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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.

Daughter. This title is vsuall according to Hebraisme, Daughter of Israel, for Israel. Daughter of Sion, for Slon ^cSay yee to the daughter of Sion, Behold thy saluation commeth &c. Daughter of Iudah, for Iudah ^dThe Lord hath troden the daughter of Iudah, as a Wine-presse. Daughter of Ierusalem, for Ierusalem, Lament, 2. Of Babilon, for Babylon, ^eOh daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed, &c. So Christ cals himselfe the Sonne of man, because he tooke on him mans nature, Esay 2 1. Oh my threshing, and the sonne of my floore, for the floore it selfe, or the corne of it. And Augustine obserues on the 72. Psalme, that by the children of the poore, is meant the poore themselues. This is an abstractiue Phrase, and vox indulgentis; implying propense fauour in the speaker, and tendernes 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) euery letter and accent in holy West is diuinely significant; let vs not neglectfully passe it ouer, without some vsefull obseruation.