A Complete Christian Dictionary, Dictionary · Part CO · Entry 156 – Entry 237
To confesse]
;;To acknowledge us as his own: Thus Christ will confesse the faithful at the day of Judgment. Luk. 12. 8. Him shall the Son of man confesse before the Angels.
;;2. To testifie or bear witnesse of one, plainly and sincerely. Joh. 1. 10. John consessed and denyed not, saying, I am not that Christ. Luk. 12. 8. He that … me before men. Thus we confesse Christ.
;;3 To utter and speak forth ones prayse, or to give thanks. Heb. 13. 15. Offer to God the calves of your lips, confessing his Name; that is, acknowledge his benefits and give him thanks for them. And in the Psalms very often, to confesse God is put for to prayse God, Psal. 6. 5. Isa. 12. 1.
;;This duty of confessing God, was figured by the shaking of things offered to and fro before the Lord, which signified the shaking of our lips in confessing and giving of thanks; as appeareth by the words of Hosea, and by Heb. 13. 15, 16.
;;4. Frankly and boldly to tell forth what we hold and believe in matter of Religion Rom. 10. 10. With the mouth man confesseth to Salvation.
;;5. To lay open our sins and offences, either unto God in private or publick confessions; or to our Neighbour whom we have wronged; or to some godly persons, at whose hands we look to receive comfort, being cast down by some grievous sin: or finally, to the whole Congregation, when our fault is publick. 1 Joh. 1. 9. We confesse our sins Psal. 32. 5. I said I will confesse my sins. Mat. 3. 6. Jam. 5. 16.
;;6. To acknowledge a crime before a Judg. Josh. 7. 19. Confesse what thou hast done.
;;Touching Popish confessing of our particular sins, distinctly for number and circumstances every year in the ears of a Massing Priest, upon necessity of salvation, there is no one word in all the Book of God. For it is a meer device invented for the advancement of the apostatical See of Rome.
;;2. Confession of evill things, viz. our sins;;;
;;1. To God, as him whom we have offended, who knoweth our sins, can pardon us, or else will punish us if we refuse to confesse, Psal. 32. 5, 6. 1 Joh. 1. 9.;;
;;2. To our Neighbour hurt by us, who else complaining to God, shall have him to revenge his quarrell; and thus man can and must forgive so much of the offence as is done against him; if his adversary repent, and confesse, and seek pardon, Luk. 17. 4. Mat. 5. 23, 24.;;
;;3. To the Minister of God, or to some godly person, that pitying the sinners case, can and will give him spirituall advice against his sin, pray for him, and by his authority pronounce absolution to him. For if the Physician be sought for health, and the Lawyer consulted with for wealth, shall the Minister be neglected in case of salvation? Job 53. 23, &c.;;
Referred to Christ. In respect of himselfe, signifying his profession or testimony which he gave unto the truth, 1 Tim. 6. 13. In respect of us, his acknowledgement of us as his owne, Rev. 3. 5.
Referred to Men. In respect of God, signifying,
1. To set forth his prayse and be thankful to him.
2. To pray unto him, Rom. 10. 10, 13.
In respect of Christ, signifying our real and true acknowledgement of Christ to be the Son of God, the Saviour of the world, 1 Joh. 4. 15.
In respect of our selves, signifying the acknowledging and laying open of our sins, whether in publick, Neh. 9. 2, 3 or private, Dan. 9. 20. Whereunto we are encouraged, Prov. 28. 13. 1 Joh. 1. 9.
In respect of others, either when we do plainly and sincerely bear witness unto the truth, Joh. 1. 10. or acknowledge the wrongs and injuries which we have done them, Jam. 5. 16. Or, make known our sins to Gods Ministers, to testifie our repentance, and receive spiritual instruction from them, Mat. 3. 6. It must be also to Magistrates when called thereunto, Josh. 7. 19.
To confesse and deny not]
;;To make a most … and sincere confession. Joh. 1. 20. The affirming of a thing joyned with a contrary negation, and a repetition (as it is here) argueth the ingenuity and evidence of the speaker, to teach us that in maintenance of the truth, especially when Gods glory is called into question, (seeing it doth appertain to us) we cannot deal too plainly.
To confess Iudah]
;;To praise him, Gen. 49. 8. Meaning that his Brethen should acknowledge the dignity of the first born in respect of government, and that Christ the King should come of him, 1 Chr. 5 2. Heb. 7. 14.
Confesse]
Rev. 3. 5. I will confesse his name before my Father, &c. I will own and acknowledge him for such an … as he hath owned and acknowledged me. Mat. 10. 32. Mar. 8. 38. Annot.
