A Complete Christian Dictionary, Dictionary · Part GR
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Grace]
;;is the free good will of God, whereby he counteth us dear in Christ Jesus, forgiveth us our sins, and giveth us the Holy Ghost, and upright life, and eternall felicity. Thus Peter … defineth it.
;;Grace is taken, 1. In Scripture,;;
;;First, for the love or liberality of God to man.;;
;;Secondly, for the faithfullnesse of man to God or man.;;
;;Thirdly, for the acceptation of man with God or man.;;
;;Fourthly, for the quality or comelinesse for which he is accepted.;;
;;2. In common Writers it is taken particularly for three Sisters, called the three Graces, and historically, for any woman of that name.;;
;;It's put 1. for the free and eternall favour and good will of God, which is the Well-spring of all the benefits that … have. 2 Tim. 1. 9. But according to his own purpose and grace. Rom. 11. 6. If of grace, not of works, &c. This is grace of Election, which makes us gracious and acceptable unto God. And by this grace we are so often in Scriptures said to be justified and saved, Rom. 3. 4, 5. Act. 13. 43.
;;2. Faith, with all the healthfull and saving effects and fruits thereof: which are called Grace, because they are freely given us. Heb. 12. 15. No man fall away from the grace of God, 1 Pet. 5. 12. This is grace freely given, which Popish Sophisters do wickedly … with that grace whereby we are freely beloved.
;;3. Free imputation of Christs righteousnesse. Rom. 5. 15. The grace of God hath abounded … many. Also, vers. 17, 20, 21. In all which places, by Grace is meant, the righteousnesse of Christ freely imputed to Believers. This is the grace of Justification, which Papists confound with grace of Sanctification.
;;4. The work of the Spirit, renewing our souls to the Image of God, and continually guiding and strengthening them to the obedience of his Will. Rom. 6. 14. Ye are under grace. Also, vers. 23. 2 Cor. 12. 9. My grace is sufficient for thee. This is the grace of Sanctification, which is freely given, as a witnesse of Gods favour in electing and justifying us.
;;5. That happy and blessed condition into which we are admitted, and wherein we are kept by the good will and free favour of God. Rom. 5. 2. We have this accesse into this grace wherein we ….
;;6. The gifts of the holy Spirit freely bestowed upon us. 2 Pet. 3. 18. But grow in grace. 1 Pet. 5. 10. and elsewhere often, as Joh. 1. 16. This also is grace, freely given, but doth not make us gratefull to God.
;;7. The Spirituall or Evangelicall Worship of God. Heb. 13. 9. It is good the heart be established by grace.
;;8. Some Godly comfort and instruction to cause others to profit in godlinesse. Eph. 4. 29. That it may minister grace to the Hearers.
;;9. Almes or works, of mercy to the poor. 2 Cor. 8. 4. That we would receive the grace.
;;10. The bountifull liberality of God, enabling us to give to the poor. 2 Cor. 9. 8. God is able to make all grace abound towards you.
;;11. Favour or liking with men. Gen. 19. 19. Thy servant have found grace in thy sight. And elsewhere often, as Gen. 6. 8.
;;12. The effectual presence of the Holy Ghost. Act. 14. 26. From whence they had been … to the grace of God. 1 Cor. 15. 10. The grace of God, &c. ;;Note. Popish Sophisters wrest this place in favour of free will, as if our will by naturall strength did concur with grace to bring forth a good work, which should be partly of the efficacy of grace, partly from power of nature; therefore they corruptly translate the words [Grace of God with me] leaving out the article ne, which is with me: and neglecting the scope of the Apostle, attributing all to grace, and to the efficacy of the Spirit, which being present with him, made him labour, and to be what he was, and do whatsoever he did, himself being but an instrument and servant to the grace of God, from whence flowes whatsoever is in man good and pleasing to God, it being impossible any freedome towards good to be in our will, till it be freed by Grace from slavery of sin; and so far forth as it is free, it willeth, desireth, and worketh good things. Gods grace and Spirit working both the desire and deed, Phil. 2. 13.
;;13. Afflictions and bands, suffered for Christ. Phil. 1. 7. You are all partakers of my Grace. This was a free and peculiar gift, vers. 29.
;;14. The benefit and gift of heavenly wisdome. 2 Cor. 1. 12. Not by fleshly wisdome, but by the grace of God, &c. that is, by the wisdome freely given me of God.
;;15. Generally, any benefit bestowed upon us. 2 Cor. 8. 1. Of the grace of God bestowed upon the Churches.
;;16. Elegance of speech, which made Christ gracious and amiable to all. Psal. 45. 4. Full of grace are thy lips. Luk. 4. 22. Words full of grace. ;;Our ordinary acceptation of this word Grace, in the English tongue, when we speak of actions or affairs, is to signifie, either,;;
;;1. Some ornament of the body, as a garment, ring, jewel, &c. which we call the grace of the person, and this commonly is a substance: Or,;;
;;2. Some comeliness of the action or speech, as order, timelinesse and Accommodation to the persons, place, time, and occasion; this also we call the grace of the work, &c. and this is but the quality thereof.;;
;;17. The …, fruits and feeling of Gods good will increased in us. Rom. 1. 7. Grace and peace from God the Father.
;;18. Eternall glory in heaven, 1 Pet. 1. 7. As they which are the … of the … of Christ, 1 Pet. 1. 12. Also it comprehends the benefit of this present life, which is common to both.
;;19. Acceptation with God and men. Luk. 2. 22. Jesus increased in grace (or favour) with God … …. Isa. 4. 6. God gives grace to the humble; that is, makes them accepted and favoured.
;;20. The grace or calling of Apostleship, freely committed to Paul, Rom. 12. 13. Also, both his Apostleship and conversion to Christ, Rom. 15. 15.
