A Complete Christian Dictionary, Dictionary · Part MO
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Moab]
;;Of the Father. One so called, the Son of Lot begotten in incest, Gen. 19. 37. He was the head of a great Nation, the Moabites.
;;2. A people and Nation which descended and was born of Moab, called Moabites. Isa. 15. 1. The burden of Moab.
;;3. All the enemies of Gods people. Isa 25. 10. And Moab shall be troden down.
Moabite]
A Moabite shall not enter into the Congregation, Deut. 23. 3. The Ammonite and Moabite for their speciall unkindenesse and sin, had a speciall punishment above others, that these men might never be admitted into full communion with the Common-wealth of Israel, as other Nations might; but this the Hebrews restrain to the men onelyonly, not to the women. Aynsw.
Moabitesse]
A woman of Moab, as Ruth, who was marryed to Boaz, Ruth 4. 5, 10.
Moadiah]
;;Neh. 12. 17.
Mock]
;;A bitter taunt, or scornful jest, either for some naturall infirmity, or for piety sake. In the former kinde, the children mocked Elisha, 2 King. 2. 23. Come up Bald head. In the latter kinde Ismael mocked Isaac. Gen. 21. 9. … saw Ismael mocking. This is called persercution, Gal. 4. 29. Thus Jews and Gentiles mocked Christ.
To mock]
It's lawfull and unlawfull.
Lawfull, when spoken of God, Prov. 1. 26. as sometimes also in men, 1 King. 18. 27.
Unlawfull, being both Inward, when the wicked doe from their very hearts deride Gods goodnesse, his people, Word, sacraments, prayer, &c. who yet pretend the contrary, Psal. 35. 16. 2 Pet. 2. 13. and outward, and that in gesture, Psal. 22. 7. Isa. 57. 4. in words, Numb. 16. 14. Lam. 3. 69. 2 King. 2. 23. Neh. 4. 2. Matth. 27. 42. in actions, Isa. 8. 18. Jer. 20. 8. Mat. 27. 28, 29. Heb. 11. 36. To undergoe this, Gods Ministers are of all others the most lyable, 2 Chron. 36. 16.
It's put for,
1. To speak merrily, or in sport, Gen. 19. 14.
2. To abuse or play with, Gen. 39. 17.
3. To doe otherwise then formerly, deceiving ones expectation, Numb. 22. 29.
4. To beguile with words, Judg. 16. 10, 13, 15.
5. To taunt at, 1 King. 18. 27. with words of contempt, 2 King. 20. 23.
6. To have in derision, 2 Chron, 30, 10. Neh. 4. 1. Jer. 20. 7.
7. To plead with lies and cavils, Job 13. 9.
8. To speak of sin lightly or sparingly, Prov. 14. 9.
9. Lightly to account of, or make no reckoning of, Prov. 17. 5. & 30. 17. Job 39. 22.
10. To be without all piety, Prov. 1. 26.
11. To jest, at, laugh at, and deride, Lam. 1. 7. Mar. 10. 34.
;;It signifieth also, To laugh at one, and deride him for his graces, Gen. 21. 9. This Paul Gal. 4. calleth persecution.
;;2. To abuse, where upon followeth mocking, and laughing to scorne, Gen. 39. 14.
Mockers]
Psal. 35. 16. Scoffers, men that make …, or laugh to scorn, Jer. 15. 17. those that make merry. Annot.
Had tryall of cruel mockings]
Heb. 10. 36. or … mockings, Heb. 10. 32. 1 Pet. 1. 7. Annot.
Hereof Micah, Amos, Jeremiah, &c. underwent the tryall. D. Annot.
Moderation]
Phil. 4. 5. The Originall foreign, … a moderation of that by …, which in rigour might be exacted. Equity, or equall cariage.
Some read it Modesty; some, … minde; the adjective is in 1 Tim. 3. 3. rendered patient, in Tit. 3. 2. …. As also in 1 Pet. 2. 18.
Moderately]
Hath given you the former rain moderately, Joel 2. 23. Hebr. according to righteousnesse. Namely, at the time of your greatest need, and in that just measure, a, it is required, for to help the barrennesse which was before, Others in righteousnesse; that is, bountifully, and lovingly Annot.
Modest]
Spoken of apparell, 1 Tim. 2. 9. which must be sober, moderate. But … understandeth it of the humility of the mind. Leigh …. Sac.
Modesty, or humility of minde]
;;That grace of the Spirit, which enableth Christians so to moderate their affections, as that they keep a comely mean in all parts of their behaviour. Act. 20. 19. Serving the Lord with all modesty. 1 Tim. 2. 9. Modest apparel expresseth a modest and sober minde.
Moe]
More in number, Exod. 1. 9. …. 1. 11. More, or other, Ruth 1. 11. 2 Sam. 5. 13. 1 Chr. 14. 3.
Moladah]
Nativity, or generation; A City, Josh. 15. 26.
Molech]
Reigning, or a Counsellour. An Idol of the Ammonites, 1 King. 11. 7. See Malcham, and ….
Mole]
Mentioned, Lev. 11. 30. Some are of opinion that Moles are created of themselves of wet earth and … water, and that when the earth beginneth to putrifie, the Mole beginneth to take life. They are all blinde. The young ones before their birth have eyes, but after their birth living in darknesse, they cease to grow to any perfection; nor doe they need them, for being out of the earth, they live not above an hour or two. They hear much better under the earth, then either man or they themselves, being above the same. When she feeleth any harm upon her back, she … upward, and defendeth her self with her snour and …. She … with her feet, and with her nose casteth away the earth. Before a rain, or change of wether, they heave up the earth more abundantly then at other times. When the wormes move under ground, it heareth them afar off, and pursueth them, to avoyde which, they fly to the top of the earth, the Mole not daring to follow them thither; nor can it indure the Sun, but shunneth it. It feedeth on wormes, the roots of hearbs, …, serpents. It hath a snout like a Hog, and like it diggeth the earth. Its eyes are covered with a film, which it openeth when a dying, not having opened them all its life.
Molid]
Nativity, or generation; or a circumcised hand. The Son of Abishur by Abibail, 1 Chr. 2. 29.
Molifie]
Isa. 1. 6. To asswage, …, comsort, soften.
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;;An Idol of the Ammonites, shaped like to a man, being made hollow within, having seven closets. It was made of copper, and the Israelites offered their Sons and Daughters unto it. Lev. 18. 21. Offer not thy children to Moloch. See Bible Note upon this place.
;;2. Any kind of Idoll whatsoever, by a Synecdoche, Lev. 20. 2.
;;This Moloch was worshiped in remembrance of Mercury, saith Montanus in Isa. for Saturn (whom the Poets faign to have devoured his own children) saith Scultetus in Isaiam.;;
The same with Molech.
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Ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, Act. 7. 43. That the word foreign, Moloch, is originally the Hebr. foreign, a King, there is no doubt. And so here it … some … King of the Aegyptians, i. e. an Idol false-god, worshipt and placed among the Stars; and accordingly, an old Egyptian Alphabet, that sets down the names of the Planets, hath for Mars, Moloch. Now for the Tabernacle of Moloch, that is sure some little Cabinet wherein the image of this false god was kept; such as the silver Chappels of Diana, Act. 19. This is in Amos 5. 26. the tabernacle or … of your King, or Moloch, i. e. the … where that Image of your false god, called here foreign, a figure made to be …, was …, or dwell. Dr. … Annot. e.
Molten]
Spoken of a Calf, Exod. 32. 4. Gods, Exod. 34. 17. Images, Numb. 33. 52. Images for …, 2 Chr. 28. 2. which were unlawful, being wind and confusion, Isa. 41. 29. falsehood, Jer. 10. 14. profiting nothing, Habbak. 2. 18. Of a molten sea, 1 King. 7. 23. 2 Chron. 4. 2. Brasse, Job 28. 2. A looking-glasse, Job 37. 18. Lawfull:
Moment]
A little small time, on the sudden, in the twinkling of an eye, Numb. 16. 22. Psal. 30. 5.
