Incorporeal void of all Dimension Bo. 1. v. 793. V. 18. Where the Golden Altar fum'd And another Angel came and stood at the altar having a golden censer and there was given unto him much incense that he should offer it with the prayers of all Saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne And the smoak of the incense which came with the prayers of the saints ascended up before God Rev. 8. 3 4. Incense Bo. 9. v. 194. Fum'd smoaked of Fumare Lat. Intercessor Bo. 3. v. 219. V. 23. Implanted Grace From thy Grace rooted in his Heart Implantatus Lat. planted in Censer Incensoir Fr. an Instrument to burn Incense in ab Incendendo Lat. Manuring Bo. 4. v. 628. V. 33. His Advocate and Propitiation His Defence and Satisfaction let me expound his imperfect Prayers who am his Patron and Surety We have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sins 1 John 2. 1 2. Advocatus Lat. one that defends the Cause of his Client Propitiatio Lat. a satisfaction of Propitiare Lat. to appease V. 35. Or not good Ingraft A Gardening Metaphor used by St. Paul often Rom. 11. v. 17 19 23 c. place all his good Works or not good on me on my account my Merit shall compleat those and for the other my Death shall make satisfaction Ingraft of In and Greffer Fr. to put a slip of one Tree into another V. 38. The smell of Peace towards Mankind Accept me the Peace-offering for Mankind in me be reconciled to him The Peace-offering in the Levitical Law is frequently express'd by an offering of a sweet savour unto the Lord Levit. 3. v. 5 16. and c. 4. v. 31. typifying that most acceptable Sacrifice of our Saviour who is our Peace Eph. 2. 14. Reconciled Reconciliatus Lat. restored to Favour His Days numbred his appointed Time short and sad Pauperis est numorare V. 41. To mitigate not to reverse Which I entreat to soften to render more easie not to repeal Mitigare Lat. to asswage To reverse as to reverse a Decree to make void a Sentence of Revertere quasi Retrovertere to abrogate V. 44. Made one with me c. That they may all be one as thou Father art in me and I in thee And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them that they may be one even as we are one John 17. 21 22. V. 51. No Gross no unharmonious Mixture c. Those fine and undecaying Elements that in their mixture have no inequality or grossness will not endure him infected any longer but throw him off like a Disease The pure and well-proportioned Elements in Paradise and not improbably in all the World were so equally mix'd as to contribute to its Fruits Adam's Food that wholsom Temperament which was to have preserved him and his Posterity in an uninterrupted state of Health till it had pleased his Creator to have translated him Sinless into Heaven without tasting Corruption or seeing the Grave but having transgress'd he was to be driven out of that undecaying Garden into the distemper'd World to Air that now must suffer change to Earth affected with Cold and Heat scarce tolerable Bo. 10. v. 212 and 653. Gross to Air as gross and perishing Nourishment such as might introduce Decay and incline him daily to Dissolution and at last to Death Sins dire Distemper Gross thick foul Grosso Ital. of Crassus Lat. thick unfine Unharmonius 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. disagreeing Eject of Ejicere Lat. to throw out Tainted Bo. 5. v. 704. Distemper disorder of Dis Negative and Trempe Fr. of Temperies Lat. the proportion and equality of Cold and Heat Dissolution Bo. 2. v. 127. V. 59. Happiness and Immortality God endowed Adam with two fair Gifts Happiness and Immortality not Absolute but depending on his Obedience Happy while obedient and Immortal while innocent because in a condition not to die But this possibility of Never Dying did not result from his Nature for by that he was Mortal and subject to Decay as living an Animal Life but had he kept his Innocence God would have so preserved and protected him that after a long Life here he would have translated him to immutable secure and unforfeitable Immortality in everlasting Bliss without passing through Corruption and the dark Grave as Enoch was that he might not see Death Heb. 11. 