A Complete Christian Dictionary, Dictionary · Part DE · Entry 234 – Entry 286
To despise, when it is spoken of men]
;;To set at nought, and lightly to account of any thing, or person. …. 2. v. last. Mar. 9. 12. 1 Thess. 5. 26. Rom. 14. 3.
;;2. To neglect the use of a thing. In this sense the wicked are said to despise the bounty and patience of God. Also the Word of God. Rom. 2. 4. Despisest thou the bounty of God? Act. 13. 41. Behold ye …, Prov. 1. 30. When men make no use or benefit of Gods Word, chastisements or benefits, thereby they declare how they despise them, holding them as vain things. Thus children are said to despise the … of their Parents when they do not follow it.
;;3. To give just occasion of contempt, 1 Tim. 4. 12.
The wicked vilifie, …, contemn, neglect, abhor, set at n ught, make small account of, despise God, 1 Sam. 2. 30. The Lord, Prov. 14. 2. His Word, Isa. 5. 24. His …, Ezek. 17. 19. Judgements, Ibid. 20. 13. Statutes, Ibid. 24. Holy things, Ibid. 22. 8. His law, Amos 2. 4. His name, Mal. 1. 6. Wisdom, Prov. 1. 7. The means of grace, Rom. 2. 4. The wayes of God, Prov. 19. 16. His …, Luk. 7. 30. His reproof, Prov. 1. 30. The Lord … Christ, Luk. 23. 11. Isa. 53. 3. The people of God, Lam. 1. 8. Government and soveraign authority, 2 Pet. 2. 10. Jude 8. 1 Sam. 10. 27. Husband, 1 Chr. 15. 29. Parents, Prov. 20. 20. & 13. 17. His own soul, Prov. 15. 32. The Children of God, whether Ministers, 1 Cor. 4. 10. Or others, 2 Tim. 3. 3.
To despise, referred to God]
;;His accounting us vile in his … sight, or making us vile in the eyes of men. 1 Sam. 2. 30. I will honour him that honoreth me, and him that despiseth me, will I despise. Psal. 53. 5.
Despise]
2 Sam. 19. 43. …, set us at light, marg.
To despise]
;;To contemn, set at nought, and by contumelies, reproaches, and proud scornings, to bewray it, Cant. 8. 1. Then they should not despise thee.
Persons are despised or contemned, when either they do, or are thought to do, that which is not honest or comely, Gen. 38. 23. 2 Sam. 6. 16. or, when they misse of their purpose, and are laughed to scorn with contempt, Isa. 37. 22. Neither of these should befall her, doing but her duty in seemly and modest sort, and obtaining Christ whom her soul desired. What the state of a people without Christ, and how subject they are to shame and reproach, the Lord himself sheweth, in Isa. 54. 1, 4, 6. But them that honour God, he will …, and they that despise him shall be lightly esteemed, 1 Sam. 2. 30. and if any man serve Christ, him will the Father honour, Joh. 12. 26. Aynsw.
To despise]
;;To abrogate and make … by a defection from the whole Religion of God, Heb. 10. 28. … the shame, Heb. 12. 2. not regarding the shame put upon him by sinners, both in his life, and in his death.
Not to despise]
;;To esteem highly of a thing, and to value it at a great rate. Psal. 51. 17. A … heart (O Lord) thou … not despise. Heb. 12. 5. In these places lesse is spoken then is meant.
Despised]
Neh. 4. 4. Heb. despite, marg.
Despisers]
Act. 13. 41. which seemeth to be taken from Isa. 28. 14. where they that are here termed despisers, are called there … men, men of derision, …, mockers and despisers of Gods Word. Annot. 2 Tim. 3. 3. foreign not lovers (but haters) of them that are good, … … of goodness it self. Leigh C. S.
Despite]
Contempt, destruction, Ezek. 25. 6. See … Heb. 10. 29.
To despite]
;;To put Christ unto reproach, by accusing him of a lie, in denying the truth of the Gospel, Heb. 10. 29.
