I. INDEX OF THE SYMBOLICAL LANGUAGE OF Scripture.
II. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
III. GENERAL INDEX OF MATTERS.
IV. INDEX OF THE PRINCIPAL TEXTS ILLUSTRATED.
PROPHETIC OR SYMBOLICAL LANGUAGE
[Referred to, in Vol. II. p. 602, and also to facilitate the perusal of the Prophetic Books, analysed in this Volume.1
1. Sin in general.-Isa. lxvi. 3. Their soul delightethin abominations.-Ezek. Ixvi. 50. They... committed abomination before me. See also ver. 51. 2. An Idol.-Isa. xliv. 19. Shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? See also 2 Kings xxiii. 13.
3. The rites and ceremonies of the idolatrous and corrupt church of Rome.Rev. xvii. 4. Having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations. 4. Abomination of Desolation.-The Roman army, so called on account of its ensigns and images, which the soldiers worshipped, and which were abominable to the Jews.-Matt. xxiv. 15. When ye shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the Prophet. ADULTERESS, or Harlot.-An apostate church or city; particularly the daughter of Jerusalem or the Jewish church and people.-Isa. i. 21. How is the faithful city become a harlot ! See Jer. iii. 6. 8, 9. Ezek. xvi. 22. xxiii. 7. In Rev. xvii. 5. Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots, means the idolatrous Latin church. ADULTERY.-Idolatry and apostacy from the worship of the true God.-Jer. iii. 8, 9. When backsliding Israel committed adultery... with stones and with stocks. See also Ezek. xvi. 32. xxiii. 37. Rev. ii. 22.
John iii. 8.-The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof; but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.-John xx. 22. He breathed on them and saith unto them, "Receive ye the Holy Ghost."Acts ii. 2. 4. Suddenly there came a sound from Heaven as of a rushing mighty wind.... And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost.-See PRINCE. ANGELS.
1. Angel of the LORD.-Jesus Christ.Zech. i. 12. The angel of the LORD answered and said... See Lowth's Commentary, in loc.
2. Those intellectual and immaterial Beings, whom the Almighty employs, as the ministers of his providence or of his judgments.-Rev. xv. 8. xvi. 1. Seven Angels.-xxii. 8. I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel, who shewed me these things.
3. The presiding ministers or bishops of the church.-Rev. ii. 1. The angel of the church of Ephesus. See also ii. 8. 12. 18. iii. 1. 7. 14.
4. Fallen Spirits.-Matt. xxv. 41. Everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels. ARM.
1. The infinite power of God in creating the world.-Jer. xxvii. 5. I have made the earth...by my great power, and by my AIR, Wind, Breath.-The Holy Spirit.- outstretched arm. See also Jer. xxxii. 17.
1 This Index of the Prophetic or Symbolical Language of the Scriptures, has been drawn up, after a careful perusal of the remarks on this subject by Sir Isaac Newton, Bishops Lowth and Hurd, the Commentary of William Lowth on the Prophets, the Rev. William Jones's Key to the Language of Prophecy, Dr. Lancaster's admirable Symbolical Alphabetical Dictionary prefixed to his Abridgment of Daubuz's Perpetual Commentary on the Revelation of St. John, and Dr. Woodhouse's Notes to his Translation of the Apocalypse. Those symbols, and interpretations of symbols, which have been the subject of controversy among some late writers on prophecy, are designedly omitted.
2. The power, strength, and miracles of Christ.-Isa. liii. 1. John xii. 38. Το whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? 3. When Jehovah is said to make bare his holy arm, it means that he hath displayed his great power, which for a long time seemed to be hidden and unemployed.-2. Isa. lii. 10. The Lord hath made bare his holy arm.
ARMOUR-Such graces and spiritual wea- pons, as are for the defence of the soul, and by which we may be enabled to combat with our spiritual enemies.- Rom. xiii. 12. Let us put on the armour of light.-Eph. vi. 11. Put on the whole armour of God. ARROWS.