Confession]
;;Profession, or declaration either of the truth of Doctrine, or of the innocency of his person. 1 Tim. 6. 13. Who before Pontius Pilate … a good confession.
;;2. Invocation or prayer unto God by Christ, and all other works of Religion. Rom. 10. 10. With the mouth man confesseth to salvation. This is expounded of prayer, vers. 13.
It must not be verbal, Exod. 9. 27. Enforced, 2 Sam. 15. 24. Desperate, Mat. 27. 3. Confession to God, is of, A man himself, Psal. 32. 5. A Father for his children, Job 1. 5. A Magistrate for those under his authority, Neh. 1. 6. Dan. 9. 10. Exod. 30. 3. A Minister for his people, Luk. 26. 40. And must be with knowledge of sin, Jer. 2. 23. Consideration of that which is done, Jer. 8. 6. Humiliation, 2 Chr. 7. 14. Accepting of punishment for sin, Lev. 26. 41. A particularizing of sins, Lev. 5. 5. 1 Sam. 12. 19. Prayer, Exod. 32. 32. Faith, Dan. 9. 14. Forsaking of sin, Prov. 28. 13.
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A setled perswasion with boldness, without fear, or wavering. It's put for succour, 2 King. 18. 19. Hope, Job 4. 6. That whereupon one resteth and trusteth unto, Jer. 48. 13. Safety, Ezek. 28. 26. Perswasion, 2 Cor. 2. 3. Assurance, 2 Cor. 8. 22. Resolution, or a resolved purpose, 2 Cor. 10. 2. Setled resolution, Ephes. 3. 12. Boldness or liberty, Phil. 1. 20. Undauntedness, Heb. 3. 6. Free profession, Heb. 10. 35.
Confidence must not be put in fine gold, Job 31. 24. Men, Psal. 118. 8. Princes, Ib. 9. The strength of a City, Prov. 21. 22. An unfaithful man, Prov. 25. 19. Aegypt, Jer. 2. 37. Bethel, Jer. 48. 13. A guide, Mic. 7. 5. The flesh, Phil. 3. 3. (Such confidence shall be rooted out, Job 18. 14. is punishable, Job 31. 28. Argueth ones folly, Prov. 14. 16. is deceitful, Prov. 25. 19. is rejected of God, Jer. 2. 37.) but it must be put in the Lord, Psal. 65. 5. Prov. 3. 26. 2 …. 3. 4. 1 Joh. 3. 21. We may also upon good grounds have confidence, be well perswaded and assured of Gods children, 2 Cor. 2. 3. & 7. 16. & 8. 22. Gal. 5. 10. Philem. 21. There's a self-confidence without ground, Prov. 14. 16. Rom. 2. 19.
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Heb. 3. 6. If we hold fast the confidence, that is, The profession of our faith with boldness, Act. 2. 24. Rom. 10. 10. Eph. 6. 19. 1 Thess. 2. 2. Annot.
Confident]
;;Bold in an holy assurance of Gods love in Christ, promised in the Gospel. 2 Cor. 5. 6, 8. We are alwayes confident.
Confidently]
Luk. 22. 59. Affirmed confidently. foreign, he affirmed constantly, boldly, with all his force. It comes of foreign, strong, firm. Leigh Crit. Sac.
Confirm]
;;To strengthen or make strong. 1 Pet. 5. 10. Confirm and strengthen you.
;;2. To perfect or finish a thing, Psal. 68. 28. Confirm (O GOD) the thing that thou hast wrought in us.
;;3. To perform some word or promise. 1 Cor. 1. 6. The testimony of Jesus hath … confirmed in you; that is, truly performed unto you, by bestowing the gifts of the holy Ghost which were promised before.
Taken for,
1. To ratifie, or make sure, Ruth 47.
2. To fill up, or back, 1 King. 1. 14.
3. To strengthen, or make strong, Isa. 35. 3.
4. To perfect … finish, Psal. 68. 28.
5. To refresh, Psal. 68. 9.
6. To approve or assent unto, Deut. 27. 26.
7. To settle or establish, 1 Chr. 14. 2.
8. To renew or make …, 2 Chr. 2. 8.
9. To perform, Psal. 105. 10.
10. To encourage, or make more constant, Act. 15. 32.
11. To settle, 1 King. 14. 5.
12. To make good, Rom. 15. 8.
13. To prove soundly, Act. 9. 22.
14. To assure, 2 Sam. 7. 24.
Confirm]
1 King. 1. 14. Heb. fill up. marg.
To confirm]
;;To stablish and ratifie a thing with signs, …, &c. Heb. 2. 3. And was confirmed.
