Part I. AN AN T H R 0 J,! 0 P AT H Y. 47 Which are borne by nu from the Belly, which are carried from the Wom!i; which rhe Chaldee * expreffes, You who are beloved by me beyond all People, and dear beyond all Kinadoms. Others by the Term (Womb) would properly unrlerlhnd the 'Fime of Con~eption and Nativity, fo denoting God's con!lant Care and Prefervation even from the very Birth. A BOSOM is·in three Places attributed to God, Pfalm lxxiv. Ii. Why withdrawefl t/Jou thy Hand, e.ven thy right Hand? pluck it out of thy Bofom, that is, fuffer thy J'i'ght Hand to ben~ longer idle, but employ it, (as if it wer~ drawn from thy ~ojom) in finilhing thy glonous Work, agam!l thme and our Enem1es. See Prov. XIX. 2-4-. and xxvi. '5· Rabbi Kimchi t, by the Bojom of God, undedl:ands a Sanctuary, which is (as it were) a certain Hiding-Place for God, as a Man's Bofom. . 'Ija. xl. I 1, He jhall feed his Flock like a Shepherd, he jhall gather the Lambs witb his /lrm, and carry them in his Bofom, and jhall gently lead thofe that are with Young. This is fpoken of the Mejfias, :j: who is here compared to a Shepherd, and his tender Care of the Shee·p and Lambs, metaphorically fets forth his extraordinary Philanthrophy. or Love, Mildnels, and CompaffioA to miferable Sinners, who are broken under the Senfe of God's Wrath, and weak in Faith. Shepherds are wont to bear their little and weak Lambs gemly in their Boiom, as they carry the great Sheep upon their Backs or Shoulders, &c. fo does Chrift in a fpiritual Senfe, &c. John i. I 8, 'The only begotten Son, which is in the Bofom of the Father- This Phrafe metaphorically fets forth the moft intimate Communion that is betwixt God the Son, and God the Father, which confi(ls, 1. With RefpeCl: to eternal Generation, for Parents are faid to bear their Childran ill! their Bofoms, Numb. xi. 12. Have I begotten them, that thou jhouldeft fay unto me, Carry them in thy Bofom, (as a nurfing Father beareth the fucking Child,) &c. For the like Reafon, Prov. viii. 30. the Son of God is figured in the Similitude of a Child flaying before his Father, 2. With RefpeCl: to nearefl and !lriCl:e!l Relation, or rather indeed Unity of Na– ture and Eifcnce, as Johil xiv. xo. it is faid, that he is i11 the 'Father, and the Father in him. 3· With RefpeCI: to the deareft and fuperlative Degree of Love; for, that which j,. clear unto Men is carried ufually in their Bofom. As it is faid of the Difciple whom Jefus loved, John xiii. 23. That he was leaning on his Bolom, &c. + With RefpeCI: to the mo!l fecret Communication; for the Son only knew, and: perfeCtly fees the Fa~her, and therefore he alone reveals him a.nd his heavenly Mylle– ries to Mankind. To which la!\ Particular, John chiefly had RefpeCl:, as appears by ~~~ . FEE'T are attributed to God, by which (1.) his Imme'!fity and Omniprefence upon the Earth is noted or fignified, as !fa. lxvi. 1. (2.) His Operation or Atlivity in crulhing, .fupplanting, or dellroying his·Enemies, as Pfalm lxxiv. 3· Lift up thy Feet unto the perpetual Defolations. See Pfalm ex. 1, &c. The Church is called the Place of his F#t, !fa. lx. I 3· becaufe he exhibirs his Grace and Glory there, as if he had walked in it, agreeable to Deut. xxxiii, 3· All thy Saints fat down at thy Feet. · Every one !hall receive of thy Words. This Metaphor is taken from the Cu!lom of Scholars, who fat at the Maj/er's Feet, Atls xxii. 3· as Paul was at the Feet of Gamaliel. And (Luke x. 39.) Mary who fat at Jefus' Feer and heard hi~ Words. The Clouds are called the Du!\ of his Feet, that is, as if he had walked upon the Clouds, as Men do upon the Duft of the Earth, and with extraordinary Swiftnefs, as the Clouds fly in'the Air. See !fa. xix. I. and Jx. 8. and Pfalm civ. 3· • DileOi mibi pr.:e omni/,uJ populi!, tl chari pr.:e omni!Jut rtgniJ.. t R. Kimchi per .finum Dei Sa~tlluarium intelligit, 'iuqtf illteillm ruaji latt~ra Dti fjl, ut j'inJts kcminir.. ; Cbrijli iE''""•9(t~1W~o trga ptaatr;res denr;tatur. "· S'l'liPS
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