Sign (II)

II. SIGN is put for a Miracle : Thou Exod. iv. 7, 8, 9. &c.shalt do these Signs and Wonders in the midst of Egypt, says the Lord to Moses ; and if the Egyptians do not believe the first Sign, they will believe the second, &c. The Word Sign is very frequent in this Sense in Scripture.

III. Signum, a SIGN or Token, is often put for the Proof or Evidence of a Thing : Exod. iii. 12. Judg. vi. 17. 2 Kings xx. 8.For Example ; This shall be a Token (or Sign) unto thee, that I have sent thee. Shew me a Sign, that thou talkest with me, that is, a Proof. What shall be the Sign (or Evidence) that the Lord will heal me? This Acceptation agrees with the first abovemention’d ; as also what is said in Gen. iv. 15. And the Lord set a Mark (a Sign) upon Cain ; he put a Token upon him, that he might be known.

IV. The SIGNS of Heaven ; the SIGNS of the Magicians ; are the Phænomena of the Heavens, the Impostures of Magicians, which they make use of to Isai. xliv. 25. Jer. x. ii.deceive the Weak : The Lord frustrateth the Tokens (or Signs) of the Liars, and maketh Diviners mad. And elsewhere ; Be not dismayed at the Signs of Heaven, for the Heathen are dismayed at them.¹

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