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Thefe fymbols in ancient times were inftead of writing; 
harmlefs, if not abufed : and of great confequence when - 
diredfed to a proper purpofe. Such were the Serpent, 
the Ark, the Iris, the Dove ; together with many others, 
to which there are apparent allufions in Scripture. Thefe 
wereknown tothe Ifraelit^sbeforetheirdefcent intoEgypt: 
being originally from that country beyond the flood, 
where their fathers of old refided ; and, when properly 
applied, they were as innocent as the elementary charac¬ 
ters, by which the fame hiftories were in aftertimes re¬ 
corded. The lifting up of the Serpent in the wildernefs 
was an emblem of a prophetic detignation, and as perti¬ 
nent to the people, to whom it was exhibited, as the pur¬ 
port would have been, if expreffed by letters, and written 
at length upon a tablet. It is' true, that thefe fymbols 
\vere at lad perverted ; and the memorials above-mention¬ 
ed degenerated into idolatrous rites and worfliip. See the 
article Egypt, p. 372 of this volume. It waS accordingly 
she purpofe of Providence, in its difpenfation to the Ifrael- 
ites, to withdraw them from this idolatry of the Gentiles: 
and this was effefted, not by denying them the ufe of thofe 
characters, which were the current types of the world, 
and to which they had been conftantly ufed, but by adapt¬ 
ing the fame to a better purpofe, and defeating the evil 
by a contrary deftination. Upon the refling- of the Ark 
upon Mount Baris, and the appearance of the Bow in the 
clouds, it pleafed God to make a covenant with man, and 
fo afford him fome gracious promifes. A memorial of this 
was preferved in the Gentile world. They reprefented 
this under the type of an Ark ; which they Ailed Baritk, 
in alluffon to the covenant. Some ages after, another 
covenant ofa more peculiar nature was made by the Deity 
w ith the poflerity of Abraham : and a law was promulga¬ 
ted from mount Sinai.' In confequence of this, another 
Ark by divine appointment was framed, feemingly in op- 
pofltion to the former; and this too was called the Ark 
of the covenant. This I mention, becaufe many perfons 
have been alarmed at finding fometimes the fame fymbols 
among the Egyptians as were to be found in the ordinances 
of the Ifraelites. B'orh Spencer and Marfliam have ani¬ 
madverted upon this : and feem to have carried their 
notions too far ; for from them one might be induced to 
imagine, that the Law of Mofeswas, in a manner, founded 
upon the rites of Egypt. But there is not the leaf! rea- 
i'on for fitch a furmife. The religion of the two nation's 
was effentially different: and, though fome fymbols were 
fimilar, yet it does not follow, that they were borrowed 
from that quarter. They were many of them general 
types, of great antiquity, and known to the whole world . ,r 
To EM'BLEM, v. a. To reprefent in an occult or il- 
lufive manner. Not ufed. —The primitive fight of elements 
doth fitly emblem that of opinions. Glanvillc. 
EMBLEMA'TIC, or Emblema'Tical, adj. Cbm- 
priling an emblem ; allufive; occultly reprefentative 4 
In the well-fraiivd models. 
With emblematic fkill and myftic order* 
Thou Ihew’dft where tovv’rs on battlements fhould rife, 
Where gates (hould open,.or where walls fhould compafs. 
Trior. 
Dealing in emblems; ufing emblems : 
By tongue and pudding to our friends explain 
What does your emblematic worfhip mean. Trior. 
EMBLEMA'TICALLY, adv. In the manner of em¬ 
blems ; allufively ; with occult reprefentation.—Others 
have fpoken emblematically and hieroglyphically, as to the 
Egyptians ; and the phoenix was the hieroglyphic of the 
fun. Brown. —He took a great done, and put it up under 
the oak, emblematically joining the two great elements of 
xnafonry. Swift. 
EMBLEM'ATIST, f. Writers or inventers of em¬ 
blems.—Thefe fables are (fill maintained by fymbolical 
writers, emblematijl's , and heralds. Brown. 
