A Complete Christian Dictionary, Dictionary · Part YO – Part YR
Y O.
Yoke]
;;An instrument of wood or iron, to joyn men, or oxen, or other creatures together; serving either to tame or to punish. A material yoke.
;;2. Afflictions for sin, or the crosse sent from God. Lam. 3. 17. It is good for a man to … the yoke from his youth. This is the yoke of tribulation.
;;3. Our grievous sins which be the cause of our afflictions, Lam. 1. 14. The yoke of my transgressions is bound upon my hands. This is the yoke of our sins.
;;4. The cruel bondage, wherein Tyrants keep Gods people. Isa. 9. 5. Thou hast broken the yoke of their burthen. This is the yoke of oppression.
;;Yoke also signifieth servitude, Gen. 27. 40. Lev. 26. 13. Isa. 9 4. & 10. 27. Jer. 27. 8, 11. Edom broke the yoke when Edom rebelled against Judah, and made them a King in …'s time, 2 King. 8. 20, 22.
;;5. Fellowship or agreement in any thing, good or evill. 2 Cor. 6. 14. Bear not the … … with ….
;;6. Gods Commandements that we should believe in Christ, and live uprightly. Matth. 11. 29. Take my yoke upon you. Also Vers. 30. This is the yoke of Gods promises and precepts, which is not heavy to the regenerate man.
;;7. The Law of Moses with a strict condition of performing it perfectly. Act. 15. 10. To lay a yoke upon them, which neither our Fathers nor we were able to bear. This is the yoke of perfect obedience to the Law. A Metaphor.
The yoke of Christ, is,
1. The Crosse of Christ.
2. The service we owe to Christ. Both are easie, Mat. 11. 29.
The Crosse is so,
1. Because Christ hath taken away the sting thereof, which is sin, and hath undergone the curse, Gal. 3. 13.
2. God is at peace with us, therefore the Saints rejoyce in tribulation, Rom. 5. 3.
3. Afflictions produce the quiet … of righteousness, Heb. 12. An eternal weight of glory, 2 Cor. 4. 17.
4. They are short, Rom. 8. 18. 2 Cor. 4. 17.
5. Christ measureth them according to our strength, 1 Cor. 10. 13.
6. He giveth his holy Spirit to comfort his servants in the midst of tribulation, 2 Cor. 1. 4, 5.
2. His service is an easie yoke to the regenerate, 1 Joh. 5. 3.
1. They have a new nature wrought in them, which hath a great … with, and likeness unto the service of Christ; this change the Lord promises to work in his servants, when he would have them serve him, Deut. 30. 6, 11, 14. Ezek. 11. 19, 20. & 36. 27, 28. Jer. 31. 33.
2. Because of the assistance continually given by God the Father, Son and holy Ghost, The Father daily repaireth decayed strength, with new supplies of grace; he willeth us to repent, Joel 2. 12. and worketh it, Jer. 31. 18. To circumcise our hearts, Jerem. 4. 4. and promiseth that he will circumcise them, Deut. 30. 6. To love him, Deut. 10. 12. and sheddeth his love abroad in the heart, Rom. 5. 5.
The Son maketh it easie, because being ingraffed in him, and joyned to him, as our root and head, we receive daily influence of grace from him, Rom. 6. 4. Joh. 5. 21, 25. & 11. 25. Eph. 5. 14. & 3. 16, 20.
The Spirit maketh it easie, by quickening us when we are dull and dead, Rom. 8. 11, 26. Joh. 4. 14.
The Graces of the Spirit make it easie,
1 Faith is our victory that overcometh the world, 1 Joh. 5. 4.
2 Hope is a strong helmet of salvation, 1 Thess. 5. 8. and an anchor, Heb. 6. 18.
3 Love is a strong help, and blusheth at the name of difficulty; for it … all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things, 1 Cor. 13. 7.
Yoke of his burden]
;;The burden put upon the people as a yoke, to wit, the corporal bondage of the Babylonians, and tyranny spiritual by Satan and sin; being eased of the former by Cyrus, and by Christ of the latter, Isa. 9. 4.