MonethMonth]
Taken properly, so Moneths consist both of dayes, Gen. 29. 14. Numb. 11. 20. 21. Deut. 21. 13. and of nights, Job 3. 6. and one whole year consists of twelve Moneths, Rev. 22. 2. Est. 2. 12.
The Hebrews at first measured their Months according to the course of the Sun, and then every MonethMonth consisted of thirty dayes, Gen. 7 11. 8. 4. but after their departure out of Aegypt, they measured their Moneths by the course of the Moon, containing either thirty dayes, and then they were called Full moneths; or twenty nine dayes, and then they were called Deficient moneths. Before their Captivity in Babylon, they counted their Moneths without any name, according to their number, The First, Second, Third monethmonth, &c. After their return, they called them by these names:
The 1. Nisan, called also Abib, which signifieth an ear of corn, for that in this MonethMonth Barly began to be eared. It answered to part of our March and Aprill.
The 2. Jiar, called also Zif, which signifieth beauty, for then the trees began to be beautiful with buds and blossomes. It answereth to part of our April, May.
The 3. Sivan, answering to May, June.
The 4. Thamuz, to June, July.
The 5. Ab, to July, August.
The 6. Elul, to August, September.
The 7. Tisri, otherwise called Ethanim, to September, October.
The 8. Merchesvan, called also Bul, to October, November.
The 9. Chisleu, to November, December.
The 10. Tebeth, to December, January.
The 11. Schebeth, to January, February.
The 12. Adar, Veadar, to February, March. After their coming out of Aegypt, they began their year in the MonethMonth Nisan, and so continued it for the computation of their greater feasts. Goodwyn lib. 3. c. 1. p. 104, 105, 106.
MonethMonth]
A whole monethmonth, Numb. 11. 20. Heb. monethmonth of dayes, marg.
Monethly]
Monethly Prognosticators, Isa. 47. 13. See Prognosticators. The word properly signifies the new moon, Psal. 81. 3. Ezek. 46. 3. But it is used commonly for the MonethMonth, because the New Moon among the Jews began the monethmonth. Annot.
Five moneths]
See Five.
Forty two moneths]
See 1260. dayes.
Monster]
One superfluous or lacking in its parts, Lev. 23. 23. One of huge stature, and monstrous shape, 2 Sam. 21. 20.
Money]
Put for the coyn passing among men in buying and selling, Gen. 17. 12. & 42. 25. or, for the price paid, Gen. 31. 15. Exod. 21. 21.
Money]
A piece of money, Mat. 17. 27. or, a stater. It is … an Ounce of silver, in value, Two shillings six pence, after 5 shillings the Ounce. Annot.
Money answers all things]
;;That great rich men with their money bring to passe, that their Feasts are furnished with variety of all delights, Eccl. 10. 19.
Money-changers]
The tables of the Money-changers, Mat. 21. 12. The word foreign, a table, here, is that from which those that dealt in returning moneys, or in bills of exchange, and made advantage and gain by so doing, are called foreign, Mat. 25. 27. which seems to signifie that sort of men, who (as Merchants among us) return money for others, to some other place, or help them to do it, and by so doing, receive some themselves, and help them to advantage sometimes. Hence it was that the Israelites being by the Law to come up to Jerusalem, (how far soever they dwelt from it) and there to sacrifice, and to offer the half-shekel for the use of the Temple, Exod. 30. 13. (which by the length of their journey, they were disabled to do) these … set up their tables in the very Temple, that so they might traffick with all that had use of them; in like manner, as others brought Oxen, and Sheep, and Doves, to sell there to them that had not brought their Sacrifices with them. Those Traders are here called foreign, i. e. men that dealt in money, and so also foreign, Joh. 2. 14. and that is the very same, foreign being ordinarily taken for foreign, i. e. money indifferently; and it is a mistake of those, which from the nature of this word, think it fit to translate it Money-changers, in this and that other place, (meaning thereby those that change one piece of money into another, other Coins, greater or smaller into that of a shekel) whereas it is dealing in money by way of return, or exchange. Dr. Ham. Annot. b.
Monuments]
Which lodge in the monuments, Isa. 65. 4. that is, in their Idol-temples, as the Old Latine hath it; or in caves, under ground; or cut out in rocks, as the Greek, there to expresse dreams from their imaginary Deities, which was an usual practise among the Pagans, as appears from Aristophanes, Aristides, the Sophister, and others; and Jerome on this place testifies to have been practised by them in his dayes. The word here used is ambiguous, it signifieth properly places kept or observed. Whence it is rendred chap. 1. vers. 8. besieged; and so it signifies, Ezek. 6. 12. Some would have it here to signifie such horrid places as people are therefore wont cautiously to observe, for to shun and avoid. Others, secret, hidden places, as hidden things chap. 48. 6. which agreeth well with those secret vaults, caves, and closets, wherein the Heathen had wont to have private commerce with their gods. Others, and this way the Jewish Criticks most go, render it wastes, desolate places, such as they say are oft-times haunted with devils, Mat. 12. 43. and so they would have the word taken, ch. 49. 6. Or as some of them, among the corpses that are kept in the graves, and there held as in prisons or holds, ch. 14. 18. Ezek. 32. 23. or with the corpses, for superstitious purposes reserved and kept by them. Some late writers of note, that lodge with the kept-ones. So say they in derision are their Idols here termed, because they were kept carefully for fear of being stolen as oft-times they were, Gen. 31. 19, 30. Judg. 18. 18, 24. being not able to keep and save themselves, much lesse those that served them, by whose care and providence they were to be kept from miscarrying, chap. 41. 7. & 46. 1, 2, 7. Annot.
Moon]
;;That great light which puts difference between nights and dayes; and bounds years and months by her course. Psal. 121. 6. Nor the Moon by night, Gen. 1.
;;2. The world, and all earthly things, which for their changeableness are likened to the Moon. Rev. 12. 1. The Moon was under her feet. A Metapher.
Moon]
;;The spiritual brightness of the Church shining as the clear Moon, which giveth great beauty in the night, Cant. 6. 10. Fair as the Moon.
The Moon is called in Hebrew Lebanah of her whiteness and bright shining. See what is said in Isa. 30. 26. & 60. 20. when glory and prosperity is promised; and in Joel 3. 15. Ezek. 32. 7, 8. when affliction is threatned. Here the glorious state of the Spouse is signified, Ezek. 16. 14. Aynsw.
This comparison may seem to respect the Churches state under the law, which was brighter and fairer then before; yet, but as the Moon, which hath many spots and shadows and mutations. Annot.
The Moon is fair by beauty communicated to her from the Sun: All the beauty of the Church is from Christ.
Moon]
;;That creature or great light which gives shine by night. Rev. 21. 23. Neither of the Moon to shine in it.
;;2. The vanity of all earthly things, subject to changeablenesse, as riches, honors, &c. which the members of the Primitive Apostolicall Church despised, being far from that ambition and lust after honours and wealth, which hath since entred in and raged. Rev. 12. 2. And the Moon was under her …. It is a godly and learned exposition, by the Moon to understand that light and truth of doctrine, concerning manners, received from the Word (as the Moon borroweth her light of the Sun) after which the members of the first Apostolicall Churches directed their feet and steps; being for worship, government, life, and manners, both uniforme and as yet) undefiled with humane inventions. But the first signification is godly, and also more usual.
Treading under foot the Jewish feasts, which depended, many of them on the Moon; or, contemning worldly things, which are mutable, like the Moon, as men do things which they tread under their feet. Annot.
