Part I. OF A METONYMY OF THE CAUSE. 9 ·value, eileem, and prize him; not for an~ legal Derivation, or Pcdigre_e, with Ref– petl. to his human N ature, but, becaufe he IS the great Sav10r and lnrercellor exalted t\) Glory at the right Hand of the Father, from whom we e:cpetl. our great and glonous Deliverance &c. To this belono-s that Phrafe, Prov . xxrv. 23. It zs not good to know the Face i11 Judgment; in which i~ a weo~w"'""<),'"• ":iz. a refjJe<'l.ing ot Pcdons, or aJ;~ Ellimation or Judgment by external Appearance wrthour Refpetl. to Equrty; as Vcr. 24 • He that faith unto the Wicked thou art Rigbteous, bim fhatl the Peop!e' curfe, _&c. ·that is, from a .,. 1 ,.w,.o7>"<),'"• or a parnal Rcfpetl. of Pcr!ons, whereas _we are adv1fed, Prov. xxv. 21. If thine Enemy be hungry, gzve bzm Bread to cat: And if he be tbzrjly, gi·ve him Water to drink- For thou fhalt hwp Coals of Ftre upon his Head, and the Lord )hall re-z:;ard thee_; this is a right gofpe~Spirit, becaufe it is fo faf from a revengeful Rctahanon, that It commands·Good for Evrl. That which is faid by Jvlofes in his Publication of the Commands of God, Deut. i. 1 7 . viz. [Ye fha/1 not k11ow Faces in Judgment,] fo the Hebrew. Deut. x vi. 19. 'J"houjhalt not wrcft Judgment, tboufhalt not know Perfons; and Job xxxiv. 19. '!"hat acccpteth not (or knows not) tbc Perfons of Princes, nor regardetb tbe Ricb mor< tban tbc Poor, is- a Speech of J ehovab, and agrees with Acts x-. 3+· Of a 'Trutb I perceiw tbat God is no Refpefler of Prrfons, &c. , . 2. Verbs of Cognition, or Knowledge, al1o concern the Will and Affections of·the Heart. And fo to know is to love, cherith, and take care for, &c. as Exod. i. 8. And there arofe a new King, whicb k11cw not Jofepb, that is, he regarded him not, nor the good AEts which he had done in the Kingdom, the Chaldee fays, [Otte that did not confirm th~ De– me of Jlifeph,Jfo Gen. xxxix. ·6. Jud. ii. 10. Prov. xii. 10. and xxix. 7· 1 'Thef!. v. 12: In other Places "\~;, to know is of the fame Signification, as Deut. xxxiii. 9· Ruth ii. 10, 19. Pjal. cxlii. 4, 5· ·By a •fpecial and fingular Manner of the Holy Spirit's (peaking, the Phrafe '1"0 ·KNOW is attributed to God, which ·del)ores his fpecial Providence, Love and pater.nal Care, as Exod. ii. 25. And God looked upon the Children of lfrael, and God kn,.w them, that is, as we tranOate it, he had Refpect unto them, 1 Chron. xvii. 18. Pfal. i. 5, 6. and xxxvii. I7, 18. Jer. i. 5· and xxiv. 5· /!mos iii. 2. (See Deut. iv. 20.) John x. 27. I Cor. viii. 3· 2 :lim. ii. I9, &c. This Term to know, denotes alfo a true and hearty Confidence ("""P'~'I'"). or a ce!'– tain Perfuafion, Faith or A!furanc:e, given by the Holy Spirit to Men endued with a faving Faith, as Job xix. 25. I know tbat my Redeemer livetb, that is, 1 have an ab– folme Faith and Confidence that·it is fo, and acquiefce in it, &c. To know the Name of the Lord, is by true Faith to adhere to him, Pfal."·ix.,I.O. f'or they that know thy Name will put tbeir 'Truft in thee. To know the Lord, is to believ,e and hope in him, Jer. ix. 24. and xxxi. 24. Hofea ii. 20. John x,vii. 3, &c. 'l"bis is the Knowledge by whilh many fha/1 be juftificd. Ifa.liii. 11. '!"he Knowledge of Salv.ation, Luke i. 77· *The Knowledge of tbc Truth wbicb is after Godlinefs, '!"it. i. I. 3· '1"/Je very Work or Act, when to know is put for to be able or the int~rio; 1;"'– culty of Operation, which is the Principle of A<'lions, Ifa.lvi. IQ, I 1. His Watchmen are greedy Dogs which can ncwr haw enough, the Hebrew lays, which [knew not F.ttlncfl] Shepherds that cannot underftand, or as the Hebrew has it, that r kJWW /'Ot to underfta1Jd ;] the Meamng ts, that for their Covetoufncfs, they cannot be fatisjied, and for their Blindnefs an<l want of Skill, cannot comprehend divine Things aright.. . · - . It is faid, Mattb. vii .. 11. If )'e then being Evilt know how to give good 'l"bings unto your Chzldren, &c. that IS, ye can (or are able) notWithfiandmg your natural Wickedntfs, to do good to your own. This Trope is very frequcpt allo in the Latin Tongue, &c. · D
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