A Complete Christian Dictionary, Dictionary · Part AS
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As]
;;signifieth Likeness in quality, and not in quantity, Mat. 5. 48. Be perfect as your Father is perfect, 1 Cor. 3. 15.
;;2. Equally. Joh. 5. 2. All should honour the Son, as they honour the Father.
;;3. The likeness of a thing, but not the truth of that thing, Mat. 26. 55.
;;4. The truth of a thing, but not likeness, Joh. 1. 14. Eph. 5. 8.
;;5. Both the likeness and truth of a thing, Heb. 2. 7.
;;6. The quality, but not the equality, Luk. 6. 36. Matth. 22. 39.
;;7. Because, Joh. 15. 12. & 17. 2.
;;8. A Sicut, not of proportion but of condition, Matth. 6. 12, 14.;;
;;Note: As is sometimes a sure affirmation, Gen. 27. 12. As a deceiver, i. e. a very deceiver or mocker, Neh. 7. 2. 2 Joh. 1. 14.
It's put also for While, Act. 20. 9. Like, 1 Pet. 3. 8. According, Matth. 15. 28. For, Matth. 6. 12. With, Luk. 11. 4.
As]
After the manner, Job 31. 33. marg.
As much as thou shalt need, Heb. according to all thy need, 2 Chr. 2. 16. marg.
As]
Cant. 1. 5. & 2. 2, 3. & 4. 1. is an adverb of comparison, pointing out the likeness of one thing to another, and is in effect the same with like, as Tremelius rendereth it. Cant. 1. 5. but it is to be extended no further then the circumstances in the Text will bear.
As by fire]
;;noteth no true fire, but that which hath resemblance with fire, that is, to make a thing certainly known like to fire.
Asa]
A Physitian, or healer of sickness. The King of Judah, 1 King. 15. 8.
Asabel]
The work of God. Joab's Brother, 2 Sam. 2. 18. A Levite, 2 Chron. 31. 13. The Father of Jonathan, Ezr. 10. 15.
Asafah]
The Lord hath wrought. A Servant of Josiah, 2 King. 22. 12. A Simeonite, 1 Chr. 4. 36. A …, 1 Chr. 6. 30. A Shilonite, Ibid. 9. 5.
Asaph]
Gathered. The brother of Heman, 1 Chr. 6. 39. The Father of Joah, 2 King. 18. 18. The keeper of the Forrest to King Artaxerxes, Neh. 2. 8.
Asareel]
The beatitude of God. The Son of Johaleel, 1 Chr. 4. 16. Azarael a Priest, Neh. 12. 36.
Asarelah]
The Son of Asaph, 1 Chr. 25. 2. The blessedness of God.
Ascend]
Spoken of God, Gen. 17. 22. Christ, Eph. 4. 10. Gods anger and wrath, Psal. 78. 21, 31. Angels, Gen. 28. 12. The soul out of the body of man, Eccl. 3. 21. Vehement prayer, Exod. 2. 23. The minde to pierce into the heavenly light for spiritual understanding of the mysteries of God, Joh. 3. 13. Vapors, mist, and smoak, Jer. 10. 13. Gen. 2. 6. Stink, Joel 2. 20. Wickedness, Joh. 1. 2. It signifieth also to grow and increase, Jer. 46. 7. Vanish away, or come to nothing, Isa. 5. 24. Cease or leave off, 1 Sam. 14. 46.
;;Referred to men, signifieth,;;
;;First, to study, …, and desire the way to heaven, Rev. 8. 4.;;
;;Secondly, to go up in soul alone, or both in body and soul to heaven, Psal. 24. 3.;; See Translation.
;;Thirdly, to go up to an higher place or state on earth, Luk. 18. 10.;;
Ascend: To go up, Psal. 104. 8. marg.
… into heaven]
;;To go up into heaven bodily and …, Act. 1. 9, 10. Eph. 4. 9, 10. When he ascended.
;;2. To … … indued with light of spiritual understanding, …. 3. 13. No … ascended up, &c.
… ascend into heaven]
;;After much labour taken in preaching the Gospell, and many reproaches suffered for it, to be … up to … dignity and honour here in the Church (which is called Heaven in this Book of Revelation) and after this life ended, to be made partakers of heavenly glory. This is the portion and comfort of all the faithful witnesses of Christ, as experience of all times doth prove. It was fulfilled to Luther, …, …, Peter Martyr, Bucer, and many others, Rev. 11. 12. And they shall ascend up to heaven in a cloud.
