SHIPS of Tarshish; merchants, men en-1 riched by commerce, and abounding in all the elegancies and luxuries of life, particularly the merchants of Tyre and Sidon.-Isa. ii. 12-16. The day of the LORD of Hosts shall be......upon all the ships of Tarshish.-Isa. xxiii. 1. Howl, O ye ships of Tarshish. SHOES.-The preparation of the Gospel of peace.-Eph. vi. 15. SILENCE.
1. Bringing to silence, or putting to si- lence. Utter destructionIsa. xv. 1. As if Moab is laid waste and brought to silence.-Jer. viii. 14. The LORD our God hath put us to silence. 2. A symbol of praying.-Luke i. 9, 10. SIT-SITTING.
1. Reigning, ruling, and judging.-In Judg. v. 10. Ye that sit in judgment, are the magistrates or judges. The sit- ting on a throne, which occurs so very frequently in the Scriptures, invariably means to reign.
2. With other adjuncts, sitting has a dif- ferent signification: as,
i. To sit upon the earth or dust, (Isa. iii. 26. xlvii. 1. Lam. ii. 10. Ezek. xxvi. 16.) or on a dunghill, signifies to be in ex- treme misery.
ii. To sit in darkness (Psal. cvii. 10. Isa. xlii. 7.) is to be in prison and slavery. iii. To sit as a widow (Isa. xlvii. 8.) is to mourn as a widow. SLAVE, One who has no property in himself, but is bought by another. Such are all mankind, whom Christ has re- deemed from the slavery of sin.-1 Cor. vi. 20. Ye are bought with a price. See Deut. vii. 8. Isa. lxi. 1.
SLEEP-Death.-Dan. xii. 2. Many that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake. SODOM and GOMORRAH.-Any apostate city or people; or the wicked world at large. Isa. i. 10. Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. See Rev. xi. 8. SOLDIER.-A Christian who is at war with the world, the flesh, and the devil. -2 Tim. ii. 3. Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. SORES, or ULCERS symbolically denote sins; because, according to the Hebrew idiom and notions, to heal signifies to pardon sins; and to pardon a sin is equivalent to healing.-2 Chron. xxx. 20.
The pious monarch, Hezekiah, having prayed that God would excuse and pardon those who had eaten the passover without being sufficiently puri- fied, the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.--Isa. liii. 5. By his stripes we are healed. In Isa. i. 6. Wounds, bruises, and sores, are sins; the binding up of them signifies repent-
ance; and the healing up, remission or* forgiveness. SOUTH.-Judæa.-Ezek. xx. 46. Set thy face toward the south, and drop [thy word] towards the south.-Judæa lay to the south of Chaldæa, where the pro- phet Ezekiel stood. SOUTH-FIELD.-Ezek. xx. 46. Prophesy against the forest of the South-field; that is, against Jerusalem, in which there were good and bad men, as there are trees in a forest. SOWER.-A Preacher of the Word.-- Matt. xiii. 3. A sower went forth to sow. See verse 39. SPEAKING. See VOICE, 2. STAR.
1. A ruler or conqueror.-Numb. xxiv. 17. There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall arise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and shall destroy all the children of Sheth. -See an exposition of this prophecy in Vol. IV. p. 18. note.
2. The Rulers of the Church.—Rev. i. 20. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches.
3. Glorified Saints.-1 Cor. xv. 31. One star differeth from another star in glory. 4. Wandering stars.-Jude 13. Wicked apostates, that go from light into outer darkness.
1. Corner-stone, or headstone of the Cor ner.-Jesus Christ.-Psal. cxviii. 22. Matt. xxi. 42. and parallel passages. The stone which the builders refused the same is become the head of the corner. 2. Stones.-Believers, who are built upon the true foundation, the Lord Jesus Christ.-2 Pet. i. 5. Ye also as lively (or living) stones are built up a spiritual house.
3. Heart of stone.-A hard, stubborn, and unbelieving heart.-Ezek. xxxii. 26. I will take away the stony heart. 4. Stone.-An idol of stone.-Habak. ii. 19. Woe unto him that saith unto the wood, "Awake!"-and to the dumb stone, "Arise!" and it shall teach. 5. White Stone.-A full pardon and ac- quittal.-Rev. ii. 16. I will give him a white stone. See an explanation of the custom alluded to, in Vol. III. p. 113. SUN.
