A Complete Christian Dictionary, Dictionary · Part EN
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Enam]
A fountain, or well, or the eyes of them. A City, Josh. 15. 34.
Enan]
A cloud. The Father of Ahira, Numb. 1. 15.
Encampe]
Taken,
I. Properly, so enemies use to encampe against a City which they besiege, 2 Sam. 11. 11. So people in journeying to pitch their tents in the most commodious places, as neer fountains or wels of water, Gen. 15. 27. which was done orderly, Numb. 2. 17.
II. Improperly, for,
1. To abide in a certain place, Gen. 33. 18. though but for a small time, Nah. 3. 17.
2. To use means for the destruction of a place, Isa. 29. 3.
3. To protect or watch over, Psal. 34. 7. Zech. 9. 8.
4. To persecute and prosecute one after an hostile way, Job 19. 12.
Encline]
To hearken, hear, give ear, attend. Psal. 116. 2. He hath enclined his ear, bowed his ear. Aynsworth.
Jer. 7. 24. Nor enclined their ear; as the manner is of those that listen to ought, which they are desirous to hear. Annot.
Psal. 119. 112. I have enclined my heart. Set, bent my minde.
Judg. 9. 3. Their hearts enclined to follow …; i. e. To chuse him before any other to be their King, because he was their kinsman. Annot.
Prov. 2. 18. Her house inclineth unto death. The courses used in her house bring men to untimely ends, chap. 7. 27. Annot.
Enclose]
To compasse, environ, Judg. 20. 43. Block up, Lam. 3. 9. To … in, or shut up as close prisoners. Luk. 5. 6. They are enclosed in their own fat. Psal. 17. 10. or, with their fat they have closed up, to wit, their face, or body (much like that speech in Job 15. 27. He hath covered his face with his … ) or, their fat they close up, meaning that they pamper and harden themselves. Aynsw.
Enclosings]
Exod. 28. 20. & 39. 13. Embossements. Aynsw.
Encounter]
To strive or contend with, Act. 17. 18.
Encourage]
It's all one with strengthen, comfort, speak comfortably unto. Moses was to encourage Joshua, Deut. 1. 38. David's messenger Joab, 2 Sam. 11. 25. and Josiah encouraged the Priests to the service of the House of the Lord, 2 Chr. 35. 2. As … commanded to give the portion of the Priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the Law of the Lord, 2 Chr. 31. 4. David in his deepest distresse encouraged himself in the Lord, 1 Sam. 30. 6.
End]
;;… conclusion or last end of a thing; also scope or mark, Rom. 6. 22. And the end everlasting life, 1 Pet. 4. 7. End of things is at hand, Phil. 3. 19. 1 Pet. 1. 9.
;;2. Payment or reward. Rom. 6. 21. The end of those things is death. Phil. 3. 19.
;;3. Perfection and complement. 1 Tim. 1. 5. The end of the Commandements is love. See Rom. 13. 10. 1 Cor. 10. 11. Here it signifies both limit and perfection; Dan. 11. 38.
;;4. Sum, Eccl. 12. 13. Let us hear the end of all.
;;5. End of times, signifies a short time, Daniel 11. 38.
;;6. Day of Judgement, when this world (as it is) shall end, Mat. 24. 3, 6.
;;7. That for whose cause a thing is appointed and done. Rom. 10. 4. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness. The end or cause for which the Law was given, is to justifie; this it cannot do through our sin, Rom. 8. 3. but Christ by fulfilling the Law is become righteousness to believers; and so is the end of the Law: also Christ is the end or scope whereat the Law and Prophets aimed, the perfection and consummation of the Law, in that he fulfilled it. As touching shadows of the Law, Christ is the end of the Law in the first signification; but as touching the Doctrine and obedience of the Law, he is the end thereof in the third and seventh significations, an end by determining shadowes, and fulfilling duties.
;;8. The intention or purpose of him that doth or speaketh any thing, because this … or aimeth to some end.;;
;;The intention of a thing, and the thing intended differ much: the first is an act of the minde, the second the matter of that act without; the first goeth before, the second followeth. The end of a thing and the effect thereof, are in effect or meaning but one thing, and differ but in this. The end is an effect, but yet only intended or purposed and not done, the effect is the very thing done and perfected that was before intended.;;
;;9. The first degree or beginning of any destruction or desolation of a thing, though long before it be throughly donc, Dan 9. 24.;;
;;10. The last part or degree or … of our redemption from sin, and of Christs work to deserve it, 1 Cor. 15. 24.;;
It's put also for the accomplishment, Dan. 8. 17. Ever, …. 13. 1. The time of life unto death, Psal. 39. 5. Effect, Rom. 6. 21. Scope and …, Rom. 10. 4. Finishing, Heb. 6. 16. Dissolution, 1 Pet. 4. 7. The period of life, Numb. 23. 10. Destruction, Psal. 73. 17. Dayes fulfilled, Lam. 4. 18. Extremity, utmost limit or bounds, Deut. 13. 7. Term of time fully out, Exod. 12. 41. At length, Jer. 31. 17. Conclusion, Eccl. 12. 13. Purpose, Amos 5. 18. Perfection and complement, 1 Tim. 1. 5.
