A Complete Christian Dictionary, Dictionary · Part DE · Entry 120 – Entry 233
Good degree]
;;Credit, estimation, dignity, liberty, and boldness or freedom to such as do their duty well, as Deacons: These may … fear reproach, and more unfearfully and freely discharge their office, then they which have been unfaithfull and deserved reproach and shame by using them ill; such shall alwayes be in bondage and dread of being hit in the teeth with their faults. 1 Tim. 3. 13. They purchased a good degree and liberty, &c. Papists abuse and corrupt this place, when out of it they teach, That a Deacon doing well, gets a good decree of Priesthood; meaning when they have played their part at the Masse, and ministred there to the Priest: then they are fit afterwards to be made Priests. This is a plain mocking of Scriptures; for Deacons by Christs ordinance were to take care of the poor, and to distribute the publick almes; as in Acts 6. appeareth.
Also, it was not Pauls meaning, that a Deacon should be ;;a Minister, for which every Deacon is not fit; one may be meet to minister for the poor as a Deacon, and far unmeet to minister in the Church as a Pastor: Also the Mass is fearce so ancient as S. Pauls time; Paul little knew also what Popish Deacons meant.
;;Lastly, the text it self expounds degree to be liberty or boldness in doing his office, with a more quiet conscience before God, and without discredit before the Church, which is a fruit of a lively faith in Christ. Indeed Mr. Beza confesseth that by ancient Canons it was provided, that such as approved themselves faithful in inferiour charges, were advanced to the greater; but that must be understood where fitness and ability did concur.
Of degrees]
Psal. 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, the Title.
Of lifting up, for they did lift up their voices sometimes in singing, 2 Chr. 20. 19. Or, Of Excellencies, 1 Chr. 17. 17. Or, to be sung on the steps of the Temple, (which some of the Rabbines say, were fifteen in number; between the … Israelis, or the Mens-court, and the Womens; according to the number of the Psalms bearing this inscription) on high dayes; Or, at their several stations, as they returned from …. Annot.
Or, Of ascensions. Of heights. …. Ham-mahaloth, that is, a Psalm to be sung with an high voice. Aynsw.
Degree]
Rank, estate, condition, whether low or high, 1 Chr. 15. 18. & 17. 17.
Psal. 62. 9. Of low degree, foreign, one humbly minded, Luk. 1. 52. One who is afflicted with poverty, disgrace, or any kinde of calamity, Jam. 1. 9. Annot.
Isa. 38. 8. The shadow of the degrees, were marked upon the surface of the Dyall, to shew the progress of the Sun, and the … of the day together with it. Annot.
Dehavites]
Of generation. They were of them which … the building of the Temple, Ezra. 4. 9.
Dekar]
Forte. One of Solomons officers, 1 King. 4. 9.
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The poor of the Lord. The Son of Elioenai, 1 Chr. 3. 24. A Levite, 1 Chr. 24. 18.
Delay]
Exod. 22. 29. or, Not fail. See Deut. 26. 1, 2, &c.
Delaying is … used for deserring a thing to the last, and so consequently for failing, and not doing it, Deut. 27. 10. & 23. 21. Hab. 2. 3. though it also may imply a deferring longer then the due time. Aynsworth. Exod. 32. 1. The first signification of the Hebrew word is to be ashamed, Gen. 2. 25. and because … tarrying and looking for ones coming causeth shame (as in Judg. 2. 35. therefore the word is also used for tarrying, or delaying the …, Judg. 5. 28. and so is here translated by the Chald. and Gr. And in Rev. 10. 6. time is used for delay. Aynsw. Psal. 119. 60. To distract ones self, to wit, with worldly cares, fears, pleasures, &c. Aynsw. Mat. 24. 48. To tarry, so the Original foreign, is rendred, Luk. 1. 21. Mat. 25. 5. Heb. 10. 37. To linger, or prolong the time, Act. 9. 38.
Delay]
Act. 25. 17. foreign, prolonging, deferring. He commendeth his own justice herein. Long delayed justice often … more heavy then speedy injustice. Annot.
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Isa. 44. 9. Their … things shall not profit; their … or desirable things. Their Idols, which they do so dearly affect, and delight so much in, shall not stand them in any stead when they need their help, ch. 45. 20. Jer. 2. 28. or, they are altogether unprofitable, good for nothing, vers. 10. ch. 41. 29. Annot.
Delicacies]
Rev. 18. 3. Money, which they had of her for delicate things to serve their lusts. Annot.
The Dutch: Transl. in stead of through the … (or power) of her delicacies, read, by virtue of her pleasure.
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Deut. 28. 54, 56. Dainty. See Isa. 47. 1.
Delicates]
Jer. 51. 34. He hath filled his belly with my delicates: He hath filled his treasuries with whatsoever matter of specail price or worth he could finde in me, Isa. 39. 4, 6. 2 Chr. 36. 18. Lam. 1. 10. See the like expressions, Job 15. 20, 23. See also v. 44. Annot.
Delicately]
1 Sam. 15. 35. retaining still the countenance and carriage, the garb and gate of a King, although in his present condition he was become a prisoner. Annot. Prov. 29. 21. Daintily, Lam. 4. 5. Deliciously, Heb. on delicates or dainties, Luk. 7. 25. Pleasure, foreign, or …, as the word is rendred, 2 Pet. 2. 13.
Delicateness]
Deut. 28. 56. Daintiness, niceness.
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Rev. 18. 7, 9.
Delight]
Referred,
1. To God in respect of Christ our head, Prov. 8. 30. us, his members, Prov. 11. 20. The worship which is by us performed; as Obedience, 1 Sam. 15. 22. Prayer, Prov. 15. 8. And the good which is by him done unto us, Jer. 9, 24. Mic. 7. 18.
2. To Man; and that both lawful and unlawful. Lawful, natural and religious. Natural, Psal. 37. 11. Prov. 29. 17. Eccl. 2. 8. Religious, in respect of God, Job 22. 26. Psal. 37. 4. Gods children, 1 Sam. 19. 2. Psal. 16. 3. Gods ordinances, as, his law, Psal. 1. 2. His will, Psal. 40. 8. His commandements, Psal. 112. 1. His statutes, Psal. 119. 16. His testimonies, Ibid. 24. His Sabbath, Isa. 58. 13.