To confirm the promises of God]
;;To make it evidently appear unto men, that God who promised to send his Son unto the Jews, was faithful and true, because in fulness of time he did send him, Rom. 15. 8. The promises of God are in themselves most firm and stable, as heaven and earth, so they be unmoveable and constant: they are said to be confirmed in respect of men; whose faith being weak and full of doubts, had need to be holpen and strengthened; not Gods promises, but mens unbelief is feeble. Also note further, that the utmost and remote end of Christ his coming into the world, in respect of God, is to have the glory of his truth; but the nearest end in regard … men, is their salvation.
Confirmation]
;;is a work of the Spirit, strengthening faint and weak mindes in faith and obedience unto the end. 1 Pet. 5. 10. The God of all grace confirm and strengthen you. God confirmeth, as author or efficient cause of strength: the Word, Sacraments and Ministers confirm as instruments and helps. Luk. 22. 32. Being converted, … thy …. A man confirmes himself when he takes heart to him in a good cause, upon hope of Gods help, 1 Cor. 16. 13. Example in David, 1 Sam. 37. 34, 45. No ground in Scripture for the Popish Sa crament of Confirmation, which is a device of their own brain.
Confirmed it by an oath]
Heb. 6. 17. Gr. interposed himself …. an oath, marg.
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Ezra 7. 26. or, to confiscation of goods; that is, the taking away of a mans goods from him, and so turning them to some publick use. Annot.
Conflict]
Fighting or combating, Phil. 1. 30. Fear or …, Col. 2. 1. marg.
Conformable]
Phil. 3. 10. Being made conformable unto his …; or, as … reads it, while I am made conformable, unto Christ being dead. Leighs Annot.
Conformed]
Rom. 8. 29. Fashioned like, Philip. 1. 21.
To confound]
;;1. To put one unto shame by some publick punishment, and sometimes quite and utterly to destroy and root one out. Psal. 31. 1. I have put my trust in thee, let me not be consounded. Psal. 22. 5. They trusted in thee and were not consounded; that is, they were not forsaken and put to utter rebuke and shame before men.
2. To destroy or break to pieces, Jer. 1. 17.
3. To amaze, astonish, … trouble in minde, Act. 2. 6.
4. To trouble, terrifie, or put to silence, Act. 9. 22.
5. To disorder or mingle together, Gen. 11. 7. Act. 19. 32.
6. To overthrow with a consumption, Psal. 71. 13.
7. To put to rebuke, Psal. 22. 5.
8. To make ashamed, 1 Cor. 1. 27.
9. To make haste, 1 Pet. 2. 6. compared with Isa. 28. 16.
Confound]
Jer. 1. 17. or break to pieces, marg.
Confounded]
Acts 2. 6. or troubled in minde, marg.
Confused …]
Isa. 9. 5. Heb. rushing, or rustling, Ezek. 11. 12. and 37. 7. or, commotion or concussion, 1 King. 11. 12. and 29. 6. Jer. 10. 12. Ezek. 38. 19. Annot.
The … was confused, Acts. 19. 32. Out of order, not knowing or caring what either they said or did.
Confusion]
;;Affection of …, which appears in the countenance, by blushing or changing of the colour. Dan. 9. 7. … us confusion of face, or open shame, &c.
;;2. The casting down of the conscience before God and man for some sin. Psal. 119. 6. Then shall no confusion come unto me.
;;3. Perverting of order and peace: or disorder, 1 Cor. 14. 33. God is not the author of confusion.
4. Destruction, Psal. 31. 4.
5. Overthrow, 1 Sam. 20. 30.
6. An evill deserving confusion and destruction, Lev. 18. 23 & 20. 12.
7. Reproach and dishonour, Jer. 3. 25.
8. Tumultuous concourse without due order, Act. 19. 29.
9. Tumult and unquietness, Jam. …. 16.
Confusion]
1 Cor. 14. 33. … tumult, or unquietness, marg. So Jam. 3. 16. marg.
Congealed]
Exod. 15. 8. As ice, frozen, hardened. It may be meant of the Seas bottom, which being muddy and soft, was hardened, that they went as on dry land, Isa. 63. 13. Some understand it of the waters, that they were congealed as Ice. Aynsw.
Hardened, either because the waters stood like confirmed wals, or the muddy part (under their feet that walked through it) was thickened and confirmed like a solid floor. Annot.
Congratulate]
1 Chr. 18. 10. To congratulate him, Heb. to blesse him. To thank God for his successe, and to wish that he might still prosper. The words may also be taken indefinitely, for a royal congratulation which is usual with neighbouring Kings. Annot.
