A Complete Christian Dictionary, Dictionary · Part AB
A B.
Abaddon]
The King of the Locusts, the Angel of the bottomless pit, whom Paul named the Son of perdition, 2 Thess. 2. 3. The destroyer, from foreign, to perish, …, Prov. 15. 11.
;;One that burneth with a desire of … and destroying men; such an one is the Devil principally, and his Vicar Antichrist, or the Pope. Rev. 9. 11. They have a King over them whose name in Hebrew is …, and ….
In both languages, the Destroyer, because a Destroyer both to the Jews and Gentiles. The Hebrew word signifieth …, a Metonymie of the effect, for the Destroyer. The Devil or the Pope, which you will, saith Dent. Pareus, Brightman and Forbes interpret it of the Devil. Both actively and passively, both destroying and destroyed, as … observeth, because he destroyeth many others, and at length is destroyed himself, Chap. 17. 11. 1 Spiritually, 2 Thess. 2. 2 Corporally, Rev. 18. 8. Laeigh. His name is set down in the Hebrew and Greek languages, because both the Old Testament written in the Hebrew, and the New written in Greek, pointed at him (Antichrist) saith …. As he is both a Spiritual, and a Civil Magistrate; so he destroyes both soul and body. That which our Lord and his Apostle have of Judas, and the Antichrist, is in effect a … or exposition of the name Apollyon, for it and …, come both from one theme, and so is he called, both becau e he destroyes the faith of others, and himself also, for he goeth into destruction, Rev. 17. 11. And though the Turk be a sore Destroyer, yet in as much as he dissembleth not but openly blaspemeth Christ, the Pope is a more perilous enemy, as not being perceived, but lurking under coverings. Cowper. The Pope hath a name in Hebrew, Abaddon from Numb. 24. The Roman shall afflict … and Eber: and he tendeth to destruction. The whole bent of the Pope is to destruction; his whole policy, and his Masse, his Idoles, and his rules of faith. In Greek Apollyon, that is, Destroyer, because all his policie tendeth to eternal destruction. Broughton. Abaddon in the Hebrew tongue is a substantive, and is rendred Apollyon, wasting, destroying, where foreign is understood, q. d. the spirit of destroying, that is, the destroyer. Pasor. …. Either because the destroying Angel was known to the Jews as well as to the Christians: or else because the Saracens (some take this to be spoken of their chief Commander, the Devils great agent) oppressed both. Some say Mahomets name … a Destroyer, and the name … in the Eastern language, Hapies. Sure it is, they have made havock of Men, Churches, and Schools where they have prevailed. Annot.
Abagtha]
One of the seven Chamberlains or Eunuchs, that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the King, Esth. 1. 10. Father of the wine-presse, from foreign a Father, and foreign a winepresse.
Abana]
Stony, or a building, or Father, or I beseech now. A River of …, which … objected was as good as Jordan to cleanse his leprosie, 2 King. 5. 12.
Abarim]
Of the plural number, for they were many mountains, of which in particular Nebo was one, on which Moses saw … afar ost, and then and there by the command of God dyed, Numb. 27. 12. Deut. 32. 29. The word signifies, either Passing along, because those mountains ran along the Countrey; or, Passing over, because over them was some rode, from foreign to passe over.
Abase]
In common use it signifieth vilisying, but in propriety of the word, a bringing low, or casting down, of the Gr. word foreign the bottome, as of a pillar or such like thing. It's sometime taken properly, for Couching or Lying down on the ground, as Isa. 31. 4. Sometimes Metaphorically: as 1 To be brought … ones outward condition, reputation, &c. or inward sorrow and terrors of heart, Job 40. 11. Ezek. 21. 26. Dan. 4. 37. Mat. 23. 12. Phil. 4. 12. 2 To put ones self on mean wayes and things, to serve others, as for a Minister to take benevolence of others, or to work with his own hands, that he may preach to this or that people gratis, 2 Cor. 11. 7, 8, 9. Act. 20. 34.
It's spoken of God abasing Man, Dan. 4. 37. Of Man abasing man, Job 40. 11. Of man abasing himself, 2 Cor. 11. 7.
It signifieth, to lay him as low as a Valley, that looks as high as a mountain. Annot. on Job 40. 11.
Abase himself]
Isa. 31. 4. Heb. be humbled. Annot.
Abate]
It signifieth, to Diminish, Asswage, Weaken, make Less; and is spoken of a Price, Lev. 27. 18. of a mans Strength, Deut. 34. 7. of Waters, Gen. 8. 3. of Anger, Judg. 8. 3. of grief, Job 16. 5, 6.
Abated. Heb. …. Deut. 34. 7. marg.
Abba]
;;Father: Thus Christ expounds it, Mar. 14. 36. and Paul, Rom. 8. 15. To cry Abba, Father: the doubling of the word joyning to the Syriack [Abba] the Gr. word foreign serving to teach, that God is not God of the same Jews only, but of the Gentils also, and will be called upon in all languages, requiring of his people a strong confidence in his fatherly goodness through Christ.