Despiteful]
Doers of wrong, contumelious, injurious, such as over-burden others with reproaches, and manifold injuries; such as insult over others, reproaching them in an insolent manner; fierce persons, wronging, …, railing, oppressing others; in heart and minde they think basely of others, Ezek. 25. 15. & 36. 5. In countenance look disdainfully at them, Est. 3. 506. With … tongues they speak reproachfully of them, to them; in deed they are as injurious unto them as possible, Rom. 1. 30. Nor are they only despiteful unto others, some of them do despite even unto the Spirit of grace, Heb. 10. 29.
Despitefully to use one]
Mat. 5. 44. Luk. 6. 28. To vex, trouble, annoy, hurt, as they which do displeasure with sundry … and inroads, molest with invasions, not unlike the sallies of a martial man; the original foreign, coming from the root foreign, Mars. Or, fasly to accuse, as the word is rendred, 1 Pet. 3. 16. Leigh Crit. Sac. The original foreign, thus rendred in Act. 14. 5. is rendred in Mat. 22. 6. by entreated spitefully, in Luk. 11. 45. reproachest, in 1 Thess. 2. 2. … intreated.
Destitute]
Psal. 102. 17. The lowly, So the Greek here turneth it, which elsewhere we call heath, that groweth in the Wilderness, Jer. 17. 6. & 48. 6. By the name in Heb. it seemeth to be some naked …, and so a fit resemblance of Gods afflicted people, made low, naked, and dessolate by their enemies. Or, we may turn it, the broken down, or …, from Jer. 51. 54. Aynsw.
Psal. 141. 8. Leave not my soul destitute, Heb. make not my soul bare, marg.
Prov. 15. 21. Destitute of wisdom, Heb. void of …, marg.
Ezek. 32. 15. Destitute of that whereof it was full, Heb. desolate from the fulness thereof, marg.
1 Tim. 6. 5. Destitute of the truth. Void of all care and love of truth. Hall. As being averse therefrom, enemies thereunto.
Heb. 11. 37. Destitute, wanting those things whereof they stood in need.
Jam. 2. 15. Destitute of dayly food, wanting, lacking daily food.
To destroy]
;;To pull down and make waste a building or house, making it eaven with the ground, not leaving a stone upon a stone, as it is written, Luk. 21. 6. A stone shall not be left upon a stone that shall not be throwne down.
;;2. To take away a thing quite, so as it be no more. … this sense Christ is said to destroy sin, Rom. 6. 6. That the body of sin might be destroyed. For at length, (to wit) at our death, sin shall be quite taken out of our nature, 2 Tim. 2. 18.
;;3. To bring … unto a remedyless downfal and misery, both in body and soul.
;;In this sense God destroyeth the wicked. Psal. 37. …. The … shall be destroyed. To … into hell, 2 Thess. 2. 8.
;;4. To take punishment upon the wicked, by death, as Magistrates do. Psal. 101. 8. Retimes will I destroy the wicked of the Land, and cut off the workers of iniquity.
;;5. To hazard the salvation of our Brother, by giving offence, or by laying a stumbling block before him. Rom. 14. 15. Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ died. To edisie doth signifie either to turn and bring unto the faith of the Gospel, such as were strangers from it: or else to strengthen in the faith such as already do believe, endevouring to make them wiser to God, and better lived; and by law of Contraries, to … doth imply as much as to keep from coming to Christian Religion, or to drive from it (as much as lyeth in us) such as have already embraced Christ, by the scandalous use of things indifferent.
;;6. To execute the finall judgement upon evill spirits. Mat. 1. 24. Art thou come to destroy us? To make guilty, or to condemn as guilty: and because destruction and de olation abideth, or is due to such as be found guilty and damned for crimes, therefore is this word used for desolating, abolishing, and destroying. As Psal. 5. 10. Ezek. 6. 6. Joel 1. 18. Psal. 34. 22, 23. & 68. 22. & 69. 6.