1. The Lord God.-Psal. Ixxxiv. 11. The Lord God is a Sun.
2. Sun of Righteousness.-Jesus Christ. -Mal. iv. 2. The SUN OF RIGHTEOUS- NESS shall arise with healing in his wings.
Among the various hieroglyphics disco- vered by Dr. Richardson in the ruins of the antient temple of Tentyra or Dende- ra, in Upper Egypt, is one which may illustrate this expression of the prophet.
"Immediately over the centre of the door-way," says he, "is the beautiful Egyptian ornament, usually called the globe, with serpent and wings, emble- matic of the glorious sun, poised in the airy firmament of heaven, supported and directed in his course by the eternal wisdom of the Deity. The sublime phraseology of Scripture, The Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in his wings, could not be more accu- rately or more emphatically represented to the human eye, than by this elegant device" [Dr. Richardson's Travels along the Mediterranean, &c. vol. i. p. 187.] 3. Sun and Moon.-The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood. (Joel ii. 31. Acts ii. 20.) A figu- rative representation of a total eclipse, in which the sun is entirely darkened, and the moon assumes a bloody hue: it signifies the fall of the civil and ecclesi-ed by seven voices, loud as thunder. astical state in Judæa. SWINE.-Wicked and unclean people. Matt. vii. 6. Neither cast ye your pearls before swine. SWORD.
and destroy her power. See Isa. xli. 15. Amos i. 3. Micah iv. 13. Hab. iii. 12. THRONE.--Kingdom, Government.--Gen. xli. 4. Only in the throne will I be great- er than thou. In 2 Sam. iii. 10. kingdom and throne are synonymous. To tran- slate the kingdom from the house of Saul -and to set up the throne of David over Israel. The settling of the throne in 2 Sam. vii. 12, 13. 16. signifies the settling or establishment of the government in peace: and the enlargement of the throne, in 1 Kings i. 37. compare with 47. implies a great accession of power
1. Death and destruction. See Ezek. xxi. -This symbol occurs so repeatedly in the Scriptures, and is, besides, so well known as to render more examples unnecessary. 2. Sword of the Spirit.--The word of God. Eph. vi. 17. Heb. iv. 12. Rev. i. 16.
TABERNACLE. The body of man.-2 Cor. v. 1. We know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved. -2 Pet. 1. 13, 14. I must shortly put off this tabernacle.
TALENTS. See RICHES. TARES. The children of the wicked one. -Matt. xiii. 38. TARSHISH. See SHIPS. TEETH.-The symbols of cruelty or of a devouring enemy.-Prov.xxx. 14. There is a generation whose teeth are as swords; and their jaw-teeth as knives to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. See also Deut. xxxii. 24. Psal. lvi. 6. lvii. 4. TEN. See NUMBERS. THIRST. See HUNGER. THORNS.
1. The cares, riches, and pleasures of life. -Luke viii. 14. That which fell among thorns, are they, which, when they have heard the word, go forth, and are choked with cares, and riches, and pleasures of life.
2. Thorns and Briars; wicked, perverse, and untractable persons.-Ezek. ii. 6. Son of man, be not afraid of them... though briars and thorns be with thee. THREE OF THIRD. See NUMBERS. THRESHING.-Destruction.-Jer. li. 33. Babylon is like a threshing-floor: it is time to thresh her; that is, to subdue
and dominions. THUNDER-The voice of God.-Psal. xxix. 3. The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; the God of glory thundereth. In Rev. x. 4. the seren thunders may mean either a particular prophecy, or perhaps seven distinct prophecies, utter-
TOWERS and Fortresses; defenders and protectors, whether by counsel or by strength, in peace or in war-Isa ii. 12. 15. The day of the Lord of Hosts shall be......upon every high tower, and every fenced wall (or fortress). TRAVAILING with child. 1. A state of anguish and misery.-Jer. iv. 31. I have heard a voice as of a wo- man in travail, the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion.-Jer. xiii. 21. Shall not sorrows overtake thee as a woman in travail? See also Isa. xxvi. 17, 18. lxvi. 7. Jer. xxx. 6, 7. 2. The sorrow of tribulation or persecu tion.-Mark xiii. 8. These are the be- ginnings of sorrows, literally, the pains of a woman in travail. See 1 Thess.