5. For had Man continued Sinless it is unimaginable how the World could have maintained if able to contain their vast Multitudes always here below Therefore Immortality imports a Longevity of undisturb'd Happiness and undistemper'd Health which should have transmitted Mankind into Heaven at God's appointed time But having lost his Happiness which depended on his Innocence Immortality would have proved a Punishment an everlasting Disease whose only Remedy and Cure is Death the Restorative of his Primitive State and Eternal Bliss Hence that of St. Paul To die is great gain Phil. 1. 21. Praeclusaque janua let i AEternum nostros luctus extendit in aevum Met. 1. Eternize of Eternare Lat. to make everlasting V. 63. Refin'd by Faith c. And after this Life spent in many Trials and sharp Afflictions and purified by Faith manifested by Works Death shall restore and give him up to a new and everlasting Life waked at the Resurrection of the Just Pure and Unspotted with Heaven and Earth renewed and refined by Fire Tribulation Bo. 3. v. 337. Refined Raffiné Fr. purged from his Dross A Metaphor from Metals by melting down Refined The fining pot for silver and the furnace for gold Prov. 17. 3. Refined is well applied to Afflictions and the Trials of this Life which our Saviour Typifies by Fire I am come to send fire on Earth Luke 12. 49. V. 65. The Renovation of the Just At the Resurrection of the just Luke 14. 14. for as our Spiritual Resurrection from Sin here is frequently styled A putting off the old man and being renewed in the spirit of our minds Eph. 4. 22 23. So our Corporeal Resurrection at the last Day shall be a Renovation Renovatio Lat. a Renewing of our Mortal Bodies which shall then put on Immortality 1 Cor. 17. 53. V. 66. With Heaven and Earth renew'd I saw a new Heaven and a new Earth for the first Heaven and the first Earth were passed away Eph. 4. 22 23. Nevertheless according to his promise we look for new Heavens and a new Earth 2 Pet. 3. 13. Synod Bo. 2. v. 392. Peccant Peccans Lat. sinning of Peccare Lat. to offend V. 74. Heard in Horeb At the Promulgation of the Law Exod. 20. 18. And perhaps not to be heard again till the Day of Judgment When the Lord himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout with the voice of the Archangel and with the trump of God 1 Thes. 4. 16. Oreb Bo. 1. v. 7. Amarantinus Lat. of Amarant Bo. 3. v. 353. V. 79. By the Waters of Life The Lamb
top reaching to Heaven does his Divine Nature Oh that thou wouldst rent the Heavens that thou wouldst come down Isai. 64. Vers. 1. Christ indeed may well be represented by this Heavenly Ladder for by him not only the Angels but all the Saints and faithful Servants of God who in Heaven shall be like the Angels Matth. 22. Vers. 30. do ascend and descend that is have free access to God and the Throne of Grace and attain by his Merits Everlasting Happiness So Rupertus Vatalbus and others Others interpret this Ladder to be the way to Perfection towards which we must endeavour to ascend gradually Many are the Stairs and Degrees of Faith Repentance and all the Christian Virtues to be persued by perseverance in well-doing ere from the bottom fixed on frail Dust and Ashes we can climb up to the highest pitch of Perfection where GOD stands at the top ready to receive us into Everlasting Joy Mysteriously was meant Contained some Divine Matter was not to be understood according to the Letter but signified some Secret more considerable Of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. a Sacred Secret something concerning holy Things concealed from being common of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to instruct to interpret the knowledge of Sacred Rites V. 519. Or of Liquid Pearl Or of Pearl dissolved made liquid and fluid like Water of a bright shining White Praeferuntur Margaritae quae Candidissimae Lucidissimae