;;21. The thankfulnesse or gratefullnesse of man to God or man, for any gift or grace, Eph. 5. 20.
22. Outward Christian profession, 1 Pet. 5. 12. Heb. 12. 15.
23. The Doctrine of the Gospel, Tit. 2. 11.
24. Heavenly …, 2 Cor. 1. 12.
25. Good and comfortable Teaching, Psal. 45. 2.
26. Free and …, Rom. 11. 6.
27. Free forgivenesse, Joh. 1. 17.
Grace]
1 Cor. 10. 30. or Thanksgiving, marg. Heb. 12. 28. Let us have …, or let us … fast, marg. 2 Cor. 8. 19. or Gift, marg. Dr. Ham. in his Annotations on Luk. 1. p. 205. 2. mentioneth the severall notions of foreign, namely,
1 For the Gospel of Christ, as it signifies the matter of the Gospel, Heb. 13. 9. and as it signifies the … or promulgating of it, Act. 18. 27.
2 As it signifies charity, …, Act. 2 47. (so he renders the word foreign, which in our Translation is savour) And very neer to that for foreign, a gift, 1. Pet. 3. 7.
3 It signifies also a reward, either that of good words, of thanks, as we call it; or … further, of some reall return, a retribution for a good turn, Luk. 17. 9. So Luk. 6. 32, 33, 34. For which there is foreign, reward, vers. 35. So 1 Pet. 2. 19.
4 It signifies favour, or mercy, Luk. 1. 30. And in effect in all those places, where it signifies the Gospel in opposition to the Law, that being so styled, because there is so much of Gods favour and undeserved mercy discernible in it, contrary to … or ….
5 It is taken for virtue, goodnesse in the latitude, without restraint to any particular kinde of it, 2 Pet. 3. 18. Grow in grace, i. e. all kinde of goodnesse.
6 It is peculiarly used for the sufferings which had … St. Paul, in the discharge of his office, Phil. 1. 7. See his Ann. thereon, p. 672.
Grace]
;;The sense and feeling of the favour of God, being reconciled unto us by Christ, Heb. 13. 9.
;;2. Faith which proceedeth from the grace of God, Heb. 12. 28.
;;3. The free benefit of God, Heb. 2. 9.
To finde grace]
;;To have proof of Gods mercy and free favour, in preserving and blessing us. Gen. 6. 8. And Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
;;2. To have men gracious and favourable unto us, to do us good, or to forbear to do us evil. Gen. 23. 10. If I have now found grace in thy sight.
Gift of grace]
;;A free gift, such as was the calling of Paul, a Pharisee, and a persecuror unto the Apostleship, and all the graces which he had to discharge it, Eph. 3. 7.
Grace for grace]
;;A lively faith, as one grace; afterwards, eternall life, as another grace. Joh. 1. 16. And grace for grace: or, grace of the New Testament, for the grace of the Old Testament; permanent grace for shadowish: Theophylact.
;;Or thus: Grace upon grace; that is, one grace of the Spirit after another; the Spirit of Christ daily pouring new graces upon us, and all freely. This is the best exposition.
;;Or thus: Grace, even grace thus freely given, without merits. Like phrase in Job 2. 4. Amos 3. 15.
;;Or thus: Grace and favour shewed to us, for the love and favour which God bears his Son.
;;Or thus: Grace conveyed into us, from the … of grace in Christ.
Note. Grace in the first place noteth these two ;;things:
;;1. The gracious favour of God embracing his Elect by Christ: This is the grace of Justification.
;;2. The gist of the Spirit dwelling in the Elect, and daily renewing them: This is grace of Sanctification.
;;In the latter place [for grace] is opposed unto the merit of works, and is as much as gratis, freely.
Grace in Christ]
;;The favour or free love wherewith God doth imbrace his Elect for Christ, 2 Tim. 2. 1.
Grace no more grace]
;;Grace to lose the nature of grace, whose property is to be every way free and undue; whereas, if election came of works foreseen, then it should be due to works, and so grace were destroyed. Rom. 11. 6. Else were grace no more grace.
Spirit of grace and prayer]
;;Two effects or gifts of the holy Spirit; to wit, first, a sense or feeling of the favour of God, being become truly propitious to us; and secondly, deprecation or supplication, that God would turn away his wrath, grant full pardon, and continue favourable, the Spirit stirring up secret sighs and groans in the heart for these purposes, Zach. 12. 10. Rom. 8. 26.
Throne of grace]
;;God the Father, favourably imbracing us, aud being ready to hear us, for and through Christ his Son, Heb. 4. 14.
Grace and truth]
;;The free forgivenesse of sins in Christ, unto a full reconciliation with God, and the fulfilling of all the shadows of the Law. Joh. 1. 14, 17. But grace and … came by Jesus Christ.
;;Note. This sense which is here given, appeareth to be the true and only fit sense, by comparing vers. 14. with vers. 17. wherein grace and truth be set against the Law, which threatned malediction and wrath to all transgressors of it, and contained Ceremonies or shadows of things to be performed by Christ, who by taking away the curse in his death on the Crosse, to the reconciliation of sinners with God, together with the renovation of their mindes by the Spirit, and in that his sacrifice of himself fully accomplishing the Legall Ceremonies, is thence worthily said to have come to us men full of grace and truth. Unless (with learned Mr. Rollock) in the first place we will understand all the glorious properties of the God head, and in special, his true knowledge and divine wisdome, which he shewed forth in his miracles and Doctrine (in such wise as he was thereby known to his Disciples, to be the only begotten Son of God) and in vers. 17. by Grace and Truth, with the same Author and others, take the free remission of sins by the death of Christ, and the cleer and manifest knowledge of God in Christ, without legall shadows to be meant. Let the learned judge.