Unlawful, first, when the delight he seemeth to have in God is hypocritical, Isa. 58. 2.
Secondly, when the delight he seemeth to have in Gods children is but pretended or treacherous, 1 Sam. 18. 22.
Thirdly, when the delights which indeed he hath are sinful; as, in Lies, Psal. 62. 4. War, Psal. 68. 30. Scorning, Prov. 1. 22. Fiowardness, of the wicked, Prov. 2. 14. Abominations, Isa. 66. 3. So, to be a lover … pleasures (though in themselves lawful) more then a lover of God, 2 Tim. 3. 4.
Delight]
Pleasure, delectation, rejoycing, Psal. 1. 2. & 16. 3.
Delight is not seemly for a fool, Prov. 19. 10. The free use of things is not to be permitted to him that cannot use them aright. Or delight may be taken here for dainties and …, the usual effects and evidences of wealth and greatness, as if he had said, Wealth and abundance doth not become a fool. Annot.
Delight]
I sat down under his shadow with great delight, Cant. 2. 3. or, I desired and sate: or, I much desired that I might sit. The form of the Hebrew word increaseth the signification, as noting a continual and servent desire of that which is pleasing, delightful, or profitable, and by sitting is meant abiding and resting, as in Psal. 91. 1. The Church therefore being by sin under wrath revealed, by the Law, and being maligned by the world, as a Lilly amongst thorns, acknowledgeth her faith, hope, love, and delight to be in Christ Jesus, who hath delivered us from the wrath to come, 1 Thess. 1. 10. See Rom. 5. 1. Joh. 16. 33. Aynsw.
As weary travellers seek cool arbours and defences from the heat, and delight in them; so doth the weary soul seek after Christ. Annot.
Delight]
To be in love with, love greatly, like well of, Gen. 34. 19. To chuse to love, Deut. 10. 15. To take pleasure in, Deut. 21. 14. To accept of, 2 Sam. 15. 22. Annot.
To finde special delight and singular pleasure in, Job 22. 26. Annot.
To have a love and liking to, Jer. 6. 10. To be good in ones eyes, Est. 2. 14. comp. with vers. 4. Annot.
To affect, Psal. 37. 23. Aynsw.
To be well pleased, Isa. 42. 1. Annot.
To will, or have to be done, Isa. 65. 12. Annot.
To finde comfort in God, when the world affords none, or from him receive matter of delight, as a fruit of his prayers. Annot.
To be delighted with, Rom. 7. 22. Annot.
It's spoken of God, of the godly, of the wicked.
How pleasant and how fair art thou, O Love for Delights]
Cant. 7. 6. By delights Dr. Hall understandeth whatsoever may give true contentment.
Mr. Cotton, The publick worship of God, so called, as being the marriage bed, wherein Christ most familiarly … himself with his Church.
How fair art thou made (passively in the Hebrew) O my dearest in thy delights. Annot.
O Love, that is, O thou that art dearly loved; Thus they call, to signifie Christs great affection towards her, (the word signifieth inward charity and loving affection which is strong and fervent, Cant. 8. 6, 7.) for delights, or delicacies, or, with pleasures, meaning full delight, all manner of pleasure, so that all that love her, may rejoyce with her, and delight themselves in the brighmess of her glory, Ifa. 66. 10, 11. Aynsw.
Delightsome land]
Mal. 3. 12. A most happy land, and abounding with all things that can be devised in the world. Annot. Pleasant, lovely, acceptable, ….
Delilab]
See Dalilah.
Deliver]
Referred,
…. To God, both in respect of the godly and of the ungodly. Of the godly, in respect of Satan, Col. 1. 13. Evill, Mat. 6. 13. Sin, Psal. 39. 8. Fears, Psal. 34. 4. Persecution, 2 Tim. 3. 11. Distresses, Psal. 107. 6. Troubles, Psal. 25. 22. Enemies; whether mediately or immediately, Judg. 10. 12. Temptations, 2 Pet. 2. 9. Of the ungodly, whom he giveth unto the hands of their enemies to be consumed, Deut. 7. 16. Judg. 4. 7.
II. Christ, through whom we are delivered from the body of death, Rom. 7. 24, 35. This present evill world, Gal. 1. 4. The wrath to come, 1 Thess. 1. 10. Death, Heb. 2. 15.
III. Man, signifying;
1. To commit to ones trust, Exod. 22. 7.
2. … or … safe, Numb. 35. 25.
3. Give or yeeld, Deut. 23. 15.
4. Rescue, Deut. 25. 11.
5. Restore, 2 Sam. 3. 14.
6. Preserve or keep, Job 22. 30.
7. Teach or instruct, 1 Cor. 15. 3.
Deliver]
To save, Judg. 2. 16. marg. To shut up, 1 Sam. 17. 46. & 23. 12. marg. To judge, 1 Sam. 24. 15. marg. To turn aside, Job 36. 18. marg. To passe away, Psal. 81. 6. marg. To make to be found, Zech. 11. 6. marg. To cry out, 1 Sam. 4. 19. marg.
To deliver]
To free from the curse and bondage of sin, Heb. 2. 15.
To deliver from an evil …]
;;To preserve and …. one from committing any thing unworthy his calling. 2. Tim. 4. 18. The Lord will deliver me from every evill work.
;;Deliver from, signifieth;;;
;;1. To bring one out of an, evill present; this is the proper …, Psal. 34. 19. Luk. 1. 74.;;
;;2. Improperly, and by a Liptote, to keep or preserve one from an evill imminent, or to come, Luk. 1. 74. Rom. 7. …. That is, from the danger or means of present or of future evill, Matth. 6. 13. compared with Joh. 17. 15.;;
To … unto the Judge]
;;To overcome and cast his Adversary, and by the sentence of the Judge to commit him to prison, Mat. 5. 25.
To deliver up the kingdom to God]
;;That the Kingdom and Regiment of Christ over his Church militant (such as now it is by execution of his. …, in the administration of his Word and Sacraments: and of his Priesthood, by his Sacrifice and …: and of … Kingly function, by the keyes committed unto his …) … shall cease, that God may be all in all, 1 Cor. 15. 24.
To deliver ones soul]
;;To acquit and discharge ones self from partaking in the guilt and danger of other mens sins. Ezek. …. 21. … … … the wicked, thou shalt deliver … soul, 1 Tim. 4. 6.
