4 OF A METONYMY OF THE CAUSE. Book I. other !ttdge. If any Thing be revealed to another that fitteth by, let the fir:/l hold his Peace. 1 John iv.. t. We are thus exhorted,-Believe not every Spirit, but try the Spirits, &c. The Marks of which are given, Vcrfes the fecond and third, &c. Here it is evident that the Spirit is put for Doffrine, whether really reveakd or pretended to be fo. And by feducing Spirits, I 'J'im. iv. I. are meant falfe Teachers, that pretend their DoCtrine to be from God's Spirit, but is indeed of the De~·il. PARENTS or ANCESTORS are put for their Children, or Poflerity, as Gen. ix. 27; 'japhet and Shem, ;acob and Ifrael, for the Ifraclites, Exod. v. 2. Numb. xxiii. 21. and xx1v. 5· 1 7· Deut. xxxiii. 28. &c. Abraham, Ifaac, 'jacob, of whom according to the Fldh, Chrift came, are put for Chrift, Gen. xii. 3· Ill thee which the Chaldee tranfiates [for thee.] And the Targ. 'jerufal. [In thy Righteoufnefs or Holinefs] jha/1 all the Families of the Earlh be blef!ed. And Gen. xviii. 18. All the Nations of !he Earth jhall be Nejjed in him, which is meant of his • Seed, as Gen. xxii. 18. Which Seed is Chrift, who took on him the Seed of Abrabam, Heb. ii. 16. Through whom tbe Blejjing of Abraham is come 011 the Genliles, Gal. iii. 14. The WRITER or AU1HOR, is put for his Writing, Book, or Work, Lukexvi. 29, 3 I. They have Mofes and the Prophets, let them hear them, that is, they have what Mofes and the Prophets by lnfpiration from God have written, and delivered to Po!lerity tor the Canon and Rule ot Faith. So Luke xxiv. 27. Afts xv. 21. and xxi. 21. 2 Cor. iii. 15. But even unto this Day when Mofes is read, that is, the Mofaical Writings, &c. The SOUL, the noble!l Part of Man is put for Life, which is its E/feft, Gen. ix. 5· What we tranllate Blood of)'OUr Lives is in the Hebrew [Blood of)'OUr Souls,] and Gen. xxxvii. 2. Reuben faid let us not kill him, the Hebrew fays, [let us not fmite him in the Soul,] fo Lev. xvii. 11. Life of the Flejh, in the Hebrew is [Soul of the Flejh,l fee Pfel. !vi. 13, 14, 15. 'Jer. xi. '4· - ( t.) This Term is fometimes put for the whole Perfon of Man, conjifling of Soul and Body, Gen. xlvi. 27. AE!s xxvii. 37· Ev TW r.Ao1w o:~ r.cea-a• 'Yl)Xa' all the Souls in the Ship. (2.) For the Body only, Pfal. cv. 18. Iron entered inlo his Soul, we trannate it, He was laid in Iron, that is, the Iron Fetters made Dints in his Flefu. (3.) It is put for Life (as be– fore) Pfal. xciv. 21. and vii. I, 2, 5· (4.) It is put for a Carcafe, Lev. xix. 28. re jhall not make any Cutting i11 your Fle/h for the Dead, the Hebrew is, [for the Soul,] and fo it is taken, Lev. xxi. t. and Hag. ii. 4- (5.) It is put for the rational Soul, PJ. xix. 7· Deut. xi. 18, &c. 2. The SOUL is put for· the 'Will, Ajfeftions and Dijires, which are Operations of the Soul, as Gen. xxiii. 8. If it.be)'OUr Mind, in the Hebrew it is ['with your Soul,] as Pfal. xxvii. I 2. and xli. 3· and cv. 22. TheSeptuagint trannate it [if )'e have in)'OUr Soul,] the Chaldee, [!fit be the Pleafure ofyour Soul.] SoExod. xxiii. 9· re know the Heart of a Stranger, Heb. the [Soul of a Stranger,] that is, his Mind or AffeCl:ion. Sec Deut. xxiii, 24. 1 Kings xix. 3· 2 Kings vii. 7· Pfal. xvii. 10. and xxvii. 12. and xli. 3· P;·ov. xxiii. 2. Jer. xxxiv. I 6. !ohn xx. 24. Ew, "'" •ov 'fv;,:;"' "f'W> "'I"' how lo11g dofl thou hold our Soul in Sufpenfe? That is, as our Trannation bath it, how long daft thou make tts to Doubt? It may be referred hither, when the SPIRI'I", which is often put for Man's Soul, is ufed to exprefs the Motions or AffeCl:ions of the Soul, whether Good or Evil, as Gen. xlv. 27. The Spirit of!acob their Father revived, Nttmb. xiv. 24. ftzy Servant Ca!eb had another Spirit, !udg. viii. 3· Their Anger was abaled, it is in the Hebrew their [Spirit ·was abated,] 2 Chron. xxi. 16. The Lord ftirred up the Spirit of the Pbifijlims, &c. 2 Chron. xxxvi. 22. The Lordflirrerlup the Spirit of Cyms, &c. fee Pfal. lxxvi. '3· and lxxvii. 4• ~rov. i. 23. an~. xviii. 4· arid xxix. I I •. Ecc!. vii. 9: !fa. xxix. IO. and xxxvii. 7· ']er. li. 1 t. Ezek. Xlll. 3· Dan. v. 20. Hag. J, I4, Hab. J. 1 I. Rom. xi. 8. 1 Cor. ii. 12, &c. God bath givm tbe Spirit of Slumber, Eyes that they jhou!d not jfe, and Ears that ther jhould not hear. Now you have received, 11ot the Spirit of the Jf7orld, but the Spirit which is r;f God, &c. • ln te & in femine tuo, Copulativa (et) idem eft ac, id eft, S.c.
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