saints, into one church, Isa. xi. 6.-8. xv. 25.or the place where they grow. It is probable that The Chaldeans, and the Jewish rulers, are liker-marshes producing shrubs were called woods. In ed to evening wolves, to mark their insatiable)-uch a one, might David's battle with Absalom avarice, and readiness to destroy every one that be, as it is certain ancient warriors used to encomes in their way, Jer. v. 6. Hab. i. 8. Zeph.camp in them; and they were extremely fatal te iii. 3. The tribe of Benjamin ravined as a wolf ;||a flying army, 2 Sam. xviii. 6, 8. There were a their warriors were fierce: twice, 25,000 of them variety of forests in Canaan; as the forest of Haput about 360,000 of the other tribes to figureth, in the south of Judah, 1 Sam. xxii. 5.; of near Gibeah, and the reinnant of them seized the mount Ephraim, Josh. xvii. 18.; of Bethel, 2 young women of Shiloh, Judg. xx. xxi. In the Kings ii. 14.; and of Carmel, 2 Kings xix. 23. On beginning of his reign, Saul mightily harrassed the east of Jordan was a forest called the wood of the Pailistines, Moabites, and others, and de-Ephraim, because there Jephthah had routed and stroyed the most of the Amalekites, 1 Sam. xiv. cut off multitudes of the Ephraimites, 2 Sam. xv. By means of Mordecai and Esther, two viii. 6. Judg. xii. 5. We read also of the forest Benjamites, Hainan and about 76,000 of the of Arabia, Isa. xxi. 13.; but that of Lebanon is Jews enemies were slain, Esth. ix. After ceas-ne most noted, and it is called the king's forest, ing his persecution of the saints, how useful was Paul in ravaging the kingdom of Satan, and con verting multitudes to Christ! Gen. xlix. 27. WOMAN. See MAN. WOMB; that part of the mother's belly wherein children are conceived and nourished til: their birth, Luke i, 31. The womb of the morning, are the clouds which distil their drops of dew and may represent the church, in the apostolic age, bringing forth multitudes to Christ, Psalm ex. 3. is the Persian kings took it under their special care, Neh. ii. 8. The Assyrian army is called a forest: how numerous, and how stately was their Jappearance! but how soon were they consumed by the wrath of God! Isa. x. 1o, 19. xxxi. 19. Egypt and her numerous cities, or their large arny under Pharaoh-necho, is called a forest, Jer. xlvi. 23. Jerusalem is called the forest of the south field; it lay near the south of Canaan, the Chaideans marched southward to it, and numerous were its houses and inhabitants, Ezek. xx. WONDER; MARVEL; (1.) To be struck with 46. A dangerous and troublesome-hke condition, surprise at the sight or thought of any thing is likened to a wood, where serpents and wild strange and uncommon, Jer. iv. 9. (2.) To exer-beasts abound; and to sleep safely in wildernesses eise a reverential regard to any thing; or with and woods, is to enjoy the most complete safety wonder to adore and serve it, Rev. iii. 13. WON- nd happiness, Ezek. xxxiv. 25. DERS OF MARVELS, (1.) Things strange and aston- WOOL was anciently plucked off the sheep, ishing, as the more rare appearances of nature, though alive; and so a fleece borne by a sheep Psalm evil 27.; or the miracles which God at a time, was called by the Romans Vellus, the wrought in delivering Israel out of Egypt, Psaim plucking. In China the sheep are shorn thrice cv. 27. (2.) A token or sign: thus Isaiah was affevery year. Anciently the best wool was had from wonder on rigypt and Ethiopia, as his walking about Damascus, Ezek. xxvii. 18. ; now the Spanwithout his upper robe, and barefoot, was a presh is reckoned the best in Europe. In countries sage of calamities to these countries, Isa. xx. 3. either too cold or too hot, the wool is coarse or The saints are wonders, or men wondered at short. Snow is like wool, in softness and whitethey are objects of the wonderful kindness andness; its broad flakes are like locks of wool, and care of God, and are wondered at by carna! meu it warms the earth as a woollen garment does the as persons foolish and odd in their faith and prac body, Psalm exlvii. 