Put a heavy yoke, 2 Chr. 10. 11. Heb. laded, marg.
Yoked]
Be not unequally yoked, 2 Cor. 6. 14. Gr. diversly yoked. The Original foreign, may be diversly interpreted, either draw not down the beam, or any way incline to the part of the Infidels; or, be not unequally yoked, as when beasts of divers kindes, or of the same kind, but of divers stature and bigness, draw together. Or it may be rendred, draw not the other part of the yoke with Infidels; that is, be not any wayes coupled with them. Annot.
Yoke-fellow]
Phil. 4. 3. The Apostle hereby understandeth not his Wife, as some of the Ancients imagined, for he had no Wife when he wrote his first Epistle to the Corinthians, as appears, 1 Cor. 7. 7. and we read not that ever he marryed afterwards; but either he understandeth the Husband of one of the Women he mentioned before, or some chief and principal Pastour, to whom the Epistles of the Apostles were usually addressed, and by them afterwards read before all the Congregation. Annot.
Yonder]
pointeth out, and hath relation unto a person or place spoken of, 2 King. 4. 25. Numb. 23. 15.
You]
as Ye. The person spoken to, Neh. 2. 20. Luk. 10. 16.
You]
1 Sam. 6. 4. Heb. them, marg. 2 Cor. 12. 15. Gr. your souls, marg. 1 Pet. 1. 4. or us, marg.
You-ward]
Towards you, 2 Cor. 13. 3. Eph. 3. 2.
Young]
It is spoken of unreasonable creatures, Deut. 22. 6. Prov. 30. 17. Psal. 78. 71. Isa. 11. 7.
Of reasonable, 2 Sam. 9. 12. Mat. 2. 8, 9. Lam. 2. 19. 1 Sam. 9. 11.
Young]
Job 32. 6. Heb. few of dayes, marg. This is spoken of Asse, Bullock, Calf, Childe, Children, Cow, Dromedaries, Eagles, Hart, Lion, Pigeon, Ravens, Roes, Virgin, unicorn, Woman, &c.
Young children]
Job 19. 18. or the wicked, marg.
Young Figs]
;;A kinde of fruit, called the fig, not yet grown, but growing to his ripeness.
;;2. A sign or token of the approaching of the Spring, whereby the change and conversion of a sinner is signified, Cant. 2. 13. The fig tree hath brought forth her young figs.
Or, Her green figs, or her unripe figs; such as the fig-tree thrusteth out in stead of flowers which appear on other trees. Aynsw. See fig-tree.
Thus doth the fig-tree betimes bring forth her first fruit (for it bringeth forth three or four times a year) that again and again it may be more fruitful. Doth it thus? How much more should mankinde hasten the fruits of godliness, for advantaging the Lord with more fruits? Clapham.
Young Hart]
;;A beast so called, swift and quick of foot.
;;2. Christ, who like a young Hart, makes haste to come to his beloved, Cant. 2. 9. My wel-beloved is like a Roe, or young Hart.
Or, a fawn of the Hindes, or of the Harts, (for the Original word implyeth both males and females) as she speaketh in the plural number, either because the fawn is ingendered both of male and female, which delight each in other; or for excellency, as Sol. Jarchi expoundeth it, The fawn of a choyce Hinde, or Hart. Aynsw. See Hart, and Hindes.
Young man]
Gen. 4. 23. & 18. 7. is,
1. One ready for marriage, Isa. 62. 5.
2. One able to bear armes, 1 Sam. 17. 58. 2 Sam. 1. 15. & 2. 14.
3. A servant, or waiting. man, 1 Sam. 25. 5, 14. 1 King. 12. 8.
Young men]
;;Such as for years were but young, being grown past childhood, and entring into mans estate. 1 Sam. 21. 5. The vessels of the young men are holy. [The text seemeth to be against this.]
;;2. The first-born of the Israelites, which executed the holy thing, till Priests and Levites were consecrated. Exod. 24. 5. He sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered Burat-offerings.
