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Action, of Representation, &c. in one Place. So the Root fingular, or without Alteration, or adverbially, is used for the Name, or the Subftance, or the Place. But plural frequently, and mafculine by way of Eminence for thefe Names; and fo for the Placers, as Ifa. v. 20. D

who put twice. And as this Substance is made in other Words the Ruler of Motion, the Placer or Difpofer of Matter within it; or plural, the Placers or Difpofers of Matter within them: The fame Letters generally, fometimes as Rules vary them with a Vau or Jod between, are to place or difpofe. And tho' this Word is not used in their Commiffion; yet as the Heathens under this Word have made them the Placers, the Difpofers, which in Matter are the fame as Rulers; fo this Word is used in Oppofition, or to reclaim this Power in the placing or difpofing almost every Thing in this System: So in the Emblems in the Tabernacle, Temple, Services, &c. And as the bare Place or Places, Thing or Things, as it or they is or are placed without Inhabitants, Ornaments, Cultivation or Improvements, or ftript of them, is expreffed by this Word fingular frequently, fometimes by way of Augmentation with the Mem doubled, fo plural R 2

fem.

fem. Pfal. xlvi. 8. nov what Defolations he has made; explained in this Senfe, Ezek. xxxii. 15. xxxiii. 28. xxxvi. 34. And as one of the Names for fuch a Place, viz. ", and thefe Objects of Worship have a Jod prefixed, they would

But Roots are not

make that a Root. taken from Names, but Names from Roots: And a Prefix of Jod, Tau, or,

c. frequently does not alter the Root. If any Objection be made to that, making them compound of the Word and cannot be difputed. Though thefe Differences in Meaning are evident in Relations or Sentences, yet not fo when the Word is found alone; and whether the Heathens intended Name or Names, Difpofer or Difpofers here, 'tis not material. The Words are cleared when join'd with others, and I fhall put thefe as they appear to me, fome here, and one hereafter. But notwithstanding this, the reprobate Jews, not content with making Names in the LXX what the Greeks expreffed them by frequently fingular, and fometimes, when they pleated, plural, as 1 Chron. xvi. 26. 2 Chron. xxviii. 9, &c. to avoid the Idea contained in the Word, which, eminently mafc. in the plural, is thefe Names, and other Names in the feminine, one Vaga

bond,

bond, curfed and banifhed for this Crime, calls himself R. Selomoh (cited by — P.) fays 'tis Dual, from Waters above and below: That 'tis compounded of us and

fo with a ;מים and שאה another of ;מיס

Point on one Side, to fignify Name; on the other Side, to fignify to place. But R. Mofch. "It is better to refer it to me, as we do the Noun above, which the Plural regimen, and its Affixes fufficiently prove. M.. M. Q. Some make it a Compound of there, and Waters. Others

the Heavens, as moft remote from the Earth; becaufe fignifies a remote Place; and they fay that its dual Form denotes its Distance from the Earth, which is on each Side equal, or the two Poles of the World about which the Heaven revolves. Aben Ezra fays is dual, from viz. the two Places by which the Heavens are understood, upon account of the two Poles." (Note every one of the Reasons affigned are falfe in Fact.) Though all the Languages which have preferved Footsteps of the Hebrew ufe this Word for the Names, and even the Jews themselves in their private Writings, and even fince Chrift, as under this Word. Caft. P. 3773. Ethiop.- "The Congre gation of the Three Names, that is, the R 3 Chrif

Christian Church, fo called from its worfhipping the Holy Trinity." Yet fuch Stuff as this has been taken upon fuch Evidence, rather than take the Trouble of searching and trufting their own Senfes. We have many reproachful Accounts from those who have been fet up for wife Men, and have allowed the Ægyptians to be wise Men, that they worshipped Onions. That is no more than that before Writing was, they made that Root an Emblem of what they worshipped, fo facred. And Numb. xi. 5. we find mentioned among the grateful Sorts of Food the Ifraelites eat in Egypt. They tranflate that some Species of Garlick, and by Onions, We cannot determine what Species each was: But our Onion is a perfect Emblem of the Difpofition of this fluid System, fuppofing the Root and Top of the Head to represent the two Poles: If you cut any one transverse or diagonally, you will find it divided into the fame Number of Spheres, including each other, counting from the Sun or Center to the Circumference, as they knew the Motions or Courses of the Orbs divided this fluid Syftem into; and fo the Divifions reprefented the Courses

of thofe Orbs.

I fhall add, that this Word Singular is ufed for Jehovah. Ifa. lix. 19. They fhall fear the Name of Jehovah from the Weft. Lev. xviii. 21. Thou shalt not pollute on, the Name of thy Alcim, I Jehovah. Exod. xx. 7. COMMAND iii. Thou shalt not apply the Name of Jchovah, thy Aleim, to vain, or created Things. Exod. xxiii. 21. Obey his Voice for my

Name is in him. And Plural, for the Names or the Aleim, as the Context determines. As Gen. xxiv. 3, 7. In Jehovah the Aleim, of the Names. Deut. X. 14. 1 Kings viii. 27. 2 Chron. ii. 6. vi. 18. Neh. ix. 6. To Jehovah the Alcim, the Names, and the Names of the Names. Pfal. cxv. 16. The Names of the Names to Jehovah. Pfal. xix. 2. The Names declare the Glory of the Aleim. Deut. Xxxiii. 26. There is none like unto the Aleim of Jefhuron, who rideth upon the Names in thy Help, and in his Excellency on the Sky. Pfal. Ixviii. 33. To him that rideth upon the Names of the Names of old. Eccl. v. 2. For the Alcim in the Names, and thou on Earth. Lam. iii. 41. Let us lift up our Heart with our Hands unto the Irradiator in the Names. Ver. 66, from under m the Names of Jehovah. Pfal. xx. 7. He R 4 will

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