The Day, in Opposition to the Night. A State of Water. Purifying Grace of the Divine Spirit. 2 Living Water. Word of the Gospel. John iv. 10. The Sea. The Gentile World. Isa. lx. 5. Waves of the Sea. The rebellious Force and Turbulence of the People. Psalm lxv. 7. Jude, 13. Earth. The Natural Man. 1 Cor. xv. 47. Gen. xviii. 27. THE THREE NATURAL KINGDOMS; OF PLANTS, 1. PLANTS. TREES. Men fruitful, and unfruitful. Psalm i. 3. Matt. iii. 10. Vine. The Church. Psalm lxxx. 8. 14. Christ, the Head and Root of the Church. John xv. 1. Growth of Plants. Resurrection and Glorification. Hos. xiv. 7. John xii. 24. 1 Cor. xv. 36, &c. Isa. lxvi. 14. Growth in Grace. Isa. lv. 10. Planting. Placing in the Church, to be nourished with Grace. Psalm xcii. 13. 1 Cor. iii. 6. 8. Isa. xli. 19. Matth. xv. 13. Cedars. Great Men. Thorns and Briars. Zech. xi. 2. The Wicked, Perverse, and Un tractable. Numb. xxxiii. 55. 2 Sam. xxiii. 6. Ezek. ii. 6. Luke vi. 44.. Fruit. Good Works. Matt. iii. 8. Flower. An Emblem of Mortal Man. Seed. Posterity. Gen. xvii. 7, 8. Jam. iii. 17. Job xiv. 2. Wild Olive. Man in a State of Nature. Rom. xi. 17. Cultivated Olive. Church of God. Rom. ii. 24. Oil. The Spirit of God giving Power to Kings and Priests, and Health to the Sick. Acts x. 38. Psal. lxxxix. 20. Jam. v. 14. Wine. Blood. Isa. lxiii. 1, &c. Rev. xxiv. 20. Luke xxii. 20. Gen. xlix. 11. 2. Grapes. Fruits of Righteousness. Isa. v. Leaves. Words, the Service of the Lips, as distinguished from the Fruits of good Works. xxi. 19. See and consider, Psalm i. 3. Matt. Chaff. Unprofitable worthless Men, to be driven away with the Wind, or burned in the Fire. Matt. iii. 12. Psalm i. 4. Wormwood. A bitter evil-minded Person. Deut. xxix. 18. Heb. xii. 15. BEAST. An evil brutish Man. 1 Cor. xv. 32. 2 Pet. ii. 12. A Great Beast. An Heathen Kingdom, or Power of the Earth. Dan. vii. 17. Lion. v. 5. The Royal Character in the Messiah. Rev. Lion. A Persecutor, whether heathenish or diabolical. 1 Tim. iv. 17. 1 Pet. v. 8. Ox, treading out Corn. A Minister of the Word. 1 Cor. ix. 9. 1 Tim. v. 18. Dog. For his Vigilance, means a Watchman, to give Deut. xxiii. 18. Wolf. A Thief, or religious Impostor, a Devourer of the Church. Luke x. 3. John x. 12. Sheep under a Shepherd. The People under a King. Zech. xiii. 7. The Congregation under Christ. Matt. xv. 24. Psalm c. 3. Serpent. The Devil. Rev. xii. 9. 2 Cor. xi. 3. Vipers. The Children of the Devil. 12. 34. Birds of the Air. Matt. iii. 7. Evil Spirits. Matt. xiii. 4, com pare with 19. Rev. xviii. 2. Fox. A cunning deceitful Person. Luke xiii. 32. Animals in the Cherubim. The Powers of God, and Attributes of Christ. Ezek. i. 28. Ezek. i. 28. Heb. ix. 5. The Lamb. The Messiah, suffering for the Sins of the World. Gen. xxii. 8. John i. 29. Rev. v. 12. Swine. Unclean ungodly People. 2 Pet. ii. 22. Matt. vii. 6. Deut. xiv. 8. Matt. viii. 31. 3. MINERALS. STONES. People of an hard Heart; the unbelieving Gentiles. Ezek. xxxvi. 26. Isa. v. 2. Matt. iii. 9. Compare Psalm lxxx. 8. with Isa. v. 2. Clay in the Hands of the Potter. of his Creator. Rom. ix. 21. Earthen Vessel. Dust and Ashes. Man's Body. Man in the hands Isa. lxiv. 8. 2 Cor. iv. 7. Mortal sinful Man, under Death and Condemnation, as a Burnt Sacrifice. Gen. xviii. 27. Gen. iii. 19. Job xlii. 6. Mal. iv. 3. Salt. Such Doctrine as preserves the World from Corruption. Matt. v. 13. Col. iv. 6. Tit. ii. 7. Gold. Good Men bearing Trouble as Gold bears the Fire. Job xxiii. 10. 1 Pet. i. 7. Ezek. xiii. 9. Wise and pure Doctrine. Prov. xvi. 16. Rev. iii. 18. Image of Gold, Silver, Brass, and Iron. Monarchies or Kingdoms of the World. 31-45. The four Dan. ii. Riches and Talents. Gifts and Graces from God. Rock. A Defence, a Place of Refuge. Isa. xvii 10. Rock giving Water. Christ giving Grace to a thirsty 1 DIFFERENT STATES OF MEN. KING. God the King of Kings, and Authority and Power. Matt. xxii. 2. 1 Tim. i. 17. Psalm xxiv. 8. Origin of all Rev. xvii. 4. Master or Teacher. Christ. Matt. xxiii. 8. John xiii. 13. Servants. Christians who give themselves up to the Service of God. Tit. i. 1. Rev. vii. 3. Gal. i. 10. A Slave, one who has no Property in himself, but is bought by another. Such are all Mankind, whom Christ hath redeemed. 1 Cor. vi. 20. 8. Isa. lxi. 1. Deut. vii. A Captive. One under Sin and Satan. 2 Tim. ii. 26. Rom. vii. 23. A Father. God the Father Almighty, of whom we are the Children by Creation and Redemption. Mal. i. 6. ii. 10. Jer. xxxi. 9. Brethren. Christians united by their Profession. Acts xxi. 7. 1 Cor. xv. 6. Two Brethren, the Elder, and the Younger. The A Virgin. A Christian Church in its Purity. 2 Cor. xi. 2. A Harlot, Whore, or Adultress. An Apostate Church, or City, with Heathen Corruptions. Isa. i. 21. Jer. iii. 6. Ezek. xxiii. 7. Rev. xvii. 5. A Shepherd. Christ, the Leader and Keeper of his Flock, the Church. Psalm xxiii. 1. Isa. xl. 11. Ezek. xxxiv. 23. John x. 14. 1 Pet. v. 4. An Hireling. A false Minister, who careth not for the Sheep. John x. 12, 13. Citizens. Members of the heavenly City, the Jerusalem that is above. Eph. ii. 19. Heb. xi. 10. xii. 22. |