The Moon here figures the world, which is ever subject to mutations and changes, like the Moon, which never abides in one estate. It is like the gourd of …, flourishing this day, and consumed by the worm the next day, Jonah. 4. 3. like … image, having an head of gold, but feet of clay. Dan. 2. 32, 33. The woman with the Moon under her sect, signifieth the Church for his love trampling under foot all mutable things. The beginning of perfection is the contempt of the world, figured here by trampling the Moon under foot. Nor could she do this, till she was … with the Sun, intimating, that we shall never despise the vain things of the world, till the Lord illuminate us. Cowper.
And the third part of the Moon, Rev. 8. 12. Here the Moon figureth the Church; for, as the Moon in it self is a dark body, and hath no light, unlesse it receive from the Sun; So the Church hath no light, except Jesus the true light of the world illuminate it. And as the Moon is not alway in one estate, for sometimes it shineth full, illuminate with the beams of the Sun, sometime it is deprived of a great part of the light thereof, and sometime sheweth no light at all: So it is with the Church, sometime it looketh with a full face, shining in most beautiful manner, sometime it is more obscure, and sometime doth scarce appear at all, which is to be observed by them, who will have this Church at all times alike conspicuous and visible. That the third part of the Sun, Moon, and Stars were darkned, imports a fearful and dangerous darkness spiritual. Because we are most sensible of bodily losses, the Lord by them leads us to consider, how How great an evill it is to want spiritual good. But though should enjoy the benefit of the bright shining Sun, if they want the word of the light of life, what else can they do, but as is threatned, grope even in the noon-tide of the day. The Sun in the firmament is in it self alwayes alike lightsome, only the clouds coming between obscure it, or the Moon betwixt us and it, eclipses it, or the Earth interposed between us and it, hideth it from our sight, as in the night; even so Jesus the true light of the world is said to be darkened, when his light is any way hidden from us; and because he shineth now no other way unto us but by his Gospel, the obscuring thereof is a darkening of himself. The Stars are types and figures of Preachers. Happy are those on whom God shineth by his light, and whom he warmeth and quickeneth by his Spirit of life and grace: these not only get grace to themselves, but become instruments of light, life, grace unto others. Cowper.
The Sun the Scriptures; the Moon the Doctrine borrowed thence; the Stars the Ministers; the Day, the joy and comfort of the Church in enjoying her happy Sun. A grievous night of darkness, either of Idolatry and Superstition, as some, or of persecution, as others, darkeneth and obscureth the chief ornaments of the purer Church of Christ. Leighs Annot.
The third part of the Spiritual Preachers, Civill Magistrates, and Christian Professors, were so plagued with Heresies, and were so … with mens Traditions, that they lost that light of Gods truth that sometimes shined in them, and neither the Oriental or Easterly Church (where the day springs) nor the Occidental or Westerly Church (where the night glooms) have (by the third part) that bright light of Christs pure Evangel, that they were wont to have. Napier.
By the Sun, seemeth to be meant the Consular power at Rome permitted by the ruling Gothes for a time: by the Moon, the Senate: by the Stars, the other Magistrates. By these Government and glory of it, are set out. Isa. 13. 10. Jer. 15. 9. Ezek. 32. 7. These were ecclipsed, when the Viceroy lived not at Rome, but at Ravenna. Annot. So in effect Mede.
To turn the Moon into blood]
;;To give some fearfull token of divine wrath, as if the course of Nature should be altered. Act. 2. 10. The Moon shall be turned into blood. The same thing is likewise meant by the darkening of the Sun and Moon. A Metaphor.
New Moones]
;;The first day of every MonethMonth, which was holy onelyonly during publick service: it signified that all the moneths and every season of the year is made holy, and for good unto us. Isa. 1. 14. Your new Moones, &c. See Numb. 28. 11.
Morasthite]
The Prophet Micah thus called; Jer. 26. 18. Mic. 1. 1.
Mordecai]
Bitter …, or worn myrrhe, or teaching contrition; or after the Hebrew and Syrian, most pure …. The Son of Jair, who brought up Esther, Est. 2. 7. Who he was, in what age he lived, and about his age, See Mr. Boughton's Letter to a friend, touching Mordecai his age, printed 1612.
More]
The meaning of this word, by the words prefixed, or annexed hereunto, may be plainly discerned.
More abundantly]
;;More then was needful, were it not … the wickedness of men, who will not believe God. Heb. 6. 17. God will more abundantly, &c.
More]
And more also, 1 Sam. 3. 17. Heb. so adde, marg, Trespassed more and more, 2 Chr. 33. 23. Heb. multiplyed trespass, marg. Ye will revolt more and more, Isa. 1. 5. Heb. increase revolt, marg. I will bring more, Isa. 15. 9. Heb. additions, marg.
More joy in heaven, &c.]
;;Luk. 15. 7.;;
;;1. This is true of one true penitent, in comparison of 99. counterfeit righteous ones, such as the Pharisees were, Mat. 9. 13. Luk. 16. 15.;;
;;2. This true of one true penitent, in comparison of many truely righteous; in respect of the rarity of the conversion, the thankfulness, diligence, humility, and love of the converted, above others.;;
;;But not in respect of any neglect they have of the godly, or love to wicked persons.;;
Moreh]
Stretching. A place where a plain and hill were, Deut. 11. 30. Judg. 7. 1.
Moreover]
It's in effect the same with Furthermore, Also, &c. and is the continuation of a speech, actions, &c.
Moresheth]
A place, Mic. 1. 14.
Morgage]
To lay to gage, or to pledge, Neh. 5. 3.
Moriah]
The fear of God. A mountain, Gen. 22. 2, 2 Chr. 3. 1.
Morning]
;;That part of the day which is first after the rising of the Sun, Mar. 16. 2.
;;2. An whole artificial day. A Synecdoche; Genes, 1. 5.
3. The dawning of the day, Judg. 19. 26, 27.
4. The space of the day till noon, 1 King. 18. 26. Neh. 8. 3.
5. The one part of a day natural, Gen. 1. 5, 8, 13.
6. The last day of Judgement, Psal. 49. 14.
7. Seasonably, Psal. 5. 3.
8. Daily, Psal. 73. 14.
9. Unseasonably, Eccl. 10. 16.
10. The light, Joel 2. 2.
Morning]
The Church of the Jews is resembled by the morning,
1. Because this Church shall arise from the Eastern countries.
2. Her arising shall be like a new Resurrection from the dead.
3. Her arising shall be speedily, as the same phrase intimates, Who is she that looketh sorth as the morning? Cant. 6. 10. Cotton.
The whole Church taken universally and entirely, who opened like the morning, and displayed the beams of life and salvation in a dim yet comfortable degree, and that before the law was given, when like the first light without the Sun, she had no other means of illumination then that which was darkly written in the heart by nature and reason. Annot.
As the morning, that is, lightfome, bright, cheerfull. As the morning after the dark night, so the Spouse after the darkness of affliction, errour, ignorance, ariseth to her own and others comfort. See Isa. 60. 1, 3. & 58. 8. Aynsw.
Early in the morning]
;;Seasonably, and in due time. Psal. 5. 3. Early in the morning (O Lord) thou shalt hear my voice. It signifieth every opportunity and … time both to pray for, and to receive blessings: as in Psal. 88. 13. & 92. 2. & 90. 14. & 143. 8.
;;2. Quickly, speedily, and in short time. Psal. 30. 5. … comes in the morning. Psal. 90. 5.
;;3. Diligently, with great study and care. 2 Chr. 36. 15, Rising early, &c.
Every morning]
;;Dayly, or from one day to another, Lam. 3. 23. Thy mercies are renewed every morning. Also, at all times to be doing good, Eccl. 11. 6.