;;The repetition of the same word (in sense) serveth to stir and express the vehemency which is in fervent prayer, Gal. 4. 6. Psal. 22. 1. My God, my God, Mat. 25. 11. Lord, Lord open, &c. See Dan. 9. 19. Also it sheweth the great constancy and assurance of the faithful, that he is their Father indeed.
;;Hebrew and Syriack words, as Abba, Sabbath, Hosanna, …, &c. and sundry more, are retained, as familiarly known to the Christians, whose faith is derived from the Jews, so the words also. Also note, that these strange words were not used of superstition, as though more holinesse were in the words; as … may seem for that end to commend the use of a strange tongue in their Service.
This word is only thrice mentioned in the New Testament, and in each place the word Father is added by way of explanation. God so styled by Christ, Mat. 14. 36. So by the Faithful, Rom. 8. 15. Gal. 4. 6. It's usually the first word that Children speak, and which their Fathers willingly hear. In the Hebrew foreign signifieth Father, from foreign, to will, acquiesce.
Abba]
A word implying much tenderness and affection, whereunto Father is joyned, not only to explain it, but also the better to express the eager, …, and vehement affection and desire of the faithful in their calling upon God. Annot. on Rom. 8. 15.
Whether it be read from the right unto the left hand, or from the left unto the right, it's either way Abba, which seemeth to imply that God is the Father of the faithful, though when they are in trouble, he seem to be averse from them. Glass. Phil. sac. p. 305.
Abda]
A servant (or in the Syrian tongue, this cloud) from foreign to serve, 1 King. 4. 6. Neh. 11. 17.
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My servant. The Father of Kish, 1 Chron. 29. 12.
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A servant of God, or a cloud of Gods store, 1 Chr. 5. 15. Jer. 36. 26.
Abdon]
A servant, or a cloud of Justice. The name of a City, Josh. 21. 30. The name also of one of the Judges, Judg. 12. 13. And the first-born of …, 1 Chron. 8. 30. & 9. 36. And the Son of Micah, 2 Chr. 34. 20. called Achbor, the Son of Micaiah, 2 King. 22. 12.
Abednego]
Servant of light, from foreign, to shine. Called also Azariah, Dan. 1. 7.
Abel]
With foreign in the beginning of the Hebrew word (foreign or foreign) signifieth vanity, from the root foreign, he was vain; and is the name of Adam his second Son, Gen. 4. 2. But with foreign in the beginning of the Hebrew word (foreign) it signifieth mourning, from foreign, to lament or mourn. The place where the Ark of God was set down by the Levites, 1 Sam. 6. 18. A City besieged by …, 2 Sam. 20. 15. preserved by the counsell of a wise Woman that was therein, Ibid. 22. Smitten by the Forces of …, 1 King. 15. 20. afterward taken by Tiglath Pileser, 2 Kings 15. 29. Hence Abel beth-… (mourning to the house of Maachah, 1 King. 15. 20.) Abel-maim (mourning of waters, 2 Chron. 16. 4.) Abel-meholah (Sorrow of weakness, Judg. 7. 22.) Abel-mizraim (the mourning of the Egyptians, Gen. 50. 11.) Abel-shittim, Sorrow of thorns, Num. 33. 43. It signifies also a Plain, Judg. 11. 33.
Heb. 22. 24. And to the bloud of sprinkling, that speaketh better things then that of Abel. Some copies read it, which speaketh better things then Abel. But did the bloud of Abel speak, saith Theophylact? Yes, It cryed to God for vengeance, as that of sprinkling, for … and mercy. (It is meet that sin should be avenged, murder especially.) This bloud is called the righteous bloud, Mat. 23. 25. which was so holy and reverend a thing, in the sense and reputation of the old world (they say so) that the men of that time used to swear by it. Gregor. Notes. pag. 118.
Abez]
An egge, dirty; or of linnen. A City in the Tribe of Issachar, Josh. 19. 20.
To abhor]
;;To have a thing in utter detestation and loathing. Isa. 1. 13. I abhor your Sabbaths and new Moons, Job 42. 6. I abhor my self. Sometimes Abhorring signifies Loathing, in shew and profession only, and not in truth, as Rom. 2. 22. Thou abhorrest Idols, that is, seemest to detest them. Sometimes also Abhorring is applyed to Inanimate things, as Job 9. 31. Mine own cloaths shall abhor me; or make to be abhorred. This word is spoken both of God and Man.
Of God abhorring,
1. Idolaters, Lev. 26. 30. Deut. 32. 19. Psal. 78. 58, 59 & 106. 38.
2. Such as live in pleasure, and remember not the affliction of Joseph, Amos 6. 6.
3. The bloudy and deceitful man, Psal. 5. 6.
4. The Heathens manners, Lev. 20. 23.
5. The …, Psal. 10. 3.
6. His Ordinances abused, Isa. 1. 13.
Of Man, who abhorreth,
1 What he ought not; as
1. God himself, Zech. 11. 8.
2. Gods Statutes and Judgements, Lev. 26. 15. 43.
3. Gods People, 1 King. 11. 25.
4. The man that speaketh uprightly, … 5. 10.
5. Judgement and Equity, Mic. 3. 9.
6. The Offering of the Lord, 1 Sam. 2. 17.
7. Friends, Job 19. 19.
8. The Afflicted, Psal. 22. 24.
2. What he ought: as
1. Idols, Deut. 7. 26. Rom. 2. 22.
2. A man his own self, for his own evils, adding repentance for the same, Job 42. 6.
3. Lying, Psal. 119. 163.
4. Evill, Psal. 36. 4. Rom. 12. 9.
5. He that flattereth a wicked man, and saith he is righteous, Prov. 24. 24.
It's also applyed unto such as being grievously afflicted, loath food, Psal. 107. 18. Job 33. 20.