It may be referred,
1. Unto Christ, both in respect of himself, who is eternal, Rev. 21. 6. and of the Law, whereof he is the end, or perfection and complement, by determining shadowes, fulfilling duties, and … righteousness to Believerss which the Law could not do, Rom. 10. 4.
2. Unto Man, in respect of his words, Commanding, Gen, 49. 33. Prophesying, 1 Sam. 10. 13. Praying, 2 Chr. 7. 1. Informing, 2 Sam. 11. 19. In respect of his works, slaying, Josh. 8. 24. Dividing, Josh. 19. 49. Offering, 1 Sam. 13. 10. Eating, 1 King. 1. 41. Building, 1 King. 3. 1. In respect of the prosperous estate, Lam. 4. 18. In respect of his death, Gen. 6. 13. Psal. 37. 37.
3. Unto Time, considered both absolutely (signifying the day of Judgement, Mat. 24. 6. Termed the end of the world, vers. 3. and the end of all things, 1 Pet. 4. 7.) and with addition of Years, 1 King. 2. 39. Moneths, Dan. 4. 29. Dayes, Ibid. 34. Sabbath, Mat. 28. 1. and such like.
4. Unto place, whether general, as Rom. 10. 18. or special, 2 King. 21. 16.
5. Unto Sin, both in respect of the commission thereof, Ezek. 21. 25. and payment or reward, Rom. 6. 21.
6. Unto saith, 1 Pet. 1. 9. Salvation being the mark or scope whereat faith aimeth, as the effect or reward ensuing thereupon.
7. Unto the …, whereof Love is the end, or the perfection, scope and complement, 1 Tim. 1. 5.
End]
2 Chr. 24. 23. Heb. revolution, marg. Prov. 23. 18. Reward, marg. Ends, 1 King. 8. 8. Heb. heads, marg. Job 37. 3. & 38. 13. Heb. wings, marg. From one end to another, Ezra 9. 11. Heb. from mouth to mouth, marg. So 2 King. …. 16. marg. Hope to the end, 1 Pet. 1. 13. Gr. perfectly, marg.
The end is not yet, Mat. 24. 6. The end of Jerusalem, or of the Jewish State (not of the whole world) the approach of the … to destroy Jerusalem, soon after the … of Christ, Dr. Ham. Annot. d.
He that endureth to the end, Mat. 10. 22. To endure to the end, doth here clearly signifie a … constant adherence to Christ, in despight of all the persecutions, that should befall them for the name of Christ. Idem. Annot. g.
End]
Heb. 13. 7. Considering the end of their conversation, that is, iterating your formerly intermitted consideration (from which ye have ceased) … God hath rewarded them, or of their constancy in the Truth even unto death, with the successe thereof. Leighs Annot.
The … and the end, Rev. 21. 6. I decreed and foretold all these things, and now have brought them all to passe. Annot.
Endamage]
To wrong, hinder, do harm unto, Ezr. 4. 13.
Endanger]
See ….
Ended]
Finished, Gen. 2. 2. …. They …, 2 Sam. 20. 18. or make … end, marg. Isa. 60. 20. A full … … …. Applyed unto dayes of mourning, Deut. 34. 8. Isa. 60. 20. dayes of purification, Act. 7. 27. dayes of the siege, Ezek. 4. 8. daies of temptation, Luk. 4. 2, 13. Harvest, Ruth 2. 21. Matter, 2 Sam. 20. 18. Prayers of David, Psal. 72. 20. Sayings, Mat. 7. 28. Luk. 7. 1. …, Jer. 8. 20. Supper, Joh. 13. 2. The words of Moses his Song, Deut. 31. 30. The words of Job, Job 31. 40. …, Gen. 2. 2. 1 King. 7. 51. 2 Chr. 29. 34. …, Gen. 41. 53. & 47. 18.
Endevour]
;;A … or bending of our minde earnestly to do some duty. Act. 24. 16. I … in all things to keep a clear conscience. Phil. 3. 13. And endevour my self to that which is before. This is all which the Gospel requireth of Believers to endevour (not absolutely to have) holiness of life.
Endevour]
Psal. 28. 4. According to the wickedness of their …, according to the evill of their practises. This hath reference to the … denounced against sinners, Deut. 28. 20. Aynsw,
Endevour]
To study, seek, desire, or covet earnestly, Act. 16. 10. To care for, study, apply the minde unto, labour, or affect; and that carefully, diligently, earnestly, Eph. 4. 3. 1 Thess. 2. 17. 2 Pet. 1. 15.
Endless genealogies]
1 Tim. 1. 4. He calleth them endless, not because in the genealogies, there was no end, neither upwards nor downwards, but because those of the Jews who imbraced Christian Religion, were so addicted to these genealogies, that they might have pretence of claiming kindred of Christ, that they made no end of drawing … their lines of descent from David, or from Abraham; or because the questions moved concerning …, by reason of the slender proof and ground they had … them, could receive no determination or …. ….
… …, Heb. 7. 16.
Endor]
… …; or, the … … …, or …. A City, …. 17. 11.
Endow]
To give a dowry, Gen. 30. 20. Exod. 22. 16.
