Part I. 0 F AN I R 0 N Y. The 'A'ord 10n that fignifies Benignity, Mercy and Gratitude, Deut. v. IO. Jud. viii. 35· 2 Sam. ix. 1•. Pfal. cxli. 4, 5· By an /lntiphrq/is fignifies the quite Contrary, L ev. xx. '7· Prov. xt-.:. 34· The Word which fio-nifies to pojfefs an Inheritance, Gen. xv. 3· Deut. ii. 24, 31. I Kings xxi. I 5· !fa. xiv."'• r. fig11ifies to be deJI.royed or thrown out of Polfefiion, Deut. ii. 21, 22. Judg. XIV. I5· Jojh. Y!ll. 7· and XXlll. 5· The Word ~O:l that Clgnifies Incon.ftancy, Levity and Folly, Pfal.lxxxv. 8. Prov. ix. 13 . Ecc/. vii. 26. By this Figure fignifies Con.ftancy, Confidence, and Hope, as Job xxxi. 24. Pfal. lxxviii. 7· Prov. iii. 26. tll!ll NepJ1ejh, .which figni~es the Soul, Gen. i. 30, &c. (and jjnecdocbica~!y the Per– fon itfclf, Gen. 11. 7· and xvu. I4. Pfa!. XI. I. and more generally an ammate Body or a living Creature, Gen. i. 24, &c.) by an /lntiphrafis fignifies a Carcafe, or a life– lefs Body, Lev. xix. 28. So xxi. I. and xxii. 4· Numb. vi. II. and v. 2. Hag. ii. '4· To this Signification fome refer, Pfal. xvi. xo. 'Ihou }halt not leave my Soul in the Grave, that is, my Body. The Word 1!11P which fignifies to be fanElified or made holy, Exqd. xxix. 37,43, &c. fignifies alfo to be defiled, Deut. xxii. 9· !fa. lxv. 5· l:l•N91 Rephaim, Giants, fignifies found and ftrono- Perlons, Gen. xiv. 5· Deut. ii. I 1. and by /lntiphrafis Men dead, O) that no Medicin~ can cure (fromN!l1 Sanavit, he hath cured), Pfal.lxxxviii. 10. !fa. xxvi. I4, I9· Prov. xxi. I6, &c. To this may be referred the Word "'-•y•a, which fio-nifies a Virtue, as BenediCtion, Praife, a free Gift, &c. Rom. xv. 29. 2 Cor. ix. 5, 6~ Eph. i. 3· Heb. vi. 7. Jam. iii. 10. Rev. v. I 2, 13· and vii. 12, &c. and alf9 a Vice, as an hypocritical Conformity or dilfembling Praife in Order to deceive, as Rom~ xvi. I 8. Several other Examples occur, as of Words which have one Signification in the Root or primitive, and another in the derivative, fome which fignify one Thing in. one Conjugation, and a different in another, which for Brevity's fake are left to the Ob– fervation of the Learned, as !fa. x!. with Numb. iii. 22. Job. xxii. 25. Pfal. xcv. 3, 4. Gen. xxxviii. 21. Deut. xxiii. I7. Job xxxvi. 14. 1 Kings xiv. 24. and xv. 11. 2 Kingf xxiii. 4, 5, 6, ], &c. Jojh. xvii. 15, 18. Pfal. cxix. 40. with /lmos vi. 8, &c. /In Irony of Words in a Sentence. JN a Speech of God and Chri.ft 1 a Thing is faid, or commanded, which mull: be un· derftood in a contrary Senfe, that the literal Meaning may be found, as Gen. iii. 22, Agd the Lord God faid, Behof.d the Man is become as one of us; that is, he is no v.rays like us, but rather to be ab.ominatecl for his Sin, it ~Jludes alfo to the Devil's Words, Verfe 5· Ye }hall be as Gods knowing Good and Evil. Gefner upon the Place fays, Deus ejufmodi Ironia & indignatione raendacium Diaboli & ambitionem /ldami execratur, &c. that is, God ufes this Irony by way of Execratipn of the De·vil's Lie and /!dam's Ambition,_ and aptly inculcates the.Foulnefs of his Sin, that he may learn to beware ever after. /lmbrof. de Elia & Jejtm. Cap. 4· Irridens Deus, non approbans bd!c dicit, that God fpoke thefe Words by Way ofDerifion not Approbatiop.-Thou thoughteft thou fhouldeft be li(<.e 1,JS, but becaufe tho.u woulcleft be what thou waft not, thou art fallen from what th01! waR, fo thy A,mbiti.oQ. to afpire beyond thyf~lf has thrown thee beneath thyfelf. · Deut. XJs:xii. 37, 38. Where are their Got/s, th~ir Rock i'l whom they tru.fted, which did_ {at of the Fat of their Sacrifices, and drank the Wine if their Drink Offerings, let them rife up a;zd help you now and be your Protdlion, asalfo Judg. x. 14.. Go and cry ttnto the Gods )"e have chofen, let them deliveryou in the 'Iime ofyour 'Iribujation. Jehqpaq i,n theft; Words does fharply chide the rebellious Ifraelites, and illuftrates the Impiety and Bhn~nefs of their Id~latries, who had hitherto worfhipped fuch Things a.s God's, which now m thetr Extremity we<e not able to deliver ~hem from Evil or Defo/ation. Job xxxviii. 5· Who bath laid the Meafures of the Earth, if thou knoweft, &c. God fpeaks thefe Words to Job, as if he had faid; you cannot reach to fa extraordinary a !>itch
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