16. Crimson like, or very agtice, a. viii. 18. David was a wonder to mony;gravated transgressions, are as white wool, whea was a kind of spectacie, because of his distres, fully pardoned, Isa. i. 18. Superstition, carnal Psalm 1xxi. 7. WONDERFUL, MARVELLOUS; hardth, and self-righteousness, are like wool that to be done, not easy, or impossible to be under-causeth sweat; how defiling and fatiguing! Ezek. stood, 2 Sam. xii. 2. Joh v. 9. Christ is wonder-liv. 17. See WHITE. ful; in his divine nature; in his eternal genera WORD; (1) A speech, expressing report, retion; in his office of Mediator, and the executionquest, command, promise, &c. Gen. xxxvii. 14. thereof; in the depth of his debasement, and gio iv. 18. Exod. viii. 13. Dan. iii. 28. 2 Sam. vii. ry of his exaltation; in his kindness to his peo-25. The kingdom of God is not in word, but in ple; in his dwelling in their hearts by faith, he is power; God does not erect his church by mere altogether amazing and incomprehensible, isa. ix. || sords, but by the almighty influences of his pir6. God snewed himself marvellous upon Joò; ne i, 1 Cor. iv. 20. Men love not in word, nor in inflicted very uncommon troubles upon him, Joblongue, but in deed and in truth, when they shew their love, not chiefly in kind speeches, but in WOOD; (1.) The timber of trees, Gen. xxii kind works, 1 John iii. 18. (2.) The thing about 6. They used it for fuel, though they had but lit which a speech is made; so the affair of John tle of it in Judea; and it was all private proper Baptist's birth, is called a word, Luke i. 65. Te ty and to fall under the wood, is to faint underwhom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit the most slavis i service, as bearing of wood, Lain. came from thee? Dost thou not know, that he to v. 13. Cedar is the wood of Leb non, Song ini. 9. hom you speak knows all that you have said; Ses CHARIOT. The Assyrian army before Jerusa-and that his circumstances are not proper for lem were as wood or fuel, when the Lord by some such a discourse? Have you not rather repeated fiery plague cut off 185.000 of them in one night ||what Eliphaz said, than spoken under the direcIs.1. xxx. 33. Doctrines vain, empty, and fise,tion of God's Spirit? and what encouragement which cannot abide the trial of God's word, whica ave you ever given to my drooping spirit ? Job is likened to a fire, are called wood, 1 Cor. in. 12.|| xxvi. 4. The word of God is, (1.) Jesus Christ, (2.) Adol made of wood, Hb. ii. 19. (3.) who, by the Chaldee paraphrast, and by the aposFOREST, or multitude of trees, growing together,ties and others, is called the WORD. He is the x. 16. : he com espress image of his Father, as words are of our vine persons have their distinct station and work. thoughts. He spoke for us in the council of peace; See God. (2.) The works which God commande he spoke all things into being at the creation, he us to do, Joan vi. 28. and so service donc to spoke to the ancient patriarchs and prophets, he Christ is called his work, 1 Cor xv. 58. xvi. 10. preached the gospel in the days of his desh; he Pail. . 38. Faith is ine work of God, as he prospeaks for men in ais intercession; and speaks to|| duces and maintains it in us, and as their hearts in the day of his power; and he is mads us to practice it, John vi. 29. Mens worke the great subject-matter of what is spoken in scrip-are either, (1.) Good, proceeding from a right ture, John 1. 1. 4. Rev. xix. 13. (2.) The declar principle and mouve, directed by God's law, and ed will of God in the scripture, doctrines, com-in a right manner, calculated to promote his nonmands, promises, threatenings, histories, predic-four, and our own true happiness. Such works tions, Rev. xix. 9. Rom. ix. 6.; and it, chiefyno. being performed unter the law as a covenant, the gospel, is the word of Christ, as he is the au cannot enter into our justitication; nor, because thor, subject matter, and end of it, Col. iii. 16.foi aperfection, are they at to do it; but they The word of righteousness, as it reveals to us themanest one to be justified, and possessed of true rig iteousness of Curist, is the sole price of our faith; and jusufy him against the charges of salvation, and it teaches us to follow righteous-meu, Eph. i. 10. Rom. iii. 20. Gal. ii. 16. James ness, faith, and charity, Heb. v. 13. It is the wordii. 