Endure]
Referred,
I. To God; signifieth,
1. His constancy, perpetuity, or eternity, Psalm …. vers. 7.
2. His patience or long suffering, Rom. 9. 22.
II. To Christ, Heb. 12. 2.
III. To Man; signifieth,
1. To stand, subsist, or go on in the discharge of ones office, Exod. 18. 23.
2. To persevere in the course of godliness, Matth. 24. 13.
3. To suffer patiently and constantly for Christs cause, 2 Tim. 3. 11.
4. To abide, esteem, approve, or favour, 2 Tim. 4. 3.
IV. To the …; as the Sun and Moon. Psal. 72. 5, 7. which do not of themselves subsist, but through Gods powerful providence.
To endure]
;;To persevere and continue constant in the hope of the Gospel, notwithstanding troubles or persecutions, by tongue or hand, Heb. 10. 32.
Enduring]
Heb. 10. 34. abiding. D. Transl.
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A well; or, the eye of calves. The name of a place, Ezek. 47. 10.
Enemy]
;;A person, who out of an hatred toward us, seeketh to … by word or deed, either secretly or openly. This word is both applyed to Satan and men. Luk. 6. 35. Love your enemies, do well to them that … you. Mat. 13. 25. The enemie came and sowed …. This is a true … enemy. It signifieth that which fighteth against God and his Word, or works of grace; thus Satan, Sin, and Death be enemies, 1 Cor. 15. 26.
;;2. A supposed adversary, which in truth neither hateth nor … us, but in our opinion only. 1 King. 21. 20. Hast then found me out, O my enemy? Thus godly Ministers and good men be enemies to impenitent …, whom they reprove. Gal. 4. 16. Am I become … enemy, because I tell you the truth? This is an imaginary enemy.
It's spoken of God, Exod. 23. 22. Satan, Mat. 13. 39. Death, 1 Cor. 15. 26. All men unregenerate, Rom. 5. 10. Man as meer man, called …, Psal. 56. 1, 4. (who is an enemy to God, Rom 5. 10. and to his Children, Mat. 10. 36.) The Lovers of the world, …. 4. 4.
Enemy]
Their enemies, Exod. 22. 35. Heb. those that rose up against them, marg. An enemy in my …, 1 Sam, 2. 32. or the affliction of the Tabernacle, marg. Mine …, Psal. 5, 8. & 27. 11. Heb. those which … me, marg. The Jews enemies, Est. 3. 10. or …, marg.
An enemy hath done this, Matth. 13. 28. The phrase foreign, literally enemy man, is here an …, the like as we shall finde Est. 7. 6. The man adversary, or adversary man, is the wicked …. And so it restrains not the word here to a man, but leaves it in the latitude, that foreign alone would be a man or devil. Dr. Ham. Annot. e.
Enemies]
;;All men as they are born into this world, corrupt and infected with sin, which had made a seperation between us and God; God for sin hating men, and men through sin hating God. Rom. 5. 8. If when we were enemies we were reconciled to God. This enmity was mutual: not our evill actions and qualities only, but for and through them our … were hated of God before our conversion. For reconciliation is of our persons being alienated by sin, and estranged from God, Isa. 59. 3. Ephes. 2. 3.
There are enemies both publick and private, enemies to God, Christ, the Church, particular Christians.
Enemies]
Heb. 10. 13. Sin, the Devil and his instruments, death it self. Jones. Psal. 110. 1. 1 Cor. 15. 12. chap. 1. 13. Annot.
Enemies]
;;Wicked men, Pope, Popelings, and other ungodly persons, which hated, afflicted, and killed Gods servants. Rev. 11. 12. And their enemies see it.
Enflame]
To kindle, as foreign is rendred in Ezek. 24. 10. & Obad. v. 18. which in Isa. 5. 11. is translated enflame. That is indeed the ordinary effect of Wine and Strong drink, immoderately taken, to enflame the body. Jer. 51. 39. To bring Feavers, and …, such as have thereof their name, Deut. 28. 22. Yea, to enflame it with filthy last, Gen. 19. 32, 36. Hos. 4. 11. Yet because the word sometime also signifieth, eagerly, or ardently to pursue, Psal. 7. 13. & 10. 2. Lam. 4. 19. Some therefore render it, till the wine pursue them. As they pursue it, so it persues them in that manner, that it doth surprise them, and master them, and take …, reason, and understanding from them, Hos. 4. 12. Prov. 20. 1. Annot.
Enfold]
A fire enfolding it self, Ezek 1. 4. Vapours likely in the cloud, kindling, and burning into themselves, the flame turning inward, catching it self, as the Hebr. is, and making as it were a fiery globe: Some would applye the signification of this to Sin, and the nature of it. But we rather conceive it represents the fiery wrath of God; or secondarily of … his instrument, who burnt up Temple, City, and all. Annot.
