Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
By SYNECDOCHE, 1. More universal terms are put for such as are more restricted: as ALL, for many; for all kinds; for the greater or better part, Matth. iii. 5. and xix. 28; the world, for the Roman empire, the Gentiles, the wicked, the Antichristians, Luke ii. 1. 1 John ii. 2. and v. 18. Rev. xiii. 8; every creature, for men, Mark xvi. 15; or the plural number for the singular, as children, for child, Gen. xxi. 7. 2. More restricted terms are put for such as are more extensive: as, one for all of the kind, Psal. i. 1; yesterday, for time past, Heb. xiii. 8; a limited number, as thrice, seven, or ten times, for frequently, 2 Cor. xii. 8. Psal. cxix. 164; a thousand, five thousand, for an uncertain number, Is. xxx. 17. 3. ...
For more, see John Brown of Haddington on the Bible’s use of synecdoches.
For more, see John Brown of Haddington on the Bible’s use of synecdoches.