It signifieth also, to pull or throw down, Exod. 34. 15. Ruine or make waste, Numb. 21. 2. Take vengeance on, or fearfully punish, … in soul or body, here or hereafter, 1 Cor. 3. 17. Vanquish or overthrow, Heb. 2. 14. Prophesie destruction, Ezek. 43. 3. Utterly take away and consume, Gen. 6. 7. Corrupt, Rev. 11. 18. marg. Make guilty, Psal. 5. 10. marg. Make void, Mat. 5. 17. Make … waste, Luk. 21. 6. Preached against, Gal. 1. 22. Punish eternally, Mat. 10. 28. Kill with the sword, 1 Sam. 15. 6. Make frustrate, Job 14. 19.
Destroy]
Gen. 7. 4. Heb. Blot out, marg. Exod. 8. 9. Heb. cut off, marg. Exod. 15. 9. or repossesse, marg. Deut. 32. 25. Heb. …, marg. 2 Chr. 14. 13. Heb. break, marg. 2 Chr. 31. 1. Heb. to make … end, marg. Job 2. 3. Heb. to swallow up, marg. Job 4. 20. Heb. beat in pieces, marg. Job 34. 25. Heb. crush, marg. Psal. 5. 10. or, make guilty, marg. Psal. 52. 5. Heb. beat down, marg. Psal. 78. 47. Heb. kill, marg. Hos. 2. 12. Heb. make desolate, marg. Mal. 3. 11. Heb. corrupt, marg.
To destroy, Exod. 12. 13. & 2 Chr. 20. 23. Heb. for a destruction, marg.
Destroy]
Heb. 2. 14. That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is the Devil. That through death, as it were by his own weapon, he might destroy (he doth not say, that he might weaken the Devil, diminish his force, or give him a wound, but destroy him. Jones.) Him, that is, the power and kingdom of Satan, which stands in three things.
1. In tempting man to sin.
2. In holding him under the bondage of sin.
3. In accusing him to God for sin. Hence Christ may be said by death to destroy the Devil, that is, the power of the Devil, because by the merit and vertue of his death, he took away both the reigning and condemning power of sin. Rom. 6. 3, &c. 1 Joh. 3. 8. that had the … of death, that is, through sin, whereunto he had seduced man, and under which he kept him still, 1 Cor. 15. 56 that is the Devil; he speaks of one as of that Prince, not excluding the rest, so often in the Sripture, as Joh. 8. 48. Ephes. 6. 11. Jam. 4. 7. ….
Destroy them which destroy (or corrupt, marg.) the earth, Rev. 11. 18. Shouldest destroy many bloudy persecutors, for the destruction of … it self …, chap. 18. and of Antichrist, chap. 19. … … … the destruction of Popish persecutors, and many … perished in the wars, since the time of Reformation. ….
Destroyer]
A breaker …, Psal. 17. 4. that is the … or thief, as this word is expounded in Greek, Mat. 21. 13. from Jer. 7. 11 One that breaketh bounds, or limits, houses, hedges, laws, &c. So Ezek. 18. 10. ….
A high-way thief, and robber, Prov. 28. 24. Heb. a man …. ….
To th destroyers, Job 33. 22. Heb. to those that kill men. Which may be understood either of enemies, or of diseases. Annot. One that maketh waste, Isa. 49. 17. Spoken of an Angel, Exod. 12. 23. Sampson, Judg. 16. 24. …, Jer. 4. 7. the Chaldeans, Jer. 22. 7. & 50. 11. the plague, 1 Cor. 10. 10. comp. with Numb. 14. 37.
And were destroyed of the destroyer, 1 Cor. 10. 10. What is here said, they were … by the destroyer, is in the story from whence 'tis taken, Numb. 14. 37. They dyed by the plague before the Lord. So the Angels that came to Lot's house, are sent to destroy the City, Gen. 19. 13. In all which, and many more places, where plagues are said to be insticted of God by Angels, it doth not appear that the Angels used as instruments of those plagues are the saln Angels, or Devils, but those … that wait on God, to execute his wrath, as well as convey his mercies. Thus Gods coming with his Angels is an expression of destruction, and yet those are foreign, Jude v. 14. or multitudes of heavenly Angels. Dr. Ham. Annot. d.
Destruction]
;;Temporal death. Psal. 90. 3. Thou turnest man to destruction.