Morning]
Visit him every morning, Job 7. 18. Heb. at mornings. There are two mornings in the Original; one dark and duskish, from whence it hath its name in Hebrew, foreign, a little before Sun-rising. The other, foreign, from inquiring. For after Sun-rising men begin to look after their businesses, and the morning is the fittest time to study, when mens wits are freshest. By this phrase is intimated, first the certainty of these visitations. They are sure to come, as the Sun to rise, and day-light to follow after darkness. Secondly, the speediness of them, they tarry not till noon, but as good husbands, take the morning light to go about their affairs, and neglect not the first occasion: so God did call Job to account, and inquire into him, as soon as he did awake, and behold the day-light, Psal. 46. 5. Jerem. 35. 14. See the phrase, Psal. 73. 14. Lament. 3. 23. Annot.
From the morning, Nehem. 8. 3. Heb. from the light, marg.
Morning and evening]
;;A natural day, consisting of day and night. A Synecdoche. Gen. 1. 5. The morning and evening were the first day. A part put for the whole.
From morning to evening]
;;Every hour, moment, and minute of time. Job 4. 20. From morning to evening they be destroyed; that is, every moment they hasten unto their death.
In the morning]
;;The time of the Resurrection, when Christ the Son of righteousness shall arise, to the full comfort of the chosen, Psal. 49. 15.
;;2. Unseasonably, Eccl. 10. 16.
;;3. The first times. Gen. 49. 29. as at Evening signifies the last times, Ib.
No morning in them]
;;No light or true comfort (such as the morning brings to mens eyes, awaking out of sleep) to such as refusing to hear the Lords Prophets, turn to Wizards, and false Prophets. Isa. 8. 20. It is because there is no morning in them.
The out-goings of the mornings and evenings]
;;The whole course of the day, and all things that fall out in it. Psal. 65. 8. The out-goings of the evenings and the mornings praise thee.
Son of the morning]
;;The Day-star called …, because it ariseth together with the morning, a little before the Sun do appear. Isa. 14. 12. O Lucifer, Son of the morning.
To take the wings of the morning]
;;To use exceeding great speed and celerity, doing a thing so suddenly, as the beams of the Sun are scattered through the air, Psal. 139. 8.
Morning-…]
When the Morning-stars sang together, Job 38. 7. The stars new created, Psal. 148. 3. Or rather the Angels created in the first morning of the world, that they might behold the creation of all other creatures, though they had no hand in it, and first praise God for it before man was made. Thus it must be understood, for else Stars and Angels praise God still. So Angels are compared to Stars for brightness, Rev. 1. 20. and are called Angels of light, 2 Cor. 11. 14. And they are called Morning-…, because they were the first living creatures made in the morning of the world. Christ is also called the Morning-star, Rev. 2. 22. Annot.
Morrow]
The next day, 1 Sam. 30. 17. Comp. the text with the marg. To morrow, Exod. 8. 10. or against to morrow, marg.
To morrow]
;;signifies, hereafter, or for time to come, Exod. 13. 14. Deut. 6. 20. Josh. 4. 6. Mat. 6. 34. As yesterday is put for time past, Gen. 31. 2. Also, for Shortly, Josh. 22. 18. Some short time, Luk. 13. 32, 33.
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A small quantity of food, or meat. Spoken sometime without any addition, Job 31. 17. Prov. 17. 1. & 23. 8. Sometime with bread, Gen. 18. 5. 1 Sam. 2. 36.
Mortal]
One subject to die, Job 4. 17.
Mortal]
Shall mortal man, Job 4. 17. Wretched man, subject to sins and miseries. The word signifies mans weaknesse and inability to stand before God. ….
Mortality]
;;An estate subject to death, 1 Cor. …. 53.
Mortally]
And smite him mortally, Deut. 19. 11. Heb. in life, marg.
Mortal]
put figuratively, for very urgent and forcible means, Prov. 27. 22.
Morter]
Put properly for that which is used in building, Gen. 11. 3. Exod. 1. 14.
Figuratively, for lying, flattery, Ezek. 13. 10.
Mortification]
;;Is that work or action of the Spirit of God, in the heart of a sanctified man, enabling him by little and little, to crucifie and destroy the Old man, with all his affections and lusts which be either in his Reason and Will, till they be wholly abolished and taken away at the time of our death. See Rom. 6. 5, 6, 7. It is called a godly sorrow, 2 Cor. 7. 10. Denial of our selves, Luk. 9. 23. Mat. 16. 24. Also contrition, Act. 2. 38.
To mortifie]
;;To kill, and to break the strength and rage of sin, by the Spirit. Rom. 8. 13. If ye mortifie the deeds of the body by the Spirit, ye shall live. Col. 3. 5.
Moserah]
Learning, discipline, a bond; or after the Syrian, a giving, or tradition. A mountain where Aaron dyed, Deut. 10. 6. called Hor, Numb. 20. 22.
Moseroth]
The same. A place, Numb. 33. 30.
Moses]
Drawn up, or drawn forth, or taken out. Exod. 2. 10. ;;A person so call'd, being a singular Prophet, by whom the Law was given, …. 3. 1.
;;2. The books and writings of Moses. Luk. 16. 26. They have Moses and the Prophets. Joh. 5. 45.
;;3. The form of civill government, or … state, under Moses his constitution and direction, Matth. 19. 7, 8.
;;Moses in the three actions of his, bare a type and signification of Christ most cleerly, (and besides all other wayes.)
;;First, in delivering the Moral Law in Tables of stone, he signifies thereby, the hardness and disability of mans heart to perform the Law, 2 Cor. 3. 3.
;;Secondly, when he sprinkled both the book of the Law and all the people with bloud, as it is recorded in Exod. 24. …. Heb. 9. 19, 20. which signifies that guilt and … procured by the Covenant of Works; by the … Covenant ratified in the bloud of Christ, and apprehended by faith, was purged; reconciliation with God purchased, and his Spirit to enable them to do the Law in … measure. See Jer. 31. 32, 33, 34. Heb. 8. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Luk. 22. 20.
;;Thirdly, when he put a covering on his face, &c. Exod. 34. 29, 30, &c. which figured that which is written, 2 Cor. 3. 7, 8, 9, 10. that they could not behold (for the hardness of their heart) Christ the end of the Law, till they were converted to the Lord.
Into, or unto Moses]
;;signifies, either by Moses, or by the hand and Ministery of Moses, as by the hand of Malachi, chap. 1. 1. or into the doctrine of Moses, like that in Act. 19. 3. or Moses being their guide and leader, going first in that sea wherein the Israelites followed him, being confident to do so by his example. So Chrisostom and Ambrose expound it. 1 Cor. 10. 2. We are all baptized unto Moses.
Song of Moses the servant of God]
;;Such a song of rejoycing and triumph, for delivering out of the cruel jaws of Antichrist; as Moses (who for honour sake, by an excellency is called the servant of God, Deut. 34. ….) did sing with the Israelites after their deliverance from the Aegyptians, Exod. 15. there being no lesse power and goodness of God, shewed forth in saving from Antichrist, then from Pharaoh, Rev. 15. 3. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God.
Most]
is a word of comparison in the highest degree, of that whereof it is spoken.
…]
;;A thing so small, that it cannot be divided into parts.
;;2. Either some small sin espyed and resisted, or some great sin unknown and hidden from our sight. Mat. 7. 3. Let me pull the mote out of thy eye. A lesser sin, willingly and wittingly continued in, is a beam, when a great sin (as Polygamy of the Fathers) not discerned to be a sin, is but a Mote.