Rotundissimae Levissimae Minimi Ponderis sunt Rueus de Gem. Lib. 1. Pliny tells us the Oysters whose pretious Off-spring Pearls are are so knowing of their Treasures that upon the approach of any Humane Hand they compress their Shells harder than ordinary and if forc'd open often bite off the Invaders Fingers Justissima tantae temeritatis Luxus avaritiae poena an Observation very fictitious and fallacious and contradicted by every Days Experience and found by chance as dangerous to the Mouse caught by the Nose in this Scaly Trap as by accident it may have proved to any Man Of Jasper see V. 363. of this Book V. 522. Rapt in a Chariot drawn by Fiery Steeds Snatch'd up into a Chariot drawn by Shining Horses this is meant of Elijah 2 Kings 2. Vers. 11. as he that is said to sail o'er the Liquid Lake of Pearl wafted by Angels must be Enoch Gen. 5. Vers. 24. That both these were translated into the Earthly Paradise which they were of Opinion did still exist Irenaeus Hieronymus Justinus and others held where by Eating of the Tree of Life they remain free from all Distempers both of Body and Mind in continual Contemplation of God though not in the Beatifick Vision of Him Others affirm That without Meat or Drink or the want or desire of them they continue unchanged and incorruptible GOD suspending in them the Act and Power of Natural Heat from preying upon the Radical Moisture that feeds the Lamp of Life Others who believed the entire abolition of Paradise suppose 'em carried into some Superiour Orb illustrious and delightful unknown to Mankind where free from all Inconveniences both of Body and Soul they are to continue till towards the end of the World they are to appear against Antichrist and to be put to death by him Tertull. August Rupertus Suarez grounding the last part of their Opinion on Mala. 4. Vers. 5. Matth. 17. Vers. 11. and Revel 11. Vers. 3. V. 524. Or aggravate his sad Exclusion Or to make his Banishment from that place of Bliss more grievous to him of aggravare Lat. to render more heavy and uneasie Exclusio Lat. shutting out V. 529. Wider by far Because GOD in the first Ages of the World did more frequently visit his chosen Servants and People Abraham Isacc and Jacob and the Children of Israel by his holy Angels not only calling to them out of Heaven but by conversing Face to Face of which see divers Instances before Vers. 511. of this Book V. 531. The Promised Land Canaan promised to Abraham and his Seed after him by GOD. Abraham dwelt in the Land of Canaan and the Lord said to Abraham Look from the place where thou art Northward and Southward Eastward and Westward for all the Land which thou seest to thee will I give it and to thy seed for ever Gen. 13. Vers. 12 14 and 15. See Gen. 12. Vers. 7. Deut. 34. Vers. 4. V. 532. Those happy Tribes Of the Children of Israel so happy in GOD's particular Instruction of 'em and his continual Providence over them Tribes of Tribus Lat. a Division of the Romans at first into the three parts Senators Soldiers and the common People Hence Tribus of the Numeral Tres. V. 533. On high Behests On extraordinary Commands and Occasions Hest and Behest are old words of the Sax. Here a Command Obeying Natures first Behest Spen. F. Q. Book 6. Cant. 4. St. 14. Who his Hest observ'd Idem Book 5. Cant. 12. St. 43. V. 535. From Paneas the Fount c. Was by the Ancient Geographers accounted a Fount of Mount Libanus and thought to be the Head of Jordan till later and better Discoveries have found its true Sources to be Jor and Dan whence it takes its Name as our Thames is of Tame and Isis two Fountains both at the Foot of Libanus in the Confines of Caelosyria running Southward It is a rapid River of a thick Warer as washing a far Soil full of Fish and its Banks adorn'd with thick and pleasant Woods as Monsieur Thevenot an Eye-Witness of it testifies Ibid. Jordan is perhaps the most famous River in the World for the many Miracles and Mysteries there wrought It was past over by the Israelites on dry-foot Josh. 4. Also by Elijah and Elisha in the same manner 2 Kings 2. Vers. 8. In it Naaman the Syrian left his Leprosie Chap. 5. Vers. 14. In it John Baptized the Jews into Repentance and afterwards our Saviour himself was in this River Baptized by him Matth. 