;;2. The casting down of a person, or place, or people, in such sort, as they be never able to rise again, like to an old ruinous house, which being faln down, cannot be built again. Hos. 13. 9. O Israel, destruction is of thy self. 2 Pet. 3. 7. Psal. 36. 12. There they are fallen that work iniquity, and shall not be able to rise.
;;3. A snare or trap, such as Fowlers and Hunters spread. Exod. 22. 33. It shall be thy destruction.
It's put also for Damnation, 2 Pet. 2. 1, 3. …, Mat. 7. 13. Corporal and temporal punishment which disableth for ever, 3 Chr. 26. 16. A fearful downfal, Prov. 16. 18. & 18. 12. Ones overthrow and death, 2 Chr. 22. 4, 7. Utter rooting out, Est. 8. 6. comp. with 3. 13. & 7. 4. The taming and mortifying of the flesh, 1 Cor. 5. 5. Anguish of spirit, Rom. 3. 16. Desolation and utter consumption, Psal. 73. 18, 19 A stinging or biting plague, Psal. 91. 6. Mischievous practises, Psal. 35. 17. Corrupting and painful diseases working death, 1 Sam. 5. 9. Psal. 107. 20. Cut off, Hos. 4. 6. marg.
Destruction]
2 Chr. 22. 7. Heb. treading down, marg. Isa. 1. 28. Heb. breaking, marg. So Isa. 15. 5. marg. & 59. 7. marg. Hos. 7. 13. Heb. spoil, marg.
Destruction of the flesh]
;;The taming or mortifying our corrupt nature. Thus Beza taketh it; the leanness and wasting of the body through great heaviness and affliction of minde for sin: Thus Piscator expoundeth it, 1 Cor. 5. 5. Unto the destruction of the ….
;;To destroy is to prophesie destruction, Ezek. 43. 3. as to divide is to foretel a division, Gen. 49. 7.
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To retain, or cause to …, Judg. 13. 15.
Determinate]
Act. 2. 23. Determined, and as it were by definitive sentence concluded; By the determinate counsel. Not that the counsel of God herein excused the Jews or Judas wickedness, seeing God wrought not in them, but by them, making good use (for mans redemption) of that they did wickedly. Annot.
Determination]
Zep. 3. 8 Right decree. ….
Determine]
Referred, First to God; signifieth,
1. To counsel, 2 Chr. 25. 16. marg.
2. To appoint a set time, Job 14. 5.
3. To conclude, resolve upon, Isa. 10. 23.
4. To cut out, or accurately and precisely to determine, Dan. 9. 24.
5. To decree and fore-ordain, Act. 4. 28.
Secondly, to Man; signifieth,
1. To purpose, 1 Sam. 20. 7.
2. To resolve, 1 Sam. 25. 17.
3. To settle, 2 Sam. 13. 32. marg.
4. To conclude, 2 Chr. 2. 1.
5. To enact, set down and define, Act. 19. 39.
6. To appoint, Act. 11. 29. & 15. 2.
Determine]
2 Sam. 13. 32. or Settle, marg. 2 Chr. 25. 16. Heb. counsell, marg.
Detest]
Deut. 7. 26. To abhor, have or esteem abominable.
Detestable things]
Jer. 16. 14. As of Men, Psal. 106. 38. & 7. 31. & 19. 5. Ezek. 16. 20. And of vile and unclean creatures, which they sacrificed to their Idols, …. 12. 17. Isa. 65. 4. & 66. 16. called the carkasses of their …, Lev. 26. 30. wherewith they caused God to abhor his own inheritance, Psal. 106. 40. Annot.
Deu-el]
Know God. The Father of Eliasaph, Num. 1. 14.
Devise]
;;A thought, counsel, or purpose of doing something. Psal. 33. 10. Thou bringest to nought the devises of the people.
;;2. The event that doth follow upon a mans devices. Prov. 1. 31. They shall be filled with their own devices; that is, with the fruit of their devices, or with that which comes of their own purposes and plots.
Referred,
First, to an Artificer, Exod. 31. 4. & 35. 32, 35.