It signifieth also to despise, Deut. 32. 19. marg. To stink, 1 Sam. 27. 12. marg. To make to be abhorred, Job 9. 31. marg. To abhor the afflictions of the afflicted, Psal. 22. 24. is, not to have compassion on them, …. That thou abhorrest, Isa. 7. 16. or rather, by which thou art vexed. Annot.
To have a thing in such detestation, that we scorn to look upon it, turning away our faces, as from an odious and loathsome sight, extremely to detest with a marvellous fear, lest a thing should touch us, or we it. … Crit. Sac. on the word foreign.
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Shall be an abhorring … all …, Isa. 66. 24. or are a loathsomness, or most loathsom unto every creature, to all those that behold them, one or other. The word here used is no where else found but here, and Dan. 12. 3. where it's rendred contempt; but might better be loathsomness, or detestation there; most loathsome, or most detestable here, loathsomness being put for extreme loathsom; or detestable, for most detestable, as abomination for most abominable, Jer. 44. 4. Desolation for extreme desolate, Isa. 64. 10. Some of the Jewish Criticks say, it cometh from a word that signifies a worm. Annot. But here, and in Dan. 12. 3. it is spoken of stiffnecked and obstinate sinners, which are … and abhorred of all good and godly people. D. Annot.
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The Daughter of Zechariah, Mother of Hezekiah, 2 King. 18. 2. The word signifieth, My Father.
Abi-albon]
The Father of great Understanding; or, the Father of much Building, or Wrong; one of David's Worthies, 2 Sam. 23. 31. called also Abiel, 1 Chr. 11. 32.
Abiasaph]
A gathering, or consuming Father. One of the Sons of Korah, Exod. 6. 24.
Abiathar]
Father of the Remnant; or excellent Father; or, Father of Contemplation. The Son of …, 1 Sam. 22. 20. called also Ahimelech, as his Father Ahimelech, Abiathar, 2 Sam. 8. 17. Also, one of Solomons Priests, 1 King. 4. 4. who seems not to be the Abiathar already mentioned, for Solomon had thrust him out from being Priest unto the Lord, 1 King. 2. 27.
Abib]
A great Ear (or Stem) of Corn. From hence the monethmonth Abib (which answereth to part of March, and part of April, (as we call the …) had its denomination, because in those Countreys corn was eared, and began to be ripe in this monethmonth, Exod. 9. 31. And because in this monethmonth the Children of Israel went out of Egypt, the year (which before began in September, Exod. 23. 16.) had its beginning to the Jews Ecclesiastically in this monethmonth of Abib; but for the Jubilees and Civill affairs, it began as it had done before, Lev. 25. 8, 9, 10. And because this Release of Israel was a figure of the Churches Redemption by Christ, who renewed the world, 1 Cor. 5. 7, 8. 2 Cor. 5. 17. and who was to suffer death also in this monethmonth, Joh. 18. 28, &c. therefore God made it the head and first of the year; that by it the Church might be taught to expect the exceptable year of the Lord which Christ preached, Luk. 4. 19. This monethmonth was also called Nisan.
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The Father of Knowledge: one of the Sons of Madian, the Son of Abraham by Keturah, Gen. 25. 4.
Abidan]
Father of …; or, My Father a Judge. Prince of the Tribe of Benjamin, Num. 1. 11. & 2. 24. & 7. 60, 65.
Abide]
It signifieth to Stay or Tarry, Gen. 22. 5. To Dwell, Gen. 29. 19. To Be, Gen. 44. 33. To … or Cleave to, Ruth 2. 8. To Continue, Eccl. 1. 4. To Endure or Passe through without Hurt, Numb. 31. 23. To be sufficient to Bear, Joel 2. 11. To Live, Phil. 1. 24. To … Firm and Strong, Gen. 49. 24. To wait for, Act. 20. 23. See the margin.
It signifieth also To pitch, Ezr. 8. 15. marg. To stand up, Nah. 1. 6. marg. To …, Psal. 15. 1. marg. To lodge, Psal. 91. 1. marg. To come into, Luk. 8. 27. To be conversant in, 1 Joh. 2. 10. To stick to one, or take his part, 2 Sam. 16. 18, To be protected, sustained, desended, Psal. 61. 7. Not to perisht decay, but continue immovable, firm, stable, Gen. 49. 24. … to change ones condition, 1 Cor. 7. 8, 20, 24. To persevere, Joh. 15. 7. Ravanell.