Others understand it of coming openly into the visible Church with a cloud or multitude of witnesses (as Heb. 12. 1.) rejoyeing and congratulating with them, and incouraging them, and helping like a cloud to advance them. Others take it to be meant of a gentle way of reformation, by the word, not a violent one, by the sword, as it were by a whirlewinde. Others, for their imperfect knowledge, at the first, of those things which concerned Gods publick worship. Annot.
Ascending]
;;Gen. 28. 12. The Angels looking with desire into the mysteries of Christ, 1 Pet. 1. 12. ministring to him, and through him to his people, Mark 1. 13. Heb. 1. 14. now in special guarding Jacob from all perils in his journey, see Gen. 32. 1, 2.
Angels ascending and descending]
;;The Angels ministring to Christ in his doing of strange works, and unto the Church for Christ his sake, Joh. 1. 51.
Ascending into heaven, and going down into the deep]
;;That righteousness and salvation cannot any more be in us by the works of the Law, then either we are able to climb up into the heavens to fetch a thing which is there, or to go down to the bottom of the deep seas to fetch something that is there, Rom. 10. 6, 7.
Ascending lamps]
;;Exod. 40. 25. To burn and shine, as vers. 4. representing the seven spirits of Christ, whereby his Word shineth to his Church.
Ascension]
;;Christ going up into heaven in his manhood; or, an action of Christ as he is God, removing his manhood up into the third heavens, there to remain in most excellent glory and power, for the good of his Church, Ephes. 4. 9, 10.
;;Now that he ascended, &c. is the same that descended.
Ascent]
An ascending or mounting up, Numb. 34. 4.
Ascribe]
To attribute, give, bestow upon, Deut. 3a. 3. Psal. 68. 34.
Asenath]
A peril, or thing infortunate. Joseph's Wife. Gen. 41. 45.
Ashamed]
;;Abashed, or one that is waxen pale and wan, as when the colour fadeth and withereth: it noteth both disappointment of hope; and confusion of destruction, Psal. 6. 10. Let mine enemies be ashamed, &c. See Job 6. 20. & Jer. 48. 1, 20. Isa. 1. 29. When we look for help from whence we obtain none, then followeth shame: as Idolaters from their idols, and superstitious forms of worship: which in the evill day being not only unable to help, but pulling down much hurt and punishment, it caused such persons as trusted thereis, to be ashamed of their temerity, impiety and obstinacy, especially if they have been forewarned.
Ashamed we must be, not of Christ, or his Word, Mar. 8. 98. the Gospel, Rom. 1. 10. Affliction for it, Rom. 5. 5. Beleeving in Christ, Rom. 9. 33. Praising a godly man, 2 Cor. 7. 14. Such as suffer for Christ, 2 Tim. 1. 16. Suffering as a Christian, 1 Pet. 4. 16. The testimony of our Lord, 2 Tim. 1. 8. But of sin (of what kinde soever) Rom. 6. 21.
Ashamed: Confounded, Rom. 9. 33. marg.
Shall not be ashamed: Rom. 10. 11. Shall believe God, and confess him publickly, as vers. 10. Dr. … on Revel. 1 Annot. d.
Heb. 2. 11. He is not ashamed to call them …, Christ thought it no disparagement to his glorious Deity, to call men his brethren. Jones.
To reckon himself among them, as one of the same nature and condition, for in the texts afterward alleadged, he doth not in express words call them brethren, but only imply it. Annot.
Heb. 11. 16. God is not ashamed to be called their God, that is, Accounted it an honour to be called their God, because by their faith they gave glory unto God, thereby acknowledging his power and faithfulness; or, in an … mann. … to be called their God, though he were the God of the … …, …. 24. 3. …. Who should be ashamed of them, of whom neither God nor Christ are ashamed?
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Smoke. A City, …. 15. 42.
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1 Chr. 4. 21.
Ashbel]
Anold sire. The Son of …, Gen. 46. 22. Of whom the …, Numb. 26. 38.
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Fire as it were …, or …. The Son of Gomer, Gen. 10. 3. Also a Countrey, …. 5. 27.
