J;'art II. ScHEMES OF SENTENCES AND AMPLIFICATIONS. 215 JV. Schemes takm from Oppqjltes, or Contraries. Am&•u•~, Antithejis, Contention; is, when a Thing is illuftrated by its contrary Oppofite:"-As when theForrune of the Wicked is opp?fed to the Fortune of a good Man, Pfal. 1. and xxxv11. See alfo !fa. 1. 21. v:.3· xhu. 32, f:Jc. and hx. 9· L am. i. 1, Ezek. xv1. 33, 34• Rom. v . 6, 7, 8. and VIII. 13, ' 5· 2 Cor. IV. 17, 18. Phil. iii. 7 8 g, 142 Pet ii. xg, &c. 'A~.I'~a~o;>.n, Antimetabo!e, Commmation or Inverfion, is a Kind of a ~elicate Permutation, (or Change) of Contranes one to another, as Mark 11. 7· 'The Sabbath was made for Mmz, and not Man for the Sabbath. More Exam plcs, fee John xv. 16. Rom. iv. 1, 2, 3· and vii. 19. I Cor. xi. 8, 9· 2 Cor. xii. 14, &c. 'A'1'""'1"'Y'P"'; Anticategoria, adverfe Accufa~ion, or a transferring to the Adverfary, is, when we faften that upon our Adverfary wluch another was acculed or fufpeCl:ed of: as Ezek. xviii. 29. and xxxiii. I 7· 'A>7•re•fn, Antiftrophe, Inverfion, is, when we retort any Thi~g propofed as granted into the Contrary. It IS alfo called B,...,,, v1olent : We have an Example m the Anfwer of Cbrift to the Woman of Canaan, JVfatt. xv. 26, 27. which bears this Senfe,– Becaufe thou art a Dog (fays Chrift) the Children's Bread muft not be thrown to thee- Yea but (fays !he) becaufe I am a Dog, you ought not to deny me the Crumbs which fall from the Table, &c. 'o~"l''e"• Oxymoron, fignifies one that is wittily foolifh, and is, when Contraries . are acutdy joined, which fee m at firft Sight to be Non-fenfe, but upon better View to be eleaant; as ]ob xxii. 6. .'To flrip the Naked of their Clothing. Now the Naked have no 'C:Jorhes, •nd fo cannot be ftripped,- fo that Naked by a Synecdoche, fignifies to be ill clothed. ]er. xxi. '9· He }halt be buried with the Burial of an Afs: that is, with an unburied Burial, viz. not at all: See 2 Chron. xxxvi. 6. and Jofephus, Lib. 10. Antiq. Chap. viii. A{ls v. 41. Rejoicing that they were counted worthy to fuffer Shame for his Name; "E'"'&"' to be worthy, and cenl'ce?«&ce• to be difkraced, or contumeliouny ufed, are Contraries, but the Apoftle joins them by a moft elegant Oxymoron,- denot– ing, that it. is the greatefl Dignity to be treated unworthily for the Sake of Chrift; be– caufe the Ignominy of the Godly in this World will be their Glory in the Prefence of God. 1 'Tim. v. 6. '!'he Widow that lives delicately, (or in Pleaufure) ~"'u" n&'""'' vivens 111ortua efl, living Jhe is dead, or as we render it, jhe is dead whi{/1 jhe liveth- By L ife in the former Part, is meapt temporal Life, by the latter, fpiritual Life, viz. dead in Sin. Profane Writers much ufe this Figure, fometimes in a fingle Word, as SpMvJ..;;@>, a faint-hearted Bragger, .,.;"'X'"""u•@>, a rich Beggar, that is, a covetous Man; 'Y'-""""'"f"' bitter-fweet, (as in Wedlock) f·"'eouo~@>, a wife Fool, that is, a Simpleton, that concws h1mfelf w1fe. Sometimes 111 two or more Words, as Sophocles fays, •xf'tpwu dwe"' Jwp~, the Gifts of Enemies a>·e 11ot Gifts; "f3•w1@> ~~~, a lifelefs Life, a living Carcafe. So Epiphanius fays of Jofeph, "'"''Jp@> "'"P Tn> M.xe'"'' the Hujband and not the Hujband of Mary. Cicero- If they are )ilent they fay enough,- fo harmonious Difcord, he is mad with R eafon, poor in the Midjl of Riches.-Hence Scipia Africanus faid, N unquam fe minus otiofum ejfe, quam cum otiofits, nee minus folum, quam cumfolus ejjet, &c. Vojfius fays, that in the very Word Oxymoron, there is an Oxymoron, becaufe it is compounded of Words that fignify Acutenefs and Folly, as if a Man could fpeak fimply and wifely at the fame Time. 'A,,J,wE•>, Apodioxis, RejeCl:iop or Deteftation, is, when any Thing is rejeCted with Indignation, as extremely abfurd and intolerable; Pfal. 1. 16, &c. God rebukes the Wicked that prefume to preach h1s Word,- fa Chrift rebukes Peter, that would prevent his Paffion, Matt. xvi. 23. and his Difciples, Luke ix. 55· that would have Fire from Heaven to confume the inhofpitable Samaritans ; fo Peter deals with Simon Magus, that would purchafe the Holy Ghof\ for Money, Ails viii. 20. 'A,&,,,~'1"• Anthypophora, a contrary Inference; is, when the ObjeCl:ion is refuted or difproved by the Oppofition of a contrary Sentence. It is alfo called ""'"'"'Y"''Y"• Antieifagoge, and "'""'"7x>•E•<, Anticatalexis, Compcnfation, becaufe it takes away the ~eftion, by oppofing a ftronger Argument, as·Matt. xxi. 23, &c. this differs from that Antipophora, Chap. vi. for that anfwers a tacit, this an exprefs ObjeClidn. V. Schemes
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