EM' B LEMENTS,/. [from embladence de bled, Fr. corn 
fprung or put up above ground.] In law, the profits of 
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Town land : but the word is fometimes ufed more largely, 
for any produtts that arife naturally from the ground, as- 
grafs, fruit, &c. In fome cafes, he who fovved the corn 1 
(hall have the emblements ; and in others not: a leffee at- 
will lows the land, he fliall have the emblements ; though 
if the lelfee determines the will himfelf, he (hall not have 
them, but the lelfor. $Rep. 116. If leffee at will fows the 
land with grain, or other thing yielding annual profit, and 
the leflor enters before feverance; yet the leffee (hall 
have it: but where the leflee plants young fruit-trees, or 
other trees, or fows the land with acorns, &c. he fliall not- 
have thefe: and if fuch tenant by good hufbandry make 
.the grafs to grow in greater abundance ; or fow the land 
with hay-leed,,by which means it is increafed, if the leflor 
enters on the leffee, the leffee Avail not have it, becaufe 
grafs is the natural profit of the foil. Co. Lit. 55. 
Where tenant for life fows the land, and dies, his ex¬ 
ecutors fliall have the emblements, and not the leflor or 
him in reverfion ; by reafon of the uncertainty ofthe eflate. 
Cro.Eliz. 463. And if a tenant for life plant hops, and 
dies before leverance, he in reverfion fliall not have them, 
but the executors of tenant for life. Cro.Car. 515. If 
tenant for years fow the ground, and die before feverance,. 
the executor of the leffee fliall have the corn j and where 
leffee for life leafes for years, if the lelfee for years fow 
the land, and after leffee for life dies before feverance, the 
executor of leflee for years fliall have the emblements. z- 
Danv.Abr. 763. So it is alfo if a man be tenant for the 
life of another ; and cejluiquevie, (lie on whole life t he land’ 
is held) dies after the corn fown, the tenant pur aulcr vie- 
fball have the emblements. The fame is alfo the rule if 
a life-eflate be determined by the aft of law. Therefore, 
if a leafe be made to htilband and wife during coverture, 
(.which givesthem a determinable eflate for life,) and the 
hufband fows the land, and afterwards they are divorced 
a vinculo matrimonii, the hufband fliall in this cafe have the 
emblements ; for the fentence of divorce is the aft of the 
law. 5 Rep. 116. But, if an eflate for life be determined’ 
by the tenant’s own act, (as by forfeiture for wafte com¬ 
mitted ; or if a tenant during widowhood, thinks proper to- 
marry ;) in thefe and fimilar cafes, as in that of a tenant at 
will determining his own tenure, the tenants fball - not be- 
entitled to take the emblements, 1 Injl. 55, 
If tenant for years fows ground, and before his corn is 
fevered, the term which is certain expires; the leflor or 
he in reverfion fliall have the emblements; but he mufb 
firft enter on the lands. iLil. Abr. 511. A leffee for life 
or years fows the land, and after furrenders, &c. before 
feverance, the leflor fball have the corn. 2 Danv. 764. If 
there be leffee for years upon condition that, if lie commit 
wafte, &c- his eflate fliall ceafe; it lie fows the ground 
with corn, and after doth wafte, the leflor fliall have the 
corn. Co. Lit. 35. And where q lord enters on his tenant 
for a forfeiture, he fliall have the corn on the ground. 
AtRjep.r-L. - ‘ 
Though if a feme copyholder for her widowhood fows 
the land, and before feverance takes hufband, fo that her 
eflate is determined, the lord fliall have the emblements; 
yet if fuch a feme copyholder durante viduitate, leafes for 
one year according to cuflora, and the leflee fows the land, 
and afterwards the copyholder takes hufband, the leffee 
fliall have the corn. zDanv. 764. If a hufband holds 
lands for life, in right of his wife, and fow the land, and 
after ftie dies before feverance, he fliall have the emble¬ 
ments. 1 Nclf. Abr. 701. And where the wife hath an 
eflate for years, life, or in fee, and the hufband fows.the 
hind, and dietli, bjs executors fliall have the corn. But 
if tlie hufband and wife are joint-tenants, though the huf¬ 
band low the land- with corn, and dies before ripe, the wife, 
and not his executors, fliall have thecorn, (he being the fur- 
viving joint-tenant. Co. Lit. 199. When a widow is en¬ 
dowed with lands fown, fhe fliall have tlieemblements, and 
not the heir. And a tenant in dower may dilpofe of corn 
fown on the ground ; or it may go to her executors, if fhe 
die before feverance. zlnjl, 80. Si. And by the particular 
provifior. 3 . 