Ashdod]
Robbing of a …; … … … …, or of the Fathers Brother. A City, Josh. 15. 47. whence the …, Neh. 4. 7. and Ashdo'hites, …. 13. 3.
… …]
The Springs of …, or the …, …. 3. 17. marg.
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The name of a Tree. It's no where … sound in the Scripture. By the Latins it is called …, from the … …, because it thriveth best on hils. It hath leaves broader then the ordinary Ashe. It seemeth that Chests or Arks were usually made of it; for the names of either, this, and that of a Chest, or Ark, in Hebrew are of the same stock, differ not much, Oren and …. Isa. 44. 14. ….
Asher]
Happy, the son of Jacob, Gea. 30. 13. Also the … of Asher, or Countrey where they …, Gen. 49. 20. Numb. 1. 13. Whence Asherites, Judg. 1. 32.
Ashes]
;;A thing vile and brittle, being the remainder of some better matter, as wood or other … consumed by fire, 2 Pet. 2. 6.
;;2. The frailty and extreme vileness of man, being considered in comparison with his Creator, Gen. 18. 17. And behold, I am but dust and ashes, Job. 13. 12. Your memories may be compared to ashes; that is, they shall be most vile, nev. r to be remembred but with loathing.
Vo consume to ashes]
;;That the Sacrifice which Christ offered of himself, prefigured in those of the Law, was most grateful and acceptable unto God, Psal. 20. 4. … … thy burnt … to Ashes.
;;The turuing of the sacrifices to ashes, was a sign of acceptation, that it had a sweet smell, as turning of the sacrifices to our use.
To become like dust and ashes: signifieth a mans … condition, Job. 30. 19.
To eat ashes]
;;To be cast down into a base and miserable condition, so full of sorrow, as for excessive mourning, bread did relish no better then ashes, Psal. 102. 9. l have caten ashes, &c.
To repent in asves]
;;To mourn and … … in the sense of some sins against God, and sor deserved judgement. Jon. 3. 6. The King of … sat in … Mat. 11. 21. They had repented in … and ashes. It was the custom of Jews and Gentiles in any deep heaviness, to declare their grief by putting on sack-cloth, and sprinkling of ashes on their heads, or sitting in them; and after this … Gods people did witness their great abjection and vileness, when by fasting and prayer they extraordinarily humbled themselves before God to turn away some vengeance; which of some was done in truth and sincerity, as Dan. 9. 3. and of others in shew only, and in …, as Ahab.
Ashima]
The fire of the Sea; or, the …. The Idols of Hamath, 2 King. 17. 30.
Ashkelon]
The fire of infamy. A City of the …, 2 Sam. 1. 10.
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Mutation. A City, Josh. 15. 33, 34.
Ashpenaz]
The Master of the Eunuches to the King of … Dan, 1. 3.
Ashriel]
… … of God. The Son of …, 1 Chr. 7. 14.
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…, or riches. A City, Deut. 1. 4. Also an …, 1 Sam. 7. 3.
…
The fire of divination, consummation, or …. …. 15. 50.
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1 Chr. 11. 44. uzziah thus named.
A shteroth-karnaim]
Ashtaroth signifieth flocks, or riches; karnaim, …, meaning thereby the people of the City of Ashtaroth, Gen. 14. 5.
Ashtoreth]
called Ashtaroth, 1 King. 11. 33. The Heathens call this Idol Astarte, which they worshipped in the female sex, and was used for the common name of all their female goddesses, as … of the mates, and is therefore here also expressed in the … number; but more specially this was the Idol of the …, 1 King. 11. 5, 33. & 2 King. 23. 13. and of the Philistins, 1 Sam. 30. 10. which they worshipped in the form of a Sheep, and under this some think they worshiped Venus; others, Diana, or the Moon. Annot. on Judg. 2. 13.
Ashuath]
Doing, or making vestments. The Son of Japhlet, 1 Chr. 7. 33.
Ashur]
;;1. The man so called, Gen. 10.
;;2. The … of Ashur, or Assyrians.
;;3. The Region or Countrey so called.
;;4. The King of Ashur with his Army, Isa. 10. 5.
Ashurim]
Wait-layers, blesse, slow-goers, beholders, or lookers on. The Son of Dedan. Gen. 25. 3.