Congregation]
A multitude or an assembly met together, whether,
1. Of a whole Nation, as of all the Children of Israel, Exod. 16. 1. (whereof some were elders, Lev. 4. 15. Renowned, Numb. 1. 16. Chief, Numb. 4. 34. Rulers, Exod. 16. 22. Famous, Numb. 16. 2. & 26. 9. Chief Fathers, Ib. 31. 16. The rest, such as were under them, termed, The … of the Lord, Numb. 16. who though they were by themselves accounted holy, Ib. yet are they called an evil generation, Numb. 14. 35.) So of Judah, 2 Chr. 30. 25.
Or, 2. of an assembly and sacred meeting in one place to worship God, Neh. 8. 2. Acts 13. 43. The Church, Psal. 74. 2, 19. The Saints, Psal. 89. 5. The righteous, Psal. 1. 5.
Or, 3. of the meeting of the wicked, as hypocrites, Job 15. 34. Evill doers, Psal. 26. 5.
Or, 4. of Magistrates, Psal. 82. 1.
Or, 5. of the dead, Prov. 21. 16. Whereby may be understood, that he shall then leave his wandering, when death shall seise on him.
By the Mount of the Congregation, Isa. 14. 13. understand, Gods own seat, alluding unto Mount Sion where God was worshiped.
Coniah]
The strength or stability of the Lord. The Son of Jehoiakim, Jer. 22. 24. called Jeconiah, 1 Chr. 3. 16.
Conie]
Legally unclean, Lev. 11. 5. Commended for its wisdom, Prov. 30. 24, 26. For which the rock is a refuge, Psal. 104. 18. Their young (as it's said) see not till they be nine dayes old, neither will their Dam willingly suckle them, untill she hath been with the Buck. The female loveth procreation, and having young will not couple, for which the male killeth them (if not warily prevented) to provoke the female to copulation. It's a melancholy creature, a lover of darkness, and therefore diggeth holes in the ground, whither it runneth, when hunted. They are very fruitful, and by undermining, have brought Cities to ruine.
Cononiah]
as Coniah. A Levite, 2 Chr. 31. 12, 13.
Conquer]
To vanquish, overcome, get the victory, Rev. 6. 2.
To conquer]
;;To overcome the enemies of God by arrows of Pestilence (as some think) shot out of the Bow of Gods wrath, but (as it is most reasonable to think) by the glad tydings and promises of God, shot as arrows out of the tongues of the Apostles and other Ministers of the Word, as out of a Bow, Whereby the Nations were speedily subdued under Christ. Rev. 6. 2. He went forth conquering, that he might overcome.
He had begun to conquer already, and should conquer yet further. See the like phrase, Gen. 26. 13. Annot.
Conquerer]
Worldly, Isa. 14. 16, 17. Spiritual, Rom. 8. 37. Jesus Christ, Joh. 16. 33. The Saints, 1 Joh. 2. 13, 14.
Conscience]
;;1. The knowledge of our duties, Rom. 2. 15.;;
;;2. The knowledge of our own doings, whether good or evill; or the witness of our own mindes and souls, either for or against our selves, Act. 23. 1. Heb. 13. 18.;;
;;3. The peace of conscience, or a godly course of life leading thereunto, Act. 24. 16.;;
;;The guilt and terrour of conscience summoning men over to the day of Judgement, to answer for our sins, and to receive punishment for them, Heb. 10. 18.;;
;;It is a faculty of mans soul, taking knowledge and bearring witness of a mans thoughts, words and works, excusing them when they be good, and accusing them when they be evill. Rom. 2. 15. Their conscience bearing them witness, and their thoughts accusing or excusing. If the Conscience be
;;not deceived, but bear a true witness, then it is no erroneous Conscience, yet may be an evill Conscience, if it be not sanctified as well as enlightened.
;;Note: Conscience, it is a particular knowledge which we have with us of our own deeds good or evill, arising out of the general knowledge of the minde, which shews us what is good or evill, and Conscience telleth us when we have done the one or the other.
There are two kindes hereof;
1. Good, 1 Tim. 1. 5. Termed, A conscience void of offence, Act. 24. 16. A conscience bearing one witness in the holy Ghost, Rom. 9. 1. Pure, 1 Tim. 3. 9. Purged from dead works, Heb. 9. 14. Conscience of sins, Heb. 10. 2. Serving to excuse when we have done well, to accuse, when …, Rom. 2. 15. Being at some time quiet, at some time stirring and troubled.
2. Evill, Heb. 10. 22. Being either drowsie, secure or seared, 1 Tim. 4. 2. A defiled conscience, Tit. 1. 15. This also is at some time quiet, at some time stirring: It accuseth where it should excuse; excuseth, when accuse. The conscience also, even of the best, is now and then erroneous or doubtful.
Clear conscience]
;;A Conscience kept without offence and spot. Act. 24. 6. To have a clear conscience.
