· .Part I. OF A METONYMY OF THE SUBJECT. It is put for the Dejires ~f the Soul exprdfed in Prayer, as .Pfal. lxii. S. Pour out your Heart before him, that ~s, the Defires of y<:u_r Heart, Lam. u. '9· The mw or inward Man ts put for the Condttton or State of the converted or rege– nerate Soul. And old or outward lvfan is oppofed to it. See Rom. vi. 6. Eph. iv. 22. 2 Cor. vii. I· Heb. xxiii. I. 2 Cor. v. •7· Rom. xii. 2. and viii. 2, 5· 2 Cor. iv. I6. z. 'fbe 'fhing containing is put for the 'fhing contained, anrl Place for the 'fhing_ placed, MOUN'f CARMEL is put for the 'frees there, Jer. xlvi. 18. As Carme! by Sea, that is as the Trees of Mount Carmel are drawn by Sea, fo !hall he lead them Cap– tives: So fays Rab. Kimchi, Bleffed be thy Bajket, Deut. xxviii. 5· that is, the Meat or Provilion in it. A Defert is put for rhe wild Beafts there, Pfal. xxix. 8. with Deut. viii. 15· A lfoufe is put for the Family, Children, and Dome1ticks, Gen. vii. 1o Conze thou and all thy Houfe iuto the Ark, 2 Sam. vii. 11. 'fhe Lord telleth thee that he will make thee an Hortfe, that is, give thee an Oftspring or Pofterity to polfefs the royal Dignity, 1 Chro1z. x 6. Pfal. xlix. I2. Luke xix. 9· &c. It is alfo put for a People or Tribe fprung from any Family, as Exod. ii. I. Ezek. iii. 1. and xxvii. I4 1 &c. ISLANDS are pm for their Inhabitants, and fo for the Gentiles which polfeO: all the Il1,1nds in the Mediterranean Sea, !fa. xli. 1, 5· Keep Silmce before me, 0 Jjlqmfs-'The JP<sJaw it andfeared, &c. See !fa. xlii. 4· '!'he Jjles }hall wait for his Law. Ifa.li. 5· '.!he Jjles jha/l wait upon me. Tbe SEA is put for Maritime hhabitants, or Seamen that dwelt near the Shore, Ezek. l!'xvi. 17. How art thou deftroyed thQt waft i11habited f of the Seas] fo xheHebrew; fo !fa. lx. 5· '!'he Abundance of the Sea jhall be converted unto thee, thar is, the Ge.ntile.s which dwell near rhe Sea, as ti)e f.oUowing Words fbew, fee Hag ji. 7, 8. Dtut. XJ<xiii. 19. 'Ih.ey jhall fuck the Abundance of the Seas, that is Goods and Merchandiz.e brought by Sea. A'{ABLE is put for Meat, Pfal. xxiii. iv. 5· Pfal.lxxviii. 19. A Mountail: for mountainous Places, Jojh. xiii. 6. Judges vii. 24, &c. Mountains and Hills are put for · Idols, which were worfhipped there, Jer. iii. 23. Mountains andVallies for their bzha. /;itants, Micah. i. iv. 'fhe Mountains /hall be molten under him, and the Vallies /hall be cleft-that is, the Hearts of thofe that inhabit them !hall wax loft. See Pfal. lxviii. 2, 3· and Pfal. xcvii. 4, 5· '.!hey put to flight the Vallies towards the Eaft, and towards the .Weft, that is, fuch as dwelt in the Vallies, 1 Chron. xii.15. The WORLD is put for Mankind, John iii. 16. and xii. 19· 2 Cor. v. '9' I Joh!t ii. ·2. and v. I9· It is put for the Wic·ked who are the greateft ·Part of Mankind, John .i. 10. and vii. 7· and xiv. I7· and xv. 19. and xvi. 20, 23. and xvii. 9• 14. I Cor. xi: 32. 1 John iii. 1. and iv. 5· and v. 4, 5· Hence the Devil is called the Prince of this World, John xii. 3'· and xiv. 30. and xvi. 1 I. Ko~f'o'"P"1'e<>< Pr.inas of the World, Eph. vi. 12. 'fhe God of this World, 2 Cor. iv. 4· Which is expounded, Eph. ii. 5· In time ,pafl ye walked according to this World, according to the Prince af the P.ower of t.he Air, .the Spirit that now worketh in the Children of Difobedience. The World is put fometimes for thofe that are converted and believe, John vi. 33· ·'.!he Bread of God is he which cometh down from Heaven, andgiv.eth Life.tmlo the Warld, that is, to Belie\1ers, and John xiv. 31. But that the World may know ,rhat I i.<Jve the Father, &c. Yet G!ajjius thinks that the whole Race of Mankind is rather to .be un– derf\ood iri both Places, as verfe 51. the Bread which I will give is my Flejh, which 1 willgivefor the Life of the World, for (1.) this giving of Life, is not an actual conferring of it b.yFai<h, but rather an Acquifition or Purchafe of Life for thef1l, in which Senfe Chrift is called the Light that enlightens every Man that come(h into the Wo.r!d: In the other Text, Jobn xiv. 31. Chrift !ignifies by thofe Words, that he was therefore to die, that he m•ght deliver Mankind from the Power of Satan. (2.) That this-Redemption of Mankmd lhoLllcl, by the Word of the Gofpel be revealed to the whole World. For he fays not, let me die that l ,!Ilay !hew that I love the Father, but that the World may k110W
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