Or A METONYMY oF THE CAun;; Book I, It is put for an experimental Senft of a Fact done, Mark v. 29. x~• ''Y""' T" ~".~'"•'• &c. et fcivit corpore, and f./he knew in her Body,] in our Tranflation it is, jhe felt in her Body that ihe was healed ot that Plague. Hence by the fame '!'rope, or Manner of fpeaking, it is faid ofChrifr, Verfe 30. And Jefus ('"''Y"v'" <«vT"', cognofcens in femetipfo) knowing in himftlf that Virtue had gone out of him, that is, feeling and experiencing it. I Cor. iv. 19. I will know, not the Speech of them which are puffed up, but th~ Power, that is, I will experience how lhong they are in the Faith, what Zeal they have, and how powerfully the Holy Spirit has influenced them. More efpeeially by the Term Knowing, conjugal Society is noted, as Gen. iv. r; and xix. 5, 8. Numb. xxxi. 17. Matth. i. 25. Luke i. 34· This was common with the Greeks and Latins, as Plut. in A/ex. Neque aliam ''Y'"' cog~toftebat mulierem, that is, he knew no'other Woman. Horat. Ignaramariti, ignorant of a Hufband. 'I'O REMEMBER is put for the Will and Difzre, Heb. xi. 15. If tb'ey had miwnbered that ·Country from whence they came, they might have had Opportunity to have returned, that is, if they had a Mind or Defire to have returned thither, &c. which Expofition is cleared in the following Verfe, viz. But 11ow they difzre a better Country, that is, an heavenly. See lfa. xliv. 21. ]ohnii. 7· SoCa11t. i. 4• We will remember thy Love mort than Wine, that is, br 'true Faith and fincere Love, we will cleave to thee for the great Affection thou haft vouchfafed us, which we efteem above all that is ddightfome and precious (for ftich Things arejjnecdochically noted by Wine) in this World; for the Upright love thee, that is, the regenerate Sons of God, who truly know, and love Chrift, and in Life follow him. 2'l'im. ii. 8, '9· Lukexxii. 19. 1Cor. xi. 24, 25. In a Word, ·to remember Chrifl is in a due and faithful Senfe and Apprehenfion to be united to him, -and to live to him alone; whereas on the contrary '1'0 FORGE'{ GOD imports Unbelief, Wickednefs, and Stubbornnefs of Heart, as Hof. iv. 6. .Mj People are dejlroyed for lack ofKmwledge: Becaufe thou haft rejet1ed Know~edge, I will alfo rejet1 thee, that thou jhalt be no Priej/ to nu; fteing thou haft forgotten the Law cfth( God, I will alfo forget thy Children. See 2 Pet. i. 9· ]am. i. 25. Ezek. xxii. 12, &c. Sometimes to remember fignifies a confequent Speech, or an external real ·Effect, as Efth. ii. 1. Ahafumcs remembered v~jhti, when by the fecond Verfe it is evident that he ·was difcourfing of her with his Minifters. Ezek. xxiii. 19. Yet jhe multiplied her H(hore– doms in calling to mind the Days of her Youth, &c. that is, both colls to mind, and in "that very Act-exercifes her former fpiritual Whoredom. In what fenfe Remembrance and Oblivion are attributed to God, will pe feen hereafter.. Verbs of Ajfet1ions, as to love or to hate are put" for the At1ions themfelves, ,w_hich 'either really, or·according to the Cuftom or Opinions of Men are the Relults of Juch Affections-The Verbs odi and diligo, to hate and love, do fometimes denote contniry Affections. · t. 'J'O LOVE lignifies fteking and difzring, as Lukexi. 43· Ye love, (that is, ye feek or ·defire) theuppermoft Seats, &c. ]ohn iii. 39· and xii. 43· 2 'I'im. iv, 8. It is put for [to be wont], as Mattb. vi. 5· Hypocrites love (that is, they are wont) to pray flanding. · ' See Pfal. xi. 5· Prov. xxi. 17. 2 'I'im. iv. 10. Demas bath forfaken me, ("''Y""""~"'f) having lo-qed this prefentWorld, which Erafmus well renders hath embraced this prcftnt World; that is, Demas would not be ·a Companion of Sufferers, f:?ut his Delire, and feeking was to have good and happy Days in this ·world. " 2. 'to love lignifies to preftr, regard, or take Care of one Thing more than another. .to whic_h, to hate, is oppofed, · which fi~_Snifies Di_ireg~rcl, lels Care, and Neglect of ~neThmg more than another, as Gen. xx1x. j 1. w1th Verfe 30. ]oh xti. 2 5• He th~.t • 0~/iwifii ]lhQ'fJ~ urdil WJtumadam injiJelillllllll CS. impittatem importM~ loveth ·
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