An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…

Branch.] The word which we translate branch is derived from ⟨p. 104⟩a root which signifies a little sucking child,¹ or an infant; and the reason is, because branches which come from a tree, draw moisture and sap from the tree, as an infant doth milk from the mothers breast: therefore we elegantly in our language, answering the Hebrew, call such branches suckers, and we cut them off where we see many sprouting from one fruit-bearing tree, because they draw too much from the tree, and hinder the fruit, that's the meaning of the Hebrew word, His suckers: So M. Broughton translates, His suckers sprout out over his orchard. By these branches we may understand either his children, or his honour, his relations, or his reputation, these shoot forth and show themselves as branches from a tree, His branches shoot forth in his garden.

Branch.] The word which we translate branch is derived from ⟨p. 104⟩a root which signifies a little sucking childe,¹ or an infant; and the reason is, because branches which come from a tree, draw moisture and sap from the tree, as an infant doth milk from the mothers brest: therefore we elegantly in our language, answering the Hebrew, call such branches suckers, and we cut them off where we see many sprouting from one fruit-bearing tree, because they draw too much from the tree, and hinder the fruit, that's the meaning of the Hebrew word, His suckers: So M. Broughton translates, His suckers sprout out over his orchard. By these branches we may understand either his children, or his honour, his relations, or his reputation, these shoot forth and shew themselves as branches from a tree, His branches shoot forth in his garden.

1. 1[Greek or Hebrew] Significat lactantem seu inf• ̄ tem lac sugentem: per Metaphorā sumitur pro surculo aut tenero ramo qui sugit arborem. Teneriores ramusculi lactantibus pueris sunt fimites.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Significat lactātem seu inf ̄ tem lac sugentem: per Metaphorā sumitur pro surculo aut tenero ramo qui sugit arborem. Teneriores ramusculi lactātibus pueris sunt fimites.