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A37483	Tropologia, or, A key to open Scripture metaphors the first book containing sacred philology, or the tropes in Scripture, reduc'd under their proper heads, with a brief explication of each / partly translated and partly compil'd from the works of the learned by T.D. The second and third books containing a practical improvement (parallel-wise) of several of the most frequent and useful metaphors, allegories, and express similitudes of the Old and New Testament / by B.K.	De Laune, Thomas, d. 1685.; Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.	1681 (1681)	Wing D895; ESTC R24884	855,682	1,006

Submission to Him even Emperors Kings Princes Nobles Captains Armies Freemen Bondmen even all both small and great He hath Power to punish all Treasons Rebellions Affronts Misdemeanors and Indignities whatsoever All that will not hear and obey him shall be destroyed He will speak to them in his Wrath and vex them in his sore Displeasure His Enemies shall be cloathed with Shame All that hate him shall be confounded and flie before him They shall be like the Dust how great soever They shall call for the Rocks to fall on them and to the Mountains to cover them from the Face of him that sits upon the Throne and from the Wrath of the Lamb. V. From hence we are taught to observe That it is our Duty 1. To adore reverence and honour Him 2. To obey and keep his Law 3. To trust in Him only for Defence and Protection 4. To pray that He would take to him his great Power and reign O blessed Son of David King of the Jews King of Israel Lord of the Gentiles Governor of Nations and King of Kings thy Kingdom come that thy Will may be done in Earth as it is in Heaven VI. From hence we infer the happy State that the whole Universe shall be in in God's appointed Time when this good great and mighty Potentate shall take to him his great Power and obtain a full Possession of all his Right When the Heavens shall rain down Righteousness and out of the Earth shall spring forth Joy The Mountain's shall drop new Wines and the Hills shall flow with Milk The Light of the Moon shall be as the Light of the Sun and the Light of the Sun as the Light of seven Days The Heavens shall rejoyce ever us and drop Fatness the Weary shall be at Rest and break forth into Singing A Jubilee shall be proclaimed and Persecution no more heard Judgment shall run down like Water and Righteousness like a mighty Stream Every Man shall sit under his own Vine and under his own Fig-Tree and none make him afraid Peace to all the Ends of the Earth Swords beaten into Plowshares and Spears into Pruning-Hooks no Nation lifting a Sword against his Neighbour no levying War any more No more Earthquakes nor Famine but a fruitful and peaceable Earth The poor Man shall overtake the Reaper and the Treader of Grapes him that soweth Seed And the Mountains shall drop sweet Wines and the Hills shall melt The Captivity of Israel shall be brought again they shall build the old waste Places and plant Vineyards and drink the Wine thereof make Gardens and eat the Fruit thereof Come to Zion with Songs and everlasting Joy where this King shall sit and appear in his Glory Israel shall rejoyce and Judah shall be glad It shall fare well with the whole Creation For the Ox and 〈◊〉 Asse that eare the Ground shall eat clean Provender winnowed with Fan and Shovel The Effect of his Kingdom shall be Peace for the Righteous shall flourish and have abundance of Peace and the Fruit of its Righteousness and Assurance for ever For not only the People shall be all righteous but upon the Bells of the Horses there shall be Holiness to the Lord. And the Ransomed shall come to Zion with everlasting Joy upon their Heads They shall obtain Joy and Gladness and all Sorrow Heaviness and Sighing shall flie away For as the Earth bringeth forth her Bud and as the Garden flourisheth with Things that are sown in it so shall the Lord God ma●● Righteousness and Praise spring forth before all the Nations Blessed be God Christ a Priest Heb. 7.17 For he testifieth Thou art a Priest for ever after the Order of Melchisedec Vers. 26. For such an High-Priest becometh us who is holy harmless undefiled separate from Sinners and made higher than the Heavens Type I. THe High-Priest was taken from among Men but it behoved him not to have any Blemish II. The Priest assumed not to himself this Office but was called to it of God they were consecrated by Imposition of Hands when they were twenty five Years old III. The Priests were anointed with Oil and washed with Water Thou shalt take thee anointing Oil and pour it upon his Head and he