That the figure Synecdoche, in which the part stands for the
whole, is very familiar to the Holy Scripture. Whatever then you
say of the Lord Jesus Christ, you say of the whole person, and
in mentioning the Son of God you mention the Son of man, and in
mentioning the Son of man you mention the Son of God: by the
grammatical trope synecdoche in which you understand the whole
from the parts, and a part is put for the whole: and the holy
Scriptures certainly show this, as in them the Lord often uses
this trope, and teaches in this way about others and would have
us understand about Himself in the same way. For sometimes days,
and things, and men, and times are dep. 603 noted in holy
Scripture in no other fashion. As in this case where God
declares that Israel shall serve the Egyptians for four hundred
years, and says to Abraham: “Know thou that thy seed shall be a
stranger in a land not theirs, and they shall bring them under
bondage and afflict them four hundred years.” 2588 Whereas if
you take into account the