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Show I 5"6 The feveral manners of, ~c._ LIB. IV. c raJmu~.- ;,. whence their ancient DolJ or s fay, (c) that af~er the Sanheirtn, c. 1 ·latter Prophet I H aggai'j ZachdrJ, and Malach1 were dead, the Holy Ghoji went ttp or departed fro1JJ Ifrael. Howbeit, they ha.d the ufe of a 'Voice or eccho from Heaven. In which fpe·ech we are not to under!t,and that the Holj Ghofl wrought not at all upon the creatures, or that it wrought not then in the fanCtification of men, as in fo~mer times, but that this extraordinary enttbliwg men to prophejie by the infpiration of the Holy Gho.ft., then ceafed; and in this feufe the Ho~ Ghoft wtH faid to have departed_from Ifrael. Unto thts common received opinion, that paffage might have reference, .Alls 19. We have not fo much ,u heard whether tbere ht~th been an Holy Ghofl or no. That they did not doubt the diftintl:ion of perfons, appcareth clear, if rhat be d p~ FaJ,iuJ true which (d) fome have noted, that the ancient JewJ in Exod.~g~ before chrifi were fo catechifed in that point, taat they obferved the 114tftery of the Trinity in the name il}i1 ~ Jehovah'J for though the name confifted or four letters in numb-er, whence it was called rre1eg.yeh~-fJ-~ToV ~adriliterum)yet there ~ere but threefortJ of Lett.ers in the name: "Jod figndied t~le F atb_er, ~ho was the beginnit:lg of all things : ' v_au 1s a con_Junct~o? copu_lative, agd ..denoted the thtrd perfon tn Trtntty~ wh~ch proceedeth from the Father at:d the Son, i1 H_e Ggntfi· eth the So11- of God. The Rabbtnes have~ fay1ng, that God made all things, in litera 0 He. They may allude to this that he made all things by his Word: he faid Let there be thus and thus, and it was fo .: but the; may allo allude to the ficond per[on in Trinit!· And furthermore! they note that :-1 He, ts doubled In this name, to demonftrate both Natures of our blef-fed Saviour. 1 he third degree, was Vrim and ThNmmim. Vrim fig- 1:! I B. IV. OfVrim 4n.d Th~tmmiw; 167 fignifi~th light) and rhumm-im perfection. That they-were two ornaments in the High prieflJ brefl·plate! is generally agreed upon: but_ what manner of orna.· mentsJ or how they gave anfwer; is hard to refol ve. ·(e) Some think them to be the four rows of fl:ones in e Joft'pb.Andq . the bre!l: ·plate, the fplendour and brightnefi of which 1 ·3 ' 9' forefhewed victory:, and by the rule of contr:uies, we may gather, that the dar4nefs of the flones not ihining prefaged evil. (f) Others fay it was the name Jehova6 f R s~Iom put in tbe doubling of the breft ·platc, for that was qunnaamodum double Ex.o d. 18. . l'6. (.g l Otdh er.s declare the manner refe~r D. trim- 1_ . cht tn radtc. of. confulnng wtth Vrzm an TrJ!tn:tmun thus: Firfi, g ralmud, in theyC1y that only theKi.ng, orelfeLhe (h)Father 0 f']?nah :·~· t he Con_,.;{t;)f. .t ory ha d power to con f u 1t , or to propo1r_e t h'Je vint dE.xP~.rFt. t tg:!t?u.m matter unto the Prieft, and the Prieji only had power h Abhtrh din.to refol ve. Second£11, that the matter propofed muU: not be trivial, ?ut of mo~~nt an,d great difficulty. thirdly, that th1s holy wnttng, termed Vrim and Thummim, con{iited of all the Tribes names, and like-wife of tl~e Patriarchs, Abraham, Ijaac and Jac~b; fo that no letter of the Alphabet was wanting. ·rhe que· fiion being propofed, fame f1y that the letters which gave the anf wer \Vcre I"i'D~"J ( i.) they did ari(e and e!Ptinently llfJpear above the otherJ. An examp.Ie rhey take from ~ Sam. 2. t. When David asked the Lord, Shall I go up into any of the Cities of J11dah? the Lord an( we red, ~'11) Gnaleh, go up. Here .. fay they ~ appened out of the name of l"'~D:r:i scbimeov ; out of the nam.e of \)'7 Levi, :1 our of the name' of i11li1) Jebudah. Others fay , that the 1 etters w hie h. repreftnted the Oracle were nHY'ltO~O ( i.) that they did after a f'crange m an~er joyn. themfelves into perfetJ jjUab!cs and entire words, ~nd maue the anfwer com· pleat. M1ny other opinions might be r(ck.o.nerl up) but |