49. édn Expofition of the CHAP. Í, fame account' xa1derrts0, onePhut up, or a reclufe ; as the Targumifts call an Harlot N11 rIfál7 , a goer abroad , from that defcription of her , Prov. 7. to, r t, rit1,13. rIrrn com 51r3 OVo 7+571 U1ty1+-14e7, her feet dwell not in her own houfe; one while fhe is in the Street, anotherwhik abroad As the Mother of the Family is called r1+3 x113, the dweller at home, Pfaim 68. 13. Hence 0515, figniftes the Ages of the world in their fucceffion and duration, which are thingsfBret and hidden ; what is paft is forgotten, what is to come is unknown ; andwhat is prefent paffing away with- out much Obfervation : SeeEcclefiajtes 1.v. t o. The world thenthat is vifible and a fpeétacle in its fe1f, in refpe6t of its continuance and duration is 071y, a thingbidden; So that the word denotes the fabric{, of the world by a Metonymicof the Adlunír. When the Hbrews would éxprefs the world in refpedof thefubftaxce and matter of the Univerfe, they doit commonly by a dijtri- bution ofthe whole into its molt general and comprehenlive parts,as theHeavens ,Earth, and Sea, fubjoyning, all things contained in them. This the Greeks and Latins from its Order,Frame, and Ornaments call x6oµ6-, and mundus, which principally refpeäs that =ma moo, that beauty andornament of the Heavens which God made by his Spirit, Job.26. t 3. And as it is inhabited by theSons of men, they call it 1r, that is, ötxuuérn ; that is, í(1N 41r1, Prov. 8. 3o. The worldof the earth; principally , , the habitable parts of the Earth. As quicltlypang away they call it *t'l; and in refpet1 ofitsfueceftve duration 041y ; that is, ättir the word here ufed. 2. Ad;res, in the Plural number ; the worlds, fo called, Chap. it. 3. by ameet Enal- lage ofnumber, as fome fuppofe ; or with ttfpth to the methj Ages ofthc worlds dura.. tion. But moreover,the Apofile accommodates his expreffion to the received opinion of the Jews, and their way of expreffing themfelves about the world. 0715, de- notes the world as to the fubfijfence of it, and as to its duration; inboth three refpeis, the Jews diftributedthe world into feveral parts, calling them fo manyworlds. R.D. Kimebi on Ifa. 6. diftributes theft worlds into three, on the account of which he (ayes, W1'1 , holy,was three times repeated by theSeraphims. There are faith he, reap r11í41ÿ three worlds ;r1 u.=OnN4ori 0`11p í5111 jr4' 1 Oy7117 , the upper world which isthe world of Angelsand Spirits ; 0+1717`11 O,77`71 0'715, the worldof the Heavens and Stars : and 179Úi11 0415, this world below. But in the1r11 rcfpee`t they generally affigri thefe four ( r. ) Imam ion r1, the lower world, the depree f4 world, the Earth and Air in the feveral regions of it. (z.) 0'7N70í1 0719r1, the world ofAngels, or Miniliring Spirits, whom they fuppofe to inhabit in High Places, where theymay fupervize the affairsof the Earth. (3. ) 0'577í77;1' í=71y, the world ofSpheres; and (4.) 11179n G741y, the liigheft world, called by Paul the third Heaven, z Cor. Iz. z. and by Solomon, 0'Cw 'nw, the HeavenofHeavens, 3 Kings 8. 27. and Mort L77y, Olam hannefhamoth, the world of Spirits, or fouls departed. In refpel of duration they aliign a fivefold world : s.119 íF715, called byPeter, the,old world, or the world before the Flood, the world that perifhed. 2. rim t o'l1y, theprefent world, or the hateof things under the Judaical Church : 3. rrwo ?own 0419, the world of the coming ofthe Meflab, or the world to come, as the Apoftle calls it, 'Chap. 2. 5. 4. í771í7rí rum 0715, 'the world of the Refur- reFlion of thedead. And 5. TIN &71y, the prolonged world, or life eternal; Prin- cipally with refpefk to the Aft diftribution, as alto unto the duration of the whole world unto the !aftdifpenfation mentioned in thefecond, doth the Apoltle here call it, sazi ¿pas, the worlds. Thus the Apofilehaving declared theHonour of the Son asMediator, in that he was made Heir of ail, adds thereunto his Excellency in himfilffrom his eternal power and Godhead ; which he not only afferts, but gives evidence unto byan Argument from the works ofCreation. And to avoid alljtreightning thoughts of this work,he exprefeth it in terms comprehending the whole Creation in that diftribution where- unto it was ufually call by themfelves As John contents not himfelf by affirming that he madeall things, but adds to that Alfertion, that without him nothing war made that was made, Job. t. 3. And-this was of old the common faith ofthe Judaical Church. That all things were made, and all things difpofed lay the Wordof God, they all confeffed. Evident footfieps of this faith abide fhll in their Targumr. For that by the Word of God fo often mentioned in them they did not underhand the Wordof his Power, but anHy- poftáftsin the Divine Nature, is manifeft from the PerfonalProperties which are every where alügned unto it as the WordofGod, did this,faid that, thought, went, and the tike;
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