Part H. ScHEMES OF SENTENCES AND AMPLIFICATJONS. 22r Micah v. 2. And tbott Bethlehem Ephrata, though thou be little m;zong the 'l'houfands of Judah, yet out of thee)hall comeforth unto me, that is to be a Ruler in llrael. Thi' Text is thus cited, Matt. ii. 6. And thou Bethlehem in the Land ofJuda, art not the leafl among the Princes of J uda ; for out of thee )hall come a Governor, that )hall rule (or feed) my People Ilrael. ln the former Text it is called Bethlehem Ephrata, of which you may read Gal. xxxv. I6, I9· and xlviii. I 6. In the latter, it is called, '!'he Land of 'juda, by a Synecdoche, for a City feared in the Land of Juda. For at that Time the Epithet of Jttda was more ufed, and to Herod himfelf better known than the Sirname ofEphrata, which perhaps at that Scafon, grew out of ufe, or was lefs known to the Vulgar. In the former Text Bethlehem is called little, with RefpeCl: tO external Splendor and Eminency: Bur in the latter it is called not the leajl, becaufe of that fingular Honor which accrued to it by the Nativity of the Mejjiah. In the former it is faid, Among the 'l'houfands of Juda, but here among tbe Princes of Juda, of which, fee our firft Book, Chapter iii. Section 3· there the Nfejjiah is called a Ruler in lfrael, but here a Captain (or Governor) who)hallfeed the People: Which eminent Metaphor is elfewhere expounded as it refpeCl:s the Office of Chrift. So much for a Change in Words themfelves, the like may be found in their Accidents, fuch as refpeEt, (1.) Number, as that which is faid, P.fal. xxxii. 1. in the fingular Num– ber, viz. B/ejfed is he who.fe 'l'ran.fkrej}ion is forgiven, whofe Sin is covered, is cited, Rom. iv. 7· in the Plural; fo lfa.lii. 7· with Rom. x. I5· in both Places the Smfe is the fame, for the jingular is put for the plural fynecdochica/ly. Compare Deut. vi. 16. with Matt. iv. 7· &c. (2.) Perfon, of which Examples are given elfewhere. (3.) Mood and 'l'enfe, of which there is an eminent Example in the Citation from lja. vi. ro. which is made Jvfatt. xiii. I4, I5· John xii. 40. Afls xxviii. 26, 27. where there is an emphatical Change of the Imperative Mood into the Indicative, and of the prefent Tenfe of the Subjunflive into the F uture Tenfe of theIndicative. Now before we proceed it is to be noted, That fometimes there is fuch a Change made in the Qowtation, that we cannot clearly fhew from what Place of the Old Tefta– ment it is taken, as Eph. v. I4· wherefore he faith, Awake thou that flcepefl, and arife from the Dead, and Chri.ft)hall give thee Light ; which fome refer to lfa. lx. I. and others to lfa. xxvi .. I9, 2 I. Bm it feems to agree moft with the firll: Place, becaufe of the Like• nefs of the Scope. A:~other f.1cred Sentence of a doubtful Original we meet with, James iv. 5· Do ye think that the Scripturefaith in vain, the Spirit that dwe//eth in us /ufteth to Envy? which Words are thought to be cited from Gen. viii. 21. Others think them to be rather taken from Numb. xi. 29, &c. 3· The Writers of the New 'l'eflament are wont from two or three alledged T eftimonics to make up one intire Citation, or, as Sa/meron fays, Tom. I. Page 10y. to produce one Teltimony from divers Prophets put together, as Matt. xxi. 4, 5· of which the fi rft Part is taken from lja.lxii. 1 I. and the latter from Zech. ix. 9· The Evangelift calls it the Prophet, in the fingular Number, to denote the Harmony and Agreemenr that is betwixt the Prophets. Compare Matt. xxi '3. with lja. !vi. 7. and ']er. vii. I I. Mark i. 2, 3· with M al. iii. 1. lfa. xl. 3· and Afls i. 20. with Pfal. lxix. 25, 26. and cix. 7• 8. Rom. iii. 10, I I, I2, I3, 14, 15, I6, 17, I8. which are taken from Pfal. xiv. 2, 3· -liii. v. cxl. and x. lfa. lix. 7, 8. and Pfal. xxxvi. Compare Rom. ix. 33· with lfa. xxviii. 16. and viii. I4. and Rom. xi. 26. with !fa. lix. 20. or xxvii. 9· or iv. 4· or ']er. xxxi. 34· and t Cor. xv. 54• 55· with lfa. xxv. 8. Hoj xi1i. I4. and I Pet. ii. 7· with Pfal. cxviii. 22. and lfa. viii. I+ Heb. ix. I9, 20. wirh Exod. xxiv. 6, 7, 8. and Numb. xix. 6. 'l'eflimonies are not only cited from the Scriptures of the Old Teftament, but alfo from the Books of the ancient Rabbies, as we have already touched uron. In 2 'l'im. iii. 8. there is mention made of 'Jannes and Mambres, upon which Schikard ·• fays, H£c nomina M agorum Aigypti uu.JPiam in Scripturis, at in 'l'argum, &c. 'l'hefe N ames of the Egyptian Magicians are no where to be read in Scriptures, but in the Targum of J onat)lan Ben Uziel, upon Exod. vii. I r. they are exprejsly found: Paul therefore quotes this famous Paraphrafc of the Law: Yet others fay, that this '!'argum of 'Jonathmz, is of two late a Date, if we confider the Stile and Matters treated of, than that Paul could pemfe them; but that he and the Author of the Cbaldee Paraphrafe, rather 1eceived it from common Opinion or Tradition: And Schindler affirms, that theNames Juhanes and • In Prrefat. Bechinath Happcrufchin, 3 L Mambres
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