INDEXES.

I. INDEX OF THE SYMBOLICAL LANGUAGE OF Scripture.

II. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.

III. GENERAL INDEX OF MATTERS.

IV. INDEX OF THE PRINCIPAL TEXTS ILLUSTRATED.

I.

INDEX

OF THE

PROPHETIC OR SYMBOLICAL LANGUAGE

OF THE SCRIPTURES.

[Referred to, in Vol. II. p. 602, and also to facilitate the perusal of the Prophetic Books, analysed in this Volume.1

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.

BARES.

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.