:a-8 OF A METONYMY OF THE ADJUNCT. Book I. Sometimes it fignifies to prtty, as Pfalm xxviii. r, 2. lxviii. 3r, 32. and cxli. 2. 1 'I'im. 2, 8. And to blefs, Pfa!m cxxxiv. for by that Ceremony they ufed to blefs of old. Alfo to indicate, or give Notice, !fa. cxlix. 22. To this may be referred whe<e Eating and Drinking is put for Health and Life, as Exod. xxiv. rr. See Gm. xvi. '3-· Pfalm ii. 3· Let ~s breqk their Ba11ds afunder, and. caft their Cords fron> us, that is, let us remove this rroublefo<Be Servitude, which by. B~nds and Cords, as by cerraitl Signs is noted. See Pfalm xlvi. 9· He h ·eaketh ,th~ Bow and cuttctb the Spear inflmder, he burneth the Chariot in the Fire, Verfe tO. .. . B~ ftill and know tbat I am God, that is, be wh;ch ·puts an End to Wars, and tameth the Enemy, of which (viz. Hoftility) thefe Things were difmal Signs. See Pfalm lviii. to. and lxix. ''· See 'Jobxvi. 15. Pfalmxxxv. <2 . 'Joeli. 3· Amosviii. ro, &c. !fa. ii. 4· And they }hall beat tbeir Swords into P/ow-jhares, and their Spears into Scythes, or Pruning-hooks; that is, there will be a conibnt Peace, of which there is nQ[ a more cenain Sign than when Arms are turned iJlW ruftic OF aountry Inftruments, which are ufeful in the Time of Peace. And becaufe the Prophet fpeaks of a fpiritual Peace in the Time of the Me.Jjiah, here is alfo a metaphorical Allegory. Ifa. xlix. 23. 'Ihey }hall bow dOIWn to thee with their Face ,toward the Earth mzd lick 11} the Duft of thy Feet, that is, they wiJl.give thee Honor and Reverence, for the Sake of Chri/1 thy Head, who dwells in thee: For this Speech is of the New Teftament Church. See Pfalm lxxii. 8, g, &c. 'Je-r. xxxi. rg. After I was inftmfled, lfinote upoa ray '['high, that is, after my Sin was !hewn _unto me I was affeCl:ecj with Grief of Mind. For fmiting the Thigh was an iodication of Grief, as Homer, Iliad II. fays of Achilles, that p.·•e.; ,-J."Eal'"®'• when he had fmote his Thighs, he fpoke to Patroclus, Od):/f. 5· He cries out, 0 miferable! and flruck his '!'highs, &c. Lam. ii. 10. ' Lam. ii. 1.0. 'I'he Elders of tbe Daughter of Sion fit upon the Ground a11d keep Silence, they bave cafl up Dufl upon &heir Heads, tbey have girt tbemfelves witb Sackcloth, the Jli1gins of 'Jerufillm> ha12g down their Heads to the Ground- By thefe Signs, a moft ex– treme Grief is dekribed. 'Jonas i·v. 'r. 'I'hat cannot difcern betwem their right Hand and their left Hand, tha.t is, that are not come to the Years or Age of Difcretion. The Signs and l:.!lec'ls of Re"fon and Judgment are faid to be wanting, yea, even J ~tdgment itfd£ and the UG: of Reafun, and convenient Age for the Exercife of it. In intire SPEECH; hithel" may be r-eferred that Cultom of fpeaking in facred Scripture, whereby in Commands or Promifes fuch Things are put, which Men were wont to do, and are only the Signs of thofe Things which are intended and underftooq by that Speech, as when the Prophet E!ijha commands Gehazi his Servant, 2 Kings iv. 29. and Chrill: his Difciples, Luke x. 4·. 'I'o falute ~rr Man by the Way~ by which is intimated that they were wah all Expedltlon and Dtfpatch to do thetr Errands and to avoid all lntel:ruptions by the Way. For it is a Sign of great Hafte among Men if they are fo intent upon the End of their Journey or lluGnefs, that they take no Notice of any Body they meet, fo as to falute him or difcourfe with him. Otherwife mild, ~Q'urteous, and civil SahHations are reckoned amongft Chriftian Duties, &c. Jer. ix. 17. 'I' bus faith the Lord of Hofls, Confider ye, and cnll for the mourning Womm, that tbey "'ay come, and fend for mnning Women, that they may come, ancl Verfe r8. And let them make ha.fre and take up a Wailing for tts, &c. The Lord does not approve of the diffembled Wailing-women in Mourning at Funerals, but fpeaks according to the vulgar Cuftom, .denoting by this, and intorming the People of the llitternefs of the prefent Calamities. See Amos v. 16, &c.- Jer. x. 17. Gather up thy !Fares ovJ of tbe Land, 0 Inhabitant of the Fortrefs, that is, bundle and bind up your precious Things together,. as Verfe 9· _The Senfe ts, that they were not to remain there but to be led into Captivity, as Chap. xviii. where tl1e Reafon of this Judgment is to be read at large. For they that are in a Garrifon, and doubt its Strength, do convey their precious Things to P-laces of more Security. This alfo may be an Irony, as if the Lord had faid, Ye cannot effeCtually bring to pafs any Thing to free you and }Ours. We have the like Place, 'fer. xlvi. 19, &c.- By dejlro)'ing the Weapons, Ezek. xxxix. 9, ro. The Certainty of the promifecl ViCtory, and the Peace that would enfue is denoted, as !fa. ii. 4· Matth. xxiv. 20. But pray ye that your Flight be not in the Win!er, nor on-the Sabbath– Day. The Difciples are commanded, with RefpeEt to the Dreadfulnefs and Peril of E[>e Siege of Jerufalem, to do thofe Thin31 which belonged to the Je-ws, who thought that
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