A Complete Christian Dictionary, Dictionary · Part CE
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Cease]
signifieth,
1. To be wanting, Deut. 15. 11.
2. To be utterly forgotten, Deut. 32. 26.
3. To be quiet, Judg. 15. 7.
4. To leave off, 1 Sam. 7. 8.
5. To leave unperfected, Ezra 4. 24.
6. To spring up, Job 14. 7.
7. To abstain from, as … doing evill, Isa. 1. 16. Anger. Psal. 37. 8. Sin. Heb. 4. 10. Hearing instruction, which causeth to erre from the words of knowledge, Prov. 19. 27. Strife, Prov. 20. 3. Our own wisdom, Prov. 23. 4, 8, &c.
8. To be removed by death or otherwise, Lament. 5. 14.
9. To rest from, willingly and wittingly, not to be given to, 1 Pet. 4. 1.
10. To end, Psal. 46. 9.
11. Not to lean to, Prov. 23. 4.
12. Not used, Eccl. 12. 3.
13. Give over, Isa. 33. 1.
14. Be no more, 1 Cor. 13. 8.
15. be still, Psal. 4. 4.
16. To forbear, Exod. 23. 5.
17. To intermit, Lam. 3. 49.
To cease from our own works]
;;To do our own will no longer, but to resign our selves to God to yeeld him obedience by doing his will revealed in his Word, Heb. 4. 10. Hath ceased from his own works.
Cease not]
1 Sam. 7. 8. Heb. be not silent, marg.
Ceased]
1 Sam. 25. 9. Heb. rested, marg.
Ceased: Heb. 4. 10. He hath also ceased from his own works, from those afflictions and sorrows, which he suffers in this life, Rev. 14. 13. & 21. 4. Thereby the Apostle intends the happiness of the Saints in heaven, where all tears shall be wiped from their eyes, Isa. 5. 8. Rev. 7. 17. and whereof we receive the first fruits and pledges, even in this life. See vers. 3. Annot.
Without …]
Act. 12. 5. or instant, and earnest. marg.
Cedar]
A tall, Amos 2. 9. Goodly, Psal. 18. 10. Excellent tree, Cant. 5. 15. whereof the choyce grew in …, Judg. 9. 15. used for the building of magnificent houses, as David's, 2 Chr. 2. 3. Solomon's, 1 King. 7. 2. Jehoiakim's, Jer, 22. 14, 15. So for covering the porch of judgement, 1 King, 7. 7. For masts of ships, Ezek. 27. 5. For chests, Ibid. 24. Used also for the building both of the … Temple, 1 King. 5. 6. and of the second, Ezra 3. 7. And in cleansing the Leaper, Lev. 14. 4. and the burning of the red heifer, Numb. 19. 6. Used also for the making of Idols, Isa. 44. 14. They are choice, durable, goodly trees, called, the Cedars of God, Psal. 80. 11. marg. Unto whose height the height of the Amorite is resembled, Amos 2. 9. Thereunto …, or Christ, of whom he was a type, Ezek. 17. 22. By the Cedars of Libanus, the powerful and proud may be understood. Isa. 2. 13. Zech. 11. 1, 2. 2 Chr. 25. 18. …. 31. 3. Hereunto also the felicity of the faithful is compared, Psal. 92. 13. Numb. 24. 6. Hereunto are opposed, in respect of its greatness, the Hysop, 1 King. 4. 33. its worth, the Sycamore, Isa. 9. 9. Both, the Bramble, Judg. 9. 15. The Cedar is pleasant in show, being alwayes green. Its smell driveth away Serpents, refresheth men, neither … nor worm can corrupt it, nor age consume it. Dead bodies being put into Cedar, and … with its juice, are … from corruption; but it consumeth and corrupteth living slesh. It's said of the fruit thereof, that about the kernels, it's …, about the outside sweet, in the midle, temperate, … both.
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;;That which in Christ or his Church is firm and sair, durable and excellent, Cant. 1. 16. & chap. 5. 15. Excellent as Cedar.
;;See Beams, and Boards.
Cedron]
Mad, black, or sad. A brook, Joh. 18. 1. called also Kidron, 1 King. 15. 13.
Celebrate]
Lev. 23. 32. Hebr. rest, marg. Sabbatize. Aynsw. To solemnize, Lev. 23. 41. To praise, Isa. 38. 18. Thence Hallelujah, the first and last word of divers Psalmes. Annot.
Celestial]
1 Cor. 15. 40. Heavenly, super-celestial, or upper-heavenly, as the word foreign signifieth. Leigh Crit. Sac.
Celler]
1 Chr. 27. 28. A treasury, or store-house: as King Joash had some to see oyl beaten out of his Olive trees, so he had others to take care of it when it was brought into Cellars. Annot.
The Original foreign cometh of foreign, to lay, or treasure up. ….
Wine-cellers]
1 Chr. 27. 27. Places where the wine was kept.
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Millet, or pulse. The name of a place, Rom. 16. 1.