shall wash his Flesh in Water IV. The Priest was gloriously cloathed Thou shalt make holy Garments for Aaron thy Brother for Glory and Beauty V. The Priest was to have a holy Crown upon his Head VI. The Priest's Body and Loins were to be covered with clean Linnen VII The High-Priest bore the Names of the Tribes of Israel upon his Breast when he went in before the Lord. VIII The High-Priest had Vrim and Thummim upon his Breast IX The High-Priest had an engraven Plate of Gold Thou shalt make a Plate of pure Gold and engrave upon it like the engraving of a Signet HOLINES TO THE LORD And it shall be upon Aaron's Forehead that Aaron may bear the Iniquity of the holy Things and it shall always be upon his Forehead that they may be accepted before the Lord. X. Aaron the Priest was Moses's Mouth to the People XI The High-Priest was not to marry a Widow a divorced Woman nor an Harlot but a chast Virgin XII The Priest's work was to offer Sacrifices for the Sins of the People For every High-Priest is ordained to offer Gifts and Sacrifices c. XIII The Priest was to take the Blood of the Bullock and dip his Finger in it and sprinkle seven times the Mercy-Seat c. and likewise the Blood of Calves and Goats and he sprinkled the Book and all the People the Tabernacle and the Vessels of the Ministry XIV The Priest's Garments were to remain after him to cloath and adorn his Sons withal XV. The Priests were to sound the Trumpets which as Mr. Godwin observes were twofold sometimes an Alarm to War sometimes to assemble the People XVI The Priests of the Lord were to teach the Law to the People The Priest's Lips should keep Knowledg and they should seek the Law at his Mouth XVII The Priest was to judg of the Plague of the Leprosy and to pronounce clean or unclean XVIII The Priests under the Law made and anointed Kings Jehoiada the Priest and his Sons anointed Joash King of Judah XIX The Priests were to appoint Officers over the House of God and it did not appertain to the Civil Magistrate to intermeddle in the Priest's Office See the Case of Vzziah 2 Chron. 26.20 XX. The Priests of the Lord were to bless the People XXI The High-Priest only went into the Holiest of all and that not without Blood to make Atonement XXII The High-Priest only made the Perfume for Burnt-Offerings and it might not be applied to any other use but to burn before the Lord. XXIII The Death of the High-Priest set the guilty Person or Man-slayer free who had fled to the City of Refuge After the

put his Hook in the Nose and his Bridle in the Lips of his Enemies when he stops their fury thwarts their purposes and keeps them under 2 Kings 19.28 Esa. 37.29 He is said to put the Tears of the Godly in a bottle when he suffers them not to be shed in vain but preserving their Memory turns them to Everlasting Joy Psal. 56.8 Christ is peculiarly said to Bear our sins Esa. 53.4 12. by which their imputation to him and a full satisfaction is understood 1 Pet. 2.24 Who his own self Bare our sins in his own Body on the Tree that we being dead to sin should live unto Righteousness by whose stripes ye were healed God is said to cast our sins behind his back when he forgives them and remits the Punishment Esa. 38.17 To which there is a contrary phrase Psal. 90.8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee our secret sins in the light of thy Countenance He is said to Shave with a Razor the Head and the hair of the Feet and the Beard when he makes a spoil and devastation of the Land and scatters small and great from thence Esa. 7.20 God here intimates that by the King of Assyria he would punish the Israelites so as that Men Beasts Buildings Plants c. should be destroyed He says with a Razor that is hired that they may know it would exact its own reward that is that the Assyrians through greediness of Prey and Spoil would make havock of and sweep away all things The Lord is said to break forth upon his Enemies when he disperses crushes and slays them 2 Sam. 5.20 and 6.8 He is said to Shoot with an Arrow when he heaps swift and speedy vengeance upon the wicked Psal. 64.7 But God shall Shoot at them with an Arrow suddenly shall they be wounded God is said to Write which denotes his Knowledge and Providence with respect to Grace and Benignity as when he is said to VVrite the Godly in the Book of Life or his Book Esa. 4.3 Dan. 12.1 or when he VVrites his Law in their Hearts Jer. 31.33 Heb. 8.10 By which a Renovation by the Holy Spirit is noted that Beleivers should know and willingly obey the Will of God 2 Cor. 3.3 Hence he is said to Grave them upon the palm of his Hands Esa. 49.16 Which shews his most faithful care and eminent