To abide in Christ]
signifieth,
;;1. To be in, continue, and remain in Christ by a lively faith, without falling therefrom, by security, pride, or profaneness, Joh. 15. 4. Abide in me, and I in you. This perseverance is wrought by the Spirit of Christ, through the holy Ministery, not without the endevours of the Faithful, Joh. 15. 4, 5, 6.
2. A Believers (that … lose the habit of faith) actually Adhering to, Contemplating of, Rejoycing in, and Obedientially acting communion with Christ; whereby he … actuall quickenings and flowings in of Christs love into the Believer. For though a Believer hath influences from Christ, whilest he is asleep, or in some lawful worldly imployment, in way of maintenance of his habit of spiritual life; (for a Believers graces, and spiritual life, are a fluxive habit, as the beams of the Sun are continued by the continual emission of light from the Sun, and the stream is perpetuated by the constant flowing of the fountain;) yet in very serious duty, use of an Ordinance, and act of obedience to God in Christ, … Believer hath special flushings and irradiations of Divine light, life and love; so that the more constant our acting is towards Christ, the more continued is our actuall enjoyment of speciall communion with Christ, Joh. 15. 10. If ye (speaking to the believing Disciples, for Judas was gone out, Ch. 13. 30.) keep my Commandements, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Fathers …, and abide in his love. Christ could not be separated from God; but by continual acting towards God, he had a continual actuall emjoyment of the shining of his Fathers love; so, proportionably Believers.
See …, and Dwell, House.
To abide in the Word]
;;To persevere in the …, both in the faith and practise of it unto the end, John. 8. 31. 2 Joh. 9.
Abiding]
Heb. Expectation. 1 Chron. 29. 15. marg.
Abjects]
Psal. 35. 15. Men of no fame, Base men, … viler then the Earth, Job 30. 8. Such as for their wickedness are, or deserve to be smitten by the Magistrate, as Paul was by the Jews, though without cause, 2 Cor. 11. 24. Such as speak they care not what or how falsely against the people of God, …. 18. 18. See Schindler's Pentaglot in foreign.
For Abjects Psal. 35. 15. Mr. Aynsworth readeth smiters, according to the Greek, that is, such as … him with the tongue, as Jer. 18. 18. It may be also read (saith he) the …, that is, abjects, vile persons, Job 30. 8. (as the Chaldee expresseth it, the wicked) Or understand smitten on their feet, as 2 Sam. 4. 4. that is, lame, so faigning themselves; or smitten in spirit, as Isa. 66. 2. that is, grieved in outward shew.
Abiel]
My Father is God. The Father of …, the Father of Saul, 1 Sam. 9. 1. and of Ner, the Father of Abner, 1 Sam. 14. 51. Also one of David's Worthies, 1 Chr. 11. 32. called Abialbon, 2 Sam. 23. 31.
Abiezer]
My Fathers help. One of David's Worthies, 1 Sam. 23. 27. Also the Nephew of Manasseh; 1 Chron. 7. 18.
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Judg. 6. 11. One descended of ….
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My Fathers joy. The Wife of Nabal, 1 Sam. 25. 3. Also, the Daughter of Nahash, Sister to Zerviah Joabs … whose Son Amasa was Captain of the Hoste in stead of Joab, 2 Sam. 17. 25.
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My Fathers strength. The Father of Zuriel, Num. 3. 35. The Son of Huri, 1 Chr. 5. 14. The Wife of …, 2 Chr. 11. 18. The Father of Esther, Esth. 2. 15. The Wife of Abishur, 1 Chr. 2. 29.
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He is Father; or, My Father himself. The Son of Aaron, Exod. 6. 23.
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The Father of praise; or, Confession. The son of …, the Son of Benjamin, 1 Chr. 8. 3.
Abia, Abiah, Abijah]
The Will of the Lord; or, My Father the Lord. The Son of Samuel, 1 Sam. 8. 2. The Son of Rehoboam, 1 Chr. 3. 10. called also …, 1 King. 14. 31. The Son of Becher, 1 Chr. 7. 8. A Priest, 1 Chr. 24. 10. The name of another Priest, Neh. 10. 7. The Wife of Hezron, … Chr. 2. 24. The Daughter of Zecariah, 2 Chr. 29. 1. called also Abi, 2 King. 18. 7. The Son of Jeroboam, 1 King. 14. 1.
Abijam]
The Father of the Sea. The Son of …, 1 King. 14. 31. called also Abijah, 2 Chr. 14. 1.
Abilene]
The Fathers …, or habitation. A Countrey (near …) whereof … was Tetrarch, Luk. 3. 8.
Ability]
;;Aptness and strength of Wit and Memory to comprehend and retain Sciences, beside a great towardness, and withall industrious and vigorous bodies and minds, Dan. 1. 4. And such as had ab lity.
See Might, Mean, Power, Strength, New-heart, Conversion.
Ability is applyed to God, Ephes. 3. 20. To Christ, Heb. 2. 18. To the holy Scriptures, 2 Tim. 3. 15. To the Word of God, James 1. 21. To Man, according to his power in bodily strength, Num. 13. 30. Ability of estate, Deut. 16. 17. Gifts of minde, 2 Tim. 2. 2. Capacity, Mar. 4. 33. Grace received, Phil. 4. 13.