Engage for]
Who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? Jer. …. 21. Some expound this of Christ, and that either in way of admiration of his dignity and excellency; for Who is this (that is, how excellent a person is he) that hath given his heart, that is, his soul, for a pawa or pledge, or engagement to procure accesse to me? Isa. 53. 7, 10. Heb. 7. 22. or in way of appropriation and exclusion of all others, Who but he hath engaged, or can engage? Who can engage his heart to approach unto God, in that manner as Christ did; 1 Tim. 2. 5. or, who dare in that manner offer to approach unto God, or take upon him the office of mediating between God and man, … he be by God himself called and assigned thereunto; Heb. 5. 4. Others, apply it to Gods people, and that as spoken either in way of admiration, as intimating the paucity of those at present that did apply themselves to draw neer unto God; and they render the words, For who is he that engageth his heart to approach unto me? (so it should be like that, Isa. 53. 1. Who beleeveth our report? that is, few or none) or in way of confirmation, as rendering a reason, why he said he would make them to approach, that they might come neer to him, to wit, because none could do it of himself, Cant. 1. 4. Joh. 6. 44. & 15. 3. or in way of stipulation, like that Psal. 25. 12 and that Isa. 50. 10. and so the words may be rendred, either, Who is he that hath engaged, or undertaken for his heart to draw … unto me? as thy servant … engaged himself for the lad, Gen. 44. 32. or, that hath made a covenant or agreement with his heart (that is, hath sincerely obliged himself, and made a covenant with his heart) to approach unto me? as Isa. 36. 8. & Job 31. 1. And so the words may have reference, either to what went before, of taking neer to him, such as had any hearty desire and resolution thus to approach and come home to him, ch. 24. 7. & 50. 4, 5. Joh. 6. 37. or to that which followeth, that if any such were found, whosoever they were that should be so affected, they should be his people, and he would be their God, vers. 22. Annot.
En gannim]
The well of Gardens; or, the eye of protections. A City, Josh. 21. 29.
En-gedi]
The well or eye of a Kid, or of felicity. A City, Josh. 15. 62.
Engedy]
In the Vineyards of Engedi, Cant. 1. 14. The name of a place in the land of Canaan, which fell to the Tribe of Judah, and being neer the Sea, and watered with springs, was a fruitful soil for Gardons and Vineyards, Josh. 15. 62. Ezek. 47. 10. It was called also Hazazon Tamar, 2 Chr. 20. 2. Where the enemies coming against …, he prayed unto God and was delivered, which victory may also be respected here, as a figure of the victories which the Church obtaineth by faith in Christ. ….
It is a compounded word, whereof the first part signifieth an Eye or Fountain, the latter, a Kid, or company. So that the whole word may be Englished, The Eye, or Fountain of my Kid; or the Eye, or Fountain of my Company. Clapham.
According to others, it signifieth the Fountain, (or because one word signifieth both, the Eye) of incision, of tentations, who hold that here grew those odoriferous clusters of Camphire, and those Myrrhe-trees; that is, Here hath the Lord appointed even in the very place of greatest tentations, and incisions, the greatest remedy against them; and where the Crosse is, there is the cordial and Antidote against it, Psal. 94. 19. 2 Cor. 1. 5. ….
Engines]
Instruments of war, invented for the preservation of a place, … Chr. 26. 15. and for destruction, Ezek 26. 9.
Engraffed Word]
;;A word, (as seed or a Ciens) planted and set in the heart, by the labour of Ministers, whose office is to plant and water, Jam. 1. 11. 1 Co. 3. 16. A Metaphor.
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To cut, or carve, Exod. 28. 11. Spoken of God the Father, (Zech. 3. 9.) who hath appointed his Son to be the Mediatour, and hath conferred upon his humane nature, all the gifts of his Spirit for to perform it. See Heb. 9. 11. Joh. 1. 16. & 3. 34. Col. 1. 19. & 2. 9. Though it shall be a stone rejected by the builders, Act. 4. 11. Yet God will work upon it all perfection of excellencies, as Psal. 45. 7. The very engraving of Christs wounds upon his body, was an excellent workmanship of God. Annot.
Engraver in stone]
Exod. 28. 11. or Stonecutter, Jeweller. This engraving in precious stone, and that like a signet, with the names of the Sons of Israel, signified the firm perpetural love, memorial, esteem, and sustentation of the Church of Christ, Job 19. 23. 24. Cant. 8. 6. Hag. 2. 23. Aynsw.
Engravings]
Exod. 28. 11. Heb. the graving. D. Annot.
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A Merry or quick sight; or, the well of gladness. A City, …. 19. 21.
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The fountain of him that prayed; or, the … of him that cryed or called, Judg. 15. 20. marg. so named by Samson.
Enhazor]
A well, or eye of an entry, or, the bay or grasse of the well. A City, Josh. 19. 37.
Enjoy]
To possesse quietly, Josh. 1. 15. To have or make the use of, Eccl. 2. 24. To make the benefit of, Eccl. 3. 13. To accomplish or fulfill, Lev. 26. 34. To have in abundance, Heb. 11. 25.
Enjoy]
Make his soul injoy good, Eccl. 2. 24. or delight his senses, marg. Thou shalt not en oy them, Deut. 28. 41. Heb. they shall not be thine, marg.
Enjoyn]
Philem. 8. To command, as the Original foreign is rendred, Mar. 1. 27. & 6. 37, 39. Luk. 4. 36. & 8. 31. & 14. 22. Act. 23. 2. or, to charge, as the same word is rendred, Mar. 9. 25. To ordain or appoint, Est. 9. 31. Who hath … him his way? Job 36. 23. Who hath prescribed to him what he should do? Annot.
To enlarge]
;;To make wide that which is straight and narrow, to become more capable and fit to receive Gods gift. Psal. 119. 32. When thou shalt enlarge my heart.