Grace towards them See Rev. 3.12 Sometimes his VVriting signifies his Wrath and Punishment of sinners as when Job says thou VVritest bitter things against me Job 13.26 that is thou dost afflict me with bitter and heavy strokes a metaphor taken from Courts of Judicature where legal sentences are Recorded Esa. 65.6 Behold it is VVritten before me I will not keep silence but I will recompence even recompence into their bosom by which Divine knowledge is noted a metaphor taken from men who Write down in a Book or Paper what they would remember It is said Jer. 17.13 They that depart from thee shall be written in the Earth because they have forsaken the Lord the Fountain of living waters that is such Apostates shall be excluded from Heaven and destinated to Eternal Destruction God is said to Search Jerusalem with Candles that is all their secret sins shall be brought to light and punished Zeph. 1.12 He is said to Engrave the graving of one stone c. Zach. 3.9 Which betokens the Wounds Languor and Passion of Christ who is figured by that Stone He is said to put an Hedge round about one when he preserves him from the malignity of malicious Spirits Job 1.10 And to remove the Hedge signifies that he will leave them naked exposed and defenceless Esa. 5.5 Psal. 8.12 13. and 89.40 41. When he is said to Enclose mans way with hewen Stones it denotes a being environed with Afflictions and Calamities as Lam. 3.9 To Hedge up the way with Thorns as Hosea 2.6 signifies that God will by Afflictions and other means hinder and divert men from an intended sin and iniquity God is said to Seal up the hand of every man Job 37.7 When he prohibits or hinders their actions It is said that God the Father Sealed Christ John 6.27 that is sent him forth with Divine Authority for the good of men See Cant. 4.12 and 8.6 Hag. 2.24 Where by Seal is betokened that he confirms and preserves Believers in Truth and Piety 2 Cor. 1.22 Eph 1.13 and 4.30 As men fix their Seal to that which they would Ratifie and Confirm The Father is said to Draw men to Christ John 6.44 45 65. When he illuminates the mind with his word and bestows the true knowledge of Salvation So Cant. 1.4 Jer. 31.2 Hosea 11.4 John 12.32 2 Thess. 3.5 This is no violent Compulsion but a benevolent flexion bending or disposition of a mind averse to goodness and that by means as the word Revealed and Preached c. It is said Jer. 15.7 I will Fan them with a Fan c. that is in my Anger I will disperse and destroy them The word is properly taken Esa. 30.24 It is said of Christ Matth. 3.12 Luke 3.17 That his Fan is in his hand and he will throughly purge his Floor and gather his VVheat into his Garner but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire that is by the word of his Power and by Afflictions and Tribulations he will segregate or separate the Godly from the Wicked as by a Fan or winnowing the pure grain is divided from the Chaff God is said to Sweep with the Besom of Destruction Esa. 14.23 which intimates an utter Desolation and spoil of Inhabitants to the Land It is said Psal. 76.12 He shall cut off the Spirit of Princes the word Translated cut off is emphatical and signifies the lopping off the branches of a Vine leaving it naked and desolate and so it notes a deprivation of Strength Courage or Life it self God is said to Annoint when he Comforts lifts up or makes glad his People Psal. 23.4 5. 2 Cor. 1.21 But most large extensive and copious in the Vnction of Christ our Blessed Saviour wherewith he is by the Father annointed for the Salvation of poor sinners Psal. 45.7 8. Esa. 61.1 Luke 4 18. Heb. 1.9 John 3.34 Act. 10.38 c. A third kind of Actions which properly belong to the Feet are ascribed to God as Gen. 3.15 A breaking the Serpents Head where by the Serpent is meant the Devil who seduced Eve in that form and by the Serpents head his Power and diabolical fierceness So the breaking of his Head is to be performed by the Messias God-man and signifies the destruction of the power and Kingdom of the Devil and mans Redemption from its Tyranny and Vassallage Our Saviour is figured here as a magnificent Hero who with his Feet tramples upon the Serpent or Dragon and breaks his Head But it is said that the Serpent shall bruise his heel by which phrase the Passion and Death of Christ is