Mote]
… beholdest thou the … that is in thy Brothers eye, &c. Mat. 7. 3. How strange a thing is it, that thou shouldst look so severely on the light faults of others, who hast for the most part so much vaster crimes to be censur'd and reform'd in thy self? This makes thy censuring others, very unreasonable in thee. This is spoken to check the importunity of those who are alwayes censuring and … others, for … matters, reprehending for trifles, when … are themselves guilty of those things which are much more to be …; foreign being taken in the notion of a thin … of wood, the least splinter or shiver imaginable, of very little, … of some …, 'twill be here very fitly used, and set opposite to the foreign, the beam, the biggest and longest piece of wood which is used. Dr. Ham. Paraph. & Annot. a.
Moth]
put for a little …, Isa. 51. 8. which eateth and … garments, Job 13. 28. Luk. 12. 33. which soon …, Psal. 39. 11.
Also, for some secret judgement, Isa. 50. 9. & 51. 8. Hos. 5. 12.
Moth]
Which are crushed before the Moth, Job 4. 19. Sooner then a Moth can be … between a mans fingers, which is killed only with a touch, and a very little also. Or, in presence os a moth. He is not able to stand out against the … creature; but wastes insensibly, and by degrees, as a garment Moth-eaten. Or before consumption, so the root of this word is translated, Psal. 6. 7. & 31. 9, 10. They dye for the most part, before their naturall strength be spent. Annot.
Moth=eaten]
And as a garment that is Moth eaten, Job 13. 28. That is, food for Moths, and devoured by them, as meat is by men. Hereby a secret and insensible consumption by great pains and sorrows is intended, as Psal. 39. 11. Annot.
Mother]
;;One that beareth children naturally. Thus was Sarah Isaac's Mother, and Mary Christs Mother.
;;2. One that bringeth forth children spiritually. Thus Jerusalem which is above, is said to be the Mother of us all, Gal. 4. 26.
;;3. One that … for, instructeth, and defendeth others, as a Mother her children. Thus is Deborah called a Mother in Israel, Judg. 5. 7. that is, a Governess which bare a Motherly affection, Rom. 16. 13. 1 Tim. 5. 2.
;;4. Ancient women, which excell in years. 1 Tim. 5. 2. The elder women as Mothers.
;;5. A Step-mother, and one that is to be honoured, loved, and cherished as a Mother. The fifth Commandement, Honour thy Father and thy Mother. Joh. 19. 27. … thy Mother.
;;6. One that is neer and deer unto Christ (as a Mother to the childe) Mat. 12. 50. They that doe the will of my Father, they are my Mother and my Bretheren.
7. A Kingdome, Ezek. 19. 2, 10.
8. One tenderly affecting, Rom. 16. 13.
9. One a superiour, either Mother, Mother in law, … in age, or a Teacher, …, Exod. 20. 12. Deut. 5. 16.
10. Grand-mother, 1 King. 15. 10. marg.
11. The dam of a beast, Exod. 23. 19.
Mother]
;;Jerusalem, which is above whereof the Church … earth is daughter, Cant. 8. 1. O that thou werst as my brother which sucked the brests of my Mother.
Naturally of the Virgin, spiritually of the Church Universal, where Christ is born in the hearts of the faithful by his Word and spirit. ….
Mother of us all]
;;The holy invisible Catholick Church, which (as a common Mother) bringeth forth children into the Christian world, Gal. 4. 26.
There thy mother brought thee forth]
Cant. 8. 5. The saithful company, or the Primitvie Church, who brought forth Christ into the world, by preaching, professing, practising and fuffering for his Gospel. Aynsw.
His mother crowned him]
Cant. 3. 11. By the mother seemeth to be meant the congregation of the faithful (as also the Chaldee here expoundeth it, the people of the house of … ) called his Mother, … by the doctrine of faith, they spiritually doe conceive and bring forth Christ, Gal. 4. 19 and doing the will of his Father, they are esteemed and loved of him as his sister and mother, Mat. 12. 50. ….
The mother of whoredom]
;;The author, inventer and … of superstitions and Idolatries (which are spiritual whoredomes) Rev. 17. 8. … of whoredoms and ….
Mother of whoredomes, or …, &c.]
;;One that is the Mistris and Teacher of …, (which is spirituall …) as also the Mother and the Nurse of wickednesse of all sorts and kinds. Such … one is Rome, the Synagogue of Antichrist, boasting her self to be the Mother Church, the pillar of truth, out of which there is no salvation; yet indeed approves her self to be that stepmother of all those superstitions and impieties, which so long time have been derived and spread abroad into the … and Eastern Churches, under the appearance of pi ty, and the title of the holy Church. Rev. 17. 5. That great Babylon, the Mother of whordomes, and the abominations of the earth. This is that mysticall name, which John in a … saw written in the forehead of the great Whore: and it is of great force, to serve us how to finde out who that Antichrist is, even such an one as doth not openly and professedly, but secretly and in a mystery fight against Christ, his truth, all Religion and honesty: which how it doth fit Baptisme, one with half an eye may easily see. For Heathenish Rome, which Papists would have to be this Mother, did not put her superstitions upon other Cities and Countreys which they conquered, but left them to their owne Religion, neither were their superstitions any mysteries.
My mothers children]
Cant. 1. 6. See Children.
My mothers house]
Cant. 3. 4. See House.
Nursing mothers]
;;Queens and Princesses, which … nursing Mothers, foster and maintain the Church of God by their authority and good laws. Isa. 49. 23.
Motions]
Rom. 7. 5. that is, evill affections or passions which affect the soul.
Move]
put for, 1. To bark, Exod. 11. 7.
2. To provoke, Deut. 32. 21.
3. To strengthen, or go forthwith, Judg. 13. 25.
4. To stir out of the place, 2 King. 21. 8.
5. To perswade or counsel, Josh. 15. 18.
6. To talk of, Ruth 1. 19. To set up, Job 40. 70. marg.
7. To tremble or shake, Psal. 18. 7.
8. To creep, Psal. 69. 34. marg.
9. To make, Ezr. 4. 15. marg.
10. To touch, Mat. 23. 4.
11. To fear, make reckoning of, Act. 20. 24.
12. To be troubled so, as to leave ones station, Prov. 12. 3. Col. 1. 23. 1 Thess. 3. 3.
Move]
He moveth his tail, Job 40. 17. or he setteth up, marg.
Moveable]
Her wayes are moveable, Prov. 5. 6. This may import frequent change of places (which the Hebrew foreign, will bear very well, which also signifies to wander up and down) and habitation, a thing often practised by them that would not be known. Annot.
Moved with fear, Heb. 11. 7. that is, being wary, marg.
Mover]
An Inciter, stirrer up, Act. 24. 4.
Moving things]
;;Things moving swiftly in the waters, as Fishes, Lev. 11. 10. or in the earth, as Weasels, Mice, Lev. 12. 29. and fowls flying, Gen. 1. 20.
Mouldy]
;;Spoken by the Giveonites in deceit of their bread, Josh. 9. 5, 12.
Mount]
To ascend, or go up, Job 20. 6. Psal. 107. 26. Isa. 9. 18. & 40. 31.
Mount, Mountains]
;;1. The highest places of the earth. Prov. 8. 25. … the mountains were. Mountaints have eminency and firmnesse, they be high and unmovable, or lasting.
;;In Isa. 54. 10. Mountains and … are put and used, to signifie durance of things; and by the end or utmost bound of hils in Gen. 49. 26. is meant, All the world over, and so long as it indureth: for Jacob's blessings contain besides earthly, heavenly blessings also in Christ, whom Joseph and Judah figuted in the birth-right and government.
Hereof God, as of the valleys also (though the Syrians thought the contrary) is the only efficient; by whom they were formed, setled, Amos 4. 13. Prov. 8. 25. and that both for his own glory, Psal. …. 9. and for the good of the creatures, as appeareth by these Scriptures, Deut. 8. 7, 9. Psal. 11. 1. & 50. 10. & 72. 16. & 104. 10, 18. Cant. 4. 6. Jer. 31. 5. Josh. 2. 16. Mat. 24. 16.