To deliver … up to a reprobate minde]
;;Three things;
;;First, a withdrawing of his grace, that it should not stay nor uphold them.
;;Secondly … willing permission or suffering them to fall, and … occasion.
;;Thirdly, a giving them up to be ruled by their lusts, and by the Devil, as a Judge giveth up a Malefactour unto the hands of the …. Thus was Judas delivered up to Satan. Rom. 1. 18. God delivered them up to a reprobate minde: And ver, 24.
To deliver up to Satan]
;;To shut out justly (according to the Word) offensive livers, by the sentence of excommunication. 1 Cor. 5. 5. That ye deliver him to Sa. t. … 1 … … …. … hom. I delivered up to Satan. Such as be worthily thrust out from the private fellowship of the Saints, and the publick participation in holy things, are thereby declared to be under the power of Satan, and to appertain no more unto the Kingdome of Christ, till they … pent. See Mat. 18. 17, 23.
To … up, … to]
;;signifieth,;;
;;1. To surrender or give back the right or possession, or both, of a thing to the Lord thereof.;;
;;2. To resigne or give over our right of a thing to a Successor.;;
;;3. To commit a thing to the care and custody, and use of others, for the Masters benefit, Luke 19. 13.;;
;;4. To bring one by false and perfidious means into the hands of his enemies, or to betray him, Mat. 26. 15, 16, 25.;;
;;5. To appoint or put a guilty person into the hands or power of the executioner, or officer of Justice, to be punished by him; or, at least, to permit the Executioner to take hold of him, and not to hinder the Officer, nor succour the guilty, 1 Cor. 5. 5. 1 Tim. 1. 20. Rom. 1. 24, 26.;;
Referred,
1. To God, in respect of Christ, Rom. 8. 32. In respect of Reprobates, Rom. 1. ….
2. To Christ: who shall deliver up the Kingdom to God the Father, even that regiment which as King, Priest, and Prophet, he now hath over his Church militant, that God may be all in all, 1 Cor. 15. 24.
3. To Man, signifying to betray, or by false or perfidious means to bring one into the hands of his enemies, Mat. 10. 17. Act. 3. 13.
Deliverance]
2 King. 5. 1. or Victory, marg. 1 Chr. 11. 14. or Salvation, marg. Obad. ver. 17. or Escape, marg.
Deliverance from …]
;;Freedom from the fault and punishment of the sin of murther. Psal. 51. 14. Deliver me from bloud.
;;2. Freedom from the Tyranny and power of sin and Satan. Mat. 6. 13. Deliver us from evill.
;;3. Freedom from eternal vengeance. 1 Thess. 1. 10. Which delivereth us from the wrath to come. This is done by a continual act of grace, preserving the believers in their holy faith, as Peter speaks, Chap. 1. vers 5.
;;4. Freedom and safety from outward dangers and enemies. Psal. 25. 22. Deliver Israel, O God, from all his troubles, 2 Tim. 4. 17.
Deliverance from Jacob, Psal. 44. 4. Or, the salvations of Jacob, that is, the full salvation, the absolute deliverance of thy weak people the posterity of Jacob. ….
It is used in the plural number, in way of extension and augmentation, to intimate a concurrence of all manner of salvation and deliverance, fully and perfectly accomplished. See Annot. on Isa. 26. 18.
To be delivered]
;;To begin to be delivered, and so by degrees to be preserved and saved, till at last their deliverance be perfected in the general resurrection, Dan. 12. 12.
To be delivered into the form of doctrine]
;;To have the impression or print of saving knowledge made in our hearts, by the doctrine of Grace (which is like a form or a mold) transforming and altering the Elect into the likeness of Christ, Rom. 6. 17.
By the words, for, from, in, into, of, out of, to, unto, up to, which are frequently joyned with this word, the various use thereof may be observed.
Deliverer]
;;A near kinsman, or one next of kin, to whom it did belong to redeem such Land or inheritance as had been sold by a party which was a kinsman; and become unable and unsufficient to redeem and buy it again; according to the Law, Lev. 25. 25. whereof ye have the practise in Ruth. 4. 3, 4, 5, &c.
;;2. One that setteth at liberty and enfreeth (not possessions and lands, but) his people, being by the righteous judgements of God for sin under the bondage of Satan, Rom. 11. 26. Isa. 59. 20. This Deliverer or Redeemer, is the Lord Jesus Christ, who was a kinsman and nearer of bloud to the Jews, (of whom he came according to the flesh, Rom. 9. 3.) by which right, he and he alone is the goel or deliverer of his people from their sins. For the use and profit which Gods people ought to make of Gods deliverances, spiritual and bodily; it is twofold.
;;First, to trust in, and stay upon God with a firm faith.
;;Secondly, to repent and amend our lives. See Isa. 10. 20, 21. Luk. 1. 74, 75. Tit. 3. 14, 15.
Deliverer]
Heb. a Saviour; Judg. 3. 9. marg.
No deliverer between them, 2 Sam. 14. 6. None to part them. See marg.
Delivery]
Draweth near the time of her delivery, Isa. 26. 17. Heb. approacheth to bring forth, or to be delivered, as 1 Sam. 4. 19. ….
Delphon]
Regarding poverty. A Son of Haman, Est. 9. 7.
Delusion]
Strong delusion, 2 Thess. 2. 11. Efficacy of …, foreign. Leigh's Annot.
The word foreign is rendred …, in Mat. 27. 64. Rom. 1. 27. Jam. 5. 20. 2 Pet. 2. 18. & 3. 17. 1 Ioh. 4. 6. Jude v. 11. Deceiving, Eph. 4. 14. Deceit, 1 Thess. 2. 3. God by withholding his grace, shall blinde their eyes, who wilfully shut them against the truth; or for their … malice and incredulity, shall give them over to Satan, to captivate their mindes and understandings, and powerfully … and deceive them, 1 King. 22. 22. Job 12. 26. Isa. 19. 14. Ezek. 14. 9. Rom. 1. 24, 28. 2 Cor. 4. 4. ….
