Part I. Or A METONYMY oF THE AnJuNcT. rg BLOOD is put for bloody Men, or thofe that are malicious and ready to fpill Blood or perpetrate any Villainy, !fa. xxxiii. 5· 'I'hat floppeth his Ears from hearing of Blood, that is heorkens not to them who contpire or confederate to commit Murder, Slaugh– ter or'other Wickednefs (for that is jjnecdochically noteq by the Word Blood.) See Prov. i. 10, 11, 12, &c. ']'he SUB'JEC'I' or ARGUMEN'I' of Writing is pm for the Writing itfelf, I Kings v!ii. 21 • 'I'he Ark wherein is the Covenant of the Lord, that is; the Tables wherein the Covenant was written, Exod. xxxiv. 2~. So Rom. ix. 4· oa ~'"911x~:t•, the r:I"ejlamenls or Cownan!s, that is, the two Tables of the Covenants, as they are expreilly called, Heb. ix. 4 . So the Old 'l'ejlament is taken for the Books wherein it was written and contained, 2 C•r. iii. I4. which is common in our vulgJr Speech to take the Old and New Tefta– ment for the Books wherein they are written. 5· 'I'he 'I'hing fignified is put for the Sign. THE 'I'hing.fignified is :ometimes put (or the Sign materially, that is, for the Thi~g itfelf, wh1ch IS the ·Sign, I Chron. xv1. I 1. Seek the Lord and hts Strength, that ts, the Ark of the Covenant, which was a Sign and Symbol of his Prefence and Strength. So Pfal. lxxviii. 61. Pfal. cv. 4· Whence it is expreilly called the Ark of the Strength of God, Pfal. cxxxii. 8. Ezek. vii. 2 7· 'I'he Prince jhall be cloathed with Defolation, that is, with·a Garment denoting Mourning and Defolation. I Cor. xi. 10. A Woman ought to have ·~·~""' Power on her Head, that is, a Garment fignifying that lhe was under the Power of her Hufband. Sometimes the 'I'hing fignified is formally put for the Sign, that is, for the Term or Appellation of the Sign, as Exod. viii. 23. And I willput Redemption between my People and thy People, that is, the Sign or Token of Redemption. Deut. xvi. 3· Seven ])a;•s jhalt thou eat unleavened Bread therewith, even the Bread ofAjjliction, that is, a Sign, Monument or Memorial of the Affliction, which you endured in Egypt. By this 'I'rope Bread ts called the Body of Chrifl, and Wine is called his Blood, Matth. xxvi. 26, 28. Mark xiv. 22, 24. r Cor. xi. 2·+· 25. that is, a facramental Si~n and Symbol of his Body and Blood, inllitutcd in·Remembrance of him. · C H A P. IV. Of a METONYMY of the ADJUNCT. A Metonymy of the Adjunll is feven-fold. I. When the Accident is put for its Subjell in Kind. 2. When the 'I'hing contai11ed is put for the 'I'bing containing, or a Thing in a Place, is put for the Place. 3· When 'I'ime is put for Things done or exifting in Time. 4· When the Opinion of Men is put for the 'I'bing itfelf. 5· When the Occupatum, or Subject concerned is put for its Object. 6. When the Sig11 is put for the Thing fignified. 7· When a Name is put for a Perfon or Thing. Of thefe in Order. I. When the Accident is put for its Subjell in Kind, THE Abflract is put for the Concrete, Gen. xlii. 38. Shallye bring down my Hoarmeft (or grey Headednefs, fo the Hebrew) with Sorrow to the Grave, that is, me that am now an old Man, grey and decrepit with age. I Sam. xv. 29. '.Jbe EterniiJ (or Strength) of
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