Gracious]
Its spoken of a wise mans mouth, Eccl. 10. 12. Of a woman, Prov. 11. 16. Of the inhabitants of …, Jer. 22. 23. Of Christs words, Luk. 4. 22. Of God, 1 Pet. 2. 3. implying,
1. That he is free, and doth what he doth freely without respect of merit or desert in men.
2. That he is kinde to his very enemies, as the word is applyed, Luk. 6. 35.
3. That he is courteous and kinde in a special manner, Eph. 4. 32.
4. That he is bountifull and liberall, and giveth plentifully, Rom. 1. 5.
5. That he is gentle and easie to be entreated; whence his yoke is said to be easie, Mat. 11. 30.
6. That he stands not upon respect of persons; and thus he regards the poor, Psal. 68. 10. and will not disdain to teach sinners his way, Psal. 25. 8.
7. That he is sweet; that is, wonderfull comfortable, pleasing and filling with delight.
8. That being gracious, he accepted of the Gentiles to favour, when the Jews were cut off, Rom. 11. 22.
In all those the Original word (though diversly rendred) is the same. Byfield on 1 Pet. 2. 3. p. 238, 239.
Graciously]
Of his favour, grace and mercy, Gen. 33. 5, 11. Psal. 119. 29. Receive us graciously, Hos. 14. 2 or give good. Accept out of thy fatherly favour the true witnesses and effects of our conversion; shew thy reconciliation to us, by thy gracious blessing of us: in thy grace and mercy in our all and only hope. ….
Graffe]
Rom. 11. 17. … thou being a wilde …-tree were …. Paul useth a similitude of graffing a branch of the wilde Olive into the true, but contrary to nature: for nature adviseth to set sweet graffs into sowre …; and although it be naturall for the stock to be vehiculum …, to convey the nourishment to the graff, yet naturally virtus …, the quality of the juyce is from the graff, not from the stock; but in our supernatural …, the branch of a wilde Olive is made partaker not only of the root, but fatnesse also of the true Olive. … Annot.
Graffing]
;;A joyning of a Sience or Graffe so neerly and firmly in a stock, as that it becomes one with it.
;;2. The uniting or joyning the Elect unto Christ, most neerly, by the Spirit and Faith, Rom. 6. 5. And the Word is said to be graffed in them. Jam. 1. 21. Receive with … the Word graffed in you.
;;There be two sorts of graffs and plants: one graffed into Christ by prosession of mouth only: the other, by the faith of heart also, Matt. 7. 21. Rom. 2. 28, 29. 2 Tim. 3. 5. The … may be broken ost, Rom. 11. 17. The latter cannot perish, Rom. 11. 20.
Grain]
;;A small measure or portion of any gift. Mat. 13. 31. If ye have faith like the grain of Mustard …; that is, the least degree of a lively faith, if it be but a true desire to believe, in a truely touched and humbled heart. A stone, Amos 9. 9. marg.
Grand-mother]
A Grandame, ones Father or Mothers Mother, 2 Tim. 1. 5.
Grant]
Licence, permission, will, Ezr. 7. 3.
Grant]
To give, 1 Chr. 21. 22. marg. To fulfill, Psal. 20. 4. To give … his hearts desire, Psal. 21. 2. To accept one concerning a thing, Gen. 19. 21. To afford, consent, further, yield unto, &c.
Grape]
It's taken also properly for the fruit of the Vine, Numb. 13. 23. Deut. 23. 24. & 24. 21. the … whereof is tearmed blood, Deut. 32. 14. as being red coloured, like blood. Hereupon Christ killing his enemies, and having his clothes sprinkled with blood, is described like one treading grapes in the Wine-fat, Isa. 63. 2, 3. Rev. 14. 19, 20. & 19 13. Literally it is meant of the Wine; that was plentifull in the land of …: and spiritually, of the heavenly graces wherewith Christ filleth his people, Isa. 55. 1. Aynsw.
Grape]
;;Such holy works as the Church (like Grapes) beareth upon the sending down and shedding abroad the gifts of the Spirit upon her, in the Assemblies, at the Preaching of the Word, Cant. 7. 12. Let us see if the Vine flourish: whether it hath budded the small grape.
Grape-gatherer]
One that gathereth … into baskets, Jer. 6. 9. where a great spoyl, and that redoubled, both of persons and prey is intimated, though not an utter extirpation of either. Annot. See Jer. 49. 9. & Obad. 5.
Grapes]
;;The fruit and works of mens lives, which if they be good, they be likened to sweet and good grapes: if they be wicked works, then they are compared unto wilde and sowre grapes: if notoriously wicked, then they are called grapes of Sodome, grapes of gall, and … grapes. …. 5. 2. It brought forth wilde grapes. And vers. 4. Deut. 32. 32. Their vine exceedeth the vine of Sodome, their ;;grapes are grapes of gall; because they did offend and provoke God, as sowre grapes offend our taste.
Grasse]
;;That which is frail, and of short continuance, fading like the grasse, Psal. 90. 5. In the morning he flourisheth like the grasse, Psal. 103. 15.
Grasse]
The earth bringeth it forth, Gen. 1. 12. and it is said to spring out of the Earth, 2 Sam. 23. 4. And therefore is tearmed, the grasse of the field, Numb. 22. 4. and the grasse of the earth, Job 5. 25. Yea even upon the very Mountains the Lord maketh it to grow, Psal. 147. 8. and that to be food for Oxen, Numb. 22. 4. Horses and Mules, 1 King. 18. 5. Wilde Asses, Job 6. 5. Cattel, Psal. 104. 14. Heifers, Jer. 50. 11. Yea for the great … for a certain time, Dan. 4. 33. Rain makes it to grow, Deut. 32. 2. Psal. 72. 6. Prov. 19. 12. Zech. 1. 10. There's some growing upon the house-tops, which comes to nothing, Psal. 129. 6. It's at the first green and flourishing, but being upon the sudden cut down withereth, Psal. 37. 2. & 90. 5. Isa. 40. 6. 1 Pet. 1. 24. the grasse of the field, Mat. 6. 30. foreign, signifies any thing that grows in the field or Garden; here the genericall word is restrained by the Context, and referring to the Lillies of the field, vers. 28. doth signifie a flower, one day glorious and beautifull in the field, and the next day or soon after, cut down, and used for the heating of Ovens or Furnaces. Dr. Ham. Annot. p. 41. 2.