Delusions, Isa. 66. 4. or their devices, or …. Some Interpreters here render it, delusions, illusions, …, or …, which sometake actively, or …, for the abuses, indignities, and dishonors done by them, … … red to Gods sacred Majesty; and these put for the reward of them, or the reward of the same due unto them. Others passively, or objectively, for the reproachful and disgraceful usages, which they shall be exposed unto, undergo, and indure; and this well suteth with what followeth: so the meaning will be; As they have made choice of such wayes and … as please not me; so will I make … of such things for them as they shall finde small pleasure in; such as shall bring nothing but reproach and derision, dread, and distraction, upon them that shall expose them to shame and terrour, Jer. 18. 16. & 19. 8. & 24. 9. & 25. 9, 18. & 29. 18. If hereby we understand devices and …, the due and deserved reward of them are meant, as chap. 65. 7. ….
Demand]
And they demand by the word of the holy ones, Dan. 4. 17. or according to the word of the holy ones in this Petition. Intimating that in the consultation as it were about the punishing of the pride of No …, the holy Angels petitioned for this very thing, as well as the holy ones and Saints on earth petitioned against him. Annot.
Demand]
To ask, inquire, search after, 2 Sam. 11. 17. Dan. 2. 27. Luk. 3. 14.
I will demand of thee, Job 38. 3. Heb. and make thou me to know. Annot.
Demas]
The common sort; or … the people, popular. A professor, but who tell away, Col. 4. 14. 2 Tim. 4. 10. Philem. v. 24.
Demetrius]
Belonging to corn; of foreign, and contracted foreign, called Ceres, as if it had been foreign, the Mother of earth, as the Heathen named the goddess of corn. A man of good report, 3 Joh. 12. A wicked man, Act. 19. 24.
Demonstration of the Spirit, and of power]
1 Cor. 2. 4. He preached so, that his doctrine by the Spirit wrought powerfully in the hearts of his hearers. Or, by the demonstration of the Spirit, and of power, he meaneth the evident confirmation of his doctrine by the gifts of the holy Ghost, and the signes and … which he wronght among them. Annot.
Or, a secret power and authority of the Spirit going with his Word, inlightening with his own, other mens understandings; and heating by his own, other mens affections. Leighs Annot.
Den]
Made use of by men in distresse, Judg. 6. 2. Heb. 11. 38. Beasts, Job 37. 8. Lions, Job 38. 40. Psal. 104. 22. …, Isa. 11. 8. Robbers, Jer. 7. 11. Dragons, Jer. 9. 11. It's spoken of the Temple abused, Mat. 21. 13. By that phrase, Shall … for dens for ever, Isa. 32. 14. we may understand a very grievous desolation.
Dens of Lions]
;;The multitude of the wicked enemies of the Church, which like wild and savage … exercise all cruelty against it. So much is meant by Mountains of Leopards, from which Christ will deliver his people, Cant. 4. 8. From the dens of Lyons, &c.
Humane writers testifie that Amanus was a Mountain forcibly possessed by many Tyrants, and so the holy Ghost … calleth these places Dens of Lions, &c. ….
From the Cities and Temples of Idolaters, who are wilde and savage as …, and from thine … … lusts and and abominations, which are as hardly get away from the soul, as spots from Leopards. Annot.
Hereby Mr. … understandeth Jerusalem and the Temple, which in our … time was made a den of theeves and robbers, but in the … times, after his Ascension, the Rulers grew more … and …, spilling the bloud of …, and making … of the Church.
To deny]
Referred,
1. To Christ, who will deny them (that is, not acknowledge them for his own) that now deny him, Matth. 10. 33. who yet … deny himself, but is faithful and … in his word and promises, 2 Tim. 2. 13.
2. To …, and that,
1. In a good sense, Tit. 2. 12. Denying ungodlyness and worldly …; that …, renouncing them, and … …, Luk. 8. 45. So is self-denyal, Luk. 9. 23. that is, to … sake the motions of our … corrupt … and will.
2. In a bad sense; and that in respect of God, Josh. 24. 27. Lest ye deny your God, that is, … the true God, cleave unto other gods, Job 31. 28. I … … … the God that is above; that is, esteemed and relyed … on those outward things then on God, so Tit. 1. 16. In respect of Christ, in word, and that either for a time, or of …, Mat. 26. 70. …, for ever, and … …, 1 Joh. 2. 22. 2 Pet. 2. 1. In deed, Act. 3. 14. In respect of other things, … the Saduces … the …, Luk. 20. 27. Such as provide not for their families, deny the saith, 1 Tim. 5. 8. Such as having the form of godlyness deny the power thereof, 2 Tit. 3. 5.
Deny]
To withhold from. Prov. 30. 7. marg.
To deny Christ]
;;To renounce him and his Gospel, either in our profession or lives, either … a time, and of infirmity, as …; or for ever, and of maliciousness, as … the Apostate did. Mat. 10. 33. … shall deny me before …. 2 Pet. 2. 1. … … the Lord, Tit. 1. 16.
;;Christ is denyed many wayes, or in divers respects; … denyed him as his Master on earth, or his acquaintance with him: … his Divinity; … his Humanity.;;
;;Justiciaries deny him as … to save them: others, as Christ to teach them, and will not hear him.;;
;;Others deny him as their Lord to govern them, and will not live according to his Laws, nor be ruled by him.;;
Not to deny … name]
;;Not to give place to the punishments and threatnings of Tyrants, as by the fear thereof, to be moved to forsake the truth. Rev. 3. 8. Thou hast kept my word, and hast not denyed my name.
I denyed him not, 1 King. 20. 7. Heb. I kept not back from him, marg.
To deny himself]
;;To be unconstant and mutable in keeping of his word and promise. … Tim. 2. 13. God cannot deny himself, that is, his truth.
;;Deny me not, 1 King. 2. 16. Heb. turn not away thy face, marg.
To deny our selves]
;;To forsake the motions of our own corrupt reason and will. Luk. 9. 23. If any … will come after me, let him deny himself; and Luk. 14. 26. When that which is pleasing to our corrupt nature, and hindereth us in the course of godliness, is loathed and eschewed: This is the denyal of our selves, which is the very same with mortifying of the Old-man, and crucifying the flesh. Hereof a notable example in Heb. 11. 24, 25.
;;To deny our selves is evill, belongeth properly to privative holiness; i. e. Abstinence from, and omission of evill in general, but particularly, not to trust our own wits nor love our own wils.;;
To deny us]
;;Not to acknowledge us as his own, but to cast us out as Reprobates. 2 Tim. 2. 12. If we deny him, he will deny us.
Denounce]
To signifie, tell, declare, foreshew, advertise make known, Deut. 30. 18.