Secondly, to the wicked, whether crafty, Job 5. 12. Proud, Psal. 10. 2. Numerous, Psal. 33. 10. Persecuters, Psal. 35. 4. Haters of the godly, Ibid. 20. Or the like, … devices are wicked, Psal. 37. 7. Hurtful, Psal. 35. 4. Deceitful, Ibid. 20. who … filled with their own devices, Prov. 1. 31. devise devices against the godly, Isa. 32. 7. Jer. 18. 11, 18. Who devise … things, Prov. 16. 30. Mischief, Ezek. 11. 2. Iniquity, Mic. 2. 1. Evil, Jer. 48. 2. To take away the lives of the godly, Psal. 31. 13. Spoken of the tongue, Psal. 52. 2. Of the heart, Prov. 6. 18.
Thirdly, to the godly, who devise good, Prov. 14. 22. and liberal things, Isa. 32. 8.
Fourthly, to God; signifieth, in his wisdome to forecast and appoint, 2 Sam. 14. 14. Jer. 51. 12. Lam. 2. 17.
Fifthly, to Satan, 2 Cor. 2. 11. whose instruments cunningly devise fables to seduce souls, 2 Pet. 1. 6.
Devil]
;;A …, or Accuser, which accuseth us before God day and night, Rev. 12. 9, 10.
;;2. One … is like the devil, of a devillish quality. Joh. 6. 70. … I not … twelve, and … of you is a devil? that is, the childe of the Devil, as like him as a childe is … the father; also idols, Deut. 32. 17. 1 Cor. 10. 20, 21.
;;3. A wicked spirit, the Prince and Captain of the rest. Mat. 25. 41. … for the Devil and his Angels. Devil in Hebrew is named of a … which signifieth a Waster, in opposition to God Almighty, Psal. 106. 36.
Devil]
Put for the gods of the Heathen, and Idols, Deut. 32. 17. 1 Cor. 10. 20. the Golden Calves, 2 Chr. 11. 15. Wicked …, Rev. 2. 10.
Devil]
;;An … and notorious Calumniator, delighting exceedingly in accusing and detracting others. Thus hath Satan done from the begining, accusing God to man, of envy, Gen. 3. 3, 4. and men to God, of hypocrisie, as Job …. Hence he is called the Devil. Rev. 12. 9. That old Serpent, called the Devil. Rev. 20. 10.
Devil: put for,
1. Satan, …, or the Prince and Captain of all unclean spirits, Mat. 25. 41. He is thus tear med from his accusing us before God day and night, Rev. 12. 9, 10. Tearmed also, The god of this world, 2 Cor. 4. 4. The Prince of the power of the air, Eph. 2. 2. The Prince of this world, Joh. 14. 30. The power of …, Col. 1. 13. … Tempter, Mat. 4. 3. A … lyon, 1 Pet. 5. 8. The old Serpent, Rev. 12. 9. The wicked one, &c. Eph. 6. 16. Who alwayes seeketh mans destruction, 1 Chr. 21. 1. Luk. 8. 12. & 22. 31. but can do no more against us then God permits him. Job 1. 12. & 2. 6. Mat. 8. 31. … Kingdom is destroyed through Christ, Col. 2. 15.
2. A childe of the Devil; one who is like the devil, or of a devillish quality, Joh. 6. 70.
3. Honours, profits, pleasures, or whatsoever other things the devil useth to hinder our profiting by the Word, Luk. 8. 12.
Devil and his Angels]
;;One wicked spirit, who of his malicious accusing God unto Hevah, when he tempted her, Gen. 3. 3, 4. was called the Devil, and accuser or Calumniator: as an head and Captain of all unclean spirits, is here mentioned in the singular number, as elsewhere often, having his Angels joyned to him, as seduced by him, and inferiour to him; like as all good Angels and elect men and women and subject to Christ as their head. Mat. 25. 41. Prepared for the Devil and his Angels. This principal devil is called in Scripture Satan, also …, who was chief of Devils.