24. Or, (2.) Bad works, which are performed of futh; is a declaration of divine truths, to be oy men not united o Carist, not possessed of received and credited by us, as the ground of our true grace, not performed from regard to the auelain to salvation, Rom. x. 3. It is the word ofthority of God, nor with a view to promote his salvation, as it reveals and offers to us a full sailory these are works of the flesh, and deeds of vation; and by believing and improving it, are the body of indwelling sia; flow from a carnal and we possessed of begun saivation, and prepared for corrupt nature, and cannot justify, but are an eternal glory, Acts xiii. 26. It is the words of this abomination to the Lord, Psalm ix. 6. Isa. vii. life: it is now preached to men; and by it they 12. Gal. v. 19. Roni. viii. 13. They are dead become partakers of eternal life, Acts v. 20. The works; proceed from no spiritual life, shew one's word of God's grace, and the word of life, or eternal death or deadless in sin, and of themselves tend life, is either Christ, who is freely given to be our to prepare for eternal death, ideh. vi. I. ix. 14. Saviour, and by whom we have our spiritual and Some of these are works of the lare, that have eternal life; or the word of God's gospel-promi- some semblance of conformity to the law as a ses, which declare and convey the free favours of covenant: and to be of the works of the law, is to God to men, for the quickening and eternal salva-trust to our own works for eternal happiness, tion of their soul, Acts xx. 32. 1 John i. 1. John Gal. iii. 10.; but works of the law in general, are vi. 63. Phil. ii. 16. The word of the oath, is God's whatever it commands, Rom. ii, 20, 23. ancient and solemn declaration, that Christ should are works of darkness; shamelui transgressions be a priest for ever, Heb. vii. 28. The word of of God's law, Rom. xiii. 12, Eph. v. 12. These wisdom, and of knowledge, is an eminent faculty are also the deeds and works of the devil, as he wisely to take up and publish divine things, Cor. xii. 8. Some tempts to, and exemplifies many of them, Joha vin. 41, 44. But his works also include the ruin To WORK; to act in making, forming, order of men, which he effects, 1 Joun iii. 8. Idols are ing, or upholding things, 1 Cor. xii. 6. James. i.the work of errors; error instigates men to form 3. Psalm lii. 2. (2.) To prepare; make meet and worship them, and they lead men from one so God morks glory for his people, and he works error to another, Jer. x. 15. A WORKMAN is, them into a meetness for it, Palin xxxi. 18. 2 Cor.||(1.) One that labours in some handicralt, Isa. v. 5. To work God's judgments, is to obey his xi. 19. (2.) A minister who labours hard in laws, and observe his ordinances, and be duly preaching the gospel, 2 Tim, ii. 15. And WORKaffected with his strokes, Zeph. ii. 3. All things MANSHIP is, (1.) The art and labour in forming work together for the good of the saints; their or things, Exod. xxxi. 3. (2.) The thing formed, troubles work for them an exceeding and eter-by art, 2 Kings xvi. 10. We are God's workmanmal weight of glory; God, hy his wise dispo-ship, made by him in creation, renewed by him in sal of them, and by his influence accompanying|regeneration, being created anew in Christ Jesus, them, makes them concur to alarm and excite capable of, and disposed to good works, Eph. ii. them to their duty here, and to prepare them for| 10. the future glory hereafter, Rom. viii. 28. 2 Cor. WORLD. The Jews distinguish the world, iv. 17. in respect of place, into the lower world of earth A WORK OF DEED, (1.) Temporal labour, such and air, and the world of heavens and stars, and as may be done on the six labouring days, Exod.the highest world: or, as others, the world of xx. 9. (2.) Any kind of agency in thought, earth and air, the world of angels, the world of word, or act, Eccl. xii. 14. (3.) An uncommon spheres and stars, and the guest world of spirits or miraculous work, John vii. 21. (4.) The tning departed, called the third heaven. In respect of effected by any agency or influence: so all crea- duration, they distinguish it into the old world betures are the work of God's hands, Job xxxiv. fore the flood, the present world before the Mes19. (5.) The materials for forming an effect out