The grasse faileth, or the herbage, (that properly that is newly sprung up, and sprouteth out of the ground, the tender sprout, Gen. 1. 11, 12. ch. 37. 27. & 66. 14. Jer. 14. 5.) is gone, or consumed. Annot.
Grassehopper]
A devouring creature, Amos 7. 1. Might be eaten, Lev. 11. 22. The great ones in the cold encamp in hedges, but when the Sun ariseth, flie away, Nah. 3. 17. In the midst of the heat, when the air is most pure, the cleerer it singeth. But the males only sing, so do not the …. They usually die there where they first begin to live.
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Amos 7. 1. or green worms, marg.
Grate]
Exod. 27. 4. or Sieve, as the word is Englished, Amos 9. 9. It was a broad plate of brasse, with many little holes, through which ashes and the like things might fall, and served as an hearth for the fire to … upon. Ayasw.
To shew himself through the Grates]
;;To offer himself to be seen, not fully and clearly (as he did in the time of the Gospel) but sparingly and darkly in shadows (as in the time of the Law) Cant. 2. 9. Shewing himself through the Grates. See Lattesse.
Grave]
A burying place, Gen. 50. 5. Death, … 3. 22.
Grave]
Job 21. 32. Hebr. graves, marg. Job 30. 24. Heb. heaps, marg. Psal. 49. 15. or Hell, marg. So in 1 Cor. 15. 55. marg. Hence Grave Clothes, Joh. 11. 44. The word foreign is by Grammarians derived from foreign, mors, death, and so signifies peculiarly those swathes that belong to dead men, wherein their whole body was wound, in relation to which it is that (Act. 5. 6.) they are said to winde up Ananias when he is dead. Dr. Ham. on Joh. 19. 40. p. 357. 2.
Grave]
Tit. 2. 2. The word foreign, signifieth a seemly, modest, and gracious carriage; opposed to all lightnesse, vanity, or viciousnesse, in gesture, speech, apparel, countenance, deeds or conversation; and is a generall virtue befitting every age, and every vocation and condition of life, and not appropriated to any one calling or condition more then another, required in the Minister, 1 Tim. 3. 8. in his Wife, vers. 11. and in every private man, 1 Tim. 2. 1. Taylor on ….
Grave]
To ingrave, carve, or cut, Exod. 28. 9. 2 Chr. 3. 7. Exod. 32. 16. To hew or cut out, Isa. 22. 16. For this there were tools, Exod. 32. 4. And in Job 19. 24. there's mention of an iron pen.
Gravel]
put for Pain, Pro. 20. 17. Multitude, Isa. 48. 19. Much disquietnesse, Lam. 3. 16.
Gravity]
;;A seemly moderation of gesture, words, countenance and actions, according to the dignity of mans person, age, sex, calling. Tit. 2. 2, 7. With gravity and integrity.
Gravity]
foreign. 1 Tim. 3. 4. Tit. 2. 7. A seemly, modest, and gracious carriage of ones self toward all, both in word and deed, in his apparel, and gesture, throughout the whole course of his life.
Gray]
Spoken of and applyed unto the Hairs, Gen. 44. 31. Deut. 32. 25. Hos. 7. 9. the Head, Gen. 42. 38. (both being in effect the same, Heb. my grayness or hoariness, that is, me who am gray-headed.) Whence Gray-headed, Job 15. 10. which is usual with such as live long, or are become old.
Gray-hound]
It is reasonably sented to finde out, speedy and quick of foot to follow, fierce and strong to take and overcome, and yet silent, coming upon his prey at unawares. It goeth well, or is comely in going, Prov. 30. 31.
Grease]
Psal. 119. 70. Their heart is fat as grease. Their heart is indurate and hardened, puffed up with prosperity and vain estimation of themselves, Psal. 17. …. Isa. 6. 10. Annot.
Great]
;;One that is in authority and power above others. Mat. 20. 19. He shall be great among you.
;;2. One who is author of much people. Gen. 48. 19. He shall also be great.
;;3. Ambitious or vain-glorious, and seemingly, not truely great, Luk. 22. 24;;
It's applyed to many things, upon the reading … the meaning will soon be ….
Great Babylon]
;; …, as it is now governed by the Pope, being like unto Babylon, a great City (in … ) for tyranny, pride, power, Idolatry, superstition, …, Rev. 17. 5. That great Babylon mother of …. This cannot be meant of … Rome, under the …, who did not thrust their Idolatry upon other Nations and Kings, but left them every one to their Religion: … had Heathenish impiety any such … in it, as with shew of piety it should deceive numbers, seeing … superstition was palpable and execrable to all … of …, therefore this must signifie Popish Rome, which with her great shew of religion and godly devotion, … Kings and people unto her way.
Great City]
;;Some large Town invironed with walls, and inhabited by Citizens, joyned together by the band of some Laws, &c.
;;2. The whole jurisdiction and … of Antichrist sitting at Rome, and reigning with great … over … consciences, and raging cruelly against the bodies of the Saints. Rev. 11. 8. Their Corps shall lie in the … of the great City.
;;3. Whatsoever dominion, power, and government, either of Pope or Turk, or which any enemy of the Church doth enjoy and exercise against Christ and his Church. Rev. 16. 19. And that great City was rent into three ….