Depart]
Taken both in a good and in a bad sense.
Good: for,
1. To die, Luk. 2. 29.
2. To remove or go from a place, Gen. 12. 4.
3. To renounce or forsake, Job 28. 28. Prov. 3. 7.
4. To seperate from, or leave the company of the ungodly, Numb. 16. 26.
Bad: for,
1. To forsake the Lord, and rely on men, Jerem. 17. 5.
2. To fall form the true worship of God through idolatry, Ezek. 6. 9.
3. To fall from the true doctrine of God, or the profession of the true Christian faith, 1 Tim. 4. 1. Heb. 3. 12.
Depart, being referred to God]
;;His leaving or going from us, by the presence of his favours, when he withdraws his benefits or protection, spiritually or bodily; for as touching his essence and power, he never departs from his creatures. Psa. 71. 12, 18. Depart not, or go not far from us, O Lord. Gods departing, is either in part, or wholly: either for a certain time, or for ever.
To depart, being referred to Men]
;;To leave one by going out of his sight. Gen. 31. 49. When ye shall be departed one from another.
;;2. To leave off and go from the service and practise of sin. 2 Tim. 2. 19. Let every one depart from iniquity.
;;3. To forsake and go from the fellowship of the wicked, sometimes touching their persons, when God commands, or our vocation will suffer, as well as from their sins, Numb. 16. 27. Depart from the Tents of these wicked men. Psal. 6. 8.
;;4. To fall from the true doctrine of God, or from the profession of the true Christian faith. 2 Thess. 2. 3. Except there come a departing first. 1 Tim. 4. 1. In the latter times some shall depart from the faith.
;;Note: Howsoever some understand this departing of the people to be falling away from under the Romane Empire, which well aggreeth with the event; yet beside that the Apostle himself telleth us, that this departure is a general falling from the true doctrine which must be begun; and yet some stretch it to that time when the Son of perdition shall be disclosed, which is enough for fulfilling of the prophesie, 2 Thess. 2. Even of the Ancients some, as namely, Primatius, Chrysostom, Theodoret, do expound it of a spiritual departure.
Depart]
Jer. 6. 8. Heb. be loosed, or disjoyaed, marg. 1 King. 15. 19. Heb. go up, marg.
1 King. 11. 21 Let me depart, Heb. send me away, marg.
To depart from God]
;;To fall away from God by infidelity and distrust of his Word, Heb. 3. 12.
Not to depart from God]
;;So firmly and constantly to cleave unto God and his worship, as never wholly and finally to leave him, Jer. 32. 40. A notable place for the perseverance of the Saints in grace to their end. If God will alwayes love and embrace them, and make them to cleave and adhere perpetually to him (as Augustine expounds this place according to Sciptures) then how can that doctrine in Popery, of falling away from the grace of God, be true? See Psal. 37. 24. Joh. 10. 27, 28, 29. 1 Pet. 1. 1, 5. 1 Joh. 2. 19. Luk. 22. 21, 32. Joh. 17. 9, 11, 12.
Isa. 38. 12. Mine age is departed, Heb. my generation, (as …. 2. 31. Act. 13. 26.) that is, mine age, (as ours render it) or mine issue, (my posterity, as others, because he had no male-issue then. See chap. 53. 8.) or mine habitation (as Psal. 84. 10.) is made to go, (as Job 4. 21.) Annot.
Departure]
(A removing or going forth) into exile, likely, and captivity. Annot. Death, 2 Tim. 4. 6. (foreign) which as it were the unfolding of the net, or the breaking open of the prison dore, by which the soul being before detained in a kinde of thraldome, is enlarged. Leigh …. Sac.
Deposed]
Dan. 5. 20. Chald. made to come down, marg.
To be deprived]
;;To be excluded or shut out. Heb. 4. 1. Lest ye be deprived. The word properly signifies, to wax faint in running of a race, and to give over ere we come to the goal: in which sense all men through sin are deprived of Gods eternal glory; that is, they can never attain that goal of heavenly blisse, without Christ and his righteousness imputed by faith. Rom. 3. 22. All have sinned, and are deprived of the glory of God.
Deprived]
Bereaved, Gen. 27. 45. Aynsw.
Job 39. 17. God hath deprived her of wisdom. Heb. hath made her to forget wisdom; that is, hath not given to her. Annot.
Isa. 38. 10. I am deprived of the residue of my years, namely, which I hoped to have lived, and in course of nature might have done. So Psal. 55. 23. & 89. 45. & 102. 24. Heb. I am made to misse the residue of my years, so some. Or, as others, I am bereaved of the residue of my years. Annot.
Depth, or deep]
;;Some extreme misery, and grievous danger, Psal. 131. 1. Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O God.
;;2. Destruction or torment eternally suffered in the deep pit of hell. Rom. 10. 6. who shall go into the deep?
;;3. The lowest and nethermost parts of the world. Isa. 7. 11. Ask it either in the depth beneath, &c.
;;4. The most hidden thoughts of God or men, Prov. 12. 4. Rom. 11. 33. O the depth of the wisdom of God! &c.
;;5. The first matter, of things, the formless masse of earth and water confused at the first. Gen. 1. 2. Darkness was upon the deep.
Depth]
Spoken of the riches, wisdom, and knowledge of God, Rom. 11. 33. and of Satanical knowledge, Revel. 2. 24. It's put for great and sore troubles, Psal. 130. 1.
Depth and height]
;;Heaven on high, and earth beneath. Isa. 7. 11. & 8. 21, 22.
;;2. The excellency and perfection of a thing. Ephes. 3. 18.
Spoken also of the sea or waters, Psal. 33. 7. Of the earth or nethermost parts of the world, Isa. 7. 11. Of hell, Prov. 9. 18. Of mans heart, Isa. 29. 15, See Deep, depth.
Depths of Satan]
;;Either the vain bragging, as of some which boasted, as of great and plentiful knowledge in the secrets and mysteries of God, which yet in truth, deserved to be called no better then the deepness of Satan; or else the sleigts and subtilties of Satan, which certain men presumed alone to be privy to, and of the manner how they were to be resisted; under which pretense they permitted the promiscuous and common use of women in the Church of Thyatira; esteeming all other Teachers as simple fellows in comparison of themselves. This latter exposition is very probable, but the former is more received. Rev. 2. 24. Neither have known the depths of Satan, as they speak.