The young men laid hold on him, Mar. 14. 51. foreign, young men, is a title here of the Romane Souldiers, as in Polybius, foreign, the mustering of souldiers. So Josh. 6. 22. The Septuagint have, foreign, two Souldiers went to spie, and Josh. 2. 1. & Isa. 13. 18. foreign, the bows of the young men, or souldiers. Dr. Ham. Annot. e.
Young men]
1 King. 20. 18. or Servants, marg. Psal. 78. 31. Chosen men. Compare the text with the marg.
Young one]
Deut. 28. 57. Heb. after birth, marg.
Two young Roes]
;;The two brests of the Church, to wit, the two Testaments, whence sweet nourishment is drawn out for the feeding of the Church, Cant. 4. 5. Thy two brests are as two young Roes. See Two brests.
Your]
signifieth,
;;1. The right or interest of a thing without the possession, Mat. 5. 12. 1 Cor. 3. 21.;;
;;2. Possession without right. This is called usurpation, Jam. 5. 2.;;
;;3. Possession and right, but not propriety, Luk. 16. 9, 12.;;
;;4. Both right and possession, and propriety, Luk. 16. 12.;;
;;5. By use.;;
;;6. By delight.;;
;;7. By opinion.;;
Your Prince]
;;Christ the Ruler and Lord of the Jews, Daniel's people, Dan. 10. 21. Like that chap. 9. 25, 26. Col. 1. 18.
Yours]
2 Cor. 12. 14. I seek not yours; that is, your estates, goods, riches.
Your selves]
;;Not themselves, but one another, as Jude 20. & Heb. 3. 13. Eph. 4. 32. where it is [your selves] in the Greek, but meaneth one another. The reason hereof is in Rom. 12. 4. 1 Cor. 12. 12.
Youth]
Fourishing age, the time of rejoycing, Eccles. 11. 9.
It is vain, Eccl. 12. 2. in respect of affliction, Gen. 21. 15, 16, 17. in respect of sin, whereunto that age is incident, Jer. 31. 19. Isa. 54. 4. for the sins committed in youth, Job 20. 11. Gen. 21. 9. Act. 7. 57.
The … of youth is,
1. To fear God, Gen. 39. 8, 9. 1 King. 18. 12. 2 Chr. 34. 3.
2. To observe his Commandements, Mat. 19. 20. Mar. 10. 20. 1 Joh. 2. 13, 14.
3. To labour reformation of life, Psal. 119. 9.
4. To renounce the pleasures of the world, 1 Joh. 2. 15.
5. To live soberly, Tit. 2. 4.
6. To bear the yoke of the Lord, Lam. 3. 27.
7. To be imployed in the service of God, and fighting against Satan, 1 Joh. 2. 14, 15, 16.
It is the age wherein men are readiest to fall by sin, because of the strength of affections and heat of lusts: Example in the Prodigal, Luk. 15. the path-way thereof is foolishness, Prov. 22. 15. which leadeth to destruction, Ibid.
It ought to be cured by the wholesome information of the Word, Psal. 119. 9.
Youth]
A stripling, a young man, 1 Sam. 17. 55, 56, 58 Prov. 7. 7. Isa. 40. 30.
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Applyed unto lusts, 2 Tim. 2. 22. See Youth ly, where the meaning hereof is set down.
Youthly …]
;;High conceit of himself and his own excellency, joyned with disdain of others, 2 Tim. 2. 22.
Y R.
Yron bar]
;;That which is hard to be broken, or overcome, Isa. 45. 2.
Yron furnace]
;;Careful grief, anguish and sorrow of heart, for great and grievous thraldom and slavery. Deut. 4. 20. The Lord hath brought you out of the yron furnace.
Yron pan]
Ezek. 4. 3. or a slate, plate, or slice, marg. See Iron.
Yron sinew]
;;An obstinate sinner which will not yeeld to the Word of God, no more then an yron … will yeeld. Isa. 48. 4. And he shall put an yron yoak upon … neck.