Death of the High-Priest the Slayer shall return to the Land of his Possession By the High-Priest's Death an Atonement was made for him saith Mr. Ainsworth XXIV The High-Priest brought the Bodies of those Beasts whose Blood was brought into the Sanctuary to be burnt without the Camp Parallel I. CHrist was of the Race of Mankind of the Seed of David according to the Flesh Forasmuch as Children are Partakers of Flesh and Blood he likewise took part of the same but was altogether pure spotless without the least Stain of Sin II. So Christ glorified not himself to be made an High-Priest but he that said unto him Thou art my Son c. and in another place Thou art a Priest for ever c. The Father invested him in this Office Him hath God the Father sealed He was baptized and the Spirit came down visibly upon him when he was about thirty Years old III. Christ was anointed with the Oil of Gladness above his Fellows How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy-Ghost and with Power He had also immaculate Sanctity and Purity in him IV. Christ was said to be glorious in his Apparel cloathed with the Divine Nature as with a Garment he was adorned with perfect and compleat Righteousness V. Signifying saith Mr. Guild the Deity of Christ which as a Circle hath neither beginning nor end and the Royal Dignity whereby he is advanced to be the Supreme Head in all things to his Church or his Kingship See Goodwin's Moses and Aaron VI. Christ's Humanity is cloathed with true Holiness which is compared to fine Linnen clean and white VII The Lord Jesus as our High-Priest presents ●●or bears the Remembrances of all his faithful People upon his Heart when he appears before God to make Intercession for them He knows his own Sheep by Name VIII Christ hath in him the Perfection of true Light Beauty and Holiness Vrim and Thummim signified Christ's Prophetical Office whereby He as a standing Oracle to his Church answers all Doubts and Controversies whatsoever IX Christ is the real Antitype of this engraven Plate in likeness of a Signet Holiness to the Lord in that the Father hath actually communicated to him his Nature who is the express Image of his Person a glorious Representation of him to us being able to bear and hath born our Iniquities The Lord hath laid on him the Iniquities of us all X. Christ is the Mouth of the Father to the Sons of Men He is called the Word of God God hath spoken unto us by his Son XI Christ's Church must be a pure Virgin chast unstained with Superstition or Idolatry giving neither Love nor Worship to any other Christ owns none but such a People for his Spouse XII Christ offered up his own Body as a Sacrifice for our Sins He appeared to put away Sin by the Sacrifice of himself Christ was once offered to bear the Sins of many c. XIII As Christ was offered upon the Cross for the Sins of Mankind as a propitiatory Sacrifice so must his Blood in a spiritual manner be sprinkled upon our Consciences that we may be cleansed from our Sins and accepted in the sight of God Let us draw near with a true Heart in full assurance of Faith having our Hearts sprinkled from an evil Conscience c. For if the Blood of Bulls and Goats and the Ashes of an Heifer sprinkled the unclean sanctified to the purifying of the Flesh how much more shall the Blood of Christ who through the eternal Spirit offered himself to God purge your Consciences from dead Works to serve the living God But ye are come to Mount Zion c. And to Jesus the Mediator of the new Covenant and to the Blood of Sprinkling that speaks better things than the Blood of Abel XIV Christ's Righteousness remains for ever to cloath and adorn all true Believers 'T is the Wedding-Garment whosoever hath it not shall be shut out of the Marriage-Chamber and cast into utter Darkness XV. Christ sounds the great Trumpet of the Gospel for the assembling and gathering together of his Elect to himself from all the four Quarters of the Earth and will sound an Alarm at the last Day to the general Judgment The Trumpet shall sound and the Dead shall be raised c. XVI Christ is the great Teacher of God's Law 't is he that gives us the knowledg of Salvation that guides our Feet into the way of Peace We must seek the Law i. e. the Mind and Will of God at his Mouth who shews us plainly of the Father His Tabernacle is only standing not Moses's not Aaron's not Elias's but Jesus's This is my beloved Son hear him He is the last and only Teacher sent from God XVII Christ is Judg concerning the Plague of every Man's Heart what Sin is deadly and what not Tho there is no Sin venial as the Papist's affirm yet there is much more danger and evil in some Sins than in others As for example 'T is worse to have Sin in the Affection than in the Conversation to love it than to commit it The best of Saints have not been without Sin Infirmities have attended them yet they loved them not 'T is a loathsom thing to a true Believer That which I hate that do I. The Priest was to pronounce a Man utterly unclean if the Plague