there to raign in most excellent glory and power for the good of his Church Ephe. 4 9 10 11. Being ascended that he c. To Ascend into heauen sig To go vp into heauen bodily and visibly Actes 1 9 10. Ephe. 4 9 10. When he ascended 2 To bee indued with light of spirituall vnderstanding Iohn 3 13. No man ascendeth vp c. To Aske sig To put a Question Luke 20 8. I alse aske you c. 2 To moue a petition or to desire something in Prayer Math. 7 7. Assembly sig A place for solemn meetings eyther Ciuil or Ecclesiasticall Mat. 23 6. The chiefe seat in assemblies To Assist. sig To minister ayde or helpe as it were to stand to one in his danger 2. Tim. 4 16 17. No man assisted yet the Lord assisted me Assurance sig That infallible certainty which an elect soule hath by Faith of her owne saluation and of the promise of grace that it is true and belongeth to her selfe Heb. 10 22. Draw neere in assurance of Faith Rom. 4 21 Being assured c. The Papistes are enemies to this assurance they grant a probable and coniecturall but deny infallible assurance because mans will say they is mutable whereas our assurance depends vpon the vnchangeable will of God 2 Charitable perswasions of other mens saluation 2. Tim. 1 5. I am assured it is in thee Full Assurance sig A certaine and strong perswasion of our owne saluation by Christ. Rom. 4 21. Being fully assured Col. 2 1. A speech borrowed from ships which be carried with full sayles A. T. To Attend. sig Earnestly to bend the minde vnto a thing taking great care of it and heede vnto it Acts 20 28. Attend therefore to all the Flocke whereof the holy Ghost c. To make Atonement sig To declare one to be purged from his sins and reconciled to God Leu. 5 10. The Priest shal make an attonement for him A. U. Author sig The beginner or first Inuenter and maker of a thing Heb. 12 3. Iesus the Author of our faith Authority sig Good estimation and opinion gotten by wisedome and wel-doing 2 Lawfull power enabling to do some publick works Luke 20 2. Tell vs by what Authority thou dost these things Mat. 20 25. 3 Maiesty power and efficacy Marke 1 22. He taught them as one that had authority A. W. To Awake sig pro To come or get out of a sleepe Mat. 8 25. 2 To come out of the sleepe of sinne by repentance as he that comes out of bodily sleepe by awaking Eph 5 14. Awake thou that sleepest and arise from the dead 3 To be prompt ready with a godly watchfull minde to performe good duties Psal. 108 2. I my selfe will awake right earely 4 To Minister and giue present succour after it hath beene long kept from vs as though God had beene asleepe and forgotten vs. Psal. 7 6. Awake for me O Lord. A. X. Are. sig pro An Instrument to hewe or cut downe Trees withall 2 The word of God which as a spiritual Axe cutteth downe spiritually wicked men and Hypocrites like rotten barren Trees This is it which is else-where meant by plucking vp destroying hardening binding retaining sinnes making the eares heauy and the hart fat c. Mat. 3 10. Now is the Axe laide to the roote of the Trees c. Some expound this not of spirituall iudgements threatned in his worde against vnrepentant sinners but of the power of the Romans which were the instruments of God to destroy vtterly the vnfaithful and wicked generation of the Iewes with a worldly destruction The former is the better exposition because of that which followes of casting into the fire B. A. Babes sig INfants whilst they be young and tender vnweaned from the breast Mat. 2 20. 2 Such as bee weake in faith and knowledge whether they be newly regenerated or long since 1. Cor. 3 1. Euen as vnto Babes in Christ. Heb. 5 13. Euery one that vseth Milk is a Babe that is one who is not ripe in knowledge Babylon Sig pro A famous Citty in Assyria whence Peter wrote his first Epistle 1. Pet. 5 5 13. 2 Rome euen the Ecclesiastical Rome where the Pope sits as head Reuel 18 2. It is fallen Babylon that great Citty In Rome are found the vices which were in Babylon Therefore by resemblance beares the name of Babylon Metaphor Sée fallen The Papists in their Testament printed at Rheimes to proue Peter to be at Rome doo take Babylon in 1. Pet. 5 13. to bee Rome mystically for resemblance to Babylon in Idolatry and cruelty yea and confesse also that Rome is meant by Babylon in the 16. and 17. of Reuel Therefore must needs bee the See of Antichrist Back parts sig So much of Gods glory as in this life we are able to see Exod. 33 23. Thou shalt see my backe-parts but my face thou shalt not see that is saith Luther Here we behold God in his words and in his creatures and in the face of Christ lesus our Mediatour But when this body is dissolued by death then wee shall see him face to face and knowe him as we are knowne 1. Cor. 13 9. 