The word translated, *plague is a general word, that signifieth any heavy stroke of God. The root whence it is derived signifieth to strike. aIt is applied to an ox's striking, or pushing to death, so to other like strikings: but ⟨p. 83⟩most commonly to Gods striking of wicked men with some extraordinary judgement. As where David said of Saul, bThe Lord shall smite him: meaning so as to destroy him. This word is coft used of Gods smiting the Egyptians when they held the Israelites among them as bond-slaves. Yea, such a word as dthe word in my text is used to set out all those judgements which God brought upon the Egyptians, called plagues. The word PLAGUE in our vulgar acception importeth an infectious mortal disease, otherwise styled pestilence. Our English word, plague, seemeth to be taken from the eLatin, and that from the fGreek: in both which languages it is usually put for a stroke, a blow, a stripe, a wound, &c. Figuratively therefore, a special put for the general, it signifieth the pestilence. In the Scripture there are also gother words to set out that disease which we commonly call the plague: and that as general as this, properly signifying strokes, and scourgings: so as they all imply that a plague is an extraordinary stroke, or scourge of God. Yet there is in Hebrew ha word that is more properly put for the plague: which our English doth commonly translate pestilence. It is the word that God used, when he offered to David the choice of one of these three judgements, Sword, Famine, Pestilence. iThe root from whence this word is derived signifieth to overthrow, or destroy. And experience showeth that by the plague many are destroyed. kIn Latin pestis importeth as much, whence the Scots call this sickness the pest. lThe Greek word also intendeth the like. This latter word pestilence, is more restrained to one kind of disease, then the former translated plague. Every pestilence is a plague, because it is an extraordinary stroke and judgement of God. But every plague is not a pestilence: for all the plagues of Egypt were not pestilences.
The word translated, *plague is a generall word, that signifieth any heavy stroake of God. The roote whence it is derived signifieth to strike. aIt is applied to an oxes striking, or pushing to death, so to other like strikings: but ⟨p. 83⟩most commonly to Gods striking of wicked men with some extraordinary judgement. As where David said of Saul, bThe Lord shall smite him: meaning so as to destroy him. This word is coft used of Gods smiting the Egyptians when they held the Israelites among them as bond-slaves. Yea, such a word as dthe word in my text is used to set out all those judgements which God brought upon the Egyptians, called plagues. The word PLAGVE in our vulgar acception importeth an infectious mortall disease, otherwise stiled pestilence. Our English word, plague, seemeth to be taken from the eLatine, and that from the fGreeke: in both which languages it is usually put for a stroake, a blow, a stripe, a wound, &c. Figuratively therefore, a speciall put for the generall, it signifieth the pestilence. In the Scripture there are also gother words to set out that disease which we commonly call the plague: and that as generall as this, properly signifying stroakes, and scourgings: so as they all imply that a plague is an extraordinary stroake, or scourge of God. Yet there is in Hebrew ha word that is more properly put for the plague: which our English doth commonly translate pestilence. It is the word that God used, when he offered to David the choice of one of these three judgements, Sword, Famine, Pestilence. iThe roote from whence this word is derived signifieth to overthrow, or destroy. And experience sheweth that by the plague many are destroyed.
- *[Greek or Hebrew]〈non-Latin alphabet〉
- aExo. 21. 35.
- b[Greek or Hebrew] Sam. 26. 10. [Greek or Hebrew]〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Sam. 26. 10. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉
- cExo. 8. 2.—12. 23.—12. 27. Jos. 24. 5.Exo. 8. 2.—12. 23.—12. 27. Ios. 24. 5.
- dExo. 9. 14. [Greek or Hebrew]Exo. 9. 14. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉
- ePlaga.
- f[Greek or Hebrew] percutio. [Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉 percutio. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
- g[Greek or Hebrew] tetigit, percussit. Inde nomen, [Greek or Hebrew] plaga. Exo. 11. 1. [Greek or Hebrew] percussit. Inde nomen [Greek or Hebrew] plaga. Deut. 28. 59.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 tetigit, percussit. Inde nomen, plaga.