was got into his Head So if a Man's Judgment Will and Affection are for the ways of Sin if they chuse and love that which is evil Christ the High-Priest in his Word pronounces such unclean When Men approve not of God's ways because they forbid and give no toleration to their beastly Lust and Sensuality and from hence secretly contemn Religion in the strictness of it these surely have the Plague in their Heads XVIII The Lord Jesus makes and anoints many to be Kings for besides his acting towards Men in bringing of them to their Thrones and Kingdoms as 't is said By me Kings reign he makes all his Saints Kings and Priests and they shall reign on Earth XIX Christ hath the absolute Power of appointing what Officers should be in his Church He gave some Apostles some Prophets some Evangelists some Pastors and Teachers Those that make any other spiritual Office or Officer than Christ hath ordained will be found grand Criminals in the great Day XX. Christ was sent to bless the People by turning every one of them from the evil of their Ways to give Pardon yea the holy Spirit and eternal Life to as many as believe on him XXI Christ entred into Heaven it self alone for us as Mediator through the Merit of his precious Blood shed to make Atonement once for all there to appear in the presence of God for us Neither by the Blood of Goats and Calves but by his own Blood he entred in

respect of his Prophetical Office is hinted in the Particulars following Prophet I. A Prophet is a Mouth to others to speak forth what is the Sence and Mind of God to them And the Lord said unto Moses See I have made thee a God unto Pharaoh and Aaron thy Brother shall be thy Prophet and speak unto Pharaoh II. A Prophet speaks not of himself but the Word of God comes to him to teach him what he shall say For when David was up in the morning the Word of the Lord came unto the Prophet Gad David 's Seer saying c. III. A Prophet doth anoint others and install them into Office as Samuel did Saul and as Nathan did Solomon IV. A Prophet gives direction for cleansing from Filthiness Uncleanness or Leprosy The Servant of Naaman came near and spake unto him and said My Father if the Prophet had bid thee do some great thing wouldest thou not have done it How much rather then when he says unto thee Wash and be clean V. A Prophet was to pray for the People as the proper Work of his place hence Samuel saith God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you c. VI. A Prophet tho never so good or great is slighted by his own Neighbours and People he is without Honour in his own Country VII A true Prophet is ordained of God is sent forth to do that Work and Business Before thou camest out of the Womb I ordained thee to be a Prophet unto the Nations VIII A Prophet is anointed to do and perform the Work proper to his place as 't is said Elisha the Son of Shaphat thou shalt anoint to be a Prophet IX A Prophet is the Leader and Guide of the People as 't is said By a Prophet the Lord led Israel out of Egypt X. A true Prophet ought to be believed Believe his Prophets so shall you prosper XI A Prophet bears witness to the Truth To him give all the Prophets Witness XII A Prophet is a Man of God a Servant of God and knows his Secrets XIII The Prophets of God laid a Foundation for the Church to build upon in respect of Faith and Doctrine And that the Church is built upon the Foundation of the Apostles and Prophets XIV The Work of a true Prophet is to perfect the Work appertaining to the Church as well as to lay the Foundation of it He gave some Prophets c. for the perfecting of the Saints c. XV. Prophets are to be Examples to others Take my Brethren the Prophets for an Example XVI Prophets gave forth Scripture by the Inspiration of the Holy Spirit for Men to have recourse to at all times for Quickning Comfort and Instruction in Righteousness As it is written in the Prophets According to the Scriptures of the Prophets The Prophecy came not in old Time c. XVII Prophets do not only expound and shew what is past and already fulfilled but foretell and predict things to come which they all did more or less as a proper part of their Work Parallel I. JEsus Christ is the Mouth of God who speaks forth his Mind and Will unto the Sons of Men. God who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the Fathers hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son The Words which I speak are not mine but the Father 's that sent me II. Jesus Christ speaks not of himself as he was Man but the Word of God came to him to direct him what he should speak I speak not of my self The Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave unto him to shew unto his Servants things that must shortly come to pass III. Jesus Christ doth anoint others and install them into Office of whom it is said We have received an Vnction from the Holy One that teacheth all things I thank Jesus Christ who hath put me into the Ministry IV. Jesus Christ gives direction for cleansing from all Uncleanness both in respect of Body and Soul He said to the Leper I will be thou clean c. And when he saw the Lepers he said unto them Go shew your selves to the Priests and it came to pass that as they went they were cleansed Now are ye clean through the Word which I have spoken to you He doth not only direct but giveth cleansing Having wash'd us from our Sins in his own Blood V. Jesus Christ did eminently answer the Work of a good Prophet in praying for the People 1. For his Friends I will pray the Father and he shall give you another Comforter 1. That they may be kept from Evil. 2. That they may be sanctified through the Truth 3. That they may be brought to an inseparable Vnion Nay more than this 2. He prayeth for his Enemies Father forgive them for they know not what they do VI. Jesus Christ tho he was the greatest and best of Prophets that ever was sent to the Children of Men yet was he slighted by his own People and rejected by his near Neighbours He came unto his own and his own received him not Is not this the Carpenter's Son whose Father and Mother we know c. VII Jesus Christ was ordained and sent of God to do the Work and Office of a Prophet I came not of my self but the Father sent me He was faithful to him that appointed him as Moses also was VIII Jesus Christ is anointed to be a Prophet and to perform the Work proper to his place as it is said Because thou hast loved Righteousness and hated Iniquity therefore God even thy God hath anointed thee with the Oil of Gladness above thy Fellows The Lord God hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the Poor c. IX Jesus Christ is the Leader or Guide of his People called the Fore-runner and Captain of our Salvation He shall feed his Flock like a Shepherd and gently lead those that are with young c. Behold I have given him for a Witness to the People a Leader and Commander to the People X. Jesus Christ ought to be believed God commands all Men to hear him and unless they believe in him they shall die in their Sins For Moses truly said unto the Fathers A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your Brethren like unto me him shall ye hear in all things he shall say unto you And it shall come to pass that every Soul that will not hear that Prophet shall be destroyed from among the People XI Jesus Christ did bear witness to the Truth He witnessed a good Confession before Pontius Pilate and is called the faithful and true Witness and First-begotten from the Dead XII Jesus Christ is a Man of God indeed a Servant of God whose Meat and Drink it was to do his

Affections which like two long Wings he stretcheth out easily in the way of his gracious Providences for the help and succor of his People He shall arise with healing under his Wings VIII The Lord Jesus beareth and carrieth his faithful Children upon the Wings of his Power and Sovereign Grace thus he bare and carried Israel of old I have borne you upon Eagles Wings Hearken unto me O House of Jacob and all the Remnant of the House of Israel who are borne by me from the Belly which were carried from the Womb I will bear you I will carry you c. IX The Lord Jesus hides his Children in the Secrets of the Almighty that glorious Rock of Ages Their Place of Defence shall be a Munition of Rocks David knew what he did when he fled to God for Shelter Vnder the Shadow of thy Wings will I make my Refuge until these Calamities are overpast See Refuge X. Jesus Christ when he utters his Voice in Anger and rises up to the Prey he will cause all the Inhabitants of the Earth to tremble they will call to the Hills and Mountains to fall upon them and to hide them from the Face of him that sitteth upon the Throne and from the Wrath of the Lamb. Nay the Time will come when the old Dragon will be glad to flie into his Den. The Devils were afraid of him when he came as a Lamb Art thou come to torment us before the time Be wise now therefore O ye Kings be instructed O ye Judges of the Earth Kiss the Son lest he be angry and ye perish from the day when his Wrath is kindled but a little Blessed are all they that put their Trust in him XI The way of Christ's Love Wisdom Providence c. cannot be known or found out to perfection XII Jesus Christ hath a glorious and clear Sight can behold with open Face the Glory of the excellent Majesty and