10 12. Backbiters sig Them which by false or true reportes hurt the credit of their Neighbor in his absence and behind his backe Rom. 1 30. Back-biters c. To be baptized with y◠Holy-ghost sig To receiue the giftes of the holy Ghost which sometime were in a visible manner bestowed in the primitiue church before or after Baptisme Act. 1 5. Acts 10 44. and 19 5. To Baptize sig pro To dippe into Water or to plunge one into the water 2 To plunge into afflictions or daungers as it were into deepe waters Math. 20 22. Can yee be baptized with the Baptisme wherewith I am baptised that is can ye suffer afflictions 3 To sprinckle or wash ones body Sacramentally Thus the Minister baptizeth Math. 3 11. I baptize you with water that is outward Sacramentall washing 4 To wash the Conscience spiritually purging it from the guilt and corruption of sinne by Iustification and Sanctification Thus Christ baptizeth Math. 3 11. Christ shall baptize you with the Holy-Ghost and with fire This is inward spirituall washing The Minister baptiseth by sprinkling with water God baptiseth by bestowing the guifts of his spirit The baptisme of Iohn and Christ were all one for Ceremony Action and Substance difference was in the persons Christ being man and God To bee Baptized for dead sig Not for the dead or ouer the graues of the dead but as dead euen to destroy and mortifie sin which is the true end of baptisme and necessarily proueth the hope of the resurrection 1. Cor. 15 29. Which are baptized for dead To be Baptized into the death of Christ. sig To receiue Baptisme as a Testimony of mortification and as an Instrument of the Holy-ghost for the extinguishing and the killing of sinne by the death of Christ. Rom. 6 3.
Haue beene baptized into his death Baptisme what it is The Sacrament of our Invitation or first entrance into the Couenant of grace not that then wee first begin to be of the Couenant but our being in it is thereby sealed and assured Rom. 4 11. Circumcision as a seale of the righteousnesse of faith It is an error in Popery to hold that in Baptism natural concupiscence is taken away not onely touching guilt but touching corruption too to be no sinne More fully thus It is the solemne dipping into or washing in water at the commandement of Christ in the name of the blessed Trinity by this outward signe of washing with water to assure vs of our entrance into fellowship with Christ for our Iustification and Sanctification by his death and spirit vnto eternall saluation in heauen Rom. 6 23. 1. Cor. 12 13. Baptisme Sig Dipping into Water or washing with water 1. Pet. 3. 21. Whereof Baptisme c. 2 Powring out or shedding abroad the gifts of the spirit Acts 11 16. Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost 3 Ministery and Doctrine of Iohn Actes 10 3. Vnto Iohns baptisme Barbarian sig One rude and vnlearned Rom. 1 14. To the Grecians and Barbarians 2 One which so speaketh as hee is not vnderstood 1. Cor. 14 11. Shall be a barbarian to me B. E. To Be. sig To be made Mat. 19 5. Shall be one flesh Iet 32 They shall be my people 2 To bee knowne and apparantly seene 1. Cor. 15 28. That God may be all in all Lu. 6 35. Ye shall be the children of the most high that is made known to be so 3 To be esteemed and accounted some thing as not to be signifies to be vile and to be had in no account 1. Cor. 1 28. And things which bee not to bring to naught things that are or be To be with one sig To be present not onely generall but with speciall presence of fauour for assisting and prospering one in the worke of his calling Iosh. 1 9. For I the Lord will be with thee whether soeuer thou goest Gen. 39 2. The Lord was with Ioseph and he prospered Beame sig Eyther some erime and great sinne or some lesser sinnes neglected often gone ouer and long dwelt in Mat. 7 4. And hast a Beame in thine owne eye first cast out the beame c. To Beare sig To take away sinnes by suffering the punishment of them 2. Pet. 3 24. He did beare our sinnes in his body vpon the Tree Esay 53 4. He did beare our infirmities Mat. 8 17. 2 To stay and keep a Sinner from falling louingly supporting his weakenesse by Prayers Counsels Exhortations Gal. 6 2. Beare ye one anothers burthen Beast or Beasts sig All wilde creatures which are vpon the land Psal. 8 7. And the beasts of the fielde 2 Some one rauenous or cruell beast Gen. 37 33. Some euil beast hath deuoured him 3 One of brutish vnderstanding hauing no more reason then a Beast Psal. 73 21. I was a beast before thee c. 4 Men of brutish and beastly qualities like vnto beasts for fiercenesse vncleannesse and obstinacy 1. Cor. 15 22. I haue fought with beasts at Ephesus Sée Acts 19 9. Titus 1 12. 5 Fierce sauage and vnpure Heathens and Nations Psal. 80 13. The wilde beast of the field hath eaten it vp 6 Ciuill Rome cruelly persecuting the Saints also Ecclesiasticall Rome treading in the steppes of that barbarous cruelty Reuel 17 78. The beast which thou hast seene was and is not Reuel 13 1 4. 