A Complete Christian Dictionary, Dictionary · Part OL – Part OM
O L.
Old]
One of great age, and many years, Genes. 15. 15. & 18. 12. One decayed in strength, 1 King. 1. 15.
Old]
That which with time vanisheth, and doth not last ever, as the estate of this world, such as it is now, shall not, Heb. 1. 11.
Old]
Thine old age, Ruth 4. 15. Heb. thy gray hairs, marg.
Old commandement]
1 Joh. 2. 7. that is, such as was from the beginning.
Old leaven]
1 Cor. 5. 7. that is, Sinful notorious persons, as also the corruptions of our nature, as naughty opinions, lusts, vices, ill manners.
Old man]
;;Our natural disposition to evill. See Man. Eph. 4. 22. Col. 3. 9.
;;2. In priority, or in comparison of another thing or person succeeding it.;;
;;3. By weakness, or decay.;;
;;Old man,;;
;;1. One old in years.;;
;;2. The corruption of mans … called old in the three former respects.;;
;;1. As old as our own conception, or as Adams fall.;;
;;2. It must give place to the new man, and so be out of office.;;
;;3. In the godly it doth dayly decay, like an old or sick person, Rom. 6. 6.;;
Old Serpent]
Rev. 12. 9. that is, the Devill.
Old Serpent]
;;The Devill, or Satan, which through long experience (ever since the Creation of man) is wonderful deep in manifold crafts and subtilties. Rev. 12. 9. The devil, that old Serpent.
Who deceived our first Parents at the beginning of the world, Gen. 3. 1. Rev. 20. 2. He is a Dragon for cruelty, a Serpent for …. Annot.
Dissembling and double dealing belongeth to the brood of the Serpent. The knowledge which he hath by the subtilty of his nature, is encreased by long experience, for we must remember, that by his fall he lost holiness, but not his understanding; yet it is so corrupted, that he can do no other thing, but only abuse it unto evill. Like him in this are all reprobate men: in their young years, they were like Serpents in the shell; in their old years, they become flying Dragons, expert and cunning to work iniquity. Cowper.
Old Testament]
2 Cor. 3. 14. that is, the Scriptures of Moses, and the Prophets, … having an eye to Christ therein.
Old things]
;;Natural corruption, and the fruits of it, 2 Cor. 5. 17. The same is meant by old leaven, 1 Cor. 5. 7.
Old-time]
;;The time which was till Christ, Heb. 1. 1.
Old vessels]
;;A minde nourished in blind superstition, and idle ceremonies. Matth. 9. 17. Neither do men put new wine into old vessels.
Old way]
Job 22. 15. or, the way of old, that is, of the ungodly men before the flood, how wickedly they lived, The word foreign comes from a word that signifies to hide, because the ages past or to come, are hidden from us. And
1. It signifies a time past, or of old, Isa. 57. 11. Jer. 2. 20. & 28. 8.
2. A time to come, and lasting long, Num. 10. 8.
3. Eternity, properly so called, without beginning or ending, psal. 41. 13. Annot. on Job 22. 15.
Old world]
2 Pet. 2. 5. that is, The time before the flood.
Oldnesse of the letter]
Rom. 7. 6. that is, The old corruption which by the outward letter of the Law is more and more stirred and provoked in us, in as much as the Law, though it condemned the sinner, yet it affordeth no power at all to abolish or destroy sin in which regard it is called a killing letter, and the administration of death, 2 Cor. 3. 7. And in the word oldnesse, the abolishing of the Law is …, in regard of the unsufficiency thereof. Annot.
Or, the opinion of the old man, life or state, concerning the worship of God, touching ceremonies, or merits … vertues, in which Jews and Gentiles were occupyed. Or, it's the idle knowledge of the Law, or watsoever outward discipline, without the true conversion of the heart to God. Bernard.
The outward and fashionable knowledge of the Law, without any true change of the heart, Hall ….
Olive]
Taken properly for a tree so called which is full of fatnesse, Judg. 9. 9. And hence it is said, Out of Ashur his bread shall be fat, Gen. 49. 20. namely through the oyl which cometh of the olive, Deut. 33. 24. and is alwayes green, Psal. 52. 8. in which respect the godly are compared thereunto, Jer. 11. 16. Hos. 14. 6.
Figuratively, by a Synecdoche, a most choyce tree, Isa. 41. 19. By a Metaphor, the Church of the Jews, Jer. 11. 16. As also the abundant graces of the holy Spirit, and the continual flowings thereof in the Church, Zec. 4. 3, 12. or, Those two excellent servants of God, namely, … and …, which did represent the gifts of the holy Spirit; or, from whom flowed a great deal of good to the people of God, as … doth from the …, whereby the lamp is nourished and burneth: to whom allusion is made, Rev. 11. 4. Where by the two olive trees, the two … are to be understood, that …, the Doctors and Pastors, whom God in these last times was to raise up against Antichrist, and by their labour and ministery set up his worship.