Deputed]
Constituted, appointed, let apart, 2 Sam. 15. 3.
Deputy]
The word signifieth one next supplying the place of the chiefest. A Viceroy, 1 King. 22. 47. Ruler of a Province, Est. 8. 9. before whom causes were argued, Act. 19. 38. We read of one good Deputy, Act. 13. 7. Another, who was luke-warm, Act. 18. 12, 14, 19.
Derbe]
Inclosed in; or, a prick, or sting. The name of a City, Act. 14. 20.
Deride]
To mock, scoffe, laugh at, Hab. 1. 10. And they derided him, Luk. 16. 14. The Pharisees did not simply laugh at Christ, but gave also external signes of scorn, in their countenance, gestures, they blew their noses at him, for that's the meaning of the original, foreign. Leigh's Annot.
They contemned him as a thing of nought, and unconsiderable, as if he broached vain paradoxes, excentrick, and far out of the way to the worlds affections, Annot.
Derision]
Referred,
1. To God, who derideth the enemies of Christ, Psal. 2. 4. Of his Church, Psal. 59. 8. Of his Word, Prov. 1. 26.
2. To the ungodly; whether proud, Psal. 119. 51. Or others, Jews or Gentiles, old or young, learned or unlearned, base or of high repute. By them even the very best have been derided. The Church, Psal. 44. 13. David, Psal. 119. 51. Jeremiah, Jerem. 20. 7. Christ, Matth. 9. 24. Luk. 23. 11. & 16. 14. Luk. 23. 35. Paul, Act. 17. 18, 32. So others who were thus tryed, Heb. 11. 36.
Derision]
Have in derision, Job 30. 1. Laugh me to scorn. This is spoken of God, Psal. 2. 4. but after the manner of Men, (as it's said he laugheth, mocketh, is angry, &c.) not that he hath such passions as men, but because he doth such things as men use to do when they are moved with such passions. The Heb. Doctors say, The Law speaketh (of God) according to the language of the Sons of Adam. Aynsw.
Desart]
;;A wilderness, or a forsaken place, barren and void of Inhabitants. Exod. 19. 2. They came into the desart of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness.
A place of wilde beasts, Isa. 13. 21. A dry land, Jer. 50. 12. The Gentiles unconverted, Isa. 35. 1. A place not wholly unfrequented, but lesse frequented then others, Mat. 14. 13. The South, Psal. 75. 6. See ….
Desart]
Behold he is in the Desart, Mat. 24. 26. that is, Christ, or his true Church where he is present, is in the …, and among those who withdraw themselves from the publick prosessors of Christianity: for those false Christs and their instruments, used to draw men and women out into the …, where they might more securely, and without … or resistance make head, and gather Congregations. Annot.
Descend, or come down]
Referred,
1. To God, signifieth as well the especial notice which he taketh of the ungodly to punish them, Gen. 18. 21. as of his own children to help and succour them, Exod. 3. 8.
2. To Christ; signifieth, either his first coming in humiliation, to assume our nature, Joh. 3. 13. Or his second in exaltation, to judge the quick and the dead, 1 Thess. 4. 16.
3. To the holy Ghost; signifieth, as well that his visible extraordinary coming down on Christ at his baptism in the likeness of a dove, for John's instruction, the hearers confirmation, and the manifestation of the person of Christ, Luk. 3. 22. as the bestowing his gifts on the faithful, Jam. 3. 15. comp. with 1 Cor. 12. 8.
4. To the Angels; signifieth their obedience unto God, in the execution of their office, for the good of his Saints, Heb. 1. 14. Mat. 28. 2.
5. To Man; signifieth,
1. To go from an higher to a lower place, Gen. 12. 10.
2. To be brought low, or decrease in riches and dignity, Deut. 28. 43.
To ascend and descend]
;;To minister or to do the office of servants; as in a great family, where some servants descend or go down steps with dishes in their hands, or other things; and others do ascend or come up the stairs with cups, &c. Such is the palace of heaven, where Christ sitteth as Lord and chief Housholder, giving commandements for the continual government of the Church, his family, having the Angels as his ministers and servants to execute his will. Joh. 1. v. last, Angels ascending and descending.
To descend into hell]
;;To go down into the grave, and there to be shut up under the power of death. Gen. 37. 35. Surely I will descend (or go down) into hell or grave. Psal. 16. 7.
;;2. To be oppressed with sorrow extreme and deadly, of the minde or body, Gen. 42. 28.
Descension into hell, what it is.
;;The extreme humilitation and abasement of Christ in his manhood, under the power of death and the grave, being kept there as a prisoner in bands untill the third day. Act. 10. 40. 1 Cor. 15. 4. He was buried and rose the third day. Christ his locall going into hell, to draw out thence the souls of Patriarchs, &c. is a meer Popish dream.
By Christs descending into hell, some understand his souls departure out of the body, and so going to the place of souls.
To descend into the lower parts of the earth]
;;… humble himself being true God, to take upon him our na ture, and here on earth in the … of a servant to walk an dwell among us. Eph. 4. 9. He also descend … the lower parts of the earth. The opposit on of his ascending up on high, far above all heavens (which containeth his … in glory) doth shew that this (descending into the lower, &c.) must signifie his humiliation, and debasing his Godhead in the flesh, to … our redemption, and not that locall descension of his soul into hell, which the Papists absurdly from hence would collect. Let all true Christians make just account to descend first, and be humbled by …, as they desire to ascend into … glory, for there must be a conformity between head and members, both in suffering and reigning, Rom. 8. 17. 2 Tim. 2 11, 12.
Descending]
;;Coming down from above, or from some high place to a lower.
;;2. Some visible sign of Gods presence, and … the assuming of our nature in the person of his Son, that he might dwell visibly amongst us, Joh. 3. 13. No man hath … up into …, but he that descended … heaven, Joh. 1. 14. Eph. 4. 9, 10.
;;3. The examining of a cause, or the entring into judgement with good advice and consideration. Cen 18. 21. I will descend (or go down) now and see, &c.
;;4. Sending down from heaven. Psal. 7. 16. His … shall …, or fall upon, &c.
;;5. Coming, without respect of place, high or low. Joh. 4. 47. He sought to descend or go down, &c.
;;6. In the descending of Christ from …, there be three things contained.
;;1. The … of the Word.
