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The First New Testament Printed in English

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Iiij. A List of Other Interesting Notes and Definitions

abject: low, pitiful;

“Nevertheless he that comforteth the abject, comforted us at the coming of Titus.” 2 Cor. vij.

acomptes: accounts, accomplishments;

“which shall give acomptes to him that is ready to judge quick and dead.” I Peter iv.

advoutry, advoutrous, advouterers: adultery, or a-devouter; the prefix “a” meaning “not” devout or “without” devotion; unfaithfulness to the marriage, or to the truth; Christ the lord and God our father.

allayed: settled down, ceased;

“And he rose up and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea: peace and be still. And the wind allayed, and there followed a great calm:” Mark iv.

amen: so be it anathema maranatha: from the marginal notes: {The same be accursed at the coming of the lorde.}

“If any man love not the lord Iesus Christ, the same be anathema maranatha.” 1 Cor xvj.

anon - shortly, early, after a while, a little while, soon, right away, immediately, areed, aread: prophecy, declare, guess assoil: solve; clear up. Matthew xxj.

astonied, astunned: (adj.) bewildered; dazed, (p.) stunned; astonished, astounded benevolence: compassion, kindness, good will careful: full of cares; or cluttered with detail to the point of anxiety charger: a large shallow dish; a platter.

Christe: exact spelling in seven letters with the suffix -e perhaps meaning from or belonging to Christ.

close: to come or gather around; to inclose; or enclose on all sides; to encompass; to confine. Mat xiij.: to bring in the sides, as when covering seed.

como: I Ihon: Iesus is coming, returning in the flesh, (that is, in the new glorious body of resurrection.)

concord - agreement concupiscence: strong desire as in the lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, and the pride of self and/or goods.

cumbrance, encumbrance: be crushed (with difficulties), syn. burden; clog; impediment; check; hindrance cruses: earthen vessels: jugs, pots, pitchers dampned: dampened, damned;

“Grudge not one against another brethren, lest ye be dampned. Behold the judge standeth before the door.” James v.

debite: deputy: from the Latin meaning to keep accounts of debts. Official listener to quarrels.

delectation: enjoyment, delight, pleasure derely: dearly, (adv.) 1.) Loved and cherished; Highly esteemed or regarded. 2.) in a sincere and heartfelt manner; with affection 3.) at a great cost devotion: plain hearted to God, being devoted to someone or something else.

discreet: prudent; sagacious, judicious; not rash or heedless, but thoughtful.

discreetly: wisely, sensibly, caution in speech and proper behaviour, modestly discretion: ability to use common sense and discernment.

dissimulation: disguised motives or intentions draught: natural movement. Or that which is drawn; as: That which is taken by sweeping with a net. Luke v.

durst: a past tense and a past participle of dare.

egal: equal, impartial egalness: impartiality eschew: to escape from, to avoid, shun ere: before, sooner than, ever err, erre: error, stray from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.

ester: exact spelling; interpreted as passover, easter, the feast of sweet or unleavened bread ester lamb: this is the Hebrew feast of sweet bread, and this lamb was offered at the first passover in Egypt.

even (n): in divers passages means: evening faithful: (faithfull) full of faith farthing: a Great Britain coin worth 1/4 penny, or something of very little value.

faveour: also grace.

fealing, feal: faithful; loyal. [Obs.]

feign, feigned, feigning: to dissemble; to represent by a false appearance; to give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true.

“There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.”—Neh. vi. 8.

firkins: small barrel fuller: one who works with cloth. Mark ix.

fremed: strange, foreign froward, frowardly: stubbornly headstrong, contrary to love and truth. Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child.

“A froward man soweth strife.”—Prov. xvi. 28.

grece: flight of steps. Acts xxj.

Helias: Elijah, the prophet, EliYah = My God is YHWH.

Hiericho: Jericho = place of fragrance

Hierusalem, Ierusalem: Jerusalem

Iesu, Iesus: today translated as Iesu, Iesus; in Hebrew: Y’shu (from Yahshuah)

Ihon: John

Isay, Esay: the prophet Isaiah

Iury, Jewry: Judea jot: gr. iota; heb., yod: the smallest letter (10th) in the Hebrew alphabet

“For truly I say unto you, till heaven and earth perish, one jot, or one tittle of the law shall not scape, till all be fulfilled.” Matt. Chap.v.

loth: unwilling

lucre: gain in money or goods; profit; riches;—often in an ill sense.

