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A52486 Divine eloquence, or, An essay upon the tropes and figures contained in the Holy Scriptures and reduced under the proper titles & rhetorick also several texts of Scripture which fall in with the figures are briefly interpreted, especially those which seem to favour the papist or the Socinian. Norwood, Cornelius. 1694 (1694) Wing N1344; ESTC R30070 55,272 145

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be once prepar'd and disposed to follow Christ unless we also persevere in our Course after him Now then the Bridegroom is Christ himself the time of the Wedding is at his last coming the night is the melancholy state and condition of the Church in the World the Virgins are they that make profession of the purity of the Gospel and the wise Virgins are the true Believers that are constantly provided in their Hearts to receive him at his coming making an holy Life and Practice their daily Business through the assistance of Divine Grace which is the Oil that burneth howsoever it be not always in actual exercise but the foolish ones are they in the Church who have been very negligent to excite and cherish the Gifts and Graces of the Holy Spirit the Lamps are their Hearts which are unprovided the Slumber is their Remissness and Cessation from continual exercise of Piety without expectation of Christ's sudden appearance caused chiefly through the Infirmity of the Flesh that is unactive and tired out through his long delays of coming The Holy Scripture is very full of Allegories of all sorts See Job 20. 12 13. c. 27. v. 20. c. 28. v. 9. Psal 23. v. 1. 69. 1 2 3. 75. 8. 80. v. 8 9 10. Prov. 3. 8. Isai 1. 5 6 7. 30. 30. Matt. 3. 10 12. 5-13 7 3 4 5 6. 9. 14. Luk 9. 62. Rom. 11. 16 17 18. But I should be too tedious should I give you an accurate view of the particular Instances belonging to this Figure METALEPSIS Metalepsis multiplies a Trope in one word when one improper term serves to express another by it till you arrive at the most proper one of all Matt. 21. 20. All the City was moved The word City here signifies Jerusalem the general term comprehending the particular by Synecdoche generis and Jerusalem denotes the Inhabitants of it by a Metonymy of the Subject Lament 4. 4. The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for very thirst here first by the extreme thirst of the sucking Infant is signified the barren and dry breasts of the Mother and by her Want of Milk extreme Hunger and Famine and by Famine the dismal Poverty and Misery of the People Four kinds of a Trope There are four sorts of a Trope Metonymy Irony Metaphor Synecdoche METONYMY Metonymy of the cause when the name of the very Person serves to express the act or operation proceeding from him thus The Holy Spirit sometimes signifies only regeneration or a new birth which is the peculiar efficacy of the third Person in the Blessed Trinity Psal 51. 10. Renew a Right spirit within me and to the very same purpose see Ezek. 36. 26. Eph. 4. 23. Rom. 12. 2. all which places seem to imply nothing less than a moral change wrought in our Souls by the Influence of divine grace whereby we become regenerate or born again 1 Thess 5. 19. 't is the admonition of St. Paul not to quench the Spirit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a similitude borrowed from the fire of the ancient Altars which was continually to be preserved alive and so here he must not extinguish the Gifts of the Spirit but keep them in constant exercise such are Grace Charity meekness c. See Matt. 25. 8. 2 Tim. 1. 6. The very same Apostle commands us to stir up the Gift of the Holy Spirit that is Grace or Faith or Godliness or some other divine Quality which is excited in us by the mighty energy power or operation of the Holy Ghost Spirit also sometimes signifies a divine power or energy reigning in the Soul of the regenerate Man See Luke 1. 46 47. My soul doth magnifie the Lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour There are not a few other places of Scripture where you will find the word Spirit is often made use of to express the new Man and spiritual strength Rom. 1. 9. Galat. 3. 3. Acts 17. 16. 2 Kings 2. 9. It was the earnest request of Elisha to Elijah let a double portion of thy Spirit be upon me that is give me an extraordinary measure of the gift of Prophecy and power in working Mirecles which are here called the portion of thy Spirit as being the peculiar gifts of the Holy Spirit conferred upon us See Num. 11. 25. 2 Kings 4. 1 and 42. Dan. 5. 12. Daniel had a more excellent spirit that is a more eminent gift of the spirit more knowledge and more understanding Numb 11. 25. The Spirit of the Lord rested upon the seventy Elders that is the Gift of Prophecy and Prediction Acts 19. 2. We have not so much as heard whether there be Any Holy Ghost that is we are very much Strangers to the virtue power or influence of him And you find afterwards they received the Holy Ghost that is the divine Inspirations of him which did eminently appear in the Gift of languages and of power of working Miracles and other kind of Wonders To the same purpose see Acts 1. 5. Jo. 7. 39. Rev. 1. 10. I was in the Spirit that is in a Rapture or Ecstasie in which the Understanding is exalted after a wonderfull manner to the Contemplation of Heavenly things Ezek. 37. 1. The hand of the Lord carried me out in the Spirit of the Lord that is by a vision occasioned by him where you see in both these places the Spirit the efficient Cause is put for the Effect proceeding from him Luke 16. 29. They have Moses and the Prophets that is the Books of Moses where by a Metonymy of the efficient Cause the Author is put for his Writings See Luke 24. 27. Eph. 4. 20. But ye have not so learned Christ that is the Gospel and Doctrines delivered by him Acts 2. 4. They began to speak with Other tongues that is with different sorts of languages Prov. 25. 15. A Soft Tongue breaketh the Bones that is a mild and courteous way of speaking softens the hardest Heart and most obstinate Resolutions where you see in both these places of Scripture the instrumental Cause signifies the Effect it self produced by it Gen. 11. 1. And the whole earth was of One lip that is of one language and uniform way of speaking Instrumentum pro Effectu ipso Job 31. 6. Let God weigh me in an even Balance the instrument of Equity and Justice for equity it self and so without a Metaphor the Phrase signifies no more but Let God try and examine me impartially Ezek. 7. 15. the Sword is without and the Pestilence and the Famine within that is death and ruin is scattered every where and is signified by those which are the unhappy instruments of it Matt. 10. 34. I came not to send Peace but a Sword that is variance and death and persecution instrumentum pro Re effecta Not that our Saviour's Coming was the proper Cause of such Unhappiness but so it should eventually happen out upon his appearance in our Nature because his