Good conscience]
;;A Conscience, which obeyeth such light and direction, as it doth think and take to be true and sound light and direction. Acts 13. 1. In all good Conscience.
Evil conscience]
;;A Conscience accusing of sin, and terrifying with remembrance of punishment due to sin: For against an evill conscience, is set a true faithful heart, which truly beleeveth forgiveness of sin, Heb. 10. 22. Purge from an evill conscience.
Pure conscience]
;;A Conscience not troubled and polluted with notorious and grosse crimes, 2 Tim. 1. 3.
;;2. Conscience purged aud made free from the guilt and horror of death, by faith in the bloud of Christ. Heb. 9. 14. Purge your conscience from dead works. Act. 15. 9. Your hearts purified by faith. Our of faith and serious purpose of living godlily, and pleasing God, doth spring a pure conscience.
For conscience sake]
;;For fear of God, lest by disobedience to authority in good things, or resisting them in evill things commanded by them, we … God, and so hurt our conscience; which being wounded, proves as an Hang-man or Tormenter. Rom. 13. 5. Not only for wrath but for conscience sake.
;;Some expound this (as Chrysostom and others) of the Conscience which we ought to make not only of Gods Commandement, charging us to be subject to the higher powers, but of the good benefits which we reap by our Governours, towards whom we are bound in Couscience to be thankful, seeing it is a matter of conscience, not to grieve or despise our benefactors. Both these interpretations may well (as subordinate) stand together. They are deceived, which conclude from hence, that men or their civil constitutions do simply and of themselves binde the Conscience, (which is Gods own prerogative, being the only Law-giver, who obligeth Conscience absolutely upon pain of eternal wrath:) Much more erroneous is that opinion of Popish Divines, that Decrees and Traditions humane in Ecclesiastical things, tie Conscience as Gods Word doth. To obey lawful Magistrates, we are bound by a double necessity: (for it is no indifferent matter as if we might choose) one is, to avoid the punishments both of Rulers and God, for stubbornness and contempt; the other is to preserve our Conscience unspotted and unwounded: for we cannot rebell against authority, and be refractary and seditious, but there will a double care, or torture rather, afflict the Conscience: the first is, because we cast away Gods Ordinance, even the government appointed by him, which is as much as gyant-like to fight against heaven. The second is, for that we have with great ingratitude and injustice striven against that power which deserveth well at the hands of all mankinde.
Seared or burned conscience]
;;A Conscience quite extinct and cut off, or utterly hardned. 1 Tim. 4. 2. And have their conscience burned with an hot iron; that is, having lost all sense and feeling of conscience, as a tooth or other part of the body, that is burned with an hot iron to dead it.
To consecrate]
;;To sanctifie, to dedicate unto God, or to separate and set one apart to execute some holy function, (Priest, Levite, Nazarite, Exod. 29. 1. When thou consecratest them to my Priests, thus thou shalt do. Numb. 6. 18. & 8. 13. The consecration is by doing some ceremonies appointed of God for such a purpose, as to fit him for a sacred function. (It signifieth primarily to fill the hand, Exod. 28. 41. or to profit.)
;;Consecration of Bread and Wine is a sacred action of the Church, wherein by reherasing and expounding the institution of Christ, also by solemn prayers and thanksgiving, the creatures are changed from a common use into a Sacrament of Christ his body and bloud; a mutation in quality and use without any change of substances.
Consecrate: To hallow, Numb. 3. 13. Devote, Lev. 27. 21. Separate or set apart for an holy use unto the Lord, Exod. 13. 12. as were the Levites, Numb. 8. 13. The Nazarites, Numb. 6. 3. The first-born, Exod. 13. 2. The Priests, Exod. 29. 9. Exod. 30. 7. The sacrifices, 2 Chr. 29. 33. Certain feasts, Ezra 3. 5. Places, 1 King. 8. 64. There was a consecration sacred, by Gods appointment, Num. 6. 7. Idolatrous, by Man, of his own head, Judg. 17. 5, 12. 1 King. 13. 33.
Consecrate: Exod. 29. 9. Hebrew to fill the band, marg.
;;To consecrate: To sanctifie or set apart to some excellent matter, Heb. 2. 10. That he should censecrate the Prince of salvation by affliction, v. 11. For he that sanctifieth, &c. This word expounds the former. The Original, signifies to make perfect,
Consecrated]
Josh. 6. 19. Heb. Holiness, marg. Heb. 7. 28. Gr. persected, marg. Heb. 10. 20. or, new made, marg.
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Exod. 29. 22. Of filling, to wit, the hand, as vers. 9. of Initiation. The Greek saith of perfection, Aynsw. Numb. 6. 7. Heb. seperation, marg. In Greek, the vow. In Chaldee, the crown of his God. Aynsw.