Abimael]
A Father from God; or, My strong Father. The Son of …, Gen. 10. 28.
Abimelech]
My Father the King. The King of Gerar, Gen. 20. 2. A King of the Philistim in David's time, otherwise named Achis, Psal. 34. the title. Also the Son of Gideon by his Concubine, Judg. 8. 31.
Abinadab]
A Father of a Vow, or, of a Free minde. The Son of Saul, 1 Sam. 31. 2. The Son of Jesse, 1 Sam. 16. 8. The Father of Eleazer, 1 Sam. 7. 1. The Son in law of Solomon, 1 King. 4. 11.
Abinoam]
The beauty of my Father: Barak was his Son, Judg. 4. 6.
Abiram]
My high Father; or, A high Father. The Son of Eliab, Numb. 16. 1. The Son of …, 1 King. 16. 34.
Abishag]
My Fathers Ignorance, or Error. A Shunamite who cherished David, and ministred unto him when he was old, 1 King. 1. 4.
Abishai]
My Fathers Reward, or Offering. The Son of Zerviah, and Brother of Joab, 1 Chr. 2. 16.
Abishahar]
The Son of Bilhan, 1 Chr. 9. 7, 10.
Abishasōm]
See Absalom.
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My Father of Salvation. The Son of Phinees, 1 Chr. 6. 4. The Son of Bela, 1 Chr. 8. 4.
Abishut]
The Father of a Song, or Wall; or, of Righteousness. The Son of Shammai, 1 Chr. 2. 28.
Abital]
The Father of the Dew: Davids Wife, 2 Sam. 3. 4.
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My Fathers Strength, or Beauty. The Son of …, Mat. 1. 13.
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;;One who is meet and fit, Heb. 5. 2. Who is able, so the Geneva both translation, and observation, which our Author …, one who is of force, power, might, sufficiency, …. … 18. He was able to succor them that are tempted, Heb. 5. 7. … him that is able to save him from death, …. 7. 25. He is able to save them to the uttermost, that come unto God by him, Heb. 11. 19. God was … to … him up even from the dead.
To be able, Hebr. retain, or obtain strength, 1 Chron. 29. 14. marg.
To be ready and willing to do or suffer, Matth. 20. 22. Ravanell.
As he is able, …. according to the … of his hand, Deut. 16. 17. marg.
Able]
Rev. 5. 3. … man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the …, was able to open the …, neither to look thereon. There was no finite creature, either in heaven or earth, that was able to unsold those great and wonderful mysteries which were contained … that roll of Gods eternall decree. Hall. No man at all (for all men are in one of these places, ver. 13. Phil. 2. 10.) was judged worthy to know or publish these great mysteries. The Angel taketh their not answering, or not appearing, for an acknowledgement of their inability, or indignity, or both, so Isa. 41. 28, 29. Annot.
Rev. 15. 8. No … was able to … into the Temple, &c. God was so angry with the Papists, that no man durst come to intercede for them; but he went on in wrath, till he had rooted that Religion out of the earth. …. Now in the giving of this Commission for these seven last Plagues, the glory of God did … … it …, as that no man was able to comprehend the Majesty thereof, untill this so important a business was dispatched. Hall. None of the wicked or reprobate; for his redeemed serve him night and day in his Temple. So then the wicked cannot understand the plagues which are upon them, till they be finished; and then when the sins of the wicked come to the height, and Gods wrath kindles against them, he is inexorable, will not be entreated of them, which is signed by this type, that he will not so much as admit them unto his Temple, to make deprecation unto him. Cowper.
Rev. 6. 1. Who shall be able to stand? These things shall terrifie the wicked in the last …
1. Without them, the sight of the Judge.
2. Within them, a guilty conscience; a sensible infirmity in themselves, through the guilt thereof, that makes them unable to stand before the Lord. Cowper.
… men]
Mighty men of valour, 1 Chr. 13. marg.
Abner]
My Fathers lamp. The Son of …, 1 Sam. 14. 50.
Aboard]
Act. 21. 2. Into the ship.
Abode]
or, sitting. 2 King. 19. 27. marg.
Abolish]
signifieth,
1. To make void, as the Pharisees and Scribes did the Commandement of God, that they might keep their own Tradition, Mar. 7. 9.
2. To make the use of a thing to cease, as of meats for the belly, and the belly for meats; for that in the life to come, the belly shall not need meat, 1 Cor. 6. 13.
3. To do away; so Christ hath abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of Commandements contained in Ordinances, Eph. 2. 15. the hand-writing of Ordinances, Col. 2. 14. the Levitical priesthood, Heb. 7. 11, 12.
4. To Destroy, 2 Thess. 2. 8. 2 Tim. 1. 10.
Abominable]
Things Detestable, Unclean, Filthy, Abhorred, Loathsome; as things forbidden Ceremonially, Lev. 7. 21. & 11. 43. & 19. 7. Deut. 14. 3. Isa. 65. 4. Jer. 16. 18.