;;2. The Conception of his Manhood.
;;3. His extreme humiliation. Joh. 6. 38. is all one in sense with Joh. 1. 14. & 1 Tim. 3. 16. Heb. 2. 16. Heb. 2. 16. Neither his manhood came down, as touching the substance, being born of a Virgin in earth: nor his Godhead could descend, being infinite, filling all places, but assuming our nature into the fellowship of his person, is his descending.
Descending out of heaven from God]
Rev. 21. 10. If it be understood of heavenly glory, the sease is, It will be more fully revealed by Gods Ministers inviting them to it then, then in former times. See chap. 3. 12. If of the Church on earth, it sheweth, that it receiveth the glory and lustre it hath, not from men on earth, but … God in heaven. Joh. 1. 17. 1 Cor. 15. 47, 48, 49. Because God is the greatest height, all that comes from him, is said, to come down, 2 Cor. 5. 1, 2. Jam. 1. 17. Annot. on vers. 2.
Descent]
The descending or going down, Luk 19. 37. … he was in sight of Jerusalem. Annot. Heb. 7. 3, 6. Gr. …, marg.
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To sort, divide, distribute, take (as it were) a Map of, Josh. 18. 4, 6, 8. To write, Judg. 8. 14. marg. To …, mention, declare, express, Rom. 4. 6. To write of, or set down, Rom. 10. 5.
Description]
The largeness of every several Region and Province, with the Cities, Towns, and Villages therein, Josh. 19. 6.
Descry]
To view, or take special notice of, Judg. 1. 23.
Desert]
Psal. 28. 4. Render to them their desert, or make their recompense return unto them. D. Transl. render their reward unto them. Aynsw.
According to their deserts]
Ezek. 7. 27. Heb. With their judgements; that is, with the punishments that they have deserved. Or according to the manner, so as they deserve. D. Transl. and Annot.
Deserts]
According to their deserts, Ezek. 7. 27. Heb. with their judgements. Annot.
Deserve]
Hast punished us … then our iniquities deserve, Ezr. 9. 13. Heb. hath withheld beneath our iniquities. God withheld his hand from taking vengeance of them, according to their desire. Annot.
God exacteth of thee lesse then thine iniquity deserveth, Job 11. 6. He layes not upon thee all the punishment thy sins have deserved, but layes far lesse load upon thee. Others read it thus, That God forgetteth thee in comparison of thine iniquity; That is, that he punisheth thee so little that he seems to have forgotten the greatness of thy sin; and therefore thou hast no cause to think that he deals hardly with thee. Annot.
Desirable]
Ezek. 23. 6. Heb. of desire. Tremel.
Desire]
;;Lawful appetite after a lawful thing. Gen. 3. 16. Thy desire shall be to thine husband.
;;2. Unlawful lusting after things lawful, or after things forbidden. 1 Tim. 6. 10. The desire of money is the root of all evill.
;;3. The longing of a faithful soul, either for some bodily or spiritual good thing, whereof it feels a want. Psal. 145. 19. He will fulfil the desires of them that fear him.
Taken also,
1. For Will, Gen. 3. 16. & 4. 7.
2. Demand or request, 2 Chr. 9. 12.
3. Affection or love, Deut. 21. 11.
4. Hope or expectation, 1 Sam. 9. 20.
5. The endevours and studies of the wicked, Psal. 112. 10.
6. Lusts or evill concupiscence, Eph. 2. 3.
7. Greedy lusting after, 1 Tim. 6. 10.
8. Fervent wishes, Psal. 145. 19.
9. That which is greatly desired, 1 Sam. 9: 20. Prov. 13. 12. Heb. 2. 8.
10. A mans wife, Ezek. 24. 16, 18.
11. The Temple of Jerusalem, Ezek. 24. 21.
12. Most tender affection, as that in women, Dan. 11. 37.
Desire]
Deut. 14. 26. Heb, ask, marg. 1 Sam. 20. 4. Heb. speak, or think, marg. Jer. 22. 27. Heb. lift up their minde, marg. Jer. 44. 14. Heb. lift up their soul, marg.
Earnestly desireth, Job 7. 2. Heb. gapeth after, marg.
Desire]
Job 31. 35. or Sign, marg. Job 34. 36. or, my Father, marg. Eccl. 6. 9. Heb. soul, marg. Eph. 2. 3. Gr. the will, marg.
Desire]
;;The exceeding great kindeness, affection, and free love, which Christ exerciseth towards his Church, for her preservation in that estate of grace wherein he hath set her, Cant. 7. 10. I am my well-beloveds, and his desire is towards me.
Or, his d…sirous affection, the Greek interpreteth it, his conversion, (or turning) is toward me. This manner of speech was used before, when God chastening the woman for her sin, thy desire shall be unto thy husband, Gen. 3. 16. But now this woman being renewed by grace, and espoused to Christ, as to an husband, 2 Cor. 11. 2. rejoyceth that his desire is unto her. So contrary each to other is our natural sinful state, and our estate by grace in Christ. Aynsw.
To desire with desire]
;;Heartily and earnestly to desire a thing, Luk. 22. 15.
Hearts desire]
;;The unfained good will of the soul, truly desiring the Jews salvation, Rom. 10. 1.
His desire shall be to thee]
;;That the will of Abel should be subject to Cain, as to his elder brother, by the order of nature, and by the ready disposition of Abels heart. Gen. 4. 7. And his desire shall be to thee. That this is the true meaning, appeareth by the like phrase, which teacheth the subjection of the woman to her husband, Gen. 3. 16.
;;2. Also because properly sin hath no desire to the soul, but the soul to it.
;;3. Because Cain had no such dominion over sin, as he had over his brother.
;;Lastly, the Pronoun relatives (his and him) being the masculine gender in the original tongue, cannot be referred unto (Sin) the antecedent, which in the Hebrew is of the feminine gender: and therefore foolishly do Popish writers wrest this place to prove the natural power of our will to subdue sin: whereas, were it understood of Sin, it would shew what Cain ought to do, not what he were able by his free will to do;; for exhortations declare our duty, and not our ability.
;;Note: Things which are esteemed and had in price, are called things of desire, as garments of desire, Gen. 27. 15. and bread of desire, Dan. 10. 3. Also a man of desires, Dan. 9. 23.
