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The Patient, whom we must visit, is described, 1. Qu• sit, 2. Cuivi sit. God speaketh of her, 1. Positively, 2. Possessively. Positively, what she is of her self. The daughter of the people. Possessively, what she is by relation, in regard of her owner, populi mei, Gods people.

The Patient, whom we must visite, is described, 1. Qu• sit, 2. Cuiui sit. God speaketh of her, 1. Positiuely, 2. Possessiuely. Positiuely, what shee is of her selfe. The daughter of the people. Possessiuely, what shee is by relation, in regard of her owner, populi mei, Gods people.

Daughter. This title is usual according to Hebraism, Daughter of Israel, for Israel. Daughter of Zion, for Slon ^cSay ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy salvation cometh &c. Daughter of Judah, for Judah ^dThe Lord hath trodden the daughter of Judah, as a Wine-press. Daughter of Jerusalem, for Jerusalem, Lament, 2. Of Babylon, for Babylon, ^eOh daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed, &c. So Christ calls himself the Son of man, because he took on him mans nature, Isaiah 2 1. Oh my threshing, and the son of my floor, for the floor it self, or the corn of it. And Augustine observes on the 72. Psalm, that by the children of the poor, is meant the poor themselves. This is an abstractive Phrase, and vox indulgentis; implying propense favour in the speaker, and tenderness in the person spoken of; filia populi. It is a word of relation, simply taken: for daughter depends on the respect of Parent. Here it is Phrasicall, and therefore not to be forced. Yet because (cunctae apices) every letter and accent in holy West is divinely significant; let us not neglectfully pass it over, without some useful observation.