Ashurites]
2 Sam. 2. 9. The Tribe of Asher.
Asia]
Full of mire, or dirt, of foreign dirt, slime; or of the … word foreign he healed; accounted of old the third part of the world, and greater then both the others, Europe and Africa. This was the place of the first men, first Religion, first Cities, Empires, Arts; where the most things mentioned in Scripture were done. The place where Paradise was seated, the … rested, the Law was given, and whence the Gospel proceeded. The place which did bear him in his flesh, that by his Word beareth up all things.
The word is used in the New Testament sometimes for all the Lesser Asia, Act. 19. 26, 27. & 27. 2. Sometimes for some particular places thereof, Act. 16. 6. Act. 2. 9. & 6. 9.
Aside]
Apart, 2 Sam. 3. 27.
Asiel]
The work of God. The Father of Seraiah, 1 Chron. 4. 35.
To aske]
;;To put a question, Luke 20. 8. I also aske you, &c.
;;2 To move a petition, or to desire something in prayer, Mat. 7. 7.
When man asketh God, then it's put for, to enquire, and aske counsell, Judg. 20. 23. Pray for, and beg of God, 1 Sam. 1. 20. Jam. 1. 7. Say, or tell, 1 King. 3. 5.
When of man, then it's put for, to impose upon, Gen. 34. 12. Enquire as to learn of another, Deut. 32. 7. Crave, Josh. 15. 18. Request, 1 King. 2. 16. Demand of, Joh. 9. 21. Learn of, 1 Cor. 14. 35. Propound a question, Mat. 22. 46.
When it's spoken of Beasts, it's put for, to learn, Job 12. 7.
When it's applyed unto God, it sheweth his offer both unto Christ our head, Psal. 2. 8. and us his members, Mat. 7. 7. and is his questioning of man, Job 38. 3. Luk. 20. 3.
To ask amisse]
;;To pray they know not what, nor as they ought, without referring their prayers unto Gods glory, and charity towards their neighbour, Jam. 4. 3. Ye aske amisse.
Asleep]
Corporally, Judg. 4. 21. Spiritually, Cant. 7. 9. Meant also of being dead, 1 Cor. 15. 6, 18.
Cant. 7. 9. Causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. Such shall be the sweet and powerful efficacy of the Doctrine of the Church, as shall … the sleepy and drowsie professors, whether amongst Jews or Gentiles, to open their mouths, and speak plentifully to Gods praise. Cotton.
I will mak, that whether they (Pastors and Bishops) conceive publick prayers; or publish my praises in the Assemblies of the faithful, or preach my Word to my people, they shall (like … … Wine) awake both their own and the sleepy senses of the whole Church, and make eloquent the tongues of them that are sleeping. Tomson.
Able to put words both of repentance and prayer into the lips of him that lies asleep in his sins. Hall.
Thy tongue (the Preaching of the Gospel) shall be as pure, strong, and pleasing Wine, of the best smell and savour, sprinkling and leaping lovely, frisking in … cup; whereby even those that sleep, and are … in their … and trospasses, shall be …, and with new lips and words sound forth thy praise. The preaching of the Gospel is that which raiseth men out of the sleep of sin, and maketh them to speak with new tongues to the praise of the glory of God. Fiach.
Great is the power and vigour of the Gospel, chiefly when it sinks into the heart, and is there warmed and cherished by devout and holy meditation; like good Wine it will declare its …, and excite even those that were asleep before, to utter the great things of God. Annot.
Py sleepers are here meant sinners awaked and quickned by the Word Preached, as it is said Ephes. 5. 14. and was promised Isa. 26. 19. and Ezekiel by prophesying raised to life the dead bones of the house of Israel, Ezek. 37. (which also the Chaldee Paraphrast alledgeth in opening the place.) And not only dead men, which are said to be asleep, Dan. 12. 2. but others also that live, and through negligence or security fall asleep, (Cant. 5. 2.) are enabled by this spiritual Wine to speak, for having drunk thereof, they forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more, Prov. 31. 6, 7. See Isa. 57. 18, 19. Ayasw.
Asnah]
Ezr. 2. 50. His children returned from the Captivity.
Asnapper]
A great Noble man, who peopled the Cities of Samaria, Ezr. 4. 10.
Aspatba]
One of Haman's Sons, Est. 9. 7.