17. in which place it signifies Rome as it is restored by the Pope vnto the Idolatry and Tyranie of the superstitious persecuting Emperors and made the seat of Antichrist 7 Empires and Kingdomes raised vp and maintained after a beastly manner with oppression cruelty warre and bloud-shed Dan. 7 3 17. And foure great Beastes came vp c. Before God or in his sight sig In his presence 2. Cor. 5 10. Wee must al appeare before Christ. Reuel 20 12. I saw the dead stand before God 2 Sincerity so as God doth allow of vs in mercy Luke 1 6. They were both iust before God that is vpright thogh not persit Ge 7 1. Noah an vpright man 3 Perfectly so as God may allow of vs in his strict Iustice. Psal. 143 2. None liuing shal be Iustified before thee or in thy sight Rom. 3 20. 4 As God can witnesse Heere it is the forme of an oath Gal. 1 20. Before God I lye not that is I call God to witnesse that this is truth Sée God Before one sig Without him Iohn 10 8. All that come before me are Theeues that is to say without mee or not by me who am the onely doore 2 First in order of time Iohn 8 58. Before Abraham was I am Rom. 16 7. And were in Christ before me Beginning sig pro The time whence any thing hath his first beeing Gen. 1 1. In the beginning God created the Heauens and the Earth 2 That which is chiefe or most excellent as Pro. 1 7. The feare of God is the beginning of Wisedome Prou. 4 7. Wisedome is the beginning that is the chiefe thing Psal. 105 35. Euen the beginning of al their strength that is their chiefe strength 3 A principle of Religion or Catechising Doctrine Heb. 6 1. Leauing the beginning of the Doctrine of Christ that is the plaine familiar manner of teaching Christ. 4 An entrance into a thing Gal 3 3. Are ye so foolish that after you haue begun in the spirit c. To Behold sig To looke vpon a thing with our fleshly or bodily eye this is the proper signification 2 To thinke vpon a thing with consideration and due regard Rom. 11 22. Behold therefore the bountifulnesse and seuerity of God Looke Sée Behold sig A wonder worthy the beholding as some think or as others thinke a thing commonly knowne well may be or should be knowne Psal 51 5. Behold I was borne c. To beléeue sig To know the Scriptures to be true Iames 2 19. The Deuils beleeue and tremble Exod. 4 31. Thus Diuels beleeue 2 To assent willingly and with some kinde of Ioy to the truth of the Scripture when we reade or heare it because it comes from God and bringes glad tydings Acts 8 13. He beleeued did cleaue vnto Phillip Acts 28 27. Mat. 13 20. They receiued the word with Ioy. Thus Hypocrites beleeue 3 To put confidence in the Doctrine which wee know and assent vnto making application of it vnto our selues Marke 16 16. He that beleeueth shall be saued John 3 18. He that beleeueth in the sonne shall neuer bee condemned Thus the regenerare beleeue Gal. 2 20. Christ loued me and gaue himselfe for me Papists deny application of the Doctrine to be any part of beleefe in God Belial sig Wicked Deut. 13 13. Iud. 19 22. Men of Beliall or wicked men 2 The Deuil that wicked one 2. Cor. 6 15. Christ
warne the people of spirituall daungers and enemies Ezek. 3 17. Esay 52 8. The voice of thy Watchmen shal be heard A religious faithfull Watch-man 3 Carelesse guides which are Watch men in Name but not in Truth Esay 56 10. Their Watchmen are all blinde A rechlesse and secure Watchman 4 An Angell of God euer ready to doe his will Dan. Watchfulâ—esse sig An earnest care and bending of the minde to liue euery day as one would liue vpon his dying or vpon his iudgement day which may fall out to bee euery day for ought we know This is true Christian watchfulnesse Water sig pro An element cold and moyst contrary to fire Psa. 65 9. The Riuers of God is full of Water Iohn 13 5. Poured Water into the Bason 2 Afflictions and troubles which threaten dangers as Waters doe threaten drowning Reue. 12 15. The Serpent cast out of his mouth Water after the Woman Psalme 69 1. The Waters are entred euen into my Soule Often in the Psalmes and else-where it is so vsed Here is the phrase in the gospel of being baptized with Christes Baptisme that is dipped and plunged into afflictions as he was Math. 20 22. Are ye able to be baptized with the Baptisme that I shall be Baptized with 3 Seuerall Countries and Nations which are the gathering of many people into one place as the Sea is the gathering together of many Waters Reue. 17 1. The great Whore sits vpon many waters that is hath rule and power ouer many Nations people 4 The true doctrine of the word and the holy Spirit with his sauing graces Esay 55 1. Euery one that thirsteth come vnto