;;4. The Town and Jurisdiction of Rome, as it was governed by the Emperors, which had Empire and … … in …'s time, over not people only but Kings also; Rome then being the Queen of Nations, and Mistris of the world. Rev. 17. 18. The woman is that great City.
;;5. The holy Catholick Church, consisting of beleeving … and …, called and joyned unto the communion of Saints in the latter end of the world. Others understand it of the celestial Church. Rev. 21. 10. And shewed me that great City.
And great commandement, Mat. 22. 38. This commandement, by which the worship of the one God, is commanded, Deut. 6. 4. is not only one of those which were written in their Phylacteries fastened on their posts, and read in their Houses daily, but to note it to be the great commandement indeed above others. It is observable, that in … the words in the Hebrew which begin and end it, have the last letter written very big, and noted in the marg. to be so written. Dr. Ham. Annot. e.
Great day]
;;That time wherein Christ shall shew his terrible vengeance and power, for the destruction of such as hurt his Church, and for the deliverance of his people. Rev. 6. 17. The great day of his wrath is come.
;;2. The time wherein the enemies of the Church shall assemble themselves together, by the appointment of the mighty to endanger the safety of the Church by bloudy and … war. Rev. 16. 13. To gather … to the battle of the great day of God Almighty.
Wings of a great Eagle]
;;The swiftnesse which the Church used, in avoyding the malice and tyranny of Satan, that old Serpent, furiously pursuing her, while she was yet (as it were) in her swathing clouts. Rev. 12. 14. To the woman were given the wings of a great Eagle.
Great …]
;;Stones of a marvellous greatnesse, sufficient not only to kill, but even to crush and bruise men to pieces. Rev. 16. 21. A great hail.
Great and marvellous]
;;That which for the exceeding greatnesse and grievousnesse of it, doth deserve to be vondred at, and admired. Rev. 15. 1. I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous.
Great Mountain]
Rev. 8. 8. The Roman Tyrants, so called for their height, power and swelling pride. Leigh's Annot.
Great white throne]
;;A seat royall, full of exceeding majesty and greatness, such as Kings and Judges use to sit in. Rev. 10. 11. And I saw a great white throne.
Great whore]
;;The City of Rome, being become Ecclesiastical and Pontifical, by the … of the Popes and Cardinals. For she it is, that sits upon many waters, ruling over many Nations, Kingdomes and Tongues, and hath committed spiritual fornication with the Kings of the earth, enticing by marvellous craft both Princes and people to her Idolatry. Rev. 17. 1. Come and see the … of the great whore.
Great wratb]
;;Plentifull indignation, anger, and …, which the Devil hath conceived against the Church of Christ. Rev. 12. 12. The devill is come down unto you, full of great ….
Great voyce]
;;A voyce or speech most plain, clear, and easie to be understood. Rev. 11. 12. After this they heard a great voyce. This was a commanding voyce from God to man.
;;2. A voyce of exceeding joy and gladnesse, arising and springing up in the faithfull, for the reformation of the Church, according to the Word of God. Rev. 11. 15. There were great voyces in heaven, saying, &c. This is a voyce of thanksgiving and praise from men to God.
Great]
Heb. 2 3. If we neglect so great salvation, that is, the knowledge, Luk. 1. 77. or the Word, Act. 13. 26. or the Gospel of so great salvation, Ephes. 1. 13. our eternal redemption and freedome from the bondage of sin, Satan and death, called Great in comparison of all temporall and corporal deliverances. Annot.
Great Star]
Rev. 8. 10. The Roman Emperour of the …, who like a blazing Star, shined bright for a time, but was put down by the …. Isa. 14. 12. and 34. 4. Annot. The Roman Bishop (for by Stars are meant Teachers) who fell from purity of Doctrine. Leigh's Annot.
Great]
Gen. 30. 8. With great wrastlings, Heb. wrastlings of God, marg. 2 Sam. 24. 14. 1 Chr. 21. 13. or Many, marg. 2 King. 6. 14. Heb. heavy, marg. Job 5. 15. or Much, marg. 1 Chr. 11. 9. Waxed greater and greater, Heb. went in going and increasing, marg.
Father greater then I]
;;Joh. 14. 28. Not in substance, or essence, or nature Divine, as Phil. 2. 6. Joh. 5. 18. & 12. 23. but in respect of his humane nature: as all the Fathers of the West Church expound.;;
;;2. In respect also of the order of the Persons, the Father being in order (not in time) before the Son. So some Greek Writers doe expound it.;;
;;3. In respect of his … glory, to the advancement of which, Christ his Son (humbling himself) … all his labours and his sufferings of dishonour in himself. So as his own glory was not the utmost end wherein his Apostles should, or himself did determine their endeavours, but the pleasure and praise of the Father, Joh. 5. 30, 36. & 8. 28, 29, 49, 50. & 14. 10, 24, 31. Phil. 2. 11. (who reciprocally honoured his Son, Matt. 3. 17. & 17. 5. Joh. 5. 36, 37. & 8. 18. 2 Pet. 1. 16, 17.) For love boasteth not her self, nor seeketh her own things, 1 Cor. 13. 4, 5.;;
Greatly]
Much, very much, Deut. 15 4 & 17. 17. I will greatly multiply, Gen. 3. 16. Heb. multiplying I will multiply. Ayasw. Job 3. 25. The thing which I greatly feared, Hebr. I feared a fear. Annot. Isa. 42. 17. Greatly ashamed, Heb. ashamed with shame. Annot.
Greatnesse]
put for majesty, power, glory, Deut. 32. 3. Extent and largenesse, Dan. 7. 27.
Greatnesse]
Neh. 13. 22. or Multitude, marg.
Greaves]
A leg-harnesse, 1 Sam. 17. 6.
Grecia]
A great and famous Countrey in Europe, containing, Attica, Boeotia, Phocis, Epirus, Aetolia, Macedonia, &c. being once the fountain and nurse of prowesse and learning, Dan. 11. 2.