Enlarge]
Gen. 9. 27. or Perswade, marg. Enlarged by you, 2 Cor. 10. 15. or Magnified in you, marg. Applyed to Bed, thou hast enlarged thy bed, Isa. 57. 8. (thou hast encreased thy Idolatries more and more, by the multitude of thine Altars, or by enlarging thy Temples and places built for the exercise thereof, as 1 King. 11. 7. & 21. 3. like a Strumpet, that makes her bed or room larger; or maketh many beds and rooms, to receive and entertain the more company, 2 Chr. 28. 24, 25. Jer. 2. 28. & 11. 13. … 16. 15, 16, 24, 25, 31. & 23. 14. See vers. 7. So enlarge or widen the place of thy tent, to receive the more inhabitants, chap. 54. 2. Annot.) Borders, Exod. 34. 24. Deut. 12. 20. Amos 1. 13. (Enlarged their border, by war, and by unjust invasions. Annot.) The borders of garments, Mar. 23. …. (for shew to men, that others might take the more notice of them, and think them to be the only religious men. Thus hypocrisie learneth to abuse any ordinance of God. See Numb. 15, 39. Annot.) Coasts, Deut. 19. 8. 1 Chr. 4. 10. Desire, as Hell, Hab. 2. 5. (Prov. 27. 20. & 30. 16. The Babylonian hath been inflamed with an unsatiable desire, and ambition. See Isa. 5. 14. Annot.) Baldness, as the Eagle, Mic. 1. 16. (when she changeth her feathers, or … bald. Annot.) Gad, Deut. 33. 20. (which may be understood of Gad's inheritance, which the blessed God would enlarge, as he promised Israel, Exod. 34. 24. or of his person, and then his enlarging is his deliverance out of distresse, as in Psal. 4. 1. So it … reference to Gad's troubles, prophesied in Gen. 49. 19. and the history of Gad's enlargement by Jephthah, in Judg. 11. Aynsw.) Heart, Psal. 119. 32. (amplified and encreased with wisdom, as 1 King. 4. 29. (as, to want an heart, is to be foolish, Prov. 9. 4.) or, with comfort, as Isa. 60. 5. or love, as 2 Cor. 6. 11. Aynsw.) Isa. 60. 5. (for … dilateth and enlargeth the heart, 2 Cor. 6. 11, 12. as on the contrary, grief is wont to contract and draw it in, Prov. 12. 25. See ch. 61. 3. Annot.) Hell, Isa. 5. 14. Japhet, Gen. 9. 27. (God enlarge Japhet, or perswade Japhet; wherein is a pleasant Paranomasia, or a verball allusion, Japh elohim …; that is, God enlarge the enlarged, or perswade the perswasible. After the former reading the word enlarge imports a temporall blessing upon Japhet, for the increase of his posterity, and an enlargment of their territories; for the European Gentiles, especially the Romanes, of the posterity of Japhet, extended their temporall Empire so far, as to account themselves Lords of the world. According to the latter reading God perswade Japhet, the meaning of the blessing, Prayer, or prophesie, (for it is all) is that the Gentiles who came of Japhet, and were separated in Religion from the Church, should by conversion be joyned to it, Eph. 2. 13. and that this conversion should be wrought by the powerful perswasion of the Word and Spirit of God, and not by humane Oratory, though never so eloquent Annot. (So in effect Aynsw.) Mouth, 1 Sam. 2. 1. (my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies. Now by Gods giving me a Son, as my heart is dilated with joy, so my mouth is opened to expresse my inward rejoycing; having not onelyonly matter of sufficient praising God for his goodnesse towards me, but also to stop the mouth of my adversary, seeing she hath now no cause to insult over me; or, if she shall still open her mouth wide against me, I shall in as ample manner enlarge my self in Gods praises and have matter enough to stop her mouth. ….) The Nations, Job 12. 23. (as they do increase in number, so he doth enlarge their borders, and spreads them abroad upon the face of the earth, that all may live and not one be a but then to another. Annot.) The place of the …, Isa. 54. 2. (Heb. widen, as ch. 5. 14. …, that her issue and inhabitants should so increase and multiply, that she should want room to receive them. See ch. 49. 20, 21. & 60. 4, 5. ….) Steps, Psal. 18. 36. (Thou hast enlarged my steps, or, hast widened my passage, enlarged my pace; … is, given me room to walk stedily and safe; contrary to … which is said of the wicked, that his strong (or violent) passages are …, or made narrow, Job 18. 7. Aynsw.) Troubles of the heart, Psal. 25. 17. (the troubles in heart are …, or do enlarge themselves, do make wide roomth. He sheweth his heart to be penned in with straights and distressing sorrows, which largely spread themselves over all. Aynsw.
Enlargement]
Est. 4. 14. Heb. respiration. Now they were so filled with grief and sorrow, as they could scarce take their breath (See Job 9. 18.) but their grief and … should be removed, and then should they have a breathing time, or a time of sweet refreshment. Annot.
To enlighten the eyes]
;;To make the light of Gods countenance to shine upon one in distresse, shewing himself favourable again. Psal. 13. 3. Enlighten mine eyes, left, &c.
;;2. To give men the faculty to see the mysteries of God, which otherwise they could not see, being blinde by nature. Psal. 19. 8. Without the word we are darkness it self, Eph. 5. 7, 8.
Enlightened]
Heb. 6. 4. Who were once enlightened, with the knowledg of the Truth. See chap. 10. 26. Annot.