“See that ye feed Christe’s flock, which is among you, taking the oversight of them, not as though ye were compelled thereto: but willingly: Not for the desire of filthy lucre: but of a good mind.” First Peter chap. v.

mammon: greed-full riches; to serve for gain and filthy lucre meet (a.): worthy; suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.

merciful: (mercifull) having or excercising full mercy

Messias, Christ: anointed, mete: what ever is used to measure or for a measure mote: a very small particle; a speck

“The same found his brother Simon first, and said unto him: we have found Messias, which is by interpretation anointed:” Ihon j.

nard, spikenard: an aromatic ointment used in antiquity nay: no.

nere: were not (be not)

nought: nothing, (not ever a whit)

ought: (n.) anything whatever, any part; whit (a.) in any respect; at all. (imp. p.) owe; to be bound in duty or by moral obligation. (v.) to be indebted or obliged for.

pillers: those that charge others excessively, as to pillage the people. pill: extort pyght: plight: to promise or bind by a solemn pledge, especially to betroth; to give or solemn pledge (as of faith, one’s word or oath to the truth, for example.) Heb. viij. (other: pitched, trothed)

posing: asking questions phylacteries: either of two leather pouches containing scriptures, one worn on the left arm, the other on the forehead, by these Scribes or Pharisees predestinate: to destine or determine in advance; foreordain. to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to pre[“e]lect. Romans Chap. viij.

privy, privily: in private, hidden (also a privy place to rest and think)

publicans - ones who worked for the Romans; collector of taxes or tribute from the public.

quaternions: four soldiers, heavy security raca: from the heb. means worthless rue: aromatic plant sophistry: a imaginable but misleading discussion, fallacious reasoning.

succor, succour: help, to relieve in time of distress, to assist and deliver from suffering

“For in that he himself suffered, and was tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.—Heb. ii.”

suffer(ed): allow(ed), permit(ed) (even suffer)

superfluity: excess, overabundance, indulgence superfluous: unnecessary; being beyond what is required or sufficient.

staunched: To stop the flow of blood from (a wound) Luke chap. 8

surfeiting: to overindulge, caused by excessive eating or drinking.

tittle: the “tittle” is a tiny curve at the end of some Hebrew characters to distinguish them from others which otherwise would be similar. The very least point. Luke xvj.:

“Sooner shall heaven and earth perish, than one tittle of the law shall perish.”

twain: two

trow: think

trough: troth, or truth; in reality of the narrow way

“I rejoiced greatly, that I found of thy children walking in trough, as we have received a commandment of the father.” Second Ihon j.

thorow(e): (prep.) by., through, be cause of, on account of thorowout (prep.) throughout thorow(e) adv. thoroughly, completely unneth: uneasily, with much difficulty, scarcely unspotted: not spotted; free from spot or stain; especially, free from moral stain; unblemished; as, an unspotted reputation.

“Pure devotion and undefiled before God the father, is this: To visit the fatherless, and widows in their adversity, and to keep himself unspotted of the world.” James j.

unfeigned: not made up, true, sincere, genuine untoward: unfavorable, ungraceful, contrary, froward; perverse;

“Save yourselves from this untoward generation.” Acts chap. ij.

wene: to ween; suppose, imagine, think wenest: supposes, to assume whit: smallest part, least bit winefat: the upper vat of the winepress; emblematic of divine judgement whitsontide: whitsuntide; also interpreted pentecost (Jewish festival celebrated on the fiftieth day after the Passover Feast)

wist - knew, or known well, understand wit, (n.) Mind; intellect; understanding; sense.

“Who knew the wit of the Lord? or who was his counselor?”—Wyclif (Rom. xi. 34).

wit, wettest, wot, wotteth (v.): knew, know well wiliness: trickery, deceit, craftiness, cunning;

“That we henceforth be no more children wavering and carried with every wind of doctrine, by the wiliness of men and craftiness, whereby they lay a wait for us to deceive us.” Ephesians chap. iv.

wottest, wettest: to know sharply.

woe (n.) (interj.) Used to express sorrow or dismay. Grief; sorrow; misery; disaster, heavy calamity. A curse; a malediction.

Note: Woe is used in denunciation, and in exclamations of sorrow. “Woe is me! for I am undone.”—Isa. vi. 5.

“Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!”—Isa. xlv. 9.

wont: used to, as usual yee, yea: yes.

yer: before

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