Grecians]
;;1. Such as were born and dwelt in Greece.
;;2. All people of the world which were not Jews.
;;3. Such as being Greeks by Nation, were Jewes by profession, Joh. 14. 12. 20. Rom. 1. 3. Col. 3. 11.
Grecians]
There arose a murmuring of the Grecians, (or Hellenists) against the Hebrews, Act. 6. 1. The word foreign is by the Syr. rendred, Jews that understand Greek, such as did use the Greek language, though they did not dwell in Greece. And so those here that used the Septuagints translation of the Bible, are called foreign, Hellenists, and so are differenced here from the foreign, Hebrews, which used the Jerusalem Paraphrase, which is now extant. Thus are foreign, Act. 11. 20. differenced from the Jews in generall, vers. 19. not that those Hellenists were not Jewes (for there vers. 20. it's said that he preached to them; whereas vers. 19. it's clear, that they preached to none but Jews) but that these Jews understood Greek, and used the Greek Bible, and therefore are called Hellenists. Dr. Ham. ….
Greece]
Zech. 9. 13. The same with ….
Greedie]
Psal. 17. 12. Greedy of his prey, Heb. that desireth to …, marg. Prov. 1. 19. & 15. 27. Greedy of gain, covetous, Isa. 56. 11. Greedy Dogs, Heb. strong of soul, or of appetite; as a man or owner of soul, that is, of appetite, for one of greedy appetite, Prov. 23. 2. Annot.
Greedily]
Spoken of the Slothfull, Prov. 21. 26. of the Extortioner, Ezek. 22. 12. of wicked false Teachers, Jude vers. 11.
With greedinesie]
;;With eager and hot strife to excell one another in sinning, as if men strove for a prize or a Garland. Eph. 4. 19. To work all uncleannesse with greedinesse.
Greek]
Mar. 7. 26. or Gentile, marg. Luk. 23. 38. The Greek language, Joh. 12. 20. Certain Greeks, either Proselytes or Heathens converted to the true Religion professed in Israel, as 1 King. 8. 41. or Jews of Greece, that is, whose Ancestors were Jews, though themselves were bred and born in …, for these also came up to the Feast. Annot. There were Jews of Palestine, which in Act. 6. 1. are called Hebrews, born and bred there; and … of Greece called Grecians, whose … were Jews, though they had dwelt in Greece, and used the Greek tongue as their native. Annot.
And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the Feast. Joh. 12. 20. The Grecians are here supposed to be Proselytes of the Gates, who yet were not permitted among the Jews to celebrate the Feast with them, but only either to behold their Solemnities or holy Festivities, and foreign, or as it is here peculiarly said, foreign, that they might worship at that time of publick worship, which in Atrio Gentilium, in the Court of the Gentiles they were permitted to doe, as appears by the Eunuch, Act. 8. 27. who came to worship at Jerusalem, where that Temple was, which is styled the house of prayer to all people. So the pious men, i. e. Proselytes, Act. 2. 5. which came up to Jerusalem at the Feast of Pentecost. Dr. Ham. Annot. a.
Green]
;;1. Flourishing and prosperous, Psal. 37. 35. Like the green Bay-tree.
2. The colour of green, Est. 1. 6.
3. …, Judg. 16. 7, 8.
4. Not ripe, Cant. 2. 13.
5. Innocent and guiltlesse persons, Luk. 23. 31.
Green grasse]
;;The fruits of the earth, of all sorts, by a Synechdoche of the part for the whole. Rev. 8. 7. And all green grasse was burnt up. Some do understand this Spiritually, of the great famine and scarcity of the Word, and of Christians in shew, which have taken no sound root, but were (as green grasse) soon scorched and sindged with the heat of persecution.
Green tree]
;;An innocent and unguilty person. Luk. 23. 31. If this be done to the green tree what will be done to the drye? that is, if God give the Jews leave to crucifie me, who deserve not this punishment, what grievous judgements will fall upon impenitent sinners, who are like dry sticks, apt and meet to burn in the fire of Gods wrath? In the Originall it is Wood (for Tree) by a Synechdoche, and Moyst for Green by a Metonymie.
Judg. 16. 7. Green withs, or new cords, Heb. moyst, marg. Judg. 16. 7.
Greenish]
Levit. 13. 49. or very green. Aynsw.
Greennesse]
Job 8. 12. Whilest it is yet in his greennesse; that is, whilest it flourisheth most, before the beauty of it be gone. Annot.
Greet]
1 Sam. 25. 5. Greet him in my name, Heb. ask him in my name of peace, marg. The word foreign, which is rendred greet, Rom. 16. 3. and in many other places signifieth to salute, but with a kisse and embracing, to greet friendly, Tit. 3. 15. It signifieth such friendship as was in those Countreys testified by salutations and embracings. It implyeth the performance of courtesie and well wishing. Leigh Crit. Sac.
And greetings in the Markets]
Mat. 23. 7. To be first saluted, as if the chief honour and respect were due to them before all others; and that in publick. Annot.
Grief]
It's all one with anguish, sorrow, vexation, heavinesse, grievance, and that diversly occasioned.
Grief]
1 Sam. 25. 31. Heb. staggering or stumbling, marg. Job 6. 2. My grief, my inward hearty sorrow arising from my calamity, so the word is used, ch. 17. 7. or, my wrath as ch. 5. 2. whence that variety of reading, Eccl. 7. 3. & 11. 10. Annot.
Grievance]
Hab. 1. 3. And cause me to behold grievance among them, whereby they violently grieve, vexe, and spoil one another, and specially the wicked so grieve the godly. Annot. Hab. 1. 13. Iniquity, comp. text with marg.
