OF A METONYMY OF THE SUllJECT: Book I. Rom. viii. 6. For to be carnally minded is Death: But to be Jpiritually milrded is Life and Peace; that is, the Caufe of Death, and the Caufe of Life and Peace, as Ver. 10. See Phi!. i. I3· Heb. vi. 1. and xix. 14. andRom. vi, 23. In Verbs, 'IO JOY and REJOICE are put for to be freed, or delivered from Evil, and to be or do well, which is the Caufe of Joy, Pfal.lxx. 4· Let all thoje that feek thee rejoice, and be glad in thee-that is, let them be freed from all Evil, that they may have Caufe of Joy. The Caufe and Effet1 are joined, Pfal. v. II, 12, 13. To be ojhamed and confounded, lignifies a falling into Calamities, and be expofed to Violence which is the Caufe of Confulion, Pfal. xxv. 1, 2. and iii. 19, 20. and xxxi. 1, 2. and cxix. 115, II6, &c. 'IO PLEASE lignifies good Behavior and honejl Refpetl, which is the Caufe of Complacency, as Rom. xv. 2. Let every one of us pleafe his Neighbor for Good to Edification. See Erajinus upon the Place, 1 Cor. x. 33· HAS'IE or FLIGH'I is put for Shame and Confujion, !fa. xxviii. 16. He that be– lieveth foal/ not make Hafle; that is, he !hall not be confounded, as Rom. ix. 33· and x. 1 I. I Pet. ii. 6. The Effect and Confequence of Confulion is Flight, or a hafiy getting away from the Sight of Men..:...This alfo lignifies Calamities and Punijhments as limit– ed before. See Pfal. lxxiv. I5. !fa. xxviii. 28. Eccl. xi. I. Job xxviii. v. 5· Pfal. civ. 13, I+ !fa. xlvii. 2. and xxxiii. 12. Jojh. xi. 8. and xiii. 6. C H A P. III. Of a METONYMY of the Sun] ECT, THIS Kind of Metonymy !hall be handled under five Heads. I. More generally when the recipient, or receivilrg Subjetl is put for the adju11ll. 2. More efpecially, when the Thing containing is put for the Thing contaimd, or Place for the Thing placed. 3· When the Pof!ejfor is put for the Thing pojfejfed. 4· When the occupant Object or Subject is put for that which it is concerned about. 5· When the Thingjigned is put for the Sig11. I. 'Ibe recipient or receiving Subject is put for the Adjunct. T~E HEAR'I_. is put for H(ifdom, (where the Script~Jre tells us th~ Seat of Wifdom 1s) as Prov. n. to. and XI. 29. and xv. 14. and xv1. 21. Prov. VI. 32. Whofo com– mittetb Adultery with a Woman, [lacketh a Heart,] fa the Hebrew is, that is, lacketh .Wifdom and Underftanding, fee Prov. vii. 7· and ix. 4, I6. and x. 13, 21. in whiclt 'Places, the Phrafe wantiltg a Heart, is to be underfiood of an unwife Porfon or a Fool, ·by which Words the Scripture exprelfes ·unbe/ievirzg and wicked Men, as Pro·v. viii. 5· 0 yejimple underfland Subtilty, and ye Fools underfland [an Heart] fa the Hebrew, that is, Wifdom! Prov. xv. 32. He that heareth ReproofpojJejJeth (or acquireth) an Hea~t, that is, as theChaldee renders it, [Wifdom.] See Prov. xxviii. 26. He that trufleth in bis own Heart is a Fool, that is, he that depends on or confides in his own Underflmrding and Prudence, or he that is wife in his own Eyes, as lja.v.21. foHofvii. ~t. and iv, I I. The HEAR'( and REINS are put fer inward 'fho11ghts and Affections, Pfal..b<«iii. 20, 21. and li. z, 8. Prov. xxiii. 16. God Jearcbes the Heart and Reins, Pfal. vii. g, 10. and xxvi. I, 2. Jer. xi. 20. and xvii. 10. and xx. 12. This is to be ... eJ"y>w,.,,, as Afls i. 2f. 'Ibe Knw;er of Hearts, Mallb..xxvi. 21. It
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