$S e11at Expofitioaa of the CHAP. I. 'Oro tldrn Eiaayáyn. I7polótoxer. OixavtLórn. Tlpeosuvnaú` 7avav Verfe $. aO7ar 7 mtl),lv itaayzyn 7 1epW7ä7oHOr EIS 71Y ótxcvµvnv 7,'syei sJ 7rgaexvv11a57aiaar ö,v7w 77p,1174t áneÁOt etít. V. L. & cum introducit primogenitum in orbem terre, elicit & adorent nun omnes Angell Dei : omitting "fair, again. Syr.11Ua1 tï1D23 :+1 1111; Rurfum autem cum inducit; and again when be bringetb in. i s7 v ;nraw.irne, NC*, into the world. nkav, again, is omitted in the Arabick, asin the Vulgar Latin. Reza; Rurfum autem cum inducit primogenitum in orbem terrarum, dicit, & adorent (Eráf. Adarabunt ) eum omnes Angeli Dei ; which is exaótly expreffedby Ours. And again when he bringeth in the firft begotten into the world hefaith ; and let all the Angels of Godworfbiphim. There is not muchofDifficulty inehe Words themselves : Tar 3, cumautem, pun- do autem ; but zólicn. dme, Rurfum, again, as in the former Verfc. What fenfe it is hereufed in, and what Word it is to be joinedwithal, fhall be afterwards declared. 'Esaayáyn; Inducit; or inducet, or introducit ; be bringeth in, br leadeth in , or fbali bring in, of whichDifference alto afterward. Tbv age1o'roxot, thefirfi begotten; the firff born; He before whom none is born; not neceffarily,after whomany is fo. tinder the Law, there wasa Sacrifice for the arpeolóroxe, firff begotten, focalled when as yet none were begotten after him , and very uncer- tain wftether ever any fhould be fo of the fame womb or no ; and doubtlefs it often fell out that none were fo. 'ES rh ótxovl t?ne ; 51tß, the habitable world ; or 8123 rit1, Pron. S. The publick place of Habitation, where the Creatures ofGod do dwell. The Word is no where ufed abfolutely in Scripture in any fenfe but for this habitable World. Only fometimes it hath a refirained fenfe, denoting the RomanEmpire, as Luke 2. I. According to the ufual Language of thofe dayes, wherein the People ofRome, or their Empereurs were flyled Rerun , and Orbit terrarum Domini : and fometimes indefinitely denotes any part of the world as habitable, Luke t7.6. Chap. 19. 27. Chap. 25,26. And there- fore oftentitnes,hath öus, thewhole, joyned With it, when it is extended univerfally to the HabitableEarth. Ztgooxuvnaáre,oav; Heb.11hiltv;t, Inoperative in Hithpael, from MTV, CO incline, to bowdown. The LXX. conflantly render that word by 7rgooxviiw. And 7reoozuré., is probably derived from atun; and thencestria, o¡culor, tokiß; which alter is fometimes ufed for toAdore, orWorfhip i as, m476S )leu 71,=v1na6rss ¡WI xuvi0v7t d`emó,sc i that is, faith Ettitatbius,. apooxwéot ,us, ás hueshm ; they trorfhil, me as their Lord; for being joyned with 7reir7nxohes, bowing, orfallingdown, it expretfeth the whole ufe and fig- nifiçation of atooxveíe;. How kiting was of old a Sign, Token and Pledge of Wor= (hip, efpecially to bowdown and kiß theground, I have elfewhere declared. And this derivation of the word, I prefer far before that which makes it primitively fignitie more cánum adtilari ; as if taken from thecrouching ofDogs. In the NewTeftament it is no where ufed, but for that Religious Warffüp which is due to God alone. And when it is remembred of any that they did *onoeciv, or perform theDuty andHomage denotedby this Word, unto any but God, it is remembred as their Idolatry, Rev. 13. tz, 16. z.And unto this fenfe was it refrained of old by the Spartans, who denyed that it was IN ró55 lawful/ Mr them Jcepconor nanucscrv, that is, tofall down to, or to adore a man ¡ Herodot, in Polym. And in this fenfe it isexceedingly reftrained from the ufe and importance ofttnro; yea, and from that of n1rirtv1, in Hithpael, though that alwayes fignifie a bowing de, nn withReCpe6t and Reverence ; for it is employed todenote Civil, as well as Re- ligious Wi rfhip. But for feveral fortsofReligious Worfhip diverfifiedby its Objects, the Scripture knows nothing. The word properly denotes to how down, and whenit is referred unto God, it refpe6ts the inward Reverenceand Subjeetion of otir minds, by a Metonymic ofthe Adjunt1. See it for Civile refpes , Gen. 27.29. Chap.t3 ;.6. A79san. S siiuv,y í=,r1423, Elohim is rendered Angels by the LXX. Gen. 31. 24. job38. 7. L1 1. 8.6. Prat. 96.8. Pfal. 137. r. ofwhich Interpretation of the word, we shall treat in the enfutngExpofition. This
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