ENANTIOSIS, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Contentio, Con∣tention or contrariety: derived from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, [enanti•s] adversus vel oppositus, oppo∣site or contrary.
A figure when we speak that by a contrary which we would have to be understood as it were by affirmation.
Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit.
Ne{que} me poenitet mortales inimicitias, amicitias sempiternas habere. Pro Posthumo.
English Examples of Enantiosis.
There was strength against nimblenesse, rage against resolution, pride against noble∣nesse.
He is a swaggerer amongst quiet men, but is quiet among swaggerers. Earnest in idle things, idle in matter of earnestnesse. Where there is both Antimetabole for the turning of the sen∣tence back, and contentio respecting the contra∣riety of things meant thereby.
Could not look on, nor would not look off.
Neither the one hurt her, nor the other help her.
Just without partiality, liberal without profu∣sion, wise without curiosity.
Love to a yielding heart is a King, but to a resisting, a Tyrant. This is a sentence with Distinctio & Contentio.
Scriptural Examples.
Jam. 3.10, 11. Out of the same mouth pro∣ceedeth blessing and cursing: Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
Page 116Rom. 2.21, 22. Thou therefore which tea∣chest another, teachest thou not thy self? Thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? Thou that sayst a man should not com∣mit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? &c.