Things also forbidden Morally, as Heathenish customs, Lev. 18. 30. Idols, 2 Chr. 15. 8. Idolatry, Jer. 44. 4. Works of wicked men, Psal. 14. 1. Iniquity, Psal. 53. 1. Scant measure, Mic. 6. 10. So, men which drink in Iniquity like water, Job 15. 16. which professing to know God, in works deny him, Tit. 1. 16. Murtherers, Whoremongers, &c. Rev. 21. 8. Which deserve to be abhorred and held as loathsom for some great Spiritual filthiness. Given to sins against nature, as Sodomy, &c. See Rev. 17. 4. Annot.
Abominably]
1 King. 21. 26. Heb. Abominations.
Abomination]
;;1. Some accursed spiritual filthiness, which deserves to be fled from and abhorred of all men, as ominous, fearful, and unhappy. Deut. 22. 25. The man that weareth womans apparel, and the woman that putteth on mans raiment, both are Abomination unto the Lord, Prov. 12. 22. The lying lips are an Abomination unto the Lord, Mat. 24. 15. and often in Moses and the Prophets. See Deut. 25. 26. It importeth such a vile thing as causeth us to turn our eyes from it, that we cannot abide to look on it.
;;2. Some thing, which for the uncleanness sake might not be eaten or toucht, Lev. 11. 10, 11.
Abomination is also taken,
1. For any impiety or sin, Isa. 66. 3. Ezek. 16. 50.
2. For Idolatry, Jer. 44. 4.
3. For that which is hateful and displeasing, Lev. 11. 20. To God, Deut. 27. 15. To his Church, 1 King. 11. 5, 7. So one to another, Prov. 29. 27.
4. For the Abomination of Desolation, or horrible Idolatry before Christ manifested, which was a type of Antichristianism, Dan. 9. 27.
5. For that destruction of the Temple and Jewish policy by the Romans, not long after our Saviours ascension, Mat. 24. 15.
6. For Mystical or Spiritual Abomination, Rev. 17. 4. What things are Abominable or Abomination in Gods sight, Deut. 7. 25. & 25. 16. & 27. 15. Psal. 5. 6. Prov. 3. 32. & 11. 1. & 12. 22. & 15. 8. & 16. 5. Isa. 1. 13. Luke 16. 15.
The horrible Abominations of the Israelites, Gods own people, Ezek. 8. 6. & 22. 2, 3, &c.
The horrible Abominations of the Gentiles, Deut. 12. 30. & 18. 9. Josh. 23. 12. Rom. 1. 29. Col. 3. 5, 8. 1 Pet. 4. 3.
Abomination, Lev. 18. 22. that is, very abominable, as desolation for very desolate, Vers. 7. Annot. on Isa. 1. 13.
To cast Abomination upon one, is, to make him Filthy, Vile, and Unclean, Nah. 3. 6.
Had in abomination, 1 Sam. 13. 4. Heb. did stink. marg.
;;To work Abomination, is, to bring in Idolatry, or the worship of false gods, 1 King. 11. 7. and to imitate the custom of the Nations in sinning, Jer. 32. 35.
Abomination of desolation]
;;That which all good men detest and hold accursed, by reason of the shameful and foul filthiness of it, deserving and bringing desolation. And this is meant (as some do think) of the Idols which the Romans not long after Christ his ascension, set up in the temple at Jerusalem, whereupon followed desolation, that is, the laying waste. and downfal of the Temple, City, and Nation of the Jews. This is the Abomination of desolation forespoken by Dan. 9. 27. and 12. 11. and after spoken by Mat. 24. 15. But Mr. … (not without great appearance of reason) interpreteth [ … ] of the Army of the Romans, which consisteth of abominable men, to wit, Infidels, who brought desolation upon Temple, City and People. A desolation to be executed by abominable men. (See Luk. 21. 20. which expounds Matthew and Mark.)
Mat. 24. 15. That … abomination of desolation standing in the holy place, mentioned Mat. 24. 17. is the Roman Army besieging Jerusalem, may appear,
1. By the parallel place, Luk. 21. 20. where before that admonition of ( … let those that are in Judea … to the Mountains, &c. … here followes immediately, and so demonstrates it to be the very matter) these words are set, … ye shall see Jerusalem … with Armies, then … that the desolation thereof is ….
2. By the agreeableness of the words to this sense, and consonance of … to that other expression in St. Luke, for the foreign doth (by an …, imitated by the Writers of the New Testament) signifie an abominable, …, …, wasting company of Souldiers, or the like. So in the place of … (here referred to) 'tis clear, ch. 9. 27. With the abominable Armies he shall make it desolate. The word … being ordinarily to the then polluted and idolatrous … world, of which the Romans were a principal part, which Armies were to work this desolation on Jerusalem. Agreeable to which it is what Artemodorus hath said in his … lib. 2. cap. 20. that foreign Vultures, or Eagles (the very creatures, to which in this place the Roman Armies are compared, Vers. 28.) signifie in his art, wicked abominable enemies. The very paraphrase of foreign here. Dr. Hammond on Mat. 24. f.
Full of abomination: Rev. 17. 4. Rome is more abominable for Idolatry and wantonness, then any other place. Such cups of entising wine, Whores were wont to give to their lovers, to allure them to folly, vers. 2. or alluding to such enchanted potions, as by leud persons are given to work a strong and strange inclination of amorous affections towards them in others. ….
