OF AN I R 0 N Y. Book I. Jeic Cavillationem jignijicat. This 'frope may more rightly be called Antiphrajis, which ufes Words contrary to their proper Meaning, or _original and genuine Sr:n{e; a~1,!fJp!Xrn~, Sern;o per contrarium intclligendus, ex avn contra, & ~p.xSw dico. It may be difringuifhed into., 1. Words Gngly or by themfelves, conGdcred, which is called Antiphrajis. 2. Words fo placed or difpofcci in a Sentence, as denote Derifion, or a Kind of a Mock, which vulgarly is called an Iro11y, of which Sarcafmus is a certain Kind, which is !harper than an Irony, as when one infults over them that are opprdfeQ, with Calamities. Antiphrafis of Words jingly, or by themfelves conjidered. soMETIMES one and the fame Word has contrary Significations, as 1"1:1 Barak, which properly Ggnifies to blefs, as Gm. xii. :!· and xxiv. 35· 2 Sam. viii. IO. Pfal. xxxiv. t. and many other Places, is ufed in a contrary Senfe by an Antiphrajis, as I Kings xxi. I o. Set two Men before him, Sons of Belial, to bear W.itnefs againfl him, Jaying, 'I'hou didfl blefs God and the Kiug, which Pagninus, the Chald. Paraph. and our Verfion do render, thou did!t curfe or blafpheme God and the King. So Verfe 13. where the Execution of this wicked ']ezebe/'s Command is defcribed. ']ob i. 5· Per– tidventure my Sons have.finned and blef!ed God in their Hearts, (which Pagninus renders; have curfed,) and the Chald. that they have provoked or flirred him to Anger. Upon which Place Vatablus fays, that the Ancients did fo abhor Blafphemy, that they dur{l; not even name it, Chap. i. I 1. and ii. 'i· If he will not blefs thee to thy Face, Pagninus fays, Curfe thee, &c. (the Chald. Provoke thee, &c.) After the fame Manner the}'l expound the Words of JoYs Wife, Job ii. 9· Dofl thouflill retahJ thine Integrity, blefs ( Pagninus fays curfe) God and die~; of thefe Words fame make a good Con(huction, al!irmino- that lhe gave her Hufband good Counfel, to this Senfe: What, doll: thou ftill ftand up~n Terms with God? Wilt thou not humble thyfelf, and defift from the Con-> ceits and Imaginations of thine own Integrity, fince thefe grievous and fudden Afflic– tions are fent for your Sins fram an angry God? therefore rather blefs him, that is, pray to him, and in Humility feek his Face, (for fo to blefs fignifies to pray, or make Sup– plication) and beg him to releafe thee of this miferable Lite, fince it is bett,er for thee tQ die once, than to die daily. Beza and others fay, that it is not likely that the Governefs of fuch a holy Family as ']ob's, and the Wife and Companion ~f fo good a Man, lhould be fo impudently. wicked as to g1ve that abommable Advtce to her l-lulband, as either to curfc God, or de!hoy himfelf. Her Error (fay they) was, lhe judged him wicked, becaufe thus [mitten, and that he trufted upon l11s own lntegnty, &c. But others with greater Probability judge this Counfel to be very wicked, for he reproves her for it plainly-'fhau .fpeakejt as ont of the foolifh Women fpeaketh, and cer· tainly Job would never have fa1d fo, 1f her Speech had only imported an humble Pre– paration for his appri>aching Death- It was rather a fpeaking the Devil's Mind, to bid him curfe God and die, viz. [Curfe God] that the Ma_giftratc taking Notice of it, thou mayell: be cut ofl' by the Sword of Ju!l:ice, ·for Blalphemers were fentenced to Death without Mercy by the Law of Mofes, and it is not improbable that the Light of Nature mi<>ht carry thofe Nations to as high and fev€re a Revenge ao-ain!l: that hi<>he!t Sin-rAnddie] that is, die by t~ine I:Jand, or de!l:roy thyfelf, &c. fo that the Word mull: ot nece!lity be under!tood to curfe by an Antiphrajis; as the fame Word is ufed by the Devil, ']ob i. 1I. He will curfe thee to thy Face. The Word that lignifies to be ejjected or accomplijhed, Prov. xiii. I9: denotes (to b'e£nterrupted or broken,) Dan. ii. 1• find I Daniel was refrejhed, Dan. vm. 27. But Pagm~us a_nd our Tran!htion render ir, J fainted, for it follows, I was jick. It alfo Ggnifies to jhine, ']ob xxix. 3· and xxxi. 26, !fa. xiii. IO. Alfo to praife or celebrate, Pfaim cxvi.i. t. !fa. lxiv. I I, &c. And by an Antiphrajis, to be inglorious or Fools, Pfalm lxxv. 4· Job xii. 17. Ifa."xliv. 25, &c. 4t See Caryl upon tht! PlacC... The
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