Consent]
An unanimous agreement, whether in good, 1 Sam. 11. 7. Zeph. 3. 9. or evill, Deut. 13. 8. Psal. 83. 5. Prov. 1. 10. Luk. 14. 18. Psal. 50. 18. Act. 8. 1.
Consent]
Hos. 6. 9. By consent, Heb. with one shoulder, or to Sychem, marg. Zeph. 3. 9. Heb. shoulder marg. Rom. 1. 32. have pleasure, marg.
Conservation]
;;Salvation, which is contrary to destruction, Heb. 10. 39. Unto the conservation of our souls.
To consider]
;;To bend the minde to think upon and observe any thing. Job 1. 8. Hast thou considered my servant Job? Job 2. 3. Prov. 31. 16. Isa. 5. Mat. 6. Heb. 3. 1.
;;2. To take heed and give ear unto, Psal. 69. 19. Dan. 9.
It signifieth also, to See, or take notice of, Exod. 33. 13. View, mark, or observe, Lev. 13. 13. Study or apply ones minde to a thing, Deut. 32. 29. Take advice or resolution, Judg. 18. 14. Remember, call to minde, or think on, 1 Sam. 12. 24. Regard, Lam. 1. 11. Be wary, Gal. 6. 1. Think, 2 Cor. 10. 7. Acknowledge and know, Deut. 8. 5. Be wise, Prov. 5. 6. Ponder, Prov. 24. 12. Know what to do, Judg. 18. 14. Observe and be intent upon, Heb. 10. 24. Set minde and heart upon, Hag. 1. 5, 7. Fix settledly the eyes upon, Act. 11. 6. Muse and meditate, Dan. 8. 5. Say in heart, Hos. 7. 2. This must be done diligently, Prov. 23. 1. Narrowly, Isa. 14. 16. Perfectly, Jer. 23. 20. In heart, Deut. 4. 39. Wisely, Psal. 64. 9.
Consider: 1 King. 5. 8. Hear, marg. Job 1. 8. Heb. set the heart on, marg. Prov. 24. 32. Heb. set the heart, marg.
To consider a field]
is, To be wary, circumspect and careful, … in buying thereof, either buyer or seller should be deceived, Prov. 31. 16.
To consider himself]
;;To set his heart to muse upon his own frailty, how easily he may fall, being tempted to any …. Gal. 6. 1. Considering your selves, lest ye also be tempted.
To consider one another]
;;Lovingly and mutually to regard and think upon our common infirmities, with care how to cover and cure them by Chtistian exhortations Heb. 10. 24.
;;To observe, mark and watch, with loving minde, Heb. 10. 24. Let us consider one another.
;;2. To weigh, ponder and think seriously upon, Heb. 3. 1. Consider the Apostle, &c.
To consider ones wayes in his heart]
;;To bend their mindes very diligently to mark their … course of life, what sins they lived in without repentance, and what correctious for the same they had received of God. Hag. 1. 5, 7. Consider your own wayes in your hearts.
To consider the poor]
is, To judge wisely of, prudently attend unto, or skilfully carry ones self towards them, Psal. 41. 1.
Consist] Luk. 12. 15. To be, stand, or depend on, Col. 1. 17. To hang, or depend on, stand fast, and sure.
Consolation or comfort]
;;That inward spiritual refreshing and strengthening of the heart, by the consideration and feeling of Gods merciful promises in Christ. Psal. 119. 50. Thy promises have … me in my troubles. 2 …. 1. 4. God comforteth us in all our troubles: and vers. 5. Our consolation … through Christ. Rom. 1. 11, 12. Where consolation and strengthening are put the one for the other. The holy Ghost being the worker of comfort, is therefore called, The Comforter, by an excellency. The promises of the Word, are the grounds of comfort: our believing hearts are the seats of comfort: Godly … and the faithful, are the Helpers of our comfort. Joh. 16. 7. I will … the Comforter. 1 Thess. 4. 18. Comfort one another with these words. 2 Cor. 7. 7.
It's also put for the means working comfort, Isa. 66. 11. Reward, Luk. 6. 24. Spiritual joy and encouragement, 2 Cor. 1. 5, 6, 7. The matter of comfort, 2 Cor. 7. 7. Christ and his …, Luk. 2. 15.
See Comfort.
Consolation: Act. 15. 31. or Exhortation, marg.
Consolation]
;;Exhortation, Heb. 12. 5. Have ye forgot the consolation.
Consorted]
Act. 17. 4. foreign, as it were chonsen by lot, they joyned. It importeth a near and firm conjunction. Annot.
