Patt I. OF A METONYMY OF THE EFFECT. POWER is put f01· the Organ exerting Power, as Rom. i. r6. 'I"he Gofpel is (Ju~"'l'·•<) tbe Power of God unto Salvation to every one that belzeveth; that Is,_ the Gofpel IS the Means or Organ by which God exerts or puts forth the Power of Ius Salvation tQ Be: lievers, Eph. i. I9· l/IC'l'ORY is put for the Injlrument of overcoming, as I John v. 4· '!'his iJ the 1/ic– tory that overcometh the World, even your Faith; that Is, the lnftrument of VIctory, Epb. vi. I6. LIFE is put for the Means of its Prefervation, Deut. xxiv. 6. No Ma11 jhall take the nether or the upper Mi!ftone to P ledge, for he taketh a Man's Life (or.tii9J, Soul) to Pledge, that is, the lnftruments that are nece!fary for the Prefervation of Life. Prov. vii. 27. Life is put for Food. or Maintmance: Luke xv. ~2. _He divided unto them, [ Tov (3,,, his Life,] that IS, his Eftate; or as we tranfiate lt, hts Lzvmg; Hejod, Lib. 2 . calls Money the Soul of a Man : 3· Whm the Effect is put for the Thing, or AEiion etfefting. THIS Species of a M etonomy is diftinftly found in Nou1zs and 1/erbs, as when the EJfefl is put for the Caufe material!;, as 2 Kings iv. IO. '!'here is Death in the Pot– that is, deadly Poifon, which will caufe Death. So Death is put for great Perils and Dangers, '!'roubles or Calamities which caufe Death, Exod. x. IJ. Rom. vii. 24. 2 Cor. i. 10. and xi. 23. And for the Plague, Rev. vi. 8. See Prov. xi. 23. Jer. iii. 24. Shame is put for an Idol, Jer. xi. 13· Hof ix. IO. The Reafon of the Name you may fee Jer. xlviii. IJ. And Moab jhall be f'jbamed of Kemqfh, as the lloufe of Ifrael was Bjhamed of Bethtl their Confidence. See Ezek. xliv. I8. Hof xii. 1. Ephraim daily in– creajeth Lies and Defolation, that is, he commits fuch Evils, that nothing can be expefted bm Defolation and Calamity. . . . See more Examples, Lam. ii. I4. I Cor. xii. 6, 8. r C<r. xiv. 3· lie that prophejieth, fpeaketh ttltfo Men Edification, (fo the Greek, ""'"" ''"'J'I'-"' xx•, &c.) and Exhortation, and Comfort, that is an edifj·ing, exhorting, t!.'tld conforting Speec/J. ·.,. Sometimes the EJfefl is put formally for the Caufe, as Deut. xxx. 15. I have Jet before thee t~is Day, Life and Good, Death and Evil; that is, l have clearly fi1ewed and l:aid before thee what is the Caufe and Original of each, or for what Caufe and Reafon, either of thefe was to come upon thee, viz. to love and obey God brings Life ~nd Good; but Rebellion, Sin, and Difobedience brings Death and Evil, as the following Verfes make evident, This is called, Jcr. xxi. 8. '!'he f17ay of Life and Death. See more Deut. xxxii. 47. Prov. xix. 3. and xx. I. !fa. xxviii. I 2. '!'his is Rt}l, that is, the Caufe of Refl, or the Way and Manner of arriving to it. Hof iv. I8. '!'heir Drink is four, (or gone) ; that is, their Caufe of Recefs from God, or that which made them backfiide, as Ver. I r. [1/horedom and lViue, and new Wine take away the Heart. Which Words, (viz. take away theHeart) are emphatical, for they denote that they were (as it were) wallowing in thefe Evils, when they gave themfelves to Whoredom and Drunken– nefs. They faw and knew what was better, and approved them, * bm they followed the Worfe, and fo the Devil keeps them that are drowned in thefe Wickedne!fes (as it were) Captives, 2 'l'im. ii. 26. for the Hebrew \Vord here, is ufed when they fpeak of [uch as aretaken and detained by Force, Gm. xiv. r r, 12. Jojh. xi. 19, 23. &c. Micah I. 5· W hat zs the 'l'ranfgref!ion of Jacob? Is it not Smnaria? And 'vhat are the high Places of Judah? Are they 11ot Jerufalcm? That is, as Kimchi (in Lib. Radicum) expounds it, what was the Caufe of the DefeCtion of Jacob? Was it not the Cities of Samaria, &c. fee !fab. ii. 5:. John iii. '9· And this is the Judgmmt or Condemnation; that is, the Caufe of It, John xu. 50. And I know that his Connna:ldment is Life everlajling ;_that is, the Caufe or Organ by wluch _everlaihng L ife IS obtained, for he fpeaks of favmg Knowledae by the Gofpel, Ram. vu. 7· Is the Law Sin? t!ut is, the Caufe of Sin in or by itfelf SQ E Rom,
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