TREAD under, or trample upon.-To over- come and bring under subjection.—Psal. x. 12. Through God we shall do val- iantly; for it is he that shall tread down our enemies. See Isa. x. 6. xiv. 25. TREE of Life.-Immortality.-Rev. ii. 7. To him that overcometh, will I give to eat of the tree of life. See a description of it in Rev. xxii. 2-14., and an excel- lent sermon of Bishop Horne's Works, vol. iv. Sermon iii. on the Tree of Life. TREES.
1. Men in general fruitful and unfruitful. -Psal. i. 3. He (the good man) shall be like a tree, planted by rivers of water.
Matt. iii. 10. Every tree which bring- eth not forth good fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
2. A great tree.-A king or monarch. See Dan. iv. 19-23.
3. The nobles of a kingdom-Isa. x. 18, 19. It shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field both soul and body....And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few.. [See CEDARS,
1. The purifying grace of the Holy Spirit.-John iii. 5.-Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. See also
OARS.] As trees denote great men and WATER. princes, so boughs, branches, or sprouts denote their offspring. Thus, in Isa. xi. 1. Jesus Christ, in respect of his human nature, is styled a rod of the stem of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots; that is, a prince arising from the family of David.
VEIL of the Temple.-The body of Christ opening the kingdom of heaven by his death, when the veil of the temple was rent.-Matt. xxvii. 51. The veil of the temple was rent in twain-Heb. x. 20. By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh. VINE.
1. The Jewish Church.-Psal. lxxx. 8. Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt. See also verse 14. Jer. xxii. 21. Ezek.
2. Christ, the head of the church.--John xv. 1. I am the true vine.
VINEYARD.The church of Israel.-Isa The Vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel. VIPERS.-The Children of the wicked one.-Matt. iii. 7. xii. 34. O generation of vipers. VOICE.
2. Living water.-The word of the Gos- pel.-John iv. 10. He would have given thee living water. WATERS.
1. Troubles and afflictions.-Psal. lxix. 1. Save me, O God; for the waters are 2. A great multitude of people.-Isa. viii. come in unto my soul. 7. The LORD bringeth up upon them the i. e. army of the king of Assyria; whose waters of the river, strong and many, overwhelming force is compared to the waters of the great, rapid, and impe- 15. tuous river Euphrates. See Rev. xvii. 3. The blessings of the Gospel.-Isa. lv. 1. Ho! every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters.
of the heathens marching against the WAVES of the Sea.-Numerous armies people of God.-Psal. lxv. 7. Which still- eth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves. and xciii. 3, 4.—Jude 13. Raging waves See also Psal. lxxxix. 9. of the sea.
WEEK.-Seven years.-Dan. ix. 24. Se- people; that is, seventy weeks of years venty weeks are determined upon thy WHEAT-Good seed, the children of the or four hundred and ninety years. WHITE. See GARMENTS, 1.; HORSE, 3.; kingdom. Matt. xiii. 38. STONE, 5. WILDERNESS.
1. Voice of the Bridegroom.-The fes- tivity of a wedding, and the expressions of joy which are uttered on such occa- sions. Jer. vii. 34. Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the VOICE OF THE BRIDEGROOM, and the VOICE OF THE BRIDE. The same ex-1. pression also occurs in Jer. xvi. 9. xxv. 10. xxxiii. 11. and John iii. 29.
2. Speaking with a faint voice, denotes the being in a weak and low condition. -Isa. xxix. 4. Thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground; and thy speech shall be low out of the
3. Voice of the Lord. See THUNDER.
WALKING among, or in the midst. Watchfulness and protection. Lev. xxvi. 12. I will walk among you, and will be your God.
WALL-Stability and safety.-Zech. ii. 5. I will be unto her a wall of fire round about; that is, I will defend her from all enemies without, by my angels, as so many flames of fire surrounding her. WAND. See ROD.
WANDERING Stars. See STARS. WASHING with water.-Purification from sin and guilt.-Psal. li. 2. 7. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. Wash me, and shall be whiter than snow.
All manner of desolation.-Isa. xxvii. 10. The defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken and left like make thee a wilderness [and] cities a wilderness.-Jer. xxii. 6. Surely I will [which] are not inhabited. See also Hos. ii. 6.
2. This world, through which all real Christians pass, and undergo all the trials of the Hebrews in their way to the heavenly Canaan.-1 Cor. x. 5, 6. They were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things were our examples.- Isa. xli. 18. I will make the wilderness a pool of water. WIND.
