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A Complete Christian Dictionary · Thomas Wilson

A Complete Christian Dictionary, Dictionary · Part ER

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Er]

A watch-man. The Son of Judah, Gen. 38. 3. The Father of Lecah, 1 Chr. 4. 21. The Father of …, Luk. 3. 28.

Eran]

A …. The Son of Shutelah, Numb. 26. 36.

Erastus]

…, lovely, worthy to be beloved. Chamberlain of the City of …, Rom. 16. 23.

Ere]

Before, Exod. 1. 19. or, Before that, Joh. 4. 49. It's usually joyned with How long, as Num. 14. 11. …. 28. 2. Jer. 47. 6. …. 8. 5.

Erech]

Length, or health, A City, Gen. 10. 10.

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To … up, Gen. 33. 20. Aynsw.

Eri]

My City. The Son of Gad, Gen. 46. 16.

Erites]

Of …, the Son of Gad, Numb. 26. 16.

Errand]

Told my errand, Gen. 24. 33. Have spoken my word. Aynsw. Some special thing to be made known, 2 King. 9. 5. Annot.

Erre]

Erreth, Prov. 10. 17. or, causeth to …, marg. Erred, 1 Tim. 6. 10. or, been seduced, marg. Wherein I have erred, Job 6. 24. The word signifies bodily and local errors, and wanderings, Ezek. 34. 6. and by a …, the … of the minde, Prov. 5. 19, 20. But especially such as arise out of ignorance, not of …, Gen. 4. 2. & 5. 18. & 22. 14. Psal. 19. 2. … means here his ignorance in judgement, or in carriage under his afflictions. Annot.

Erre]

Heb. 3. 10. They do alway erre in their hearts, foreign, They wander after the manner of … Stars, for of this word come the planets. They are a vagrant and … people, straying out of the way. He doth not say, they … erred, but erre: continual erring; alway: not in their outward lives and conversations only, but in their hearts which carryed the whole man after it. Jones.

Errour]

2 Sam. 6. 7. or rashness, marg. Dan. 3. 29. Anything …. See marg.

Their errour, Rom. 1. 27. Their seduction to Idolatry, of which the … were guilty, and whereby they fell into … … sins, which the Apostle mentioneth. Thus is the the word foreign used 1 Thess. 2. 3. and so perhaps Eph. 4. 14. as it is, 2 Pet. 2. 18. & 2 Pet. 3. 17. This was the errour of Balaam, the seduction into which Balaam, brought thē Israelites by his counsel to …. See Numb. 25. 1, 14. 2 Pet. 2. 15. Rev. 2. 14. Dr. Ham. on Jude v. 11. Annot. ….

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;;A going from the right path, or straying out of the way.

;;2. Some opinion or action … from the Rule of Gods word. Mat. 22. 29. Ye … not …, the …. Psal. 95. 10, 11. There is an errom in action, as well as in opinion; in deeds, as well as in doctrine.

;;Errour in opinion is ….;;

;;1. Directed to others, or of other persons and things beside our selves.;;

;;2. Reflected, or when we think of our own selves and our thoughts that they be right and good. This of the two is far the worst, and most hardly cured, Prov. 3. 7. & 26. 12. Act. 26. 9.;;

It's also taken,

1. For Rathness, 2 Sam. 6. 7.

2. Fault of ignorance, … an unadvised, sudden, inconsiderate sin, Psal. 19. 12.

3. Unfaithfulness in office or government, Dan. 6. 4.

4. Sins against nature, …. 1. 27.

5. Erroneous doctrine, 2 Pet. 3. 17.

As there are divers kinds of such as … particularly so named, … the Proud, Psal. 119. 21. He that … …, Prov. 10. 17. They that d vise evill, Prov. 14. 22. They that … in vision, and … in judgement, …. 28. 7. …, Hos. 12. 4. They that … any … opinion, 2 Tim. 2. 18. … as tempt and … …, Heb 3. 10. All which stray from the right path; of … … … in their …, Psal. …. 10. Some in their …, …. 10. 15. In every work, Isa. 19. 14. Some in their whole life, 2 Pet. 1. 18. … paths, Prov. 7. 25 and that by lying or falsehood, …. 32. 6.) so … and such others are … … hereunto, … through …, Mat. 22. 29. Lies, Amos 2. 4. … instruction, …. 19. 7. The commandement and … of an … …, 2 Chr. 33. 9. Strong drink, Isa. 28. 7. … Prophets, Jer. 23. 13, 32. The spirit of Whoredome, …. 4. 12. …, 1 Tim. 6. 10. Profane and vain bablings, &c. Ibid. 20. 21.