52 AN ANTHROPOPATHY, and xiii. 2i, 31. Luk< xxiii. 42. Ails x. 4· After the fame Manner, the Remembrance of his Covenant is attribmed to God, by the Sight of which he becomes a gracious Be– nefactor to Men, Gen. ix. 15, t6. and vi. 5· And the Remembrlmce of his Merry, Pfal. xxv. 6. Of bis Word, Pfal. cxix. 49· Jerome in his Comment on Lament. v. 1. faith, Remembrance is afcribed to him, who could never forget any. It is not ro refrefh his Memory, that the Divinity is fo prayed to, for all Things paft and to come are prefent with him- It is unbecoming, to atrnbme Oblivion to fo great a MaJdiy, but he IS prayed to iemember that he would quickly'afford Help to !he Needy, and <hal his Grace may be made manifeft which before was hitldeni , 'I"o REMEMBER, when it is applied to God with Hefpect to bad Men, fignifies the Execution .ofPunifhment and Vengeance upon them, Pfal. xxv. 7· lx·xix. 8. andcxxxvii. 7· Ifa. xlv. •5· Rev. x~iii. 5· He is faid to rtmduber the Blood of the Innocent, when he revenges its violent Effufion; at unjufl: Slaughter, Pfal. ix. I3· · FORGE'I"FULNESS or Oblivio11, is attributefl to God, which fignifies that he difregards, and leave. Men expofed to Evils, without any Comfort or Help, as if he had quite forgotten them, I Sam: i. I r. Pfal. ix. I8. xiii. 1. and xlii. 9, 10. Jja. xlix. '5· Jer. xxiii. 39· Hof. iv. 6, f!c. Luke xii. 6: Are not jive Sparrows fold for twa Farthings? and not one is forgotten before God, that is, God has a Care of every indivi. dual Creature, and fuflains them. Sometimes Go\l is faid 10 forget when he ddays and defers the Punifhment of the 'Nicked, for their Deeds, Pfal.lxxiv. 22, 23. Amos viii, 7· Job xii. 7· And hltow thnt God bath forgotten thee (fo rw• fignifies) for tbine Iniquity, that is, he del'ays your Pui'lifhment, and does nor rigidly exaCt, according to their Greatnefs, agreting in Senfe with our TranO.ation, which runs thus-And know there... fore that God exacterh of thee lefs· thatt thine ln·iq.uity defcrveth. 'I"HOUGHTFULNESS or 'fHINKING is· aferibed EO God, by which his Will, Smtmce or Dr.cru is underflood, Gen. I. 20: You thought Evil againft me, but the Lord thought it into Good, fo the Original has ir, that is, he turned it into Good 1 or as our l!'ranflo:tiurr bath it, meant it unto Good. Here is an Antanaclajis of one Verb properly applied to malignant Men, but to God by an 4nthropopat·hy, alluding to the former. SeePfal. xi. 5, 6. and xcii. 5, 6.- and cxxxix. 16, '7· Ifa. lv. 8, 9· Jer. iv. 28. xxix. I 1. and li. 12; &c. Hitherto of the inward Acts- of Man'.-The extemal or outward Acts, which are obvious to tb.e Notice of Senli::, for Order's fake, may be difl:inguifhed into the Actions. (1.) Of the Mouth. (2.) Of the Hands. (3.) Of the Feet. HISSING isattributed:t6·God, by which, a Divine Cal},, or Stlmmons of God; for Men to gather together, and appear in a certain Place, is noted, as Ifa. v. 26. and vii. 18. For it is cufl:omary with Men oft<ntimes to callc~rtain Bea!h ro them that Way. This Hijjing of God is ufed in a good Senfe, Zecb. x. 8. 1will hifs for tbem a>1d gather them, for I have redeemed them and they foal! increafe as they have increaftd, which is underfl:ood of the Gathering or the Church by the Voice of the Gofpel. BREA'I"HING is afcribed to God, Gen. ii. j. And he breathed into his Face tbe Breatb of Life, that is, he endued the Body he had formed with a living Soul, in the Image of God. Sometimes it denotes God's Anger, the Metaphor bei~g taken from angry Men who then puff and blow fl:rongly, as Ezek. xxi..~ 1. I will pour out mine Indignation upon thee, I will'blow or breathe againfl: thee, &c. See Ails ix. 1. LAUGHING and DERIDING are attributed to God, Pfal. ii. 4· He that .fitteth in tbe Heavelts }hall laugh, the Lord }hall have them in Derifion. •Pfal. xxxvii. I2. 'fh< Wicked plotteth againft the Jttft, and gnofheth uprm him ':Oith biJ 'Teeth. Verfe I 3. '{he Lord }hall !cutgb at bim, for he fteth that his Day is coming. "I'his is fpoken hy an Antbropopathy, the Metaphor being taken from a wife and prudent Man, who (when he lees fome heady and inconftdera.te Undertaker, rufit on towards his .fancied Exploits, withou£
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