Censer]
An instrument of pure gold, 1 King. 7. 50. Used in the service of the Sanctuary:
1. To put fire in, and that on the fire of the Altar, Lev. 16. 12.
2. Whereon to put an handful of incense, of spices, Exod. 25. 6. Sweet, Lev. 4. 7. Beaten small, Lev. 16. 12. For the holy place, Exod. 31. 11.
3. For the High-priest to carry into the vail, and most holy place, Lev. 16. 12, 13. To prevent death, Ibid. and make an atonement, Numb. 16. 46.
Censers]
1 King. 7. 50. Heb. ash-pans, marg.
Centuman]
;;A Captain set over an hundred souldiers, Act. 10. 1. Mat. 8. 5.
Cephas]
;;A …, or stock, Joh. 1. 42. Note, that the Hebrew Cephas, and the Greek Petros, and Rupes or … in Latine, be all one in signification: Also, that this name was put upon Peter the Apostle, not for this cause, to teach that Peter should be the rock and foundation on which the Christian Church must be builded; as the Papists grosly suppose, who to that end expound those words in Mat. 16. 18. And I say also unto thee that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I … my Church, and the gates of … shall not … against it, of the person of Peter, which are necessarily to be understood … his worthy confession of faith which he had made, upon which the Church indeed was to be founded, even upon Christ whom he confessed, there being laid of God none other foundamental Stone then he, 1 Cor. 3. 11. But he was called Cephas therefore, that by this new name (as a token) Christ might seal and assure unto him the better that promise which is hid and couched under the imposition of this name; to wit, that he should be stable and firm in faith, like a Rock which cannot be removed out of its place; which promise was in part fulfilled before, but more fully … Christ his death and ascension into heaven. See Act. 9. 8, 9.
Cephirah]
A little lyoness. A place, Ezr. 2. 25.
Ceremonies]
Numb. 9. 3. or Statutes; that is, all the Rites and Ordinances prescribed, which the Greek translateth the law thereof. Aynsw.
They were sacred constitutions of Gods appointment, and observed as service and worship to God. Bernard.
Ceremonial Law]
The Law of carnal commandements, and Ordinances of Divine service, Heb. 9. 1. imposed till the time of Reformation, Ibid. 10. and till the seed came, Gal. 3. 19. who abolished it, Col. 2. 14. which stood in weak and beggarly rudiments, Gal. 4. 9. Meats, drinks, and divers washings, Heb. 9. 10. Ceremonies, rites, and carnal ordinances, Ibid. A worldly sanctuary, Ibid. Gifts and Sacrifices which could not make perfect, as appertaining to the conscience, Ibid. 9. All which were examples and shadowes, Heb. 8. 5. Figures, Heb. 9. 9. Patterns of heavenly things, Ibid. 23. A School-master to bring to Christ, Gal. 3. 24. A yoke not able to be born, Act. 15. 10. The partition wall between the Jews and the Gentiles, Ephes. 2. 14. The enmity, Ibid. 15. The hand-writing of Ordinances against us, Col. 2. 14.
Certain]
;;1. Assured or true, stedfast. Sure without fail, change, contradiction or wavering, Numb. 14, 30. Neh: 2. 23. Josh. 3. 10. Deut. 10. 14. Mal. 3. 6. Heb. 7. 7. & 10. 23. Gen. 41. 32.;;
;;2. An indefinite term.;;
;;3. One parabolically set forth, without name, to signifie many others named.;;
;;4. One prophesied or foretold.;;
Certain portion]
Neh. 11. 23. or, sure Ordinance, marg.
Certainly]
Surely, truly, verily, without doubt, without fail, Gen. 18. 10. Exod. 3. 12. Jer. 44. 17.
Certainly]
Luk. 1. 4. The Original foreign (which is derived of … & foreign to slip, …, be deceived) signifieth such a certainty, whereby we are sure that we erre not, are not deceived. Leigh Crit. Sac.
Certainly]
;;See Assurance, Faith, Sure, Knowledge.;;
;;1. Of persons, this certainty is all one with our Faith.;;
;;2. Of things, this is all one with Truth, or the true existence and being of them.;;
Certifie]
To make known, reveal, or give notice of, Ezr. 4. 16. Est. 2. 22.
Cesat]
A surname received from Julius Cesar, by all the Romane …, and accordingly given unto them, as to Augustus, Luk. 2. 1. Tiberius, Luk. 3. 1. Claudius, Act. 11. 28. Nero, Phil. 4. 22. Sometime he is so named without any other addition, as Mat. 22. 17. Luk. 20. 22. Julius was thus named, either for that he was cut out of his Mothers womb, or from his hair (…) wherewith he was born.
Cesarea]
A bush of hair. A City surnamed Stratonis, Act. 9. 30. Another surnamed Philippi, Matth. 16; 13. Another, being the head City of Cappadocia, Act. 18. 22.