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Show of· lh~ Prop~e:t1.· LIlt J. dHHnguHh them into three fevera1 forts. 1 •. Wife men. 2.scribe1• 3· Difputer1. _The Apoftle. comprtfeth.them aH, 1 cor. 1 .10. Where IS the the ·Wlje·? Where IS the scribe? Where is the Difpnte;? U~to ~ny of thefe, or whatioever other Dollor enunently gtfted above o- . thers the title·Rabbi was prefixed. Firft,of their Pro· pheu:·,Secondl y, their wifeme!l Thirdl~, their ScriGes. fourthly their ·Difputers. Ftfthly,thetr R:abbies; To prophe.fie, or to ~e a ~r?phet, h~th divers acceptions in S~ripture. ,.Ftrfr, tt 1s taken tor the bO'okJ and writings 1{ ·the ProphetJ. They have Mofes and the Prophets, Lu.ft.I6.'2fJ- Secondly, for the whole Word of God :no Prophefie in the Scripture is of any privat-e motion 2 Pet.t. ~o. Thirdly, thofe unto whom God vouchf~fed familiarly to reveal himfelf' they are called Prophets: Abraham was a Prophei,Gen. 20.? .and Miriam a P-rop'hetefs, Exod,5 o. 20. Fourthly, ordtnary Interpreters of theW ord fire ·called Prophet I. He that ,receiveth a Prophet in the name of a Prophet, Mat. 1 o. 14. Lafi:]y, it is taken for thofe, who are enabled by Divine Revelation, to lay open hidde·n fecrets~tranf.z cending all poffibilhy of humane {earch. 'Hence it is ·that Prophets in old tim~ were called Seets, 1 Sam. <J• 9. And thc:ir Prophecy was termed a v1jio1t, BJaJ r. 1. becaufe God extroardinarily enlightned their minds with the knowledge of thefe f~cret-s. There are three obfervable names apptied to prot~ ·pheey in Scripture. 1. Ver-b1tm Domini: '2. ·Pifio.: 3· Onm~ 1he Wordoft·be LB1'd: Vifion: A Burthen. The firfi im· porteth the Lord fpeakjng, or revealing his fecrets; the fecond implyeth the Prophets attending, or be1: ;holding them ; the third being applyed onely ·to Judgements, fignifieth the bHrthenfomnefs of them on that people againft whom they came forth. L I B. I. Ofthe ProphetJ; For the propagation o (Learning CoUedges and schools were in divers places erected for the Pro· ph~t~; their S~holars Were termed( h)Fi/iiprophetarttm, h Eo.dom {en{u chzldre11 of the Prophets, 2Kin. 6. I. unto which phrn{e Gr.tct afpel- h · 11 fi /ant Artll m~· t ere ~s a u ton, Matt. I I. I~· Wifdom i1 ju.Jlijied of dic.t condidatat her (h~ldre~ : by r eafon of this Relation the Prophet i fl..1f;, 'lffi..[J'a..~ fornetlmes lS called a Father ; E/iflJa cryed out M·y. Era[._ Ep .. ded~ .. h h . (" :> catorra lir/arzG ~at er,myFat er, 2Kzng.2.12 .. lhe(c)Targume~- prttfix • . poundeth that place!)· Rabbi, Rttbbi;as much as to fay c T ~~rgum. my Mafte~,.my M'!fter: Acid in truth the Rahbies gre~ 2 Reg, 2 ' ' 2 ' very amblttous of the name Father~ which was the reafon of our Saviours fpeech, Matth. ~3.6. CaU 110 mau Father upon earth. The ( d) Scripture fometimes joyneth to 'the name d Kim chi i~ of the Prophet, the name ofhis Father as ·Hotea the f(J1i P8'~fhat. atl if . ,{' ' 'Jr;; Ju o1c am. o Beert, Ho,;. I. r. And fuch a one the Hehre'll?.J con· fefs to. be ~oth a Prophet, and the Jon of a Prophet. Sometimes It mentioneth the Prophets name, but not the Fat hers ; fuch a one they confe{s to be a ProphetJ but not the f@n ·of a Prophet .·Sometimes it mention4 eth with the Prophet, -the name of the City where he prophefied, and then it followeth, that he was a Pro. Pket of that City. When ~ Prophet is mentioned Without the name of the CiiJ, then hejs thought to be a Prophet tJf Jerufole»J. · 2. Wife men : This title though in it felf it be ge· neral and common to all Dolior.r, and Tettchers of the Law; yet for many years before oui· Saviours Incarnation,( e )it ~as either arrogated by the Pharifees, e G!Jrionid.iib. 0r elfe by the 1gn?r?nt rnul t'itude appropriated 4• cap . :zo. unto t?em, fo~ an op1n1on <?~their extraordinary wif _ · dom, In teachtng of Tradtuons, which they prefer,... red beyond the Law. Hence the Pharifees were called fDruf. ~e rrib. (f) MaflerJ of the TradititJns : And hence was that fell . . 8'5[ councel of~· E/e~zer t.o hi's Scholars, (g) that they ~~;~[.' ~pe;ir iliould forbtd their children from the 1tudy of the TAlrr. ud,p . as:,· E s~~ |