Aspe]
is a venomous and dangerous creature, having its eyes not in its forehead, but in its temples; so that it persues its adversary rather by its hearing and smelling, then by seeing; herein resembling the envious, who look aside on others, and upon hear-say or unwarrantable suspicion conceive hated against them. Its fellow being kill'd, it furiously persueth its slayer, setting upon him whether he be alone or with others, without any regard unto its own danger; herein resembling the wrathful, who out of a desire of revenge, expose themselves to any danger. One kinde by killeth thirst; thus doth Covetousness: Another by sleep; thus doth the Slothful slay their own souls: A third by bloud, the parties stung therewith bleeding till they die; and thus do the Iuxurious destroy themselves by wasting their bodies. The wicked are said to have the gall of Asps within them, Job 20. 14. to suck the poyson of Asps, Ibid. 16. to have the poyson of Asps under their lips, Rom. 3. 13. Whereby may be perceived that they are malicious, dangerous. But the sucking childe shall play on the hole of the Aspe, Isa. 11. 8. God will deliver his from the greatest dangers, and the ungodly when once converted to Christ, shall harm them no more.
Asriel]
The beatitude of God. Of him came the Asrielites, Numb. 26. 31.
Assault]
Violence, force, Act. 14. 5.
To assault]
To invade, rise against, set upon. Act. 17. 5. They assaul ed the house of Jason.
Assay]
To tempt, Deut. 4. 34. This is not spoken of God trying his own strength, but proving the obedience of his people, and trying the strength of his adversaries. Aynsworth.
To try, 1 Sam. 17. 39. To make tryal of, Heb. 11. 29.
Asse]
Hereof frequent use is made in the Scriptures, which shew the manifold use thereof; as whereon men and women rode, Exod. 4. 20. Numb. 22. 21. Josh. 15. 8. or were drawn in a Chariot, Isa. 21. 7. which bare burthens, Gen. 42. 26. which was used in plowing the grounds, Deut. 22. 10. and grinding of corn in mils, Mat. 18. 6. Luk. 17. 2. The mil-stone there spoken of, was such (as the Original importeth) as was turned about by an Asse. Touching it, God commanded that it should rest on the Sabbath, Deut. 5. 14. be brought home if found going astray, Deut. 22. 3. And forbid his people to … one anothers Asse, Exod. 20. 17. It's a dumb beast, 2 Pet. 2. 16. brayeth, Job 6. 5. It's a vile base beast, of small account; whence that phrase, To be buried with the burial of an Asse, Jer. 22. 19. Though strong, yet it is a lazie beast, Gen. 49. 14, 15. It's unruly and sullen; hence, a bridle for the Asse, Prov. 26. 3. The Prophet hereby upbraideth the peoples ingratitude, Isa. 1. 3. Christ to shew his humility rode on an Asse, Joh. 12. 15. By this beast are signified, men ignorant of manners, the immoderate riot of stubborn persons, their impudence and shamelesness. Once an Asse spake, 2 Pet. 2. 16. and once an Asses head was sold at a dear rate, 2 King. 6. 25.
Of Asses; one once spake, 2 Pet. 2. 16. Some are young, Isa. 30. 6, 24. Some are fruitful, having Colts, Gen. 40. 11. Some wilde, Job 6. 5. Jer. 2. 24.
Assemble]
To come together, Numb. 10. 3. To gather up, Isa. 11. 12. (as in Jer. 10. 17.) Annot.
Assemble together, Act. 1. 4. or, cat …, marg. To cry together, 1 Sam. 14. 20. marg. To call, 2 Sam. 20. 4. marg, To gather together, Jer. 4. 5. To come tumultuously, Dan. 6. 6. marg.
Assembling]
Heb. 10. 25. Not forsaking the assembling of our selves together as the manner of some is; That is, the publick Congregation of the faithful, wherein the word of God is taught, the Sacrament administered, and Common-prayer, and thanksgiving made, (unto which God hath promised a blessing, Mat. 18. 20. See Psal. 27. 4. & 122. 1.) which some do either out of fear, or negligence, or pride, self-conceit and singularity, or out of what causelesle reason else. Annot.
Assembling]
Assembling by troops, Exod. 38. 8. marg.