Grieve]
Ruth 1. 13. It much grieveth me, Hebr. I have much …, marg. To make sorry, or heavy, 1 Sam. 2. 33. To be vexed, Gen. 34. 7. Was grieved, Judg. 10. 10. Hebr. was shortened, marg. 1 Sam. 30. 6. Heb. was bitter, marg. Gen. 6. 6. It grieved him.
The Scripture giveth to God Joy, Grief, Anger, &c. not as any passions or contrary affections; for he is most simple and unchangeable, Jam. 1. 17. but by a kinde of proportion, because he doth of his immutable nature and will, such things as men do with those passions and changes of affections. So Heart, Hands, Eyes, and other parts are attributed to him for effecting such things, as men cannot do but by such members. God is said to be grieved for the corruption of his creatures; contrarywise, when he restoreth them by his grace, he rejoyceth in them, Isa. 65. 19. Psal. 104. 31. Aynsw.
To grieve the Spirit of God]
;;To vexe, displease, and make sad, Eph. 4. 30. Grieve not that holy Spirit of God, that is to say, do nothing against that light set up in your conscience by the Wo d and Spirit; for this will grieve the Spirit, and make him unwilling to abide in you: as a Guest hath no pleasure at all there to remain, where he is despised and grieved, Isa. 7. 13. & 63. 20. Psal. 78. 40.
But if thy Brother be grieved, Rom. 14. 15. foreign here signifies to be grieved, as that notes being … or galled in the course, and by that means driven off from his profession of Christianity. That it signifies so appears by the Context, comparing this vers. with vers. 13. Where the Brothers having a scandall, i. e. gall-trap put in his way, is all one with the being grieved here; answerable to both which together, is scandal zed (or galled, and made weak, or sick, or faint, or wounded) vers. 21. For it is to be observed, that foreign, gries, or sorrow, is oft taken for the cause of so row, disease, wound or gall. Dr. Hammond, Annot. b.
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Heb. 3. 10. I was grieved with that generation, that is, was grievously …, I abhorred. Annot.
Grievous]
Heb. 12. 11. Gr. of griefs.
Grievous]
Gen. 41. 31. Heb. heavy, marg. 1 King. 2. 8. Heb. …, marg. Psal. 31. 18. Heb. hard, marg. Its spoken of and applyed unto Blow, Jer. 14. 17. Burdens, Matt. 23. 4. …, Heb. 12. Commandements, 1 Joh. 5. 3. Complaints, Act. 25. 7. Correction, Prov. 15. 10. Curse, 1 King. 2. 8. Deaths, Jer. 16. 4. Famine, Gen. 12. 10. Fire … with hail, Exod. 9. 24. Hail, Exod. 9. 18. Life, Isa. 15. 4. Locusts, Exod. 10. 4. Mourning, Gen. 50. 11. Murrain, Exod. 9. 3. Revolters, …. 6. 28. Service, 1 King. 12. 4. Sin, Gen. 18. 20. Sore, Rev. 16. 2. Swarm of flies, Exod. 8, 24. Thing, Gen. 21. 11. Things, Psal. 31. 18. Vision, Isa. 21. 2. Wayes, Psal. 10. 5. …, …. 22. 19. …, Act. 20. 29. Words, Prov. 15. 1. Work, Eccles. 2. 17. Wound, Jer. 30. 12. Write, Phil. 3. 1. Yoke, 1 King. 12. 4.
Grievous Sore]
Rev. 16. 2. It is an allusion to one of the plagues upon the Egyptians, Exod. 9. 10. Some take it for the rage of the common people who went to fight against the Waldenses; for they were the Popes marked Souldiers. Others, for the Neopolitan disease that came upon his Warriours, … 1494. Others, for the envy of the Idolaters against the Gospel and the Preachers and Professors of it, when Luther first began to preach. It made them like the Egyptians, that not only they could not abide to have their bodies touched, but also not to endure the company of others. Annot. But the words are to be taken figuratively whereby we are to understand a spiritual sore of the minde, for their earthly losses. Bernard.
More grievously to afflict]
;;To send calamities upon the ten Tribes, more heavy then the former. Isa. 9. 1. Afterward he did more grievously afflict her, &c. A comparison between the affliction from Tiglath-Pileser, when part of Israel was carryed into Assyria; and from Salmanaser, when wholly they departed. See 2 King. 15. 29. & 2 King. 17. Nepthali and Zabulon are only named in Isa. 9. because there began both calamity by the Assyrians, and deliverance spiritual by the preaching of the Gospel, Mat. 4. 15. The land of …, and the land of …, by the way of the Sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.
Grievously]
Lam. 1. 8. Hath grievously sinned, Heb. hath sinned sin, and the Chald. hath committed a great or grievous sin. Annot. So vers. 20. I have … …, Heb. … rebelled. Annot.
Grievousnesse]
;;Unrighteous decrees and laws, which work molestation and grief to the Subjects which live under them. A Metonymie of the effect. Isa. 10. 1. … … them that write grievousnesse.
Grievousnesse]
Isa. 10. 1. or grievous things. …. Isa. 21. 15. … of war, that is, a grievous war, Hebr. heavinesse, as ch. 30. 27. heavy for grievous, as Gen. 18. 20. Annot.
Grinde]
put for
1. To grinde meal, Isa. 47. 2.
2. To chew meat, Eccl. 12. 4.
3. The act of adultery, Job 32. 10.
4. Mercilesse dealing, Isa. 3. 15.
5. To cruth in pieces, Mat. 21. 44.
Grinde]
It shall grinde him to powder, Mat. 21. 44. foreign here, is by the Grammarians rendred, not only to winnow, but to thresh the Corn, either by breaking it with an instrument, a Flail among us, or by bringing the wheel over it, or by treading it out, which was the custome among the Jews. Now this phrase here applyed to men, (as it's also in the Prophets of the Old Testament, I will thresh you with a threshing instrument, &c.) … here to signifie that sad condition of the people of the Jews, all of them that should hold out against Christ, Christ shall come upon that people as with his threshing instrument in his hand, ch. 3. 12. shall break and dash … to pieces, violently separate the Straw from the Wheat, the multitude of unprofitable, i. e. unbelieving impenitents, from the little sound Coin among them, the few sound believers; and then break all that shaw into small pieces, as the manner of their threshing was. Dr. Hammond, Annot. g.