the Waters Eze. 36 15. I will poure cleane Water vpon you Ioell 2 28. I will powre out of my Spirit c. 5 Iustification by Christ when his perfit righteousnesse is imputed to such as beleeue 1 Iohn 5 6. This is that Iesus Christ that came by Water and Bloud 6 The efficacy of the holy Ghost cleansing the Soule as Water doth the body Iohn 3 5 7 Abundance of teares Iere. 9 1. O that my head were full of Water and mine eies a Fountaine of teares 8 Iacob of whom as from a Fountaine the Israelites did descend and come Esay 48 1. Which came out of the Waters of Iuda Deut. 33 28. The Fountaine of Iacob 9 All kinde of drinke Exod 23 25. Hee shall blesse thy Water déepe Waters sig The Sea Psal. 107 23. And occupy by the great Waters and see his Wonders in the deepe 2 The hidden â—…s and counsels of mans hart Prou. 20 5. The counsell in the heart of man is deepe Waters 3 Most grieuous dangers and great afflictions Psalme 42 7. One deepe cals another deepe c. Psal. 69 2. I am come into deepe Waters 4 Great plenty and store of most pure Water Ezek. 34 18. And to haue drunke of the deepe Waters Waters of a full Cup. sig Many and bitter afflictions Psal. 73 10. Waters of a full Cup wrung to them that is a great portion of sharp troubles liuing Waters or waters of life sig pro Springing and running Waters Gene. 26 19. And found there a Well of liuing Water 2 The benefits of Christ communicated to the faithfull vnto eternall life by the Fort of the holie Spirit Iohn 4 10. And he would haue giuen thee water of life still waters sig Pleasant and refreshing Waters Psal. 23. 2. He leadeth me by the still Waters fountaina of liuing Water sig God himselfe the Authour and Giuer of true life and of all thinges that belong thereunto Iere. 2 13. They haue for saken mee the Fountaine of liuing Water swelling Waters sig Most mighty cruell and fierce persecutours and Enemies Psal. 24 5. Then had the swelling Waters gone ouer our Soules Waters sig pro The variable stirring and swelling of great waters moued and tumbled too and fro ragingly with the violence of the winde Math. 8 24. Couered with Waues 2 Vnstable men of vnconstant minds Iames 1 6. He that wauereth like a Waue of the Sea shal receiue nothing 3 Greeuous afflictions succeeding one another like Waues and putting men in danger Psalme 42 7. All thy waues are gone ouer me 4 Vngodly cruell men Iude 13. They are the raging Waues of the Sea wauering sig The vnsetled vnstedinesse of vnbeleeuers Iames 1 6. He that wauereth is like a waue of the Sea that is he is of an vnsetled and vnsteddy mind Waâ— sig pro That path wherein men goe and trauaile from place to place Luke 10 31. There came downe a Priest that same way 2 Conuersation or course of life Prou. 21 2. Euery Mans way is cleane in his own eye Prou. 21 8. Psalme 119 1. Blessed are they which are vpright in their way 3 A good conuersation or godly life Psalme 2 6. God knoweth the way of the righteous Mathew 7 14. Narrow is the way that leadeth to life This is called by sundry names as way of righteousnesse way of wisedome way of the Lord good and right way way of light c. 4 An euill conuersation Psal. 1 1. Nor stand in the way of Sinners And verse â— The way of the wicked shall perish This way also hath sundry Names additions in Scripture as euill way broad way way of wickednesse c. 5 Godly profession or doctrine of Christ. Acts 19 9. Speaking euill of the way of God The doctrine of the Gospel is as a way to lead vs vnto God so we beleeue it 6 The worke which men are to doe eyther in Religion or common life Exod. 18 20. Shew them the way that is the worke 7 The Commaundements of God which are as the way to lead vs vnto our Countrey aboue so we walke in them Rom 3 12. They are all gone out of the way Psalme 119 1. Blessed are they that are vpright in their way and walke in the Law of the Lord. 8 Christ by whom alone as the true way euen in this life wee come to God to bee one with him Iohn 14 6. I am the way no man commeth to the father but by me 9 Custome Ios. 23 14. I do enter into the way of all the earth 1 Kings 2 2. That is to say I dy shortly after the custome of all other men Waies of darknesse sig Wicked and crooked Waies or Waies of Sinne. Pro. 2 13. To walke in the waies of darknesse Gods Waies sig The deepe and vnsearchable counsels of God Rom. 11 33. His Waies are past finding out 2 His workes of Mercy and Iudgement his blessings or punnishments Psalme 145. Verse 17. The Lord is righteous in all his waies This is the Way of Gods prouidence whereby hee comes to vs. 3 The word of God in the promises and precepts thereof Psal. 51 15. I will teach Sinners thy way Psal. 25 4. This is the way whereby we go to God Good waie sig Euery dutie or good worke as a steppe of our way to Heauen Prou. 2 9. Euerie good