Assembly]
;;A place for solemn meetings, either Civil or Ecclesiastical, Matth. 23. 6. The … seat in Assemblies, Isa. 4. 5. where it signifieth sacred ministeries and meetings.
;;It is also used for a multitude of people, Gen. 28. 3. Ezek. 23. 24.
This is done either by command of authority, as Numb. 1. 18. 2 Sam. 20. 4, 5. or voluntarily; which is, either lawfully, Judg. 20. 1. or unlawfully, Psal. 48. 4. Act. 4. 27.
Assembly: Secret, or Councel, Ezek. 13. 9. marg. Synagogue, Jam. 2. 2. marg.
Solemne assembly; a restraint, 2 Chr. 7. 9. marg. Day of restraint, Joel 1. 14. marg. Holy dayes, Amos 5. 21. marg.
Unto your assembly, Jam. 2. 2. foreign signifies all kind of Assemblies, meetings in the market places, Mat. 6. 2. Consistories for Judicature, Mat. 10. 17. & 23. 34. (and not only places for the publick service of God) and so it signifies here, as appears,
1. By the acceptation of persons, partiality, vers. 1. which especially respects Judicatures.
2. By the footstool, vers. 3. which was proper to great persons, Princes on their throne, or Judges on their Tribunal.
3. By the words vers. 4. Ye become Judges.
4. By the mention of Judicatures, vers. 6. which clearly signifie such Consistories, 1 Cor. 6. 4.
And lastly. by vers. 9. where their partiality, particularly that of preferring the rich to a better place then the poor, is said to be a breach of the Law. Dr. Hammond Annot. b.
Heb. 12. 23. To the general assembly; that is, to the whole number of the elect in general. Annot.
Masters of the Assemblies]
;;Pastors or Teachers which govern Assemblies, Eccl. 12. 11.
Assent]
2 Cht. 18. 12. With one mouth, marg.
To assent]
To give sentence, Luk. 23. 24. marg. To agree together, Act. 24. 9.
Assigne]
To allow, constitute, appoint, Gen. 47. 22. To give or set out for a special use, Josh. 20. 8. To put, or set, 2 Sam. 11. 16.
Assir]
Bound, or imprisoned. The Son of Korah, Exod. 6. 24. The Son of Jeconiah, 1 Chron. 3. 17.
To assist]
;;To minister aid or help, as it were to stand to one in his danger, 2 Tim. 4. 16, 17. No man assisted, yet the Lord assisted me.
Associate]
To combine, to conspire, plot together, Isa. 8. 9.
Assoon as]
Gen. 18. 33. & 27. 30. & 44. 3. So soon as.
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A coming near to. A City, Act. 20. 13.
Assurance]
;;That infallible certainty which an elect soul hath by faith of her own salvation, and of the promise of grace, that it is true, and belongeth to her self. Heb. 10. 22. Draw near in assurance of faith, Rom. 4. 21. Being assured, &c. The Papists are enemies to this assurance: they grant a probable and conjectural, but deny infallible assurance; because mans will (say they) is mutable, whereas our assurance depends upon the unchangeable will of God.
;;2. Charitable perswasions of other mens salvation, 2 Tim. 1. 5. I am assured it is in thee.
Assurance is either Corporal, concerning the bodies safety, Deut. 28. 66. Spiritual, touching the souls safety, Heb. 6. 11. Which is of understanding, Col. 2. 2. The divine truth of the Gospel, 1 Thess. 1. 5. Hope, Heb. 6. 11. Faith, Heb. 10. 22. or mixt, partly Corporall, partly Spirituall, Isaiah 32. 17.
Assurance of faith]
;;A certain perswasion of such things as faith apprehends, Heb. 10. 22. Draw near in full assurance of faith; that is, with a stedfast faith without wavering or doubting, vers. 23. Jam. 1. 6. Some are of opinion that here and in other places there is an allusion unto ships under full sail, and then the Translation may be this, viz. With the full sail of faith. Faith is that grace whereby we either do, or may approach unto God with full assurance of acceptance. Annot.
Full assurance]
;;A certain and strong perswasion of our own salvation by Christ, Rom. 4. 21. Being fully assured, Col. 2.
;;It is a speech borrowed from ships which be carried with full sails.
Given assurance, Act. 17. 31. Offered faith, marg.
Assure]
To perswade, 1 Joh. 3. 19. marg.