Grinders]
The great Jaw teeth wherewith we grinde our meat, Eccl. 12. 3.
Grin]
Job 18. 9. The grin shall take him, lay fast hold on him, sothat he cannot …. Annot. Hereby may be understood the crafty devises and projects of the ungodly, Psal. 140. 5. & 141. 9.
Grizied]
Gen. 31. 10. or Hail-spotted, that is, having many white … like hail-stones, for so the Hebr. & Chald. words import. The Greek … it … as with …. It may be also to signifie that this was Gods work, as the hail falleth from heaven. Such was the colour of certain Horses that Zachary saw in a Vision, Zech. 6. 3, 6. ….
Groan]
Spoken of Beasts, Joel 1. 18. the whole creation, Rom. 8. 22. the godly, Rom. 8. 23. 2 Cor. 5. 2, 4. Jesus, Job. 11. 33. the Israelites, Exod. 2. 24. & 6. 5. King David, Psal. 6. 6. Men oppressed, Job 24. 12. …, Ezek. 30. 24. the wounded, …. 51. 52.
Groaning]
An expression of an inward depth of grief and pain, or vehement desire of the heart, Judg. 2. 18. Job 23. 2. Psal. 6. 6. & 102. 20. Joh. 11. 38. Rom. 8. 26.
Grope]
Deut. 28. 29. or feeling, meant as an effect of blindenesse of soul, as Paul speaketh of Gods works to the heathen, that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel, (or grope) after him, Act. 17. 17. They grope in the noon-day, as in the night, Job 5. 14. They are like blinde men, who at high noon when the Sun shines brightest, grope for dores and walls, as other men do in the darkest nights, Gen. 19. 11. Judg. 16. … The meaning is, that these crafty … meet with troubles, in the midst and height of their prosperity. Or rather in things most clear, they seek out for some way to execute their wicked devises, but are so besotted that they can finde none. Annot.
Grosse darknesse]
Isa. 60. 2. or thick darknesse. The word seemeth compounded of a tearm, that signifieth to drop or distill, as Deut. 32. 2. & 33. 28. And another that signifieth a mist, or fog, ch. 29. 18. & 59. 9. So that it implies in its proper notion a mist so thick that it even droppeth again. Such a mist or darknesse as that in Aegypt was, Exod. 10. 22, 23. Annot.
Heart waxed grosse]
Mat. 13. 15. Thick, namely with fatnesse. D. T. and Annot. As in the body, when the heart is overgrown with fat, both that, and all the parts of the body, thence deriving Vitall Spirits, grow heavy, dull and inactive: So it is in the inward man; … the heart is grown sensual and obdurate, men cannot apprehend Gods truth for their sanctification and salvation. See …. 6. 10. Annot.
Groves]
Places where Idolaters worshiped, 2 King. 17. 16. 2 Chro. 33. 3. Where they had their Altars, 2 Chr. 34. 7. Images, 2 Chron. 33. 19. 1 King. 15. 13. Prophets, 1 King. 18. 19.
Of Groves, some were Naturall, Exod. 34. 13. some Artificial, 2 King. 23. 6.
Ground]
Spoken of the golden calf, Exod. 32. 20. Corn, 2 Sam. 17. 19. …, Numb. 11. 8.
Ground]
The earth, Gen. 2. 5, 6, 7, 9, 19. Barren, 2 King. 2. 19. Chapt, Jer. 14. 4. Clay, 2 Chr. 4. 17. Cursed, Gen. 3. 17. Desolate and waste, Job 38. 27. Dry, Psal. 107. 33, 35. Dry and thirsty, Ezek. 19. 13. Fallow, Jer. 4. 3. Good, Mat. 13. 8. Holy, Exod. 3. 5. Parched, Isa. 25. 7. …, Mar. 4. 5.
Ground]
1 Tim. 3. 15. or Stay, marg.
Ground]
;;Substance or sustenance, causing a thing in some sort to exist, and be, which is not yet, Heb. 11. 1.
Grounded]
Setled, sounded, established, Isa. 30. 32. Eph. 3. 17. Col. 1. 23.
Grow]
put for Coming forth out of the earth, as grasse, trees, plants, Gen. 2. 5. Increase in body, Gen. 21. 8. To become rich, Gen. 26. 13. Multiplying of people, Act. 7. 17. The effectual work of the Word, Act. 12. 24. & 19. 20. Increase outward, Gen. 48. 16. Spiritual, Eph. 4. 15. Inlarged, Dan. 4. 22. Draweth, Judg. 19. 9.
Grow]
Hos. 14 5, 7. or Blossom, marg. Exod. 9. 32. Not grown up, Heb. …, or dark, marg.
Growth]
Crop of hay, Amos 7. 1.
Grudge]
To bewail, lament, …, grieve at a thing. The word foreign is rendred in Mar. 7. 34. Sigh. Rom. 8. 23. 2 Cor. 5. 2, 4. Groan, Heb. 13. 17. Grieve, Jam. 5. 9. Grudge, as those that have a great burthen. We must give, not grudgingly, 2 Cor. 9. 7. that is, not being sorrowfull, sad, …, … thereat, as the word foreign implyeth. We must use hospitality without grudging, 1 Pet. 4. 9. that is, without murmuring, as the word foreign is rendred, Joh. 7. 12. Act. 6. 1. Phil. 2. 14.
Grudgingly]
2 Cor. 9. 7. See the signification thereof in Grudge.