Have been baptized; so Heb. 10. 32. the Syriack, Arabick, Ethiopick render it; and so some of the Greek Fathers … this word, because adulti were not baptized till they had been catechised, and sufficiently instructed in the faith, rather, inwardly enlightened in the mind, had a great measure of illumination in the mysteries of the Gospel; men cannot sin against the holy Ghost, without a measure of illumination. Leighs Annot.
They were once enlightened by the great beams of the Gospel, the Sun of righteousness Jesus Christ shining in their hearts: in so much as they see plainly the work of mans redemption performed by him, confess and profess it, and embrace it with a kinde of joy. Jones.
Enlightning]
;;The putting into us the light of knowledge, making such to see and know the truth of the Gospel, who were ignorant before. Heb. 6. 4. They wich were once enlightened. Luk. 24. 45. Then he opened … understanding.
;;2. The putting into men the light of reason at their first creation, Joh. 1. 9.
;;3. There is a threefold light imparted to men. First, of reason, common to all men by creation, of which Joh. 1. 4, 8. The second of knowledge, or speculative understanding of Scriptures, common to hypocrites, with Gods Children; of which, Heb. 6. 4. The third is the light of faith peculiar to the Elect, who sec Christ and know him truly unto eternal life, of which, Eph. 4. 8. elsewhere often.
It's put also for, To clear the sight, 1 Sam. 14. 29. Turn affliction into joy, or make comfortable, Psal. 22. 28. Give light, Psal. 97. 4. It's either Natural, Gen. 1. 15. 1 Sam. 14. 27. Artificiall, Luke 11. 36. Spirituall, Psalm 18. 28. Temporary, Hebr. 6. 4. or Celestial, Revel. 22. 5.
En=mishpat]
The well of judgement. The name of a place, Gen. 14. 7.
Enmity]
;;Bitter and unreconcilable hatred and division. Gen. 3. 15. I will put enmity. Rom. 8. 7. The wisdom of the flesh is enmity with God.
;;2. The cause of enmity; to wit, transgression of the Law. Eph. 3. 16. Having slain enmity.
;;3. The Ceremonial Law between the Jews and us, Eph. 2. 15.
Enoch]
Taught, or dedicate, of foreign. The Son of Cain, Gen. 4. 17. A City so named, Ibid. The Son of Jared, Gen. 5. 18. Henoch, who was the Son of Midian, 1 Chr. 1. 33. is of the same signification.
Enon]
A cloud, or his Well, or eye. A Village, Joh. 3. 23.
Enos]
The Son of Seth, Gen. 4. 26. Hebr. Enosh, marg.
Enosh]
Man, in his miserable and wretched condition, wherein he fell, after he had sinned, of foreign to be sorrowful, miserable, wretched. The Son of Seth, Gen. 4. 26.
Enough]
It's a word of contentment, Gen. 33. 9. and is put for susficient, 2 Sam. 24. 16. Filled, Prov. 28. 19. Plenty, Luk. 15. 17.
Enough]
Prov. 30. 15. Heb. wealth, marg.
It is enough, Mar. 14. 41. foreign is an impersonal, and signifieth sufficient, actum est, and here importeth, It's to no purpose to speak any more of not sleeping, it's now too late, whereby (as the word signifies, Phil. 4. 18.) our Saviour gives them an foreign, or acquittance; a requiring no farther attendance from them; (they may sleep on now) and so according to our vulgar phrase, gives them a Quictus est. Dr. Ham. Annot. d.
To enquire of God]
;;To seek judgement of God; or, as the Chaldee hath it, to seek doctrine from the face of the Lord, which was done by Moses, bringing their matters to God. Exod. 18. 15, 19. See Numb. 27. 5, 6. & ch. 15. 33, 34, 35. For doubtful things they used to enquire of the Lord by his Prophets, 1 Sam. 9. 9. Hereupon Moses told the Judges appointed under him that the Judgement was Gods, Deut. 1. 17.
This enquiring of God, was either immediately, Jet. 21. 2. or mediately, as by Moses, Exod. 18. 15, The Prophet and Seer, 1 Sam. 9. 9. 2 Chr. 34. 21. The High-priest, 1 Sam. 22. 15. Before the Altar, 2 Ohr. 21. 30. By the Ephod, 1 Sam. 23. 9, 10. By Urim, Numb. 27. 21. which was in the Priests breast-plate, Exod. 28. 30. Or at the Ark, 1 Chr. 13. 13. And was for things present, Gen. 25. 22. 1 Sam. 9. 6, 8. For the envent and issue of things taken in hand, 1 Sam. 30. 8. 1 Chron. 14. 10. So, for direction, Jerem. 21. 2. Warrant, 1 Chron. 14. 14. Information, 2 Sam. 21. 2.
To enquire of the Priest and the Judge]
;;To ask counsel in doubtful cases and hard controversies, either civil, which pertain to the Politick Magistrate, as about Murthers, &c. or Ecclesiastical, the cognizance whereof belongeth to the Priests, as about Leprosie, Jealousie, &c. for decision of such as resort for advice and determination unto the Priests, and Levites, or Judge, who were to pronounce Sentence, not ex scrinio pectoris, but ex sententia Legis, by the sentence of the Law, Deut. 17. 8, 9. Thou shalt come to the Priest, and to the Judge. That this particle and is not copulative, but disjunctive, severing the two Officers according to the diversities of causes and pleas to be handled, appears plainly by ver. 12. And that the judgement of the Priest must be hearkened unto, no further then it was grounded upon the Law of God, is manifest by ver. 11. How this will help the transcendent power of the High priest of Rome, or his blending and confounding of Civill and Ecclesiastical functions, I see not.