;;2. In Psal. 18. 7. Mountains are put for heaven. Also, Dan. 2. 45. For heavens are the place of the most high God, from whom that stone Christ was sent.
;;3. Great men, and Rulers, Psal. 72. 3. The mountains shall bring peace. Isa. 2. 14. Upon the mountaines, &c. Potentates of the earth are exalted as mountains, and think themselves strong.
;;4. Arrogant and proud tyrants, swollen like mountains, with ambition. Job 9. 5. God translateth mountains, and overthrows them in wrath.
;;5. The invisible, even the holy Catholick Church, eminent and durable as a mount, Psal. 125. 1. & 15. 1. Sometimes it signifies Moriah, or Sion, where was the Sanctuary of God, Psal. 121. 1.
;;6. The visible Church. Isa. 2. 3. Let us go up to the mountain of the Lord. Obad. 16.
;;7. Mountains and Hils are put for Realms and Kingdomes civill and worldly, which being but temporary and changeable, are inferiour in glory to the Mountain of the Lord; that is, his Church collected of Jews and Gentiles, which in honour and esteem exceedeth all earthly Regiments, because it is universal, 2 consists of voluntary Citizens, 3 hath God dwelling in it, to preserve and rule it, 4 because it is taught of God in the true doctrine and worship, 5 it is made to walk and live truly according to that doctrine and Religion, See Isa. 2. 1, 2, 3.
8. Cities situate thereon. As, the mountain of the Daughter of Sion, Isa. 10. 32. The mountain of Samaria, Amos 4. 1. for Jerusalem, Samaria, and for the inhabitants of such places, Ezek. 6. 2.
9. The high places whereon Idols were worshiped, and the Idols themselves which were there worshiped, Ezek. 18. 6. Isa. 57. 7. & 65. 7.
10. Such powerfull obstacles as hinder the progresse of the Gospell, and peoples conversion, Isa. 40. 4. & 49. 11.
11. All manner of humane aid or defence, how strong soever in shew, how much soever trusted unto, Ezek. 38. 20. Jer. 3. 23.
12. Such as be in place above others, Isa. 40. 4.
Mount]
Cast a mount, Ezek. 26. 8. or pour out the engine of shot, marg.
Mount of the Congregation]
;;Sion, where Gods people use to gather themselves unto the publick service of God, Isa. 14. 13.
Mount Sion]
;;The Church of Christ, whereof Mount Sion was a figure, Heb. 12. 22.
Mount Sion]
;;The true Church of Christ in this world prefigured by Mount Sion, and like to it by firm stableness, being unremoveable and invincible by any assaults of afflictions. Rev. 14. 1. A Lamb stood upon Mount Sion.
Mountain burning with fire]
;;Proud Tyrants, and arrogant Princes, sworne with ambition and lust of honour, like Mountains; also eagerly and fervenly studying and striving (as men set on fire with desire of dignities) for getting and maintaining their pomp and promotion. Rev. 8. 8. A great mountain burning with fire was cast into the Sea. It is very usual in Scripture by Mountains to describe mighty Kingdoms, Empires and Principalities; also haughty and high minded Princes, as in Isa. 2. 14, 15. Unto what Kingdom doth this so fitly agree, as to that proud Kingdom of Antichrist, advanvancing it self not only over earthly Emperors, Kings, and their Empires and Kingdomes, but even above heaven?
Napier, Mede, the Annot. Understand hereby the Goths, Vandals, Hunnes, and such other … and … Nations, which wasted and destroyed Italy, &c. without respect of sex or age. Hereby (saith Dent) is meant some great and notable Hetesies, as that of Arrius, Donatus, Macedonius, Eutyches, &c. for this word Mountain, is sometimes in the Scripture put for any let or hinderance to true Religion, as is Errour and Heresie. Zach. 4. 7. Luke 3. 5. Therefore it is said, that it was cast into the Sea; that is, these great Heresies were cast upon the world in Gods wrath and heavy indignation, for the Sea is put for the World, chap. 4. 6. & 12. 1. & 13. 1. for as the Sea is full of rocks, sands, sirts, waves, stormes and tempests, so it fareth with this present evill world.
Every mountain and Iland were moved out of their places, Rev. 6. 14. Nothing so …, or so surely grounded, but was shaken, and enforced to give ground, …. 18. 7. & 68. 8. & 114. 4. Isa. 64. 1, 3. Hab. 3. 6. Zech. 4. 7. Annot.
;;Great and strong hils, which by Gods horrible judgement shall be so swallowed up, as they shall be seen no more, or be any more extant. Rev. 16. 20. And the mountains were not found.
Mountain of God]
;;Horeb where God appeared to Moses, and gave his Law unto his people, Exod. 3. 1.
;;It is also so called, because it was great and high. See Psal. 36. 7. and was sanctified of God by his appearing there, now; and after, when God came down upon it to give his Law, Exod. 18. 5. & 19. 3, 17, 18. So in 1 King. 19. 8. it was called, of dryness, being unwatered; and Sinai, of the store of brambles which grew there.
To a great and high mountain, Rev. 21. 10. It may signifie the glory of the last Church on earth, or the height of glory in heaven. Annot.
Not to burt in the holy mountain]
;;That in the Christian Church, by operation of the Spirit in the Ministery, there should be such meekness and agreement of minde, as one should not study to hurt another, but to help rather: which is elsewere, Isa. 2. 4. & Mic. 4. 2, 3. expressed by turning into mattocks and pruning … their swords and spears. Isa. 11. 19. They shall not hurt, &c. Junius expounds this by Rom. 8. 28. both … may stand. How is the Romish persecuting Church (all bent to hurt and kill the Saints) the holy Mountain and Catholick Church? it is the malignant and Cainitical or sanguinary Church, Rev. 17. 6.
Mountains]
;;Lets and difficulties that be in the way, Cant. 2. 8. He cometh leaping by the mountains. That is, openly and apparently to the eye of faith, Nah. 1. 15. Spiritually thereby may be meant the Kingdoms and Nations of the world subdued unto Christ by the Preaching of the Gospel, Rev. 11. 15.
Mountains of Bether]
Cant. 2. 7. or, of division, marg. or, in searching, beholding, saith another. This seemeth to be the place called also Bithron, which was on the outside of Jordan, 2 Sam. 2. 29. calld Partition, … it was parted by the … Jordan from the land of Judea. And on those Mountains (as by this Scripture appeareth.) Harts and Roes used to run, from whom the similitude is taken. Aynsworth.
Bether (being the Bithon above named) was neer, on the other side Jordan, whence he might return often to visit and succour her, as who should say, Though thou sometime turn from us, yet be not far, but ready, ever and anon to return and succour us. Cotton.
On this Mount, which some take to be Mount Gilead, was the best place for course and hunting; ( ….) whither it's like, Solomon sometime went. Here she would not have him to be letted from returning to her, by any caves, rough places, broken rocks, &c. but still overcoming them all, speedily and swiftly to hasten his return.
Mountains of Leopards]
;;The company of ungodly men, which like cruel and savage beasts would devour the Church, were it not that God doth miraculously keep it, Cant. 4. 8. From the mountains of Leopards.
Mountains of Myrrhe]
;;The Heavens, where the praise and honour given unto God and Angels and just Spirits, is like Incense and Myrrhe, Cant. 4. 6. I will go unto the Mountains of Myrrhe. See Hill.
The Mountains are sufficiently known out of Poets and Histories (viz. Palatinus, Capitolinus, …, …, Esquilinus, Viminalis, Aventinus.) Neither could any more famous mark … brought to describe Rome saith Grotius Leighs Annot.