Conspirary]
1. Of Subjects against their Prince, 2 Sam. 15. 12.
2. Servants against their Master, 2 King. 12. 20.
3. One traitor against another, 2 King. 15. 10, 15.
4. An inferiour King against his Superiour, 1 King. 17. 4.
5. Of a people against the Lord, Jer. 11. 9.
6. Of false Prophets against the people, Ezek. 22. 25.
7. Of more then forty Jews against Paul, Act. 23. 12, 13.
8. Of Joseph's brethren against him, Gen. 37. 18.
9. Of such as would have hindered Nehemiah in his work, Neh. 4. 8. Amos falsely accused of conspiracy against the King, Amos 7. 10.
Conspiracy: Jer. 11. 9. or Combination, or League, 2 King. 15. 30. & 17. 4. A defection from God, as by a general consent of all sorts of people throughout the Land and State. So Ezek. 22. 15. Annot.
Conspirators]
2 Sam 15. 31. Such as bound themselves, or entred into a League together against David.
Conspire]
To agree in one to do evill, and therein to help each other, Gen. 37, 18. 2 King. 21. 23.
Constant]
1 Chr. 28. 7. Heb. strong, marg. The Hebrew word hath especiall relation to the courage of the minde, which causeth an unalterable resolution, and thence followeth constancy. The manner of setting down this inference, sheweth that there be conditions to be observed on mans part, for obtaining promises made by God. Annot.
Constantly]
Prov. 21. 28. The man that heareth, speaketh constantly. The true Witness that speaks no more then he heareth himself, shall be left alive to bear witness again, when God hath destroyed false Witnesses, and shall be heard with credit. Annot.
Constancy]
;;Continuance in a good thing to the end. Psal. 8. 3. Ephes. 6. 18. With all constancy or perseverance.
Constellations]
Isa. 13. 10. The word Cecil, whose plural is here used, doth signifie some particular and special, either star or constellation, that is, company of stars, neighbourring and making up one signe or figure, as appears by Job 9. 9. & 38, 31. Amos 5. 8. where this and some other are reckoned up together. The Prophets words may be thus rendred, neither the stars of heaven, nor the Orions thereof (the brightest of them, or of the constellations thereof) shall give their light. Annot.
Constrain]
By importunity, Luke 24. 29. Example, Gal. 2. 14. Doctrine, Gal. 6. 12. Love, 2 Cor. 5. 14. Earnest pressing, Gen. 19. 3. Necessity, Act. 28. 19.
Constrain]
2 King. 4. 8. Heb. Lay hold on, marg.
Constraint]
1 Pet. 5. 2. Enforcement, compulsion.
Consult]
To advise with, Psal. 83. 3. Think with, Neh. 5. 7. Ask counsel, Ezek. 21. 21. Devise or plot, Psal. 62. 4. Take counsel, Dan. 6. 7.
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A deliberation, asking or demanding. counsel or advise, Mar. 15. 1.
Consult with familiar spirits]
Deut. 18. 1. This was Saul's sin, 1 Sam. 28. … 15. For which … the Lord killed him, 1 Chr. 10. 13. and hath threatned to cut off all from among his people, that do inquire of such, Lev. 20. 6. Aynsw.
Consume]
1. To bestow or spend, Jam. 4. 3.
2. To decay, wear away, or be wearyed, Psalm 31. 9.
3. To be brought to nothing, or vanish away, Job 7. 9.
4. So to eat or lick up a thing as nothing be left, 1 King. 18. 38.
5. To be cut off, Psal. 119. 139. marg.
6. To make to passe away, Psal. 78. 33.
7. To trouble, Psal. 90. 7.
8. To melt away, Jer. 6. 29.
9. To crush (or root out) Est. 9. 24. marg.
10. To devour, Heb. 12. 29.
11. To burn up, Luk. 9. 54.
12. To waste, destroy, and bring to utter ruine and desolation, Exod. 32. 10. This the Lord bringeth to passe by famine, Gen. 41. 30. The locust, Deut. 28. 38. Fire, Ezek. 19. 12. Pestilence, Deut. 28. 21. Drought, Gen. 31. 40. Death, Numb. 17. 13. One another, Gal. 5. 15. and other judgements, Lev. 26. 16.
Consume: Job 6. 17. Heb. extinguish, marg. Job 24. 19. Hebrew, violently take, marg. Isa. 64. 7. Heb. melt, marg. Ezek. 35. 12. Heb. devour, marg. Zeph. 1. 2. I will utterly consume all things, Heb. by taking away I will make an end, marg.
Consummation]
Dan. 9. 27. Utter consumption and final destruction of that place and people of the Jews, Matth. 24. 2. Luk. 21. 6. See the like, Ezek. 11. 2, &c. Annot.