3. Vers. 5. and 15. The Talmud derives his Name 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as descending from Dan the City anciently called Lais near Paneas formerly supposed the Spring and Fountain of Jordan by Plin. Lib. 5. Cap. 15. and Solin Cap. 38. V. 536 To Beersaba c. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Well of the Oaths because there Abraham and Abiâ—â—lech swore and made a Covenant together Gen. 21. Vers. 31. A Town of Idumaea at first belonging to the Edomites afterwards to the Tribe of Symeon which the Christians warring against the Infidels for recovery of the Holy Land so styled because our Saviour wrought there the Salvation and Redemption of the World Fortified as bordering on the Arabian commonly call'd the Red-Sea not far from Egypt as our Poet truly says this was the Southern as Jordan and Libanus the Northern Limit of the Promised Land V. 539. As bound the Ocean Wave Well has our Poet declared the Bounds appointed to Darkness and encroaching
will never allow Almightiness in any one V. 162. Some Plume Some Mark of Honour to get a Feather in your Cap Pluma Lat. a Feather V. 167. Ministring Spirits Thousand Thousands Ministred unto him Dan. 7. vers 10. And Angels came and Ministred unto him Matth. 4. vers 11. Are they not all Ministring Spirits sent forth to Minister for them who shall be Heirs of Salvation Heb. 1. vers 14. The various Functions of the Angelick Spirits to God our Saviour and his Saints here by Satan misapplied to their Reproach Ministrare Lat. to attend on V. 168. The Minstrelsie of Heaven The Songsters and Fidlers of Heaven Minstrelsie Of the old word Minstrel Of the Fr. Menestrel a Fidler an ordinary Player on an Instrument V. 169. Servility A word coined by our Author to express the extream Meanness and Baseness of Slaves Of Servilis Lat. of a Slave or Bonds-Man V. 174. Deprav'st Dost Misinterpret dost Render ill and in the worst Sense express Of Depravare Lat. to Misiâ—terpret V. 181. To thy self Enthral'd Made a Slave to thy own dire Ambition and vile Rebellion Jam illa cupiditas Honoris Imperii Provinciarum quam dura est Domina Cic. Parad. 5. Enthral'd Enslav'd of the Dan. Trael a Slave V. 182. Our Ministring upbraid Reproach us with our Duty Upbraid Scoff Jeer at Of Up-Gebraeden to Reproach Of the Part. Up. and the Sax. Gebraedan to inlarge upon as Words are multiplied and Reproaches inlarged when Men are upon the invective V 193. Such ruin intercept Such downfall come between this noble Stroke that fell on Satan swift as a Tempest and therefore not to be prevented is call'd Ruine as Rain Hail Thunder Lightning c. are call'd Coeli Ruinae the Downfalls of Heav'n because they do de Coelo ruere Glomerant tempestatem imbribus Atris Collectae ex alto nubes Ruit arduus AEther Geor. 1. Fluctibus oppressos Troas Caelique Rtiinâ AEn 1. V. 194. Back he Recoil'd Ten huge Steps he was driven backwards he Retreated Paces Fr. Pas Lat. Passus a Stride Recoil'd Book 2. Vers. 759. V. 196. Winds underground c. Subterraneous Winds and Waters are the supposed Causes of Earthquakes when the Earth troubled with the Wind-Cholick or the Strangury is Torn and Rent Swallowing whole Cities or ready to Burst Trembles Shaking Mountains from their Seats or putting them out of their former Place and Posture V. 209. Clashing bray'd horrible discord Arms smiting sounding Armour made a mighty noise harsh and unpleasant Thus Homer of his Engaging Gods 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Pulsuque pedum tremit excita tellus Tollitur in Coelum clamor AEn 12. Neither of 'em does so fully set forth the Scene of Horrour Clashing Of Clango Lat. and that of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. imitation of Noise and Coined according to the Similitude of the