Above]
signifieth,
1. The superiority of place, Exod. 20. 4. Eph. 4. 10.
2. The dignity or excellency of a thing, Psal. 113. 4. Mat. 10. 24. Joh. 3. 31. Eph. 1. 21. Phil. 2. 9.
3. The excellency or greatness of a thing, Eph. 4. 10.
4. Beyond, 1 Chr. 4. 6. & 10. 13. & 2 Cor. 1. 8.
5. More then, Gen. 3. 14. & 48. 22. & 49. 26. Exod. 19. 5. Numb. 12. 3. Deut. 7. 14.
6. Upwards, Exod. 30. 14. Lev. 27. 7.
7. An higher state, or rank, Num. 16. 3.
8. Chief in authority and power, honour and dignity, Deut. 28. 13.
Above all, Eph. 6. 16. and above all things, Col. 3. 14. Jam. 5. 12. 1 Pet. 4. 8. 3 Joh. 2. that is, chiefly, principally. In Col. 1. 2. we are called upon to seek those things which are above, and to set our … on things above. Those are blessings from heaven above, Gen. 49. 25. God, Deut. 4. 39. 1 King. 8. 23. Joh. 31. 2. 28. his glory, Psal. 8. 1. his mercy, Psal. 108. 4. The way of life, Prov. 15. 24. Christ, Job 3. 31. & 8. 23. The new Jerusalem, Gal. 4. 26. Holy graces, Jam. 1. 17. as Wisdom, Jam. 3. 17.
Above when he said, Heb. 10. 8. that is, in the former place of the testimony above cited; in the first place when he spake of sacrifices and offerings to be rejected, before he spake of his coming to do the will of God.
Above all]
;;One, who hath the chief authority and rule over the Church, Eph. 4. 6. Which is above all, Joh. 3. 31.
From above, or above]
;;That which is from heaven, Act. 2. 19. Isa. 6. 11.
;;2. That which is excellent, and of great account, also heavenly and spiritual, Gal. 4. 26. Jerusalem which is from above.
;;3. Things which belong to the heavenly life, Col. 3. 1. Seek the things which be above.
;;4. Christ, Joh. 3. 31.
;;5. God the Father, Jam. 1. 17.
Abound]
spoken,
1. Of earthly blessings, Prov. 28. 20.
2. Spiritual graces and gifts, 2 Cor. 9. 8. as in hope, Rom. 15. 13. Consolation suffering for Christ, 2 Cor. 1. 5. Love, Phil. 1. 9. Charitable relieving the poor members of Christ, 2 Cor. 8. 7. Every good work, 2 Cor. 9. 8.
3. Sin, Mat. 24. 12. Rom. 5. 20.
;;To abound. To know and feel the force of a thing abundantly and plentifully, Rom. 5. 10. Where … abounded.
;;To abound:
;;1. To be in great measure or number. Sin is more then grace, for number of subjects on earth, more in operation upon those subjects th en grace. But the grace of Christ is more aboundant then sin,
;;1. In sufficiency, to help and cure all; though not in efficiency to all, through the indisposition of the subject.
;;2. In efficiency of the Elect, in whom grace prevaileth over sin, Rom. 5. 20.
;;2. To be felt and known in great measure; so where sin (though lesse then in some other person) is more felt by …, then in other persons, grace shall abound with comfort, more then sin did before with sorrow; godly sorrow in him, or wicked joy in others, Rom. 5. 20.
About]
Heb. Again, 1 Chr. 13. 3. marg. …, Neh. 13. 21. marg. Now, Dan. 5. 31. marg.
About]
About it, to wit, Solomons bed, Cant. 3. 7. The Church is the bed-chamber of Christ, and each faithful heart is his bed, which he guardeth by many strong and watchful Heroes. Such are his Angels, Gen. 32. 2. Psal. 103. 20. (See also Psal. 34. 7. & 91. 11.) and his Ministers, Heb. 13. 17. but especially himself, 2 King. 6. 16. Phil. 4. 7. Annot. They need not fear either publick force, or secret treachery, about whom God setteth a guard.
Abram]
An high Father. The Son of Terah, Gen. 11. 26. whose name was changed into Abraham, which signifieth, A Father of a great multitude, Gen. 17. 5. It's compounded of foreign a Father, foreign high, and foreign a ….
Abraham]
;;A Father of a multitude, and figured Christ in the sacrificing of his son (in full purpose) for a whole burntoffering, Gen. 22. 2, 9, 11, 12. which did lively expresse the delivering up his only Son by God, as a sacrifice for our sins, and raised for our Justification, that he might be Lord both of dead and living. Compare these places, Gen. 22. with Heb. 11. 19. Joh. 3. 16. 1 Joh. 4. 19.
;;To do the works of Abraham: By doing works to prove themselves the Children of Abraham, as they professed themselves to be: Joh. 8. 19. Note, Good works make not the Children of Abraham, but witness they are so: as good fruits approve the trees to be good, but do not make them so.