Enquired of the Lord, 2 Sam. 21. 1. Heb. sought the face of the Lord, marg. To enquire of his welfare, 1 Chr. 18. 10. or to salute, marg.
Enquiry]
Prov. 20. 25. It is a saare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry; that is to apply it, or take it to his own use, which was appointed to Gods; yea, to go about to do it, by inquiring how the vow may be made void. Annot. To ask, demand, or enquire for, Act. 10. 17.
Enrich]
In goods, 1 Sam. 17. 25. Ezek. 27. 33. In gifts and graces, 1 Cor. 1. 5. 2. Cor. 9, 11.
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The well of height, or the well like a pomegranate. A City, Neh. 11. 29.
En-rogel]
The well or fountain of searching out. The name of a place, Josh. 15. 7.
En shemesh]
The well or fountain of the Son. The name of a place, Ibid.
Ensign]
;;The preaching of the Gospel (erected as an Ensign) for the calling and gathering the elect of all people to Christ, to learn of him the way of divine service, and eternal salvation. Isa. 11. 10, 12. Which shall stand for an ….
Put also for the means which God will use to bring strange Nations upon his people, Isa. 5. 26. For Christ, Isa. 11. 10, 22. A sign of War, Isa. 18. 3.
Ensnare]
Job. 34. 30. … the people be ensnared. Not by their bad life and example, (as some would have it) but lest the people by their … courses lose their liberties. Or, because of the snares of the people; that is, God revengeth the peoples wrongs, and puls Kings down for oppressing Subjects. Annot.
Ensue]
1 Pet. 3. 11. Seck peace, and ensue it, foreign, follow after it, as the word is rendred, 1 Cor. 14. 1. 1 Thess. 5. 15. 1 Tim. 6. 11. Heb. 12. 14. it implies singular love to a thing, and great labour about it: notes eager affection in following thereof; so following as the persecuter, who will not rest till he have him whom he persecuteth. If he fall, he will up again, and to it, and not give over. Leigh Crit. Sac.
Entangle]
2 Pet. 2. 20. They are again intangled, foreign, attatched, incumbred, taken with, ensnared.
En-tappuab]
The Well or fountain of an apple; or, inflation. A City, Josh. 17. 7.
Enter]
It's put for Make, Deut. 29. 12. Return, Joh. 3. 4. Go in, Josh. 8. 19. Beginneth, Prov. 18. 6. Taketh effect, Prov. 17. 10. Reap the profit, Joh. 4. 38. Enjoy, Heb. 4. 10.
Enter]
Exod. 29. 12. Heb. passe, marg. Job 24. 23. Heb. goe, marg.
To enter into thy chamber]
;;1. Literally, to be private, or to avoid company, Mat. 6. 6.;;
;;2. Morally, to examine our own hearts.;;
;;3. Mystically, to ascend into heaven with our souls, and descend with our bodies into the grave, Isa. 57. 2.;;
To enter into the boly place]
;;To have passage made into our house, and power to go in, Heb. 10. 19.
To enter into joy]
;;To be partakers of the goods and heavenly commodities of our Lord. Mat. 25. 21. Enter thou into, &c.
Not to enter into judgement]
;;Not to exact strait reckoning, requiring of me all that thou mayst, Psal. 143. 2. Enter not into … with thy servant.
To enter into the Kingdom of God]
;;To become a … member of the militant Church (which is the mysticall body of Christ) over which he reigneth as head and …. …. 3. 7. Except ye be … again of the Spirit, ye cannot enter into the Kingdom of God.
;;2. To be reckoned worthy and meet to be Teachers in the Church …. Mat. 5. 20. Ye shall not enter into the Kingdom of God. That the place should be thus expounded, appeareth by the verses next going afore.
To enter into rest]
;;To go into the Land of Canaan, and eternal life in heaven, figured by Canaan, Heb. 3. 11.
;;2. By faith in Gods promises, and holy obedience, to begin to be partakers of that true rest which shall be perfect in heaven, Heb. 4. 3. 4. (or laid the foundation of.)
To entec in at the sirait gate]
;;To deny our selves, and take up the Crosse and follow Christ. This is to enter in at the narrow gate. Mat. 7. 13. To prepare our selves to a strict and precise course.
To enter into the Temple]
;;To be able to have accesse to the Majesty of God, and to abide … glory. Others take it to mean thus much, to be kept from having approach unto the Church of Christ here on earth for a time, as yet the Jews are. Revel. 15. 8. No … was … to enter into the Temple. Here is an allusion to that which is written, 1 King. 8. 10, 11. where it is said, The cloud filled the house of the Lord, so as the Priests could not stand to Minister.
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. Annot.
To enter the way of the world]
;;To die according to the ordinary course of nature. Josh. 23. 14. And now I enter the way of the world.
Enterprise]
Cannot perform their enterprise, Job 5. 12. Which they had craftily …, thinking it could not be disappointed, yet they could not effect it, Nehem. 4. 15. Isa. 8. 10. They could not give their plots an actual being, or …; for so the words signifie. Annot.