Sound Bray'd Sounded made a Noise Of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. to Sound used by Homer in the foregoing Quotations V. 212. Dire was the Noise of Conflict Dreadful was the Noise of the Celestial Armies encountring one another Tum scuta cavaeque Dant sonitum flictu galeae pugna aspera surgit AEn 9. Conflict Of Conflictus Lat. the Charge the Onset Of Confligere Lat. to engage in Fight V. 213. Ore head the disinal Hiss c. Aloft the horrible Hiss of Shining Javelins took a flaming Flight and flying archt each Army ore with Fire Hiss Book 1. Vers. 768. Volies Discharges properly of winged Arrows Of Volée Fr. a Flight as of Birds since their disuse applied to shot of all sorts wing'd with Death as sudden and inevitable Darts Of the Fr. Dard a Javeline Of Darder Fr. to Fling Cope Book 1. Vers. 337. V. 214. Vaulted either Host with Fire Virgil's is an Iron Shower It toto turbida Caelo Tempestas Telorum ac ferreus ingruit imber AEn 12. Tum latè ferreus hastis Horret ager campique armis sublimibus ardent AEn 11. V. 217. And inextinguishable Rage 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 All Heav'n Resounded 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sequitur clamor caelumque remugit Et coelum tonat omne fragore AEn 9. Inextinguishable Inextinguibilis Lat. that cannot be quencht V. 233. Expert when to advance Skilful when to march on when to halt c. Expertus Lat. knowing skillful to advance Avancer Fr. to set forward V. 236. The ridges of Grim War Widen when and when to close the Furrows of fierce War The Ranks of Array'd Angels in their due distances are compared to the Ridges of Furrow'd Fields widen'd or streightned greater or less as the Nature of the Soil in the one and the assault in the other requires Clypeataque totis Agmina densantur Campis AEn 7. Ibid. No thought of Flight 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Neither side thought of destructive flight V. 239. The moment lay of Victory As if he only were concern'd in and able alone to obtain the Conquest as if Victory depended on his single Arm. Moment Momentum Lat. the whole weight and concern of a thing V. 244. Tormented all the Air Tore and Rent to Rags all the Air Of Tormentare Lat. to Pain to Vex. V. 245. Air then seem'd Conflicting Fire So furious was the Combustion that the Air seem'd turned into Contesting Fighting Fire Expressive of Homer's Comparison 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Thus they fought like flaming Fire with unextinguishable Rage as at Vers. 217. Conflicting Striving Struggling Of Confligere Lat. to engage to cope with V. 248. Raunging through the dire Attack Moving throughout the fierce assault acting every where during the hottest of the Fight Attack Une Attaque Fr. an Encounter a Shock Confus'd Confounded and Disorderd Of Confusus Confundere Lat. to disorder V. 258. Surceas'd Gave over Of the Lat. Super Cessare or Supersedere to abstain from or leave off V. 259. Intestine War in Heaven The Civil War of Heaven Bellum Intestinum Domesticum Of Intestinum Lat. the Bowels because made in the very Bowels and to the certain Destruction of that unhappy Country where it breaks out V. 266. And thy Adherents Thy Companions thy Followers Adherents Of Adhaerere Lat. to abide by to stick close to V. 269. How hast thou instill'd How Craftily and Slily hast thou infected Thousands with thy Malicious Designs Instill'd Of Instillare Lat. to let into drop by drop a Metaphor expressing sly Insmuation V. 274. Brooks not Cannot endure or suffer Brook Of the Sax. Brucan to disgest V. 280. Precipitate Thee Throw three down head-long with augmented pain Praecipitare Lat. Aut pelago Danaum insidias suspectaque dona Praecipitare jubent AEn 2. Augmented Augmentatus Lat. Encreased V. 286. Easier to Transact Easier to deal with me Transact Of Transigere Lat. to finish to bring a matter to Couclusion to an End V. 292. The Hell thou Fablest Thou talkst of of which thou makest a Story and Dreamst Foolishly Fablest Of Fabula