1. Violent Wind.-Destruction.-Jer. li. 1. I will raise up against Babylon.. a destroying wind.Jer. iv. 11, 12. dry wind of the high places in the wil derness...even a full wind from those places shall come unto me. 2. The four winds.-General destruction. -Jer. xlix. 36. Upon Elam will I bring the four winds, from the four quarters of heaven. See also Dan. vii. 2. viii. 8.
Rev. vii. 1. See AIR.
1. Wine, when mentioned together with corn and oil (as it very frequently is) denotes all kinds of temporal good things.-Hos. ii. 8. I gave her corn and wine, and oil. See Joel ii. 19. Psal. iv. 7.
2. As the choicest heavenly blessings are frequently represented in the Scriptures by the salutary effects of wine; so, from the noxious and intoxicating qualities of that liquor (which antiently was mix- ed with bitter and stupefying ingre- dients, and given to malefactors who were about to suffer death)-is borrow ed a most tremendous image of the wrath and indignation of Almighty God. -Psal. lxxv. 8. In the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture, &c.-Psal. Ix. 3. Thou hast made us to drink the wine of as- tonishment. See Jer. xxv. 15. Rev.
xiv. 10. xvi. 19. WINE-PRESS-Treading the wine-press, from their custom of pressing grapes, signifies destruction attended with great slaughter-Lament. i. 15. The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me; he hath called an assembly against me, to crush my young men: the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a wine-press. See Isa. Ixiii. 3. WINGS.
WRITE-To publish or notify. This was the first intention of writing; and, in the earliest ages, no writings were made but upon pillars or monuments, merely to notify things.-Jer. xxii. 30. Write this man childless; that is, publish it, and let all men know that he shall have no child to succeed him upon the throne. For it appears from 1 Chron. iii. 17, 18. and Matt. i. 12., that Jeconiah (of whom the prophet is speaking) had children; but being born probably after he was carried to Babylon, where he lived many years a captive, none of them ever succeeded to the royal authority. See 2 Kings XXV. 27.
1. Oppressive bondage.-Deut. xxviii. 48. He shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he shall have destroyed thee. See Jer. xxviii. 14. In Gal. v. 1. The yoke of bondage means the burthensome ceremonies of the Mosaic law, from which the Christian law of liberty has delivered us.
2. Punishment for sin.-Lam. i. 14. The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand.
3. Those useful restraints, which arise from a sense of the duty which we owe to God, and the obedience we ought to pay to his laws.-Lam. iii. 27. It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth.
1. Protection.-Psal. xvii. 8. Hide me under the shadow of thy wings. See 4. The doctrines and precepts of Jesus Psal. xxxvi. 7. and xc. 4. Christ, and the temper, dispositions and 2. Wings, when used to fly upwards, are duties which flow from them.-Matt. xi. emblems of exaltation.-Isa. xl. 31. They 29, 30. Take my yoke upon you, and shall mount up with wings as eagles; learn of me, for I am meek and lowly that is, they shall be highly exalted. in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your WOLF-A thief, or religious impostor; a souls. For my yoke is easy and my bur- devourer of the church.-Luke x. 3. I den is light.-Quesnel's remark upon send you forth as lambs among wolves. the last sentence is not more beautiful -John x. 12. He that is a hireling.... than devout. "How easy and sweet is sceth the wolf coming and leaveth the it, to serve Christ even in bearing his sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf scattereth cross! How hard and painful is the them. slavery of the world, of sin, and of our WOMAN. own passions, even with all their false pleasures! That satisfaction, peace, and comfort, which grace gives here below, and that which hope encourages us to expect in heaven, make a Christian full amends for all his pains in subduing his passions, and in opposing the world.. A
1. A city, a state, or body politic, or the inhabitants thereof.-The daughter of Tyre in Psal. xiv. 12., of Babylon in Psal. cxxxvii. 8., and of Jerusalem in 2 Kings xix. 21., signifies the inhabitants of those cities, respectively. The daugh- ter of Jerusalem, when virtuous, is hon-yoke, which Christ takes together with oured with the high appellation of the espoused of God in Isa. liv. 1. 5. lxvi. 6 -14., and Jer. xxxi. 4. When wicked: and idolatrous, she is styled the harlot, the adulteress. See ADULTERESS. 2. The true church of Christ.-Rev. xiii. 1. A woman clothed with the sun.
us, can that be uneasy? A burthen, which He bears in us by His Spirit,- can that be heavy? Come then, taste and know by experience how sweet the Lord is, and how worthy His yoke is to be chosen and loved!"
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