1. Calamities, or judgments of God.- Job vi. 4. The arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drink- eth up my spirit.-2 Sam. xxii. 14, 15. compare Psal. xxxviii. 2, 3. and Ezek. v. 16. That calamities are represented among the eastern writers as the arrows of the Almighty, we have abundant proofs: one single instance, from the fine saying ascribed to Ali (or Aaly) the son- in-law of the impostor of Arabia, will illustrate this remark. "It was once de- manded of the fourth Khalif (Ali), on whom be the mercy of the Creator, if the canopy of heaven were a bow; and if the earth were the cord thereof; and if calamities were arrows: if mankind were the mark for those arrows: and if Al- mighty God, the tremendous and the glorious, were the unerring archer, to whom could the sons of Adam flee for protection? The Khalif answered, say- ing, The sons of Adam must flee unto the Lord. This fine image Job keeps in view (vi. 8,9.) wishing that the unerring marksman may let fly these arrows, let loose his hand, to destroy and cut him off. Dr. A. Clarke on Job vi. 4. 2. Abusive or slanderous words.-Psal. Ixiv. 3. Who bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words. 3. Children.-Psal. cxxvii. 4, 5. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them. "The orientals are accustomed to call brave and valiant sons the arrows and darts of their parents, because they are able to defend them. To sharpen arrows, to make sharp arrows, is, among them, to get brave and valiant sons." [Burder's Oriental Literature, vol. ii. p. 53.] ASHES. See DUST and ASHES.
1. Foolish and inexperienced princes. Isa. iii. 4. I will give children to be their princes, and babes (or infants) shall rule over them. This minatory prediction was fully accomplished in the succession of
weak and wicked princes who reigned over the kingdom of Judah from the death of Josiah to the destruction of the city and temple, and the taking of Zede- kiah, the last of them, captive by Ne- buchadnezzar.
Those who are weak in the Christian faith and knowledge, being ignorant and inconstant, like infants.-1 Cor. iii. 1. And I, brethren, could not speak unto you... but as... unto babes in Christ.— Heb. v. 13. For he is a babe. BABYLON.-Papal Rome, with all her ido- latrous rites. Rev. xiv. 8.-Babylon is fallen. See also Rev. xvii. xviii. BALAAM, Doctrine, error or way of.-A defection from true religion united with immoral and lascivious practices.-Rev. ii. 14. Thou hast them that hold the doc- trine of Balaam.-Jude 11. They have .... run greedily after the error of Ba- laam.-2 Pet. ii. 15. Following the way of Balaam. BALANCE.
1. The known symbol of a strict observ. ation of justice and fair dealing-Prov. xi. 1. A false balance is abomination unto the Lord.-Prov. xvi. 11. A just weight and balance are the Lord's. See also Job xxxi. 6.
2. Joined with symbols, denoting the sale of corn and fruits by weight, it becomes the symbol of scarcity-Lev. xxii. 26. When I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven; and they shall deliver you bread again by weight, and ye shall eat and not be satisfied.-Ezek. iv. 16. They shall eat bread by weight and with care. BALDNESS.-Destruction.-Jer. xlvii. 5. Baldness is come upon Gaza. Bashan. See KINE, OAKS. BEAST.
1. A heathen kingdom or power of the earth.-Dan. vii. 17. These great beasts, which are four, are four kings. See pp. 189–191. of this volume. 2. The papal antichrist.-Rev. xiii. 2. 12. BED.-Great tribulation and anguish.- Rev. ii. 22. I will cast her into a bed. To be tormented in bed, where men seek rest, is peculiarly grievous. See Psal. vi. 6. xli. 3. Job xxiii. 19. Isa. xxviii. 20. BIRD of Prey.—A hostile army coming to prey upon a country.-Isa. xlvi. 11. Calling a ravenous bird from the east; Cyrus and his army. Compare Jer. xii. 9. Ezek. xxxii. 4. and xxxix. 17. BITTER-BITTERNESS.-Affliction, mise- ry, and servitude.-Exod. i. 14. They made their lives bitter with hard bondage. See Jer.ix. 15.-Gall of bitterness. (Acts viii. 23.) A state offensive to God. BLACK-BLACKNESS.-Afflictions, disas- ters and anguish.-Jer. xiv. 2. Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground.-Joel ii. 6.
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