siah, the world to come under the Messiah, the of, particularly for building, Prov. xxiv. 27. (6) world of the resurrection, and the eternal world. The wages or reward of a work, Lev. xix. † 13. In aliusion to these divisions, Paul mentions Job vii. 2. Rev. xiv. 13. The work of God is. worlds, Heb. i. 2. In scripture, WORLD denotes, (1.) That which he effects, as of creation, Gen. (1.) The world containing; and that either the ii. 2.: or of providence, John v. 17. Isa. v. 19. whole frame of heaven and earth together, and Hab. iii. 2; or of redemption, John ix. 4. all things therein, Joan i. 10.; or the heavens These are God's marvellous works, i Chron. xvi. and what they coutain, Psalm xe 2.; or the ha12. Rev. xv. 3. In redemption, cach of the di- bitable part of the earth, Psalm xxiv, 1. xevin. 7. (2.) The men that dwell on this earth; and, and liver, and is useful in the jaundice and drops: that either all of them, Rom. v. 12.; or an indethe very smell of it is odious to vermin. Idolafinite number of them, John vii. 4. Isa. xiii. 11. ;||try, profaneness, apostacy, and other wickedness, or many, a great part of them, Matth. xviii. 7.are likened to wormwood; how disagreeable to John iv 42. Matth. xxiv. 14. xxvi. 13. Rom. i.God and his people! and in the end, how bitter 8. x. 18.; or all or most of the subjects of theto sinners themselves! Deut. xxix. 18. Heb. xii. Roman empire, so called because of its extent, 15. The end of an harlot is litter as wormwood, Luke ii. 1. Rev. xiii. 3.; or the Gentiles as dis and sharp as a two-edged sword; what pain, and tinguished from the Jews, 1 John ii. 2.; or God's||uia of character, body and soul, follows upon chosen people, his elect, l'salm xxii. 27. Jona ni.whoredom and uncleanness! Prov. v. 4. Athic16. vi. 33, 51.; they may be so called, becausetion and oppression are like wormwood, Lam. iii. they are the substance of the world, and be 15, 19. Ainos v. 7. See STAR. cause chiefly gathered from among the Gentiles; WORSHIP; to bow down with reverence; and hitherto mostly out of those countries once and so WORSHIP, is, (I.) Civil reverence, given to Bubject to the Romans; or the reprobate, wicked,one of authority or worth, Matth. ix. 18. xxviii. and cursed part of the men on earth; so called,26. Luke xiv. 10. (2.) Outward religious hombecause they are the greatest part of the menage, given as an acknowledgment of Deity, Matth. on earth: 1 John v. 19. Jolin xiv. 17, 22. xv.iv. 10. Dan. iii. 5, 12, 14. (3.) Inward religious 19. xvii. 9. Rev. xiii. 3. (3.) The carnal cor- honour, whereby one thinks on, trusts to, loves ruption that prevails on earth, Gal. 1. 4. Eph. and fears God, because of his infinite excellency, 2. Jam. i. 27. 1 John ii. 16. (4) A worldly or aercy, power, wisdom, and the like, John iv, 24. earthly state and condition, Psalm Ixxiii. 12. The saims are the circumcision, or really renewLuke xvi. 8. John xviii. 36. 1 John iv. 5.; toed persous, who worship God in the spirit, with which may be reduced, the outward pomp, plea-their spiritual powers, actuated by the Holy sure, and good things of a present life, Gal. vi.Ghost, and in the way of viewing and dealing with 14. 1 Cor. vii. 31. This world, denotes this God as a most pure spirit, and have no confidence earth in its present carnal and corrupt state, in the flesh, renouncing all dependence on the Tit. ii. 12. Christ's kingdom is not of it, is not world, and particularly on their own righteousof an earthly rise, form, or tendency, John xviii.ness, for acceptance, or on their strength for per30. That world, denotes the heavenly state, Lukeformance of duty, but rejoice in Christ, as their xx. 35. The world to come, signifies the gospel-husband, righteousness, strength, portion, and period, after the resurrection of Christ, or the Lord, Phil. m. 3. The church's enemies come church in her New-Testament form, Heb. ii. 5, and worship before her feet, when they subject vi. 5.; or the future and eternal state, Matth. xii.