To this purpose Virgil;
Septem que una sibi muro … arces.
Within the wals of the City, Contained are … hils high.
So Propertius;
… urbs alta jugis, toti quae … orbi.
On hils seven that City stands, That hath Empire above all Lands.
Napier.
Mountains of Spices]
Cant. 8. 14. This referred to Christ himself may mean the very heavens, called Mountains of Spices, for the height and pleasure, which are there at the … hand of God for ever. Aynsw.
Mountains and valleys]
;;Men of all sorts high and low, rich and poor. Isa. 4. 4. Valleys shall be exalted, and all mountains and hils shall be brought low. Luk. 3. 5.
Mounts, Jer. 32. 24. or engines of shot, marg.
Mourn]
To weep, Gen, 50. 3. marg. To mourn with him, Job 2. 11. or to have compassion on him, as Psal. 69. 20. Annot.
Sarah is the first for whose death mourning and weeping is mentioned; a note of honour as appeareth by Gen. 50. 9, 10, 11. 2 Sam. 1. 17, &c. Jer. 22. 18. But sorrow for the dead, must be moderate in Gods people, 2 Thess. 4. 13, 14. and weep in the Hebr. hath one little letter extraordinary noted also in the marg. of the Hebrew Bibles, whereby (as the Jews think) is signified, that Ahraham's mourning was not excessive, but with moderation. Aynsw.
This is taken both properly, not onelyonly for grief of minde, but for that externall way whereby the same is testified. Whence the house or place of mourning, Eccl. 7. 2, 4. Jerem. 16. 5. and improperly; and that not onelyonly synecdochically, when mourners are put specially for them that mourn for the dead, Ezek. 12. 7. Hos. 9. 4. or metonymically,
1. When mourning is put for want, and straights, or time wherein one is greatly distressed, Deut. 26. 14. And so for great affliction, calamity, and punishment, Rev. 18. 7, 8. whence the day of mourning, is called the time of great calamity, Isa. 60. 20. (elsewhere it is taken for the time appointed for mourning for the dead, Gen. 27. 41. Deut. 34. 8. In which places mourning may be taken also for death.)
2. When to mourn is put for to fast, Ezr. 10. 6. Dan. 9. 2, 3. Matth. 9. 14, 15. For that moūrning was used in Fasting; and of old, such as mourned, were wont to fast, 2 Sam. 1. 12. 1 King. 21. 27. Neh. 9. 1. Est. 4. 3. Psal. 3. 5. 13. & 69. 11.
Or metaphorically, when things inanimate and insensible, are said, in the description of a great and publick mourning, and so of most grievous calamities, to mourn, Isa. 14. 7. & 33. 9. Jer. 4. 28. & 12. 4, 11. & 14. 2. Hos. 4. 3. Jer. 23. 10. Joel. 1. 10. Amos 1. 2. Lam. 1. 4. In which places to mourn may be also taken mentonymically, as wherein he denoteth the defect of some thing, and so the cause which affords the ground of mourning, Isa. 19. 8. Joel. 1. 9. There was mourning, for themselves, Dan. 4. 9. Mourning for others; whilest alive, when dead; for the godly, for the wicked. Ravanell.
Mourner]
Hereof there were some fained, 2 Sam. 14. 2. Some true, Job 29. 25. Isa. 57. 18. Some hired, Jerem. 9. 17.
Mournfully]
Mal. 3. 14. Heb. in black, marg. as Job 30. 28. Psal. 38. 6. Humbly, dejectedly. This God greatly requires, Mic. 6. 8. Annot.
Mourning]
;;A godly grief or … for our owne, or for the sins of others. Mat. 5. 4. Blessed are they that mourn.
;;2. A moderate sorrow for the worldly evils that doe befall ourselves or others. Mat. 2. 18. Mourning and weeping. Gen. 23. 2. To mourn for Sarah.
;;3. Unmeasureable, and grievous lamentation and heavinesse, expressed by smiting the body, tearing the hair, renting the garments, &c. Mat. 24. 30. Gen. 37. 35.
;;4. Judgements and calamities, which cause mourning: By a Metonymie. Ezek. 2. 10. Mourning, lamentation, and woe.
;;The High-priest under the Law in mourning must not uncover his head, nor go out of the Sanctuary to mourn for any, because he had on his head the Crown, and the Anointing oyl, Lev. 21. 10, 11, 12. This was to signifie, that Christ after his resurrection hath obtained all happinesse and glory in …, in all excellency, without the least misery and sorrow: See Rev. 4. 4, 5. and Heb. 2. 7. Zach. 6. 12. And that believers also through him shall obtain the like. See 1 Cor. 15. 47, 48, 49. Heb. 2 9, 10.
Mourning]
Who are ready to raise up their mourning, Job 3. 8. Who are as ready to weep, as if they had tears at command. Or, who have so many troubles, that when they have done mourning one hour they are ready to begin again the next, and so by manifold complaints and lamentations, renew their grief. Or, an allusion to such as … hired to mourn at Funeralls; we read of mourning women, 2 Chron. 35. 25. Jer. 9. 17. There were also men mourners, Amos 5. 16. Others read it, who are ready to raise up Leviathan, that huge fish, mentioned chap. 41. 1. Psal. 74. 14. & 104. 26. Isa. 27. 1. Such as can raise Seamonsters by Enchantments. Or, Mariners, who in a storm, ready to be cast away, when the whales rise up, and are ready to devour them, curse the day that ever they came into the ship. Annot.
To see no mourning or sorrow]
;;To taste or feel any want or calamity, which may cause men to mourn, and …. Rev. 18. 7. I shall see no mourning, or sorrow.
Mouse]
Reckoned amongst the unclean … things, Lev. 11. 29. and mentioned also, Isa. 66. 17. The name some would have given them, from a word that signifies to disturb, or trouble; whence Acor, Isa. 65. 10. because they are wont to disturb, and trouble the house by gnawing, the fields by digging, both by devouring and destroying things of use, 1 Sam. 6. 5. No creature heareth more perfectly. They discern their enemies, not fearing an Oxe, but runing away from a Cat. They tast of every cheese, and eat most of the best. If the house wherein they are be to fall they forsake it. They are very fruitfull, so that it hath been found by experience, that a female Mouse having free liberty to litter in a vessel' of Millet seed, within lesse compasse then half a year hath brought forth 120 young ones. They love one another, and endevour for each others safety. At the siege of Casilinum by Hannibal, the famine was so great, that a Mouse was sold for 200 pieces of coyn, whereby the buyer lived, the seller dyed. They corrupt and make unprofitable whatsoever they taste. It's written, that in Heraclea not one of their Mice touched any thing consectated to Religion, or to the service of their gods, yea not their vines. They are usefull in Physick. They trust not to any one hole, but have divers, that being driven from one, they may be safe in another. They love heat, live not long. It's said that the Egyptians being in danger of Senacherib's Army, a number of Mice eat the enemies bowstrings, quivers, &c. whereupon they fled away. They are much given to sleep, they provide for their parents, when unable to help themselves.
The Armenian white Mouse goeth abroad in the morning to feed, upon its return findeth the entrance to its nest berayed with dung, which it so abhorreth, that rather then it will defile it selfe, it becommeth a prey to the hunters.
Mouth]
;;That part of the body which is the instrument of speech.
;;2. Speech or words uttered by the mouth, which is the instrument of speech. Isa. 49. 2. He hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; that is, my words were as sharp and piercing as a sword. Psal. 73. 9. They set their mouth against heaven. See Gen. 24. 57. & 40. & 45. 21. Exod. 17. 1. Numb. 9. 20. Deut. 1. 26. Pfal. 49. 14. Compare Deut. 8. 3. with Luk. 4. 4.