Entertain]
Heb. 13. 2. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, receiving them into your houses, affording them food, lodging, and all other necessaries, whereof they stand in need, and you may well spare.
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Referred
I. To Satan, seducing false P rophets, 2 Chr. 18. 30.
II. To a man cunningly in sinuating himself into a maids affections, Exod. 22. 16.
III. To cvill …, alluring others by fair pretenses to be as they are, Prov. 1. 10. & 16. 29.
IV. To a mans own lust and concupiscence, whereby he is drawn away, …. 1. 14.
V. To false friends, the enemies of Gods people, who watch for an advantage against the godly, Jerem. 20. 10.
VI. To the heart inveigled with outward objects, Job 31. 27.
VII. To false Teachers, who use perswasive words to seduce and deceive, 1 Cor. 2. 4. Col. 2. 4.
VIII. To unfaithful wives, flattering their husbands with a purpose to deceive, Judg. 14. 15. & 16. 5.
Enticing words]
1 Cor. 2. 4. or Perswasible, marg.
Entire]
Jam. 1. 4. Innocent, pure, faultless, uncorrupted, exact and upright in all points and qualities, whole, safe, sound, 1 Thess. 5. 23.
Entrance]
The entring into, Num. 34. 8. The weakest part of a City, where it might most easily be assaulted, scaled, and taken, Judg. 1. 24, 25. Annot. The coming to, 1 King. 18. 46. Entrance of thy word, Psal. 119. 130. or, the opening, or dore; that is, the Declaration, as the Gr. interpreteth it. Aynsw. Our entrance in unto you, 1 Thess. 2. 1, foreign, coming, Act. 13. 24. entring in, 1 Thess. 1. 9. A large passage into the Kingdom of glory, in the life to come, 2 Pet. 1. 11. Annot.
Entry]
The Kings entry without, 2 King. 16. 18. The gallery without the Temple, whereby the King ascended from his own palace to the house of God. Annot. The passage into the house of the Lord, 1 Chr. 9. 19. Annot. Heb. …, Prov. 8. 3. Annot.
Envious]
;;Any person who repineth and grudgeth at the welfare and happiness of others. The word is applyed in Scripture, either to … or men. Psal. 37. 1. Fret not thy sels, nor be …. Mat. 13. 28. One word in the Hebrew signifieth envy, zeal, and jealousie, and is sometime taken in good and ill part, sometime it is a stronger affection then wrath or anger, Prov. 27. 4.
Envy]
;;That affection which makes men grieve and fret at the good and prosperity of others, Gal. 5. 21. Rom. 13. 13. Envyous zeal or emulation, Gen. 26. 14.
;;2. Wickedness, and evill generally; by a Synecdoche. Jam. 4. 5. Gen. 8. 21.
It's an evil affection of the heart, which grieveth at the neighbors good, and fretteth it self at his prosperous and fortunate successe in any thing, Eccl. 4. 4. Mat. 20. 15. A work of the flesh, Gal. 5. 20. Natural in all, though of all vices it can be least excused, Tit. 3. 3. To be laid aside, 1 Pet. 2. 1. The ground of confusion and every evill work, James 3. 16. A Murtherer, Job 5. 2. The rottenness of the bones, Prov. 14. 30. Proceedeth of vain glory, Gal. 5. 26. … lust, Jam. 4. 5. Foolish and idle questions, 1 Tim. 6. 4. Is not in all after a like measure, Rom. 1. 29. In divers diversly occasioned, Rachel envying Leah because of her fruitfulness, Gen. 31. 1. Joseph envyed of his Brethren, because his Father loved him, Gen. 37. 11. Moses, in respect of his preheminence, Psal. 106. 16. The Jews filled with envy, Act. 13. 45. for that … and … preached Christ. So others upon other occasions.
Envy]
Job 5. 2. or Indignation, marg. Prov. 27. 4. or Jealousie, marg. Jam. 4. 5. or Envyously.
One word in the Original, is, for envy, zeal and …; taken sometime in the … part, sometime in the evil, as Gen. 30. 1. It is a stronger affection then wrath, or anger, Prov. 27. 4. and a work of the …, 1 Cor. 3. 3. Gal. 5. 21. Aynsw. on Gen. 30. 1.
The Spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy (or … ) Jam. 4. 5. If we understand by …, the spirit of a man un …, as some do, then the last clause must be rendred lusteth to envy, that is, inciteth, or putteth on, or moveth earnestly unto envy, and the like: but if by Spirit we understand here the Spirit of God, which is the more probable opinion, because that clause dwelleth in us, is often attributed to the Spirit of God, Exod. 25. 8. & 29. 4. Rom. 8. 11. 1 Cor. 11. 16. then that clause must be understood of the Spirit of God, … and fighting against envy. See Gal. 5. 17. The … Preposition many times signifies against, as Luk. 20. 19. Heb. 12. 4. Annot.
… him, Gen. 26. 14. Had … envious zeal and emulation. So … saw … all labour and righteousness of work, … … to a man from his neighbour, Eccles. 4. 4. Aynsw.
Envyings]
2 Cor. 12. 20. The same in effect with …, Emulation being a certain envyous and ambitious endevour to passe and excell others.
Envyron]
…. 7. 9. To close in, or compasse.