||themselves to her authority, and manifest a due 32. The elect and saints are given out of the reverence and regard to her, Rev. iii. 9. Men world; set aside from the rest of mankind, to be worship the dragon and beast, when they adore saved by, and subject to Christ, John xvii. 6. ;||the Romish emperors and popes, and comply with but they are not out of it in respect of their their superstitious, sinful, and blasphemous laws, abode, while they live on earth, John xvii. 15. Rev. xiii. 4. Men worship derits, when, in comMens tongue is a world of iniquity; its words pliance with their temptations, they profess their gontain inconceivable wickedness; or, it is an oralse doctrines, adore idols, that represent them, nament of iniquity, which oft sets off sin in fair and deal with them in charms, and divination; or colours, Jam. iii. 6. WORLDLY, is what is of a when they worship under the name of saints, perearnal and earthly nature, Tit. ii. 12. Heb. ix. 1.sons monstrously wicked, Rev. xix. 20. Deut. WORMS, are creeping animals, almost inanitexxxii. 17. in number, and even in kinds: nay, vast num- WORST. The Chaldeans were the worst of bers of insects, as bees, wasps, flies, &c. are worms the Heathen, exceedingly given to idolatry, divinain their first state of life. As worms are production, covetou ness, crucity, &c. Ezek. vii. 24. ed from eggs, multitudes of them breed in the hu- WORTH, is the just value of any thing, I man body from eggs thither conveyed. Multi-Kings xxi. 2. WORTH, OF WORTHY, is, (1.) Vatudes of diseases, as the itch, &c. are produced inuable; deserving; thus Jesus is worthy of all the skin by a kind of worms. It seems Job's dis honour and glory, Rev. iv. 11. v. 9, 12. Valiant temper was owing to a collection of worms nesti- men are called worthies, they could do great and ing in his skin and flesh, Job vii. 5. It is certain mighty exploits, which deserved praise and reHerod was eaten up alive by them, Acts xii. 23.;ward, Nah. ii. 5.; and wicked men are worthy of and dead corpses are devoured by them, Job xxi.fearful calamities, Rev. xvi. 6. : and the world is 26. Isa. xiv. 11. Some have even thought, that not worthy of eminent saints; it deserves not their all matter was composed of living vermin. To presence or usefulness, Heb. xi. 38. (2.) Meet; denote mens earthliness, meanness, weakness, and answerable to; thus the saints walk worthy of the exposure to danger and corruption, they are callLord, and of their vocation, Col. i. 10. 1 Thess. ed worms, Job xxv. 6. Mic. vii. 17. To marki. 12. Eph. iv. 1. The saints are worthy; being our Saviour's debasement and bloody suffering, accepted in Jesus's imputed righteousness, they he calls himself a scarlet coloured norm, and naby sanctification are made meet for the eternal man, Psalm xxii. 6. Conscience, as for ever up-glory, Rev. iii 4. Luke xxi. 26. braiding and turmenting the wicked in hell, is called a worm that dieth not, but as it were, for ever preys on their vitals, Isa, xlvi. 24. Mark ix. 44. WOULD to God: O if God would grant ; 1 wish to God, Exod. xvi. 3. To WOUND; (1.) To make sores in the body with a sword, scourge, or the hike: and a wound, WORMWOOD; an herb, of which Tourne- is a sore made by a fall, a sword, or like instru fort says there are 4 kinds. It has a very bitterment, 2 Kings viii. 29. (2.) To distress, Deut. taste, but is useful in medicine for killing wornxxxii. 39. Song v. 7. and so great affliction in in the belly, is a fae medicine for the stomach the soul, Prov. xviii. 14. and entward on the beof, character, family, or nation, is called a wound, Jacob not only struggled with the Angel in a be- 1o see one's own WRINKLE; (1.) A furrowy blemish in the WRING; to press out moisture. The wring- of their house, or the table of their heart, imports xxiii. 2, 6. sentences are given for or against men, Exod. WRONG; what is unreasonable and unjust, WROTH. See WRATH. this, in 130 years, runs the reckoning forward ons YARN. Solomon brought great quantities of day, and in our reckoning had run forward the tinen yarn from Egypt; but some render the year full 11 days, till this was rectited by the in- i he YEA, denotes, (1.) Affirmation, Matth. i bout that time; and so Abib was the seventh by 12 moons: their sacred year began in March, journing of his seed began at the birth of Isaac out, reckoning the years of bonda different sa. vii. 8. he years of on hireling, denore ex- days by turns. Julius Cesar, their first emperor, |