, Perfon, Cafe, Degree, Gender, Number, &c. As Pfal. lxviii. I5, 16. Ifa. xxiv. I6. Hof. x. I. Mich. ii. 4· Ram. ii. 21, 22, 23. and iv. I8. 2 Cor. ix. 8. and x. I2. Gen. ii. I9, 20. Eph. i. 3, &c, There is an el~~ gant Polytoton in thofe Lines of the learned Picus, Earl of Mirandula. Namq; tua eft no.ftris major dementia culpi.r; Et dare non dignis, res mage digna Dei If<!,tanquam fat digni, ji quos dignatur amare, If<!,ti quos non dignos invenit, ipfe Jacit. Gen. I. 24. '!'he Lord when he vijiteth, in vijiting, will vijit you; fee Ram. xi. 36. Eccl. xii. 8. Dan. ii. 37· John iii. I3· I John iii. 7· 2 'l'im. iii. I3· Heb. vi. '4· John xvii. 25. !fa. xix. 2, &c. C H A P. II. Of a Paronomafia. n APONOMA:UA, Paronomajia, Agnomination, or Likenefs ofWords (of '"'f~• which in Compofition, fignifies with Alteratio11, and '"!'-"' a Name, or from ""P'"I'-~~"' to change, or allude to a Name or vVord) is when by the Change of one Letter or .\Vord, .the Signification thereof is alfo changed. This Figure is frequent 10 the Lattn, and IS very ornamental, as Nata falo, fufcepta folo, patre edita CIEio- ab exordia, ad exodium.- And the native Beauty of it being peculiar to the original Languages can hardly be fhewn in Englifh. There are many in the Hebrew, of the Old; and the Greek of the New 'l'e.ftament, which the Learned may find in Gla.f!ius; take h01yevcr a few Englifh Examples, by which you may judge of tne reft; as, Friends turned Fiends. You are like to have a bare Gain out of this Bargain. Bolder in a Buttery than in a Battery.- Wim is the Blood of the Vine.- No Stumbling but 'l'umb– ling; Errors will caufe '!'errors. Scripture-Examples are many, as 2 Cor. x. 3· '!hough we walk in the Flejh, yet do we not war after the Flejh, 2 Cor. vi. 9· As unknown, and 3F ~

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