… branches, or plants]
;;Children which (as olive branches) are an ornament and delight to their Parents. Psal. 128. 3. As olive branches round about his table.
… olives]
;;The Jews which were the people of his Covenant, Rom. 11. 17, 24.
Olive tree]
1 King. 6. 23. or oylie, Heb. trees of oyl, marg.
These are the two Olive trees, &c. Rev. 11. 4. that is, They are like Zorobabel & Jesua, whom the Lord in times past had anointed, to restore again the Jewish Church destroyed under the captivity of Babylon, and by these witnesses, to take the charge of it in like manner under the servitude of the Gentiles, for the allusion is to those two Olive trees, which Zacharias saw growing on either side of the golden Candlestick, and supplying the light thereof with oyl. Zech. 4. 14. of which the Angel being demanded what they meant, saith, These are the two anointed ones, standing before the Lord of the whole earth, pointing at the two heads of the Church, then under the servitude of the Gentiles, Zerobabel the Captain, and Jesua the high Priest, of whom he had prophesied a little before. Mede.
Olive trees afford oyl out of themselves; oyl under the law was to be brought of the people to the Priests for the continuing of the lights, Exod. 27. 20. but now here is not oyl, but Olive trees themselves, which have oyl (by Gods …) in themselves; to shew unto us in this extraordinary time, the Lords giving of the graces of his Spirit supernaturally; for oyl is put for the holy Spirit, and the gifts thereof, Psal. 45. 7. & 89. 20. Act. 10. 38. Olive trees shew, how the Lord furnisheth these his Prophets, and Teachers, not by the help of others, but by his own hand, to be full of his Spirit, and graces thereof, to cause light in the Temple of God, to be ever … in the darkness of the Antichristian State. Bernard.
As the Olive tree doth drop down his oyl and fatness, so the faithful Ministers do drop down upon the Church the sweet oyl of the Spirit, which is all heavenly and spiritual graces, as the Metaphor of oyl is often so taken in the Scriptures. Dent.
These times of persecution here foretold, would require abundance of all graces in Gods Ministers, to hold up the hearts of his fainting people, by plentiful instruction and consolation. And such did God then send, furnished abundantly from heaven (when means of instruction failed) as Olive trees are with oyl. Annot.
Wilde olives]
;;Gentiles, which were strangers from Gods Covenant.
Olive-yard]
Exod. 23. 11. or Olive-trees. Annot.
…, or Mount of olives]
A hill two miles on the East side from Jerusalem, the brook Cedron running between, takeing name of the plenty of olives growing thereupon, …. 21. 1. Mar. 11. 1. Luk. 22. 39. Joh. 8. 1.
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Heavenly. The name of a man, Rom. 16. 15. from foreign, a most high mountain, so called, as foreign, wholy shining, whose top (they say) is never darkened with clouds, so that by a metaphor it is put for heaven.
O M.
Omega]
Rev. 1. 8. as Alpha is the first letter of the … …, and Omega the last, so Christ was before all creatures and shall abide alwayes, though all creatures should perish. He from whom all creatures had their beginning, and to whom they are referred, as their uttermost end, Prov. 16. 4. Rom. 11. 36. Rev. 4. 11.
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Speaking, or exalting. The Son of Eliphaz, Gen. 36. 11.
Omer]
A measure containing one Kab and an half, and a … part of a Kab; that is, three pintes, and an halfe pinte, and a … part of an halfe pinte. It was the tenth part of an Ephah, Exod. 16. 36. Goodwyne.
Some conceive it contained a pottle. Some rate it by the proportion of 43 Hens egges, and a fift part. Which way soever it be taken, it is enough for the strongest man, and the hottest ordinary stomach; wherein Gods bounty may be observed. Annot. and Aynsworth on Exod. 16. 16.
Omit]
To sorbear, neglect passe over as haveing no regard thereof, or minde thereunto, Mat. 23. 23.
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Rev. 19. 6. An …, which can be applyed to no other, but unto God alone. It's the same with Almighty.
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A bundle, or rebellious or bitter people. The Father of …, 1 King. 16. 21. The Son of Besher, 1 Chr. 7. 8. The Son of Imri, 1 Chr. 9. 4. The Son of Michael, 1 Chr. 27. 18.
The statutes of Omri, Mic. 6. 16. that is, the Idolatry brought in by that wicked King, 1 King. 16. 25. and to excuse your doings you alledge the Kings authority by his statutes, and so pretend both power, and prudence, and counsell in the making of them.