the highest Splendor and Beauty of that immortal and inaccessible Light which no natural Eye can approach unto And altho none of his People can see as he seeth who is infinite in Knowledg yet those that pretend to be his Off-spring and are not like him in Grace Heavenly-mindedness and Holiness nor endeavour after it from that Excellency they behold in it Christ will utterly disown them as being none of his Seed or Off-spring XIII The Lord Jesus teacheth all his People to be like himself so far as they are able and to mount up as with Eagles Wings and to live on high XIV So is the Lord Jesus of his People XV. The Lord Jesus suffered himself to be wounded for us his Hands and Feet yea his very Heart was pierced that we might have his Blood to drink in believing My Blood is Drink indeed XVI The Lord Jesus Christ is not only long-liv'd but he lives for ever He was from everlasting and he will be to everlasting He is the King eternal the Father of Eternity so the Hebrew Simile THe Eagle hath many evil Qualities She is neither fair nor comely hath no sweet Voice nor is she good for Food but she is quarrelsom preying devouring solitary envious to others proud and lofty the Plague and Tormentor of all other Birds or Fowls of the Air an Enemy to Peace She has horrible Claws feeds on Serpents Fish and Carrion snatching up Geese Hares Lambs c. Gesner reports that a certain Eagle's Nest was found wherein were three hundred Ducks one hundred and sixty Geese forty Hares and many Fishes An Eagle is very crafty She fills her Wings with Dust and gets upon a Stag's Horns and beating the Dust and Sand into his Eyes she blinds him and then soon conquers him She carries Shell-Fishes on high letting them fall upon the Rocks to break them c. Disparity IN all these things there can be no greater Disparity imaginable and upon this account wicked Men or Tyrants are compared to Eagles Inferences I. Flie to Christ to bear you upon his Wings II. To hide you under the Wings of his gracious Protection Vnder thy Wings saith David will I make my Refuge till these Calamities are overpast c. Christ compared unto a Bundle of Myrrh Cant. 1.13 A Bundle of Myrrh is my Beloved unto me THis Book expresses under many different Metaphors and Similitudes the Greatness of Christ's Love to his Church and the Sincerity of the Churches Love to Christ. Sometimes you have Christ commending his Spouse sometimes the Spouse speaking in the praise of Christ as she doth here A Bundle of Myrrh a Cluster of Camphire is my Beloved unto me A Soul espoused to Jesus Christ hath a great Love to him and an high Esteem of him knows not how to set out that excellent Worth and Beauty it beholds in him Myrrh is a kind of precious Fruit plentifully growing in Arabia it is somewhat bitter but most fragrant and of excellent use in Physick METAPHOR I. MYrrh has a perfuming quality 't is of a fragrant and odoriferous Nature 't is used for perfuming Garments and other things to make them cast a pleasant Smell All thy Garments smell of Myrrh Aloes and Cassia The Harlot says She had perfumed her Bed with Myrrh Aloes and Cinnamon II. Myrrh is a rare and rich Perfume a fit Present for a King hence the wise Men of the East honoured Christ with Myrrh at his Birth III. Myrrh hath a preserving Quality it keeps things from corruption putrifying and rotting Hence the Friends of Christ brought Myrrh Aloes and other Spices for the embalming of his Body after his Crucifixion IV. Myrrh hath a beautifying quality The Virgins that prepared themselves for Ahasuerus made use of Myrrh 'T is good to take away the Wrinkles from the Face and to make the Skin smooth and shining V. Myrrh that which is the right and true Arabia Myrrh is not easily known by the Vulgar as Pliny notes Many cannot make Judgment about it some take the false Indian Myrrh that grows upon a Thorny Plant for the right Sort. VI. Myrrh hath a healing quality Physicians make use of it for the removing of several Distempers Pliny says it dries up Rheums clears the Voice helps the ill Savour of the Breath c. VII Myrrh was the first and principal Ingredient of the holy anointing Oil that was appointed to be made use of for the anointing of Aaron the Tabernacle and the Pertinents thereof 'T is called a Bundle or as Ainsworth reads it a Bag of Myrrh 1. To denote the Plenty or Fulness of that odoriferous Gum. 2. A Bundle or Bag keeps things safe that are of worth The Soul of my Lord shall be bound in the Bundle of Life with Jehovah his God Parallel I. JEsus Christ hath a perfuming Virtue See how the Church describes him for his Fragrancy Who is this that cometh out of the Wilderness like Pillars of