It shall be assured to him, Lev. 27. 19. that is, shall stand unto him, be his. Ayasworth.
Assured peace, Jer. 14. 13. Heb. peace of truth, marg. Hast been assured of, or trusted with, 2 Tim. 3. 14.
Assuredly]
Certainly, surely, verily, without doubt, or peradventure, 1 Sam. 28. 1. 1 King. 1. 13. Act. 16. 10. In truth, or stability, Jer. 32. 41. marg.
Asswage]
To still, quiet, Gen. 8. 1. Forbid, or restrain, Job 16. 5. Annot.
Assyria]
A most fruitful and fertile Countrey, Isa. 36. 17. called also Asshur, Gen. 2. 14. & 25. 18. from …, the Son of Shem: The inhabitants trafiqued in the Fairs of Tyrus, Ezek. 27. 23. were rich and desirable, Ezek. 23. 6, 17, 21. were proud, Zech. 10. 11. were a formidable people, Isa. 18. 2, 7. were injurious unto all, Neh. 3. 19, were Idolaters, Ezek. 16. 28.
Assyrian]
Heb. …; put for the King of that people and Countrey, and more specially for Senacherib; as vers. 24. Exek. 31. 3. Annot. on Isa. 10. 5.
Put also for the Egyptians, Isa. 52. 4.
Astonied]
Amazed, wondered, confounded and troubled in minde at terrible judgements, Ezek. 26. 16. & 27. 35. Great sins committed after extraordinary deliverances, Ezr. 9. 3. The extraordinary humiliation of most excellent men, Isa. 52. 14. Job 2. 13. The Churches forsaking of God, and following idols, Jer. 2. 12. The obstinacy of Gods people while they be under the heavie wrath of God, Ezek. 3. 15. A strange deliverance, Dan. 3. 24. Some fearful judgement foreseen, Dan. 4. 19. Some wonderful sight, Dan. 5. 9. Great and admirable gifts unexpected in one, Mat. 7. 28. Supernatural acts, and miracles wrought, Mat. 28. 4. Mar. 5. 42.
Astonishment]
Wonder, Jer. 5. 30. marg.
Astray]
Taken Corporally, Mat. 18. 12. Spiritually, Prov. 5. 23. The wicked do so from the womb, Psal. 58. 3. The godly of infirmity, Psal. 119. 176.
Astrologer]
Astrologers, Astrologians, Heb. Viewers of the heavens. Not such as view so as David did, Psal. 8. 3. and as Gods people and others are willed to do, Isa. 40. 26. to consider and contemplate the incomparable glory, wisdom, power, and providence of God, discovered and brightly shining forth in them, Psal. 8. 1. & 19. 4. & 104. 1 - - 4. Rom. 1. 21. But that gaze on them, to read the fates and fortunes, (as they term them) of men, and States, persons and people in them, and to foretel thence, what good or evill shall … them. And the Hebrew Doctors therefore … the term here used to come from an Arabick word that signifieth to decide, and to denote, such as take upon them to decide and to determine things of future contingence, by the view of the skie. Annot. on Isa. 43. 13.
This name at the first was and might be taken in a good part, though afterwards (through the abuse of Men and Arts) the name grew infamous. Annot. on Dan. 1. 20.
Astrologers]
They were of old held in high esteem with the Babylonians, Dan. 1. 20. & 2. 2. & 4 7. & 5. 7, 11, 15. with other Nations, Dan. 2. 10. and with the ungodly Jews, Isa. 47. 13, 14, 15. with whom they did consult about their weighty affairs. They took upon them to prognosticate of things to come, and are mentioned with Star-gazers, … …, Isa. 47. 13. Magicians, Sorcerers, Chaldeans, Dan. 2. 2, 10. Soothsayers, Dan. 4. 7. …, Dan. 5. 15.
Asunder]
This followeth the words Break, Burst, Cleave, Cut, Depart, Divide, Part, Pluck, Put, Rent, Sawen, whereby the meaning thereof may be plainly perceived.
Asuppim]
The counsel of Elders; or, gathering, 1 Chron. 26. 15.
Aswell]
Lev. 24. 16. Both.
Asyncritus]
incomparable, of … & foreign, and this of foreign & foreign, to discern, judge. A mans name, Rom. 16. 14.