Planets, of which Celfus in Origin, p. 5. faith, That Men, Women, and Boys, were facrificed to him, as it is in the Life of Athanafius in Photion, Cod. cclviii." Tis likely thefe Spheres were within one another, as they are in the Heavens, and in their Emblem the Onion explain'd; and this fhews that Tophet, as I have explain'd it, was, the Sphere of the Sun, in which they burn'd their First-born. I need not repeat how ftrong their Tradition was, that the Sacrifice of a Firft-born fhould redeem them, and that nothing less could have induced them to offer their most beloved Off-fpring. If I make the fecond Succoth the Tabernacles, and Benoth of the Daughters, 'twould be only a Suppofition that they evaded expreffing the Attribute which gives the Daughters what they wanted. If I make it the Coverers, Protectrices of the Daughters, it would anfwer the Emblem they give us, a Hen and Chickens ; but that is an indeterminate Attribute. it could be proved to be of the Signification of fome which they put under the Root, it would exprefs what the Daughters wanted. But if Succoth be Tabernacles in the Senfe aforefaid, and ma be from na to build, fo Plural Builders; or, as they exprefs'd the productive If ductive Powers Feminine, apply'd as it is to building Children; fo the Agent with Powers which builds Children: 'Tis expreffive. R. Buxt. Lex. " is a Son who is extructed or built up from the Cohabitation of a Man and Woman. It is alfo by Metaphor applied to Brutes." Reclaim'd Gen. ii. 22, And Jehovah Aleim built the Rib, which he had taken out of the Man, into a Woman. So by other Words for the Brutes, Gen. i. 20. 24. Gen. xvi. 2, Go in unto my Maid, perhaps I shall be builded up by her. Ruth. iv. 11. Jehovah make the Woman that is come into thine Houfe like Rachael, and like Leah, which two did build the Houfe of Ifrael. So Deut. xxv. 9. So fhall it be done unto that Man that will not build up his Brother's Houfe. Whether the Tabernacles for which this Word is us'd, in which the Ifraelites were ordered to dwell, or those which were fet up in the Temple had any Reference to thefe, may be confider'd. It refers to that appointed for the Sabbath; because the Bufinefs of that Day was to confider the Formation of that Tabernacle, the Heavens. Perhaps y at p. 165, & my at p. 173. if it be of a Root with y the Plaf mator, belong to this Clafs, and ought alfo to be inferted here; and the latter Partof y' at p. 218. belongs to this Place. בית בית פלט Ention'd fof. xv. 26. The Word M expreffes to deliver out of Dan ger, out of the Womb, or, &c. In the latter Senfe, 'tis here the Deliverer out of the Womb. Mich. vi, 14, And thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver: and that which thou deliverest I will give to the Sword. So of Brutes, Job. xxi. 10, Their Cow calveth, and cafteft not her Calf. As this the Word Peor, &c. are proper Attributes, but not proper Words for Birth; and as they had attributed this under proper Words, as above-cited. Jer. ii. 27. Saying to a Stone (the Emblem) thou hast brought me forth. The Claims are under the Word T, &c. both for the Masculine Act of begetting, and the Feminine Act of bringing forth. Ezek. xvi. 20, Thou hast taken thy Sons and thy Daughters, whom thou haft born unto me, and thefe haft thou facrificed unto them to be devoured: Is this of thy Whoredoms a fmall Matter, that thou haft flain my Children, and delivered them to caufe them to pass through the Fire for them, &c. Ib. xxiii. 37, That they have committed Adultery, and Blood is in their Hands, and with their Idols have they committed Adultery, Adultery, and have also caufed their Sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the Fire to devour them. The Heavens, &c. are claimed by this Attribute. Gen. ii. 4, Thefe are the Generations of the Heavens, and of the Earth, when they were created: In the Day that Jehovah Aleim made the Earth and the Heavens. So Job xxxviii. 28, Who has begotten the Drops of the Dew The hoary Froft of Heaven, who hath gender'd it? Pfal. xc. 2, Before the Mountains were brought forth, &c. thou art Aleim. In other Words he claims the firft Productions; Gen. i. 11. Let the Earth bring forth Grafs, &c. Ver. 20, And the Aleim faid, Let the Waters bring forth-Ver 24.- Let the Earth bring forth the living Creature, &c.— And left these Precepts fhould be mistaken, He fays, Ver. 25. and the Aleim made the Beaft of the Earth after his Kind, and Cattle after their Kind, and every Thing that creepeth upon the Earth after his Kind. Cap. ii. 19, And out of the Ground Jehovah Aleim formed every Beaft of the Field, and every Fowl of the Air. Pfal. lxxi. 6, Thou art he that took me out of my Mother's Bowels. The Claims of Deliverance from Danger under this Attribute are many, and ftrong, of which in its Place. בעל בעל המון M Ention'd Cant. viii. 11. It expresses that in which.there is a Multitude, and fo which gives Power to, or makes to multiply in Number, to augment to a vaft Quantity, and is the Agent with thofe Powers which enables People, and other Animals, by Copulation, by ejecting the Milt upon or into the Spawn, or Eggs, to procreate, bring forth, hatch, &c. and fo to multiply. God grants this to Abraham, Gen. xvii. 4, Thou shalt be a Father of a Multitude of Nations, for a Father of many Nations have I made thee. So in other Words Ifaac to Jacob, Gen. xxii. 3, And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayeft be a Multitude (an Affembly) of People: And give thee the Blessing of Abraham to thee, &c. To the whole Race of Man by another Word, Gen. i. 28, And the Aleim bleffed them, and the Alcim faid unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply. Gen. ix. 1, And the Alcim bleed Noah and his Sons, and said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply. Ver. 7, And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply, and |