;;Abrahams … Christ the Principal and Author of Salvation, and all the Faithful by him saved, Gen. …. 17. Act. 3. 25. Gal. 3. 16, 29. In Gen. 22. 27. it signifies Esaus posterity.
;;Abrahams seed: Humane substance or nature of the posterity of Abraham,
Heb. 2. 16. But he took Abrahams seed. The original word foreign (he took) signifieth to lay hold upon one that is flying away, or in danger: answerable hereunto it may in this place signifie Christs redeeming not the Angels, but the seed of Abraham, that is Man, when he fled from him, Gen. 3. 8. Annot. His helping, aiding, succouring the faithfull.
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Without the City of Sodom, Gen. 19. 17. Out of the house, Exod. 12. 46. … of dores, Exod. 21. 19. Outwardly, Lev. 13. 12. Out of his Tent, Lev. 14. 8. Out of marriage, Lev. 18. 9. Without the camp, Deut. 23. 13. Out of ones … family, Judg. 12. 5. Unto a place apart, 1 Sam. 9. 26. Out of Jerusalem, 1 King. 2. 42. Any where, 2 King. 4. 3. In the …, Psal. 41. 6. Out, Psal. 77. 17. Without the City, Lam. 1. 20. There are several other places, wherein this Word is found, whose meaning is plain by the words joyned therewith, as scatter, bring forth, spread, &c.
… Abrogate]
;;To make void or frustrate: to lay away as of no use and fruit, or to no end. Thus grace is said to be Abrogate, when righteousness is sought by the works of the Law: for then the grace of God in giving Christ unto death, to merit righteousness for believers in him, were made vain and of none effect, Gal. 2. 21. Also, thus the Law is said to be Abrogate, Eph. 2. 15. See how in the word [Law.] See Law, Ceremonies, Void.
Absalom]
A Father of Peace. David's Son, 2 Sam. 3. 3. Also, the Father of Maacah whom … marryed, 1 Chr. 11. 20.
Absence, referred to God]
;;His with-holding some sign of his favour, or the sending some judgement. For as touching his essence and power, he is never absent from his creatures, Psal. 77. 7. Will the Lord absent himself for ever? Hence come … phrases in the Psalmes and elsewhere, of Hiding his face, Turning his back, Departing, Returning, and the like.
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Gen. 31. 49. 1 Cor. 5. 3. Distant, or far off.
To abstain from]
;;To Separate, or Estrange, and turn our minde from a thing with an hatred of it, 1 Pet. 1. 21. Abstain from fleshly lusts, that is, crucifie the wicked desires of corrupt nature.
See to Fast, to Deny, or Strives to forsake, Eschew, Mortifie; also, Temperance, Sobriety.
Abstinence from food]
foreign, Act. 27. 21. of … and foreign food. Leigh Crit. ….
Abundance]
;;The plentiful conversion of the Jews towards the end of the world. Also the encrease of most excellent grace in them after this general conversion, Rom. 11. 12. What shall their abundance be?
Abundance: A noise, 1 King. 18. 41. marg. Isa. 60. 5. marg. Po…er, Rev. 18. 3. marg.
The abundance of corporal or temporal things, is set forth in Scripture by fulness, fatness, rivers, floods, brooks of butter and hony, tea thousands of rivers of oyl, &c. And the enjoyer hereof is said to have goods laid up for many years, to be full of blessing, to be blessed in the precious things of heaven, of the hils, of the earth, &c. ….
The abundance, or power, marg. of her delicacies, money which they had of her for delicate things to serve her lusts. ….
Abundance of the heart]
;;An heart abounding and stored with things good or evill, Mat. 12. 24. Of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.
Abundance of pleasures]
;;All kinde of earthly delights which the Church of Rome most riotously and excessively being given unto, did by that means enrich the Merchants of the earth, which sold such wares. Rev. 18. 3. And the Merchants of the earth have waxen rich of the abundance of her pleasures; that is, (saith Brightman) by the great plenty of all sorts of delicacies, by immoderate lust of enjoying them, entising men, like Xerxes, to devise and invent new kindes of pleasures.
This (upon the matter) is all one with the former signification.
Abundant]
Much, 1 Pet. 1. 3. marg.
Abundantly]
Surely, Psal. 132. 15. marg. Richly, Tit. 3. 6. marg.
More abundantly]
;;With dayly and great encrease, and profiring in all spiritual consolations and blessings which are heaped on the sheep of Christ, who with his life accumulateth and poureth Celestial gifts in all plenty upon his, Joh. 10. 10. Col. 1. 19. Eph. 1. 3.
To abuse]
is put for to use a mans right when it may be with scandal taken or given, 1 Cor. 9. 18. To use a thing beside the right use thereof, and not as it ought to be, 1 Cor. 7. 31. To commit whoredom with, or mock, Judg. 19. 25. To mock, 1 Sam. 31. 4. marg.
Abuse of Christian liberty: To be restrained, 1 Cor. 8. 9. And of Cloaths, Isa. 3. 18. Ezek. 7. 20. 1 Pet. 3. 3.
Abusers of themselves with mankinde]
1 Cor. 6. 9. See Gen. 19. 5. Rom. 1. 27.