;;Note: The wicked Spirits have divers names given them in holy Scripture, either to signifie their nature as Spirits, or their office, as Angels of sending forth as messengers; or their malice against God and men; as Satan, Spiritual wickednesses, Devil, Dragon, Old Serpent; or their great might, as principalities, dominions, powers; or their effects, as unclean spirit, deaf and dumb spirit, father of lies, murtherer, &c. Other operations and works, as Tempter, &c. The use of all …, is to stir up the true Christian to hate him and his works, also to be watchful, given to sobriety and prayer, 1 Pet. 5. 8.
To cast out devils]
;;To drive or thrust out of mens bodies and mindes by his divine power, the devils which personally dwelt there (as in their house or hold) Mat. 8. 31. & 9. 33, 34.
To command devils]
;;By his voice effectually to bid them depart, from any whom they possest and vexed, Luk 8. 29.
Condemnation of the Devil]
;;The same punishment which is inflicted upon the Devil. 1 Tim. 3. 6. … … proud he fall into the condemnation or … of the Devil: that is, by means of pride and high mindedness be cast into hell fire, in manner as the Devil is: by which to my seeming it is plain, what the sin of the Devils was, namely an ambitious affecting, aspiring unto, and … … to themselves, not content with their own condition; unto which very sin the Devil afterward by the … tempted …. Ministers being young men and young Scholars, by presumption and pride, are in no small danger of eternal destruction.
Thou hast a devil, Joh. 7. 20. All sort of diseases … in those day … brought on men (sometimes) by the devil, and so generally they that are brought to Christ for cure, are said to be possest, but especially those who were more strangely affected, without any … cause of it, were generally thought to suffer this … the Devils getting power to possesse them; and of such sort … mad men, who not being discernibly sick, or ill-affected, did yet behave themselves as if they were in some strong distemper, which is oft an effect of a disease, or foreign, and therefore were by them thought to be possest by some … spirit. So ch. 10. 20. & Mat. 11. 18. Dr. Ham. Annot. ….
Seven Devils]
;;Many devils, a number certain put for an uncertain. Luk. 8. 2. Out of whom went seven Devils.
To be partaker of the table of devils]
;;Not to eat the devils, or take their substance into our bodies: but to have the spirit of devils, and to be moved by them. So to be partakers of the Altar, is to be incorporate into that Religion which was used at the …; likewise, to be partakers of the body of Christ, is not to eat it, and take his flesh into our stomachs, but to be one spirit with him, by which we live to God, 1 Cor. 10. 21.
Devillish]
…. 3. 15. or full of Devils. The Greek word ends in foreign, denoting a fulness, because fleshly … aims at Satans end, viz. to keep a man in an unregenerate estate, It's the wisdom which is proper to Devils, or which is inspired by Devils or evill spirits. This worldly wisdom is called devillish, both because it … the Devill, and is suggested and inspired by him. The Devils are called …, as if it were foreign, that is, knowing; and the Ancients did attribute unto them the invention of sciences and humane arts; but properly they were the first authors and inventers of worldly wisdom, which teacheth men to vilifie others, to exalt themselves, and what's theirs. … Annot.
Devillish, that is, that which the Devil practises, Job 1. 10, 11. Rev. 12. 10. Annot.
Devise]
Exod. 31. 4. To think thoughts. Aynsw. To use, 2 Sam. 14. 14. Annot. To plot and contrive to root out, 2 Sam. 21. 5. Annot. To invent, 1 King. 12. 13. Aynsw. To plot together, Psal. 31. 31. 13. Aynsw. To think, Psal. 35. 4. Id. To imagine, lb. 20. Id. To practise, Prov. 3. 20 mar. To think of, or consider earnestly, Prov. 26. 9. To consult, or contrive, Isa. 37. 2. Annot. To purpose, Lam. 2. 17. Idem. See ….
