OF A METONYMY OF THE SUBJECT, Book I. know that I love the Father: which Knowledge was had, when the Gofpel was promul– gated through the whole World by the Apo!l:les. Camerarius in his Notes on .John xvii. 2 I. '!'hat the JForld may belie·ve that thou haft font me, fays, that by xot1'tJ-OY, the World, we are to underftand, T~S' trw~op.m=t) f., Tw x.arrp.w, fuch as jha/1 be Javed- But Gla.flius fays, that it fignifies all Men univerfally, as JohJJ iii. '7· For God fent his Son that the World through him might be Javed- For though all Men are not aCtually f.wed, in regard of their own Stubbornnefs and lmpenitency, yet a fpiritual Unity for Believers is prayed for, and that the World might believe, that is, that all Men lhould be converted to the true Knowledge of.the 111/ef/iah; although very many remain in Unbelief and Wickednefs, who !hall have no Share in this Re– demption. SHIPS are put for the Men in them, !fa. xxiii. 1. Howl ye Ships of 'l'arjhijh, that is, ye Mariners and Jvierchauts, &c. So Verfesx. I4· A NES'l' is put for the young Ones, Deut. xxxii. I 1. As all Eagle .ftirreth up her Nejl, that is, the young Eagles, as is clearly !hewed in the following Words. OPHIR (a Country in India abounding with Gold) is put for Gold brought from thence, Job xxii. 24. 'Ihen jhalt thou lay up Gold as Dujl, and Ophir as the Sto,es of the Brooks, that is, Gold brought fromOphir; Abundance of Gold is denoted by the whole Phrafe, and metaphorically, great Felicity. A CUP is put for the Wine or Liquor in it, Jer. xlix. I'2. Ezek. xxiii. 32. I Cor. x. 2I. re cannot drink the Cup of the Lord and the Cup of Devils. Luke xxii. I7· It is faid in the !aft Pafchal Supper, And he took the Cup and gave 'Ihmzks, and faid, 'Iake this, and divide it amo11gjl yourfelves, that is, the Wine, not the Cup; for Verfe I8 he fays, I will not drink of the Fruit of the Vine, until the Kii1gdom of God !hall come. So Luke xxii. 20. We have the fame Meto11pny about the Eucharij/ical Cup of the Lord's Supper, and I Cor. xi. 25, 26, 27. Of this Cup Chrij/ fays, that it is tbe New 'Iejlament in his Blood, but the containing Velfel cannot be under!l:ood, bm the 'Ihing contained, viz. the Wine, which is facramentally the Blood of Chrift, Matth. xxvi. 28. Mark xiv. 24. See more I Cor. x. 16, 21. I Cor. xi. 26, 27. Matth. xxvi. i7. Mark xiv. 23. I Cor. xi. 28. 'Ihe NAMES of COUN'l'RIES are frequently pm for their Inhabitants, as Eg;pt for Egyptians, Gen. xvii. I5. Pfalm cv. 38. Ethiopia for Ethiopians, Pfalm lxviii. 3I, 32. ShebaforSabeans, Jobi. 15. and vi. I9· fee !fa. xliii. 3, 4· Judeaand the adjacent Countries about Jordan, are put for thetr Inhabitants, Matth. iii. 5· Macedo– nia and Achaia for Chrij/ians living there, Rom. xi. 26. The Land of Egypt is put for Spoils brought from thence, Jer. xliii. I 2. 'Ihe GRAVE is put for the Dead that are buried in it, as !fa. xxxviii. I 8. '!'he Grave cannot praife thee, Death cannot celebrate thee, that is, they that are dead and buried ; the Reafon follows, 'Ihey that go down into the Pit cannot hope for thy 'Iruth, .Ver. I 9· 'Ihe Living, the Living, he jhall praife thee. See Pfa!m vi. 6. and cxv. I I 7, '!'he EAR'l'H is put for the Inhabitants of the Earth, Gen. vi. I I. '!'be Earth was alfo ·eorrnpt before God, and the Earth was filled with Violence, which is expounded in the next Verfe, For all Flejh had corrttpted his Way upon the Earth. So Gm. xi. r. and xviii. 25. and xix. 31. and xiv. 30. 1 Sam. xiv. 29. 2 Sam. xv. 23. P1·ov. xxviii. 2. Jfa. xxiv. 20. Matth. v. I3• The ENDS of the EARTH are put for the hhabitants of the extremeft Parti ~hereof, Pfalm xxii. 27, 28. and lxvii. 8. A 'l'HEA'l'RE (the Place where Plays and Shews are feen) is put for the Sight it– felf, . I Cor. iv. 9· where the Apo!l:le Paul metaphorically fays of himfelf, For we arc made a 'Ibealre (fo the Greek) unto the World, and t• Angels, and to Men- As if he had · faid,
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