20 Qp A METONYMY OF THE ADJUNCT. Book r. of Ifrael foal! not lie, that is, the eternal and fircng God of Ifrael. 2 Sam. xi. 12. And all the Habitation of the Houfe of Ziba were Serva11ts unto Mephibofheth, that is, his whole Family, or all that dwelt in his Houfe, as we tranflate it. Job v. 16. Ini– quity j/oppeth her Mouth, that is, wicked Men are compelled to be lilent before God. Job xxxii. 7· Days foould [peak, and Multitude of rears fhould teach Wifdom, that is, an: cient Men that are arrived to a great Age, or many Days. See Pfalm xii. 1. and lxviii. 18. Thou bajlled Captivity Captive, that is, fllch as were in Captivity, as Ifa. xlix. 24. and Jer. xxix. I 4· or aflivefy, making thole Captives, that kept us in Capti– vity, as the 'World, Sin, Death, and the Devil. SoEph. iv. 8. Col. ii. 12, 13, 14, 15. &c. Pfalm ex. 2, 3· From the Dew of the Morning thou bajl the Dew of thy Nativity, that is, thy Children, who, as Dew feems to be generated of the Morning moifi Air, and then appears fcattered in innumerable Drops, fo fl1all thy Children be begotten by the Preaching of the Gofpel in innumerable Numbers. More Exar.'J!Ies you may fee, Prov. xxiii. 21. Ifa. lvii. 13. Pfalm cxliv. 3, 4• and xc. 8, 9· Jer. ii. 5· Ezek. xliv. 6, And you foal/ fay to the [Rebellion,] fo the Hebrew, that i,, to the rebellious People. Luke i. 78. The Day-fpring from o11 High bath vifited us- An Epithet of the incarnate Mef– jiah taken from thofe Places where he is compared to the Sun and Light, Ifa. ix. 2. and lx. I, 2. Mal. iv. 2, &c. John xi. 40. If thou<voztldejl believe thou foauldejl fee the Gkry of Gad, that is, his glorious Works. Ram. xi. 7· Epb. i. 21. Phi/. i. I6. Suppa)ing to add Ajjliflian to wry Bands, that is, to me in Bondage and Captivity. 1Pet. ii. 17. Love the Brotherhood, that is, the Brethren, or the Congr~gation or Alfemblies of the Faithful, I Pet. v. 9· So Circumcifian is put for the circumcifed Jews, Ram. iii. 30. and xv. r6. which·is a Meton)'m)' of the Sign, and for theJPiritually circumcifed, Col. iii. 3· which is a Metaphor. Other Adjunfls are put for their SubjeEls, Ezek. xxvi. 8. He foal! jlir up the Buckler againjl thee, that is, Soldiers that wear Bucklers or Targets in ·war. See Ifa. xix. 9· Zecb. ix. IS. 1.1Gll'l' is put£or tf1e Sun, ""1 •r•xr.v, by Way of Eminency, becaufe it is the Foun– tain and Original of Light, Jab xxxi. 26. Hab. iii. 4: It is pur for Fire, Mark xiv. 54; And he fat with the Servants and warmed himfelf, "I''"~"'' by the Light, that is, the Fire, which gives Light as well as Heat. See John xviii. 18. OIL or OIN'l'MEN'l'is put for onejingularfy Anointed, Ifa. x. 27. 'l'he Yoke foal! be dejlroyed, becaufe of the Anointing; in the Hebrew it is [from the Face of Oil] or becaufe of Oil, that is, for the Anointing of the Lord and his Grace. Junius and 'l'reme/lius expound it thus: 'l'be Yoke foal! be dejlrayed becaufe of the Anointing, that is, by and through Cbrijl thou jhalt be Jet free, in wham the Spirit of Jehovah rejls who anointed him, Cap. lxi. I. Ilfyrims fays, '!'bat this is property fuljilled at the coming ofthe Mejjiab, and the Redemption purchafed by him, who has broken the rake, cancelled the Hand– writing, and took awa)' the 'l'yranny of the Law, of Sin, Death and Saial!· See Chap. ix. 4, 6. SIN is put for Sinners, Ifa. i. I8. '!'bough your Sins be as Scarlet, they jha/1 be as white as Snow; though they be red like Crimfan, they foal/ be as Wool, that is, the Sinners by having their Iniquities pardoned, !hall be clean!ed and purified from the Guilt and Condemnation of Sin, for Sin properly and in itfelf cannot be made clean. Pfalm li. 9· Mattb. viii. 3· His Leprojj was cleanfed, that is, the leprous Man was healed. Pfalm xxv. 11. Exad. xiv. 4· Gen. xxxiv. 29. Deut. viii. 17. Job xv. 29. Prov. xxxi. 29. Ifa. x. I4. and xxx, 6. Rev. xviii. 3· Prav. xv. 6. Jer. xx. 5, &c. Jab vi. 22. Prav. v. 10. &c. 2. 'l'he 'l'hing contained is put far the 'l'bing containing, and a 'l'hing ilz a P)ace, far the Place. QEN. xxviii. 22. And this Stone which I have Jet far a Pillar jha/1 be Gaa"s Houfr, that is, this Place where I have erefted a Statue of Stone. Jajh. xv. '9· Give me Springs of Water, that~. fame Portion of Land where there may be Springs of Water, for
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