Consumption]
Levit. 26. 16. or shaking Ague. In Gr. scabbedness. So in Deut. 28. 22. and elsewhere the word is not used. Aynsw. An utter riddance, Isa. 10. 22, 23. & 28. 22.
Consumption decreed]
;;Not only a thing lessened, cut off, and diminished, but withal, a thing definitely appointed and determined before, as if the sentence were already given. Isa. 10. 22, 23. The consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. So Rom. 9. 27, 28.
;;The meaning of Isaiah first, and afterwards of Paul, is all one, though the words somewhat differ; Paul following the version of the Septuagint; namely to declare that the diminishing and rejection of the Jews, which God would bring to passe both temporally in Chaldea, and spiritually under Christ, (whom few Jews received) did depend upon the purpose and predestination of God; not that the Jews had not through their sins deserved to be extenuated and rejected, but because all these things were appointed by the decree or sentence of election and reprobation. For it is a sure rule, That God doth nothing in time which was not decreed to be so done … all time; therefore they grievously erre, which rent the decree of God and his execution asunder, and make his Antecedent and Consequent will (which are subordinate) to be repugnant.
Contain]
To comprehend, 1 King. 8. 27. 2 Chron. 6. 18. To hold, 1 King. 7. 26. To be able to receive, Joh. 2. 6. & 21. 15. To belong unto, Rom. 2. 14. To moderate the appetite by main force and strength, 1 Cor. 7. v. 9.
To contemn]
;;See to Despise, to Kick, not to Hear. There is a difference between Contemning and thinking ill of one.;;
;;We contemn things not as they be bad or wicked, or hurtful, but as they be base, low, unworthy of our love, unable either to do good to us, or to hurt us, because they are weak. We think ill of them, hate them, fear them, and shun them, not as they be weak and unable to help or harm, but as they be wicked, and so willing, and apt or able to hurt us.;;
God by the wicked, Psal. 10. 13. As also his counsel, Psal. 107. 11. A vile person, by the godly, Psal. 15. 4.
What if the sword contemn even the rod, Ezek. 21. 13. that is, scom to rest in an affliction only of my people, but shall at once cut them off.
Contemn: Ezek. 21. 10. or Despise, marg. The glory of Moah shall be contemned, Isa. 16. 14. or, shall become mean, of light esteem, or of no repute. As 1 Sam. 18. 23. opposed to honorable, chap. 3. 5. The great weight that Moab now beareth, shall become light. He that weighs down so much now, shall then bear no weight, but fly up in the ballance. The word glory in Heb. hath an intimation of weight in it, alluded to by the Apostle, 2 Cor. 4. 18. and the word contemned hath affinity with that that signifies lightness, 1 Sam. 18. 26. & 49. 6. and they are both used promiscuously, Numb. 21. 6. … 40. 4. Nah. 1. 14. Annot.
Contempt]
cometh
1. From God upon men for sin, Job 12. 21. Psal. 107. 40.
2. From wicked men, Prov. 18. 3.
3. Through ease and pride, Psal. 123. 4.
Contemptible]
Base, vile, not to be regarded, Mal. 1. 7, 12. & 2. 9. To have no worth in it, to be set at naught, and basely to be esteemed of, 2 Cor. 10. 10.
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Psal. 31. 18. In …, Aynsworth.
Contend]
put for Reasoning, Job 31. 13. Sharp and bitter striving, Neh. 13. 25. To plead, Job 9. 3. Dispute, Act. 11. 21. It's spoken of God for his people against their enemies, Isa. 49. 25. Of the godly, for the truth, Jude 3. and reformation. Neh. 13. 11. 17. 25. Of the wicked against the godly, Isa. 41. 11, 12. Jer. 18. 19.
To contend earnestly for the Faith]
;;To maintain the Apostolical doctrine with all their might, withstanding Hereticks which would impugn and corrupt it, by sound teaching, and example of godly …. … v. 3. That you should earnestly …, &c. This Jude speaks to the Church, and not to Magistrates, which then were averse from Christ. So that here is no colour for seditious and tumultuous courses by weapons and armour, (other then that mentioned, Eph. 6.) to fight and strive with others.
To be content]
;;To be well pleased and apaid with the condition of life, and portion of goods which we have. Heb. 13. 5. Be content with those things you have, 1 Tim. 6. 6, 8. Also to give consent and approve of what is propounded, whether evil, Gen. 37. 27. or good, Exod. 2. 21. When the minde is pleased with such things as God hath thought fit and meet for us, this is contentment; so as withal, we be ready to undergoe a meaner and hard estate, if God will, ever judging our present condition best for us. The word in the original signifieth a sufficiency of good.
Content: Gen. 37. 27. … content, Heb. …, marg.