meant, when it is ſaid, that the Subſtantive, and the Adjective ought to agree, in Number, Gender, and Caſe: As for example, in the Maſculine, the Accuſative Caſe Singular Number, Dumbné Gast hæbbendé, having a dumb Spirit: In the Feminine Ablative Caſe Singular Number, as, of Ealre þinné Heortan, and of Ealré þinné Swalé, with all thy Heart, and with all thy Soul. The Neuter Gender, or that which is indifferent to either Sex, has its proper Terminations, as alſo its Adjectives, by which they ſhew their Relation to it. Participles obſerve the ſame Rule in agreeing with Subſantives.
The third Rule of Concordance, is that which touches the Agreement of an Antecedent Noun, with its Relative Pronoun: For to avoid the tediouſneſs of repeating the ſame word, or thing, the uſe of Pronouns was firſt invented; and this Agreement muſt not only be in Number, and in Sex, I might alſo ſay, in Caſe, but in Perſon too, as, Wa eow Boceras and Pharisei Liceteras, forþam ge synt gelicé hwitum Byrgenum, Woe be to you Scribes and Phariſees, Hypocrites, for ye are like whited Sepulchres; And sé þé swereþ on Templé, hé swereþ on him, and on þam þé him on eardigaþ, He that ſweareth by the Temple, ſweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth in it.
When two Subſtantives come together, which ſignify different things, the latter ſhall be the Genitive Caſe, as, þæs Hælendes Lichaman, the Body of Jeſus; Godes Rices Godspel, the Goſpel of God's Kingdom. Sometimes the latter Subſtantive is a Dative Caſe, inſtead of a Genitive, as, we habbaþ Abraham us to Fæder, we have Abraham to our Father.