Devote]
Lev. 27. 28. Devoted thing, in Heb. Cherem, in Gr. Anathema, which word Luke useth in Gr. for the gifts wherewith the Temple was adorned, Luk. 21. 5. It meaneth things dedicated and separated from common use to God. And often this Cherem is used for destroying a thing utterly as accursed. Exod. 22. 20. Deut. 7. 2. & 20. 17. And for forseiting or confiscation, of goods, Ezr. 10. 8. Here, and in Numb. 18. and other where it is put for devoted things, wholly given unto God. Aynsw,
Devotions]
Act. 17 23. foreign. Such things are dedicated to the worship of God, or of them who are taken for, or thought to be gods, as Altars, Temples, Images, Monuments. Leigh Crit. Sac. Gods that you worship, marg.
To devour]
;;To eat without chewing, and to swallow down whole, Gen. 41. 21, 24.
;;2. With cruel fierceness to tear and spoyl spiritually … souls and bodies, as a Lion devours the silly Lamb. 1 Pet. 5. 8. Seeking whom he may devour. A …. Gal. …. 15.
;;3. To spoil and undo one in his outward estate, without pity. Thus mighty men oppresse and devour the poor, as great Fish and Beasts devour and eat up the small. Jer. 51. 3.
;;4. To waste and spend riotously. Luk. 15. 30. He hath devoured thy goods with Harlots.
;;5. To apply and take to our own use that which was given and appointed once to Gods service, or to keep back in our hands that which was due to him. Prov. 20. 25. It is destruction to a man to devour that which is sanctified.
;;6. To deceive and defraud others of that which is theirs, by cunning pretenses and shifts. Mat. 23. 14. Ye devour … houses, … colour of long prayers.
7. To … upon, and eat up, Gen. 37. 20.
8. To destroy, consume, or bring to bodily death, 2 Sam. 18. 8.
9. To make desolate, or bring to confusion, Hos. 13. 18.
To devour the adversaries]
;;To destroy utterly with extreme destruction, the enemies of Christ, which maliciously resist his Spirit, Heb. 10. 27.
To devour her …]
;;To take out of the way, and destroy, either by fraud or open force, all that should be spiritually … of the Church, especially such as should stand up to maintain the Religion of Christ. Thus hath Satan alwayes attempted to do, but especially in the first age … the Church. Rev. 12. 4. The Dragon stood before the woman to devour the childe.
To devour the enemy]
;;By fervent prayer, and publishing the judgements of God, to threaten and procure Gods vengeance upon their heads, that maliciously resist the truth, spoken by his witnesses. Rev. 11. 5. If any man will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their … to devour their enemies. In this, there is an allusion unto that which was done by Moses, Numb. 16. and by Elias, 2 King. 1.
To devour by fire]
;;By some extraordinary judgement to destroy, as God did the Turkish Armies, when he poured out his wrath from heaven upon them, according to that which is written. Rev. 16. 21. Ezek. 39. 19. Revel. 20. 9. Fire came down from … … God and devoured them.
To devour much flesh]
;;In beastly and savage manner to subdue and consume most great nations, and many people, as wilde ravenous beasts cat up and devour flesh of other beasts whom they catch as their prey. Dan. 7. 5. Arise and devour much flesh. This was verified of the Kingdom of Persia, whose three … in his teeth, Luther expounds of his three chief Kings, Cyrus, Darius, and …: but … of the three quarters and coasts of the world. See ch. 8. 4.
To devour with whole mouth]
;;To consume and eat up, as wilde savage beasts use to do, inhumanely and … any sparing. Isa. 9. 2. They shall devour Israel with whole mouth.
Devourers]
Mal. 3. 11. The Caterpillars, and whatsoever destroyeth corns and fruits. Annot.
Devouring words]
Psal. 52. 4. Words of swallowing, tending to swallow and gobble up all. D. Transl. & Annot. Or, of …, of peraiciousness, that is, pernicious words which cause destruction. Aynsw.
Devout]
;;One truly religious, who hath vowed and bound himself to the true worship of the true God, abhorring idolatry. Act. 10. 2. Cornelius a devout man.
;;2. A superstitious person, which seemeth religious, and is not, but is given to will-worship. Act. 13. 40. The Jews stirred up devout women against Paul.
Deuteronomie]
;;A … law, because the law which God gave in Mount … is … hearsed (as if it were a new …) in this book of …, which is a … or exposition of the Moral law, or ten ….