Part I. · AN A N T H R 0 P 0 P A T H' Y. that is, thOu flialt • preach againll: it with all thy Might, as eagerly as a Warrior goes to Battle. Sometimes by the Arm of God the Doflrimi of the Gofpel is noted; as Ifa.lii. to.. 'l'l<e Lord hath made bare his holy Arm, in the Eyes of all the Nations; and all the Ends of the Earth fhallfee the Salvation of our God. See Verfe 7, 8, &c. So Ifa. liii. 1. it is faid; Who bath believed our Report, and to whom is the Arm of the Lord revealed? Which i~ repeated, Johll xii. 38. Some in thefe Places (and Ifa.li. 9· and lix. 16.) by the Arm of the Lord, do unaer!l:and (and not improperly) the Mef!iah, who is the Power and Wifdom of God, 1 Cor. i. 24• A HAND is attributed to God, by which is underll:ood his Power, exerting itfelfin (lrong and marvellous Operations, as Numb. xi. 23. Job x. 8. and xii. 9· 10. Pfalm viii. 7· and xcv. 5· !fa. xi. t J, and lix. I. Or his ll:rong and gracious Proteflion, ?fa/. :xxxi. 6. and cxliv. 7· John x. 28, 29. Afls iv. 30• Or Injiiflion of Punifhment, as Exod. ix. 3· Job xix. 21. Pfa!. xxi. 9· xvii. 14. and xxxviii. 3· Afls xiii. I I. From hence ,it is pm metonymically for the Punijhmenf itfdf inflicted by God, as Job xxiii. 2. My Stroke [in the Hebrew, it is Hand] .is heavier than my Groaning. And Job xxvii. 1 I . I will teach )'OU by the Hand of God, that is, the Stroke or Punifhment of God. So Ezek. xxxix. 2 I. The Phrafe I willjlretch forth mine Hand, lignifies, I wilt punijh. Exod.. vii. 5· J(a. v. 25. ix. 12, 17, 21. x. 4· xiv. 27. and xxxi, 3· Jer. vi. 12. Ezek. xvi. 27. and xxv. 7· Zeph. i. 4· and ii. 13. So putting forth the Hand, Job i. I 1. and ii. 5· Pfalm cxxxviii. 7· So the !baking of the Hand of the Lord, !fa. xix. I 6. fignifies to be more grievoufly punifhed, as Pfal. x>:xii. 4• So to lighten the Hand fignifies to mitigate Punifhmenr, I Sam. vi. 5· See Ezek. xx. 20. !fa. i. 25. Afls iv. 28. The Hand of God is put for his Counfel and Purpofe. !fa. xlix. 22. 'l'o lift up the Hand to the Gentiles, lignifies a merciful Calling them to Repentance, Prov. i. 24. !fa. lxv. 2. becaufe we lift up our Hands to fuch as we would embraee, or' whofe Prefence wedelire. 'l'ofmite the Hands together (asEzek.xxi , I7. and x><ii. 13.) lignifies a great t Detefl:ation, and Aveljion. 'l'o lift up the Hand (as Exod. vi. 8. foe fo the Hebrew is) fignifies to fwe~r, as alfo, Deut. Xllxii, 40. Ezek. J<X. 5, 6: and xxxvi. 7, &c. R. Salomon and Aben-Ezra expound :j: Exod. xvii. 16. Of God's Oath, viz. Be– caufe the Hand of the Lord hath fworn [fo the Hebrew] that the Lord will have War with Amalek from Generati011 to Generation, that is, the Lord hath fworn by his Throne. The Chaldee expounds it rhus, it is a!ferted by an Oath, that is by the terrible One, whofe Majefly dwells in the Throne of Glory, that there !hall be a War waged by the Lord, againfl: the Houfe of Amalek to cut them off for ever, &c. Mofes ufes this Phrafe in Allulion to what is fpoke before, Verfe r 1. And it came to pafs that when }!Iofes held up his Hand, that Ifrael prevailed, and when he let down his Hand, Amalek prevailed, &c. It is faid, John iii. 35· 'l'he Father loveth the Son, and bath given all 'l'hings into his Hand, §denoting a Communication ofthe F>Jlnefs of the Godhead to his human Nature, SeeMalth. xi. 27. and Col. ii. 9· A RIGH'l'-HAND is afcribed to God, by which his Divine Power is underll:ood, or indeed the omnipotent God himfelf, as Exod. xv. 6. 'l'hy Right-hand, 0 L ord, bath become glorious in Power; thy Right·hand, 0 Lord, bath dajhed in Pieces the Enemy. Pfal. lxxx. I O. I wilt remember the Years of the Right-hand of the mojl High, Pjal cxviii. 15, I6. 'l'he Right hand of the L6rd doeth valiantly. 'l'he Right-hand of the Lot·d is exalted, the Right·hand of the Lord doeth valiantly, Pfal. cxxxix. 10. Even there fhall th)' Hand lead me, and thy Right·hand jhalt hold me, that is, thy Power which is unlimited and diffufed ev.ry where, !fa. xlviii. I 3· More efpecially the right Hand of God notes his Power, which he exerts in Mercy and Bounty to Believers, Pfalm xx. 7· xviii. 36. xliv. 4· lxiii. 9· and lxxx. 16, 18. Sometimes his Wrath and Vengeance to his Enemies, as Exod. xv, 6, 12, &c. • lnjlarfortis ES arJmtis lullato,.iJ pugnahis tuis cotuioni6us co11tra eam, f.! c. t Cuju1_/igmm1 apudhomines manuum complifro rjfejo!rt. - f il1 O:J ~,P 1' 1.::1 manu;Juptr folium Jah. ~ M!ta}htJrtZ ab hombu Julla, _xui 'i'a;dNumuipfa apprthrndit trnrtqutfthi datum, omnium artijfimrpDjfidet, &c. N The
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