Desire of all Nations]
;;Such elect ones, as God out of all peoples, nations, and languages had chosen in Christ from everlasting according to his good pleasure. Hag. 2. 8. The desire of all Nations shall come.
Or, By the desire of all Nations, Christ may be understood, whom all good men (of what nation soever) have desired from the beginning, as their only Saviour.
Desire of women]
;;The most tender affection and love in Mothers, such as in 2 Sam. 1. 26. Dan. 11. 37.
The desire of women, Dan. 11. 37. Some apply this unto Antiochus, as meant of him, for that he would not permit his own Wives, (whereof one served the God of Israel) to worship any other God save Jupiter Olympius. Some unto the Romane Empire, for that the Emperours children were not made Successors in the Empire, according to the desire of their Mothers.
But Mr. Parker in his Visions and Prophesies of Daniel expounded, disapproveth those, and applyeth it to Antichrist, with whom the lawful desire of women, that is, marriage, is not regarded, who lightly esteems it in all, and forbids it to the Clergy, as is foretold, 1 Tim. 4. 3. p. 119.
Bread of desires]
;;Dan. 10. 3. that is, pleasant bread, or bread to be desired.
Desirous]
Affected, or taken with desire, Prov. 23. 3. To be willing, Luk. 23. 8. To have a minde, Joh. 16. 19.
Being affectionately desirous, 1 Thess. 2. 8. foreign, desiring with affection, desirously desiring, being held with such a desire and affection as of a Parent or friend; touched, taken up with a desire, from foreign, or foreign, I send, or extend, and foreign, love, desire. Some read it foreign, that is, joyned, and cleaving to you, from foreign, together, and foreign, I joyn. Leigh Crit. Sac.
Desolate]
;;Left alone, heavy and comfortlesse, or one without husdand and Children. Psal. 25. 16. For I am desolate and poor. Matth. 23. 38. Gal. 4. 27. 1 Tim. 5. 5.
Desolate]
Solitary, forsaken. Spoken of persons, both men and women, 2 Sam. 13. 20. Job 16. 7. Psal. 25. 16. & 40. 15. Isa. 49. 21. Jer. 10. 25. Lam. 1. 13. & 4. 5. Ezek. 20. 26. & 35. 4. & 36. 3. Mic. 6. 13. Gal. 4. 27. 1 Tim. 5. 5. Of several other things, as of Altars, Ezek. 6. 6. Cities, Job 15. 28. Isa 54. 3. Jer. 9. 11. Congregation of the Hypocrites, Job 15. 34. Countrey, Isa. 1. 7. Flocks of sheep, Joel 1. 18. …, Ibid. 17. Gates, Lam. 1. 4. Ground, Job 38. 27. Habitation, Psal. 69. 25. Act. 1. 20. Heart, Psal. 143. 4. the Heavens, Jer. 2. 12. Heritages, Isa. 49. 8. Jer. 2. 12. the High places, Ezek. 6. 6. the Highwayes, Lev. 26. 22. Houses, Isa. 5. 9. Luk. 13. 35. Idols, Mic. 1. 7. Inhabitants, Jer. 10. 25. Land, Isa. 6. …. Mountains, Ezek. 33. 28. Palaces, Ibid. 19. 7. Places, Job 3. 14. Psal. 109. 1. Sanctuary, Dan. 9. 17. Towers, Zeph. 3. 6. Vallies, Isa. 7. 19. Wasters, Ezek. 36. 4. Waters, Isa. 15. 6. Wilderness, Jer. 12. 10.
Desolate, Isa. 3. 26. or Emptyed, Hebrew, cleansed, marg.
Desolate valleys, holes, &c.]
;;That in all places, high and low, towns, and fields, obscure and famous, the enemy should rest and abide. Isa. 7. 19. In all desolate valleys, &c.
Desolation]
;;The laying of a thing waste, being brought to utter ruine, whereof follows discomfort and heaviness. Isa. 6. 12. And there be a desolation in the midst of the Land.
;;2. Eternal ruine, when impenitent sinners at the end of their dayes are turned into the deep and uncomfortable pit of hell. Psal. 73. 16. And casteth them down into desolation.
Desolation and desolation]
Ezek. 35. 3. marg. that is, Most desolate, as it's rendred in the Text.
Sudden desolation]
;;Unlooked for, and most dreadful judgement, hurling down and laying waste all things, like a mighty fierce storm of hail, or sudden rising of waters, bearing down all before it. Prov. 1. 27. When your fear comes like sudden desolation, Job 30. 14.
Despair]
;;Want of hope; it is either in opinion, as when godly men think themfelves to be without hope, in a pang of temptation, as David did: Or, in truth, as in wicked men, who alwayes want hope, and sometimes profess the want of it, as Cain. 2 Cor. 4. 8. We despair not. Act. 27. We despaired, or all hope was taken away, Despair is contrary to Hope, as unbelief and diffidence is unto faith.
;;2. There is a double Desperation.;;
;;1. Of the means, or grace.;;
;;2. Of the end, which is glory or salvation.;;
;;3. Want of care, or the contempt of all good means, either to do or to receive good. This is of all others the worst.;;
;;4. A godly diffidence; of our own sufficiency, to do good or resist evill; and of our desert to receive it of other. This is a way to godly confidence.;;
Despair]
To have no hope, 1 Sam. 27. 1. To be past hope, 2 Cor. 1. 8.
Not in despair, 2 Cor. 4. 8. or not altogether without help … means, marg. There is a rational despair, when a man having erroneously sought for some good from that which is wholly unable to afford it, doth thereupon give over so fruitless an enquiry, and be take himself to that which is more effectual, Isa. 55. 2. And there is a … despair, proceeding from that frowardness of heart, which such a disappointment is apt to produce in carnal mindes, when because a man cannot enjoy that good from a thing which he expected, he will therefore wholly fall out with it, though it be otherwise good in its degree, and doth bring such … fruit as God appointed it for. This is a sinful despair. …. on …. 2. 20.
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One that thinks his miserable state to be incurable, Job 6. 26. (See Jer. 2. 25.) Annot.
Desperate …, Isa. 17. 11. or deadly pain. Annot.
… wicked]
Jer. 17. 7. Both words are but one in the Text, which some render desperate, some deadly; others joyning both together, desperately bent unto, and set upon … mischief; wholly given deceitfully to destroy, and to do …, 2 Sam. 20. 9, 10. Psal. 64. 5. ….