;;3. It signifieth commandement, Gen. 4. 41. Job 39. 30. Luk. 19. 7.
4. The tongue, lips, teeth, and all the instruments of speech, Psal. 49. 3. & 51. 15. & 66. 14.
5. Affection and appetite, Psal. 103. 5.
6. The person, Gen. 45. 12. Isa. 40. 5.
7. The palate, Job 12. 11. marg. & 20. 13. marg.
8. The throat, Psal. 149. 6. marg.
9. A dore, Dan. 3. 26. marg.
10. Faculty and boldness in speaking, Luke chap. 21. vers. 15.
11. Boasting, Judg. 9. 38.
12. Calumnies, Job 5. 15.
13. Judgement pronounced by the Magistrate, Prov. 16. 10.
14. The preaching of the Word by Gods Ministers, Mal. 2. 7.
15. A Testimony, Deut 17. 6.
16. The face, 2 Joh. 12. 3. Joh. 14. marg.
Metaphorically, this word is spoken of the Earth, Gen. 4. 11. a Well, Ib. 29. 3. a Sack, Ib. 42. 27. a Cave, Josh. 10. 18. God, 1 King. 13. 12. the Grave, Psal. 141. 7. an Idol, Isa. 19. 7. a Den, Dan. 6. 17. and unto divers other things.
Mystically, it is applyed to Christ, Cant. 1. 1. Isa. 11. 4. The two witnesses, Rev. 11. 5. The devill, Ibid. 12. 15. The false Prophet, Ibid. 17. 13. The second beast which Daniel saw, Dan. 7. 5. The horses of the enemies of the Church, Rev. 9. 17, 18, 19. The Ephah in the vision of Zechariah, Zech. 4. v. 5.
Mouth]
;;Words which come from the Mouth, or the Instrument of speach and words, which in Christ were sweet and gracious, Cant. 5. 16. His mouth is as sweet things.
Breath of his mouth]
;;The Doctrine of the Gospell uttered by the Ministers thereof. 2 Thess. 2. 8. Whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit (or breath) of his mouth. Isa. 11. 4.
Mouth of the brooks]
;;The Lips of the Rivers, to which the two banks are in stead of two lips, Isa. 19. 7.
Mouth of the Dragon]
;;The Commission, authority, and commandements of the Devill and his administers, (called here the Beast and the false Prophet) Rev. 16. 13. I saw three unclean spirits like Frogs come out of the mouth of the Dragon, and out of the mouth of the Beast, and out of the mouth of the false Prophet.
;;2. Rayling slanderous speeches, and wicked blasphemous calumniations and reproaches, where with the Devill endevored to bring the Christian Church into great hatred and danger among worldly men. Rev. 12. 16. Which the Dragon, had cast out of his mouth.
Mouth of the Earth]
;;Earth it self, taking in as a mouth, the blood of Abel to hide it, Gen. 4. 11. The earth opened her mouth.
A mouth was given him]
;;Power of blaspheming, with reproachfull words, was by Gods just judgement permitted unto him, for the just punishment of the wicked world. Rev. 13. 5. A mouth was given to him to speak great things and blasphemies.
To kisse the mouth]
;;To love, honour, and obey his words, Gen. 51. 40. In this sense David saith, Kisse the Son, Psal. 2. 12. and Samuel kissed Saul being King, 1 Sam. 10. 1. and men kiss his lips that answereth right words. Prov. 24. 26.
Mouth of the Lord]
;;The Lord himself, revealing and opening his will unto the people. Isa. 40. 5. The mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
;;Augustine, by the Mouth of the Lord, understands Christ the Son of God, who declared the Father unto us, Joh. 1. 18.
;;Note. Interpreter is opposed to Mouth, Gen. 35. 12. compared with Gen. 42. 2. for an Interpreter is another mans mouth, Exod. 4. 16.
Mouth to mouth, Jer. 32. 4. is, familiarly, plainly, in ones owne person, without interposed means.
To open the mouth]
;;To begin to speak, or to make an entrance into the speech, after good deliberation taken. Mat. 5. 1. Then Jesus opened his mouth. Act. 10. 34. Peter opened his mouth.
;;2. To restore the use of speach. Luk. 1. 64. His mouth was opened immediately.
Putteth his mouth in the dust. Lam. 3. 29. that is, Humbly throweth himself down before God.
To open his mouth to blaspheme]
;;To spread abroad and cast out by speeches, execrable contumelies and reproaches against the Divine Majesty, his Religion, his true Church in which he dwels by his Spirit and against all the true members of his Church the Saints of God. Rev. 13. 6. And he opened his mouth against God, to blaspheme his Name, his Tabernacle and them that dwell in heaven. How justly may this be verified upon the Pope and his Creatures, boasting himself as God, repoaching the Christian Church as a conventicle of Hereticks, and with their unpure mouths, traducing all for Heretical, Schismatical, and most wicked men, which separate themselves from their Synagogue. A plentiful proof of these blasphemies, is extant in one Bull of Leo the tenth, against Luther.
Out of his mouth went there a sharp sword]
;;The doctrine of the Word of God (which is a spiritual sword) and proceeds from the mouth of Christ the Son of God, subduing all people unto the obedience of his Ordinances and Laws. As in Rev. 19. 15. And out of his mouth went there a sharp sword, that with it he might smite the Heathen.
;;He shall pasle sentence of death upon them, and execute it. Isa. 11. 4. Or, he shall destroy them, according as he hath foretold, 2 Thess. 2. 8. Arms are attributed only to the Captain; for all is done by his power, though he use instruments. Annot.
Out of their mouths issued fire, and smoak, and brimstone, Rev. 9. 17. The new invention of Guns used by the Turks at the taking of Constantinople, seemeth here to be foretold, out of which came fire, smoak, gun-powder, made of brimstone, with other materials. Or, it may import a great devastation of the Countries they came in. The smoak is very great, at the shooting of great Ordinance, because the fire is soon kindled, and quickly dissolveth into smoak. A thing worthy of great observation, that God should bring in Turks that hate Idols, to destroy Christian idolaters. Annot.
… or staffe of thy mouth]
;;The mighty and powerfull Word of God. Isa. 11. 4. He shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth.
To speak mouth to mouth]
;;To speak manifestly, and not darkly, Numb. 12. 8.
To stop the mouth]
;;To put to silence, or to make dumb, through astonishment of Gods works. Job 5. 16. Iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Mouth of wickedness]
;;A very wicked man, which with his mouth speaks forth wicked things, Psal. 107. 42.
To be with ones mouth]
;;To instruct, and teach one, what, and how to speak. Exod. 4. 12. I will be with thy mouth.
To mow]
See To reap.
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He that moweth or reapeth, Psal. 129. 7.
Mowings]
Amos 7. 1. i. e. After that the Kings grass was cut down, perhaps for the use of his horses, or that his grass was usually cut down first, Heb. shearings; but the Hebrew word is used thus also of mowed grass, Psal. 72. 6. D. Annot.
Moyst]
New, fresh, Numb. 6. 3.
Moysten]
His … are moystened, Job 21. 24. Heb. watered. There is an elegancy in the Original, his bones is watered; that is, every one of them. Not a bone wants moystness. Annot.
Moysture]
Strength, or that whereby strength cometh and continueth, Psal. 32. 4. That whereby the seed taketh root, Luk. 8. 6. Mat. 13. 5. Marrow, Job 21. 24.
Moza]
Found, unleavened, the end, expressing; or making clean. The Son of Caleb by Ephah his Concubine, 1 Chr. 2. 46. The Son of Zimri, Ib. 8. 36.
Mozab]
A chiding, a … invention, unleavened; or, a a pressing down. A City, Josh. 18. 26.