Lamb. The Messiah suffering, &c. St. John i. 29. Emblem of meekness. Is. xi. 6. Lamp. Direction, support. Ps. cxix. 105. A perpetual successor. 1 Kings xi. 36. A Christian Church. Rev. i. 12. Leaven. Corrupt doctrine and practices. St. Matt. xvi. 6. Leopard. A swift, powerful, rapacious enemy. Dan. vii. 6. Fierce, untractable men. Is. xi. 6.

Life. Immortality. Ps. xvi. 11. xxxvi. 9. Christ. St. John xi. 25. Col. iii. 4. Doctrine of the gospel. St. John vi. 63.

Light. Joy, comfort, happiness. Esther viii. 16. Ps. xcvii. 11. Holiness, or perfection. Ps. xxxvi. 9. 1 John i. v.

Lion. Fortitude, strength. Rev. v. 5. A king. Jer. iv. 7. Seldom used in a bad sense; but see Ps. xxii. 13. 1 Pet. v. 8.

Locusts. Hostile armies. Joel i. ii. Corrupters of the gospel.

Rev. ix. 3.

Manna. The bread of life. St. John vi. 26, 50.

Hidden

manna. Unspeakable joys of immortality. Rev. ii. 17.

Milk and honey. Emblem of fertility.

Moon. The Mosaic dispensation. Rev. xii. 1.

Mountains. Kingdoms, states, cities. Is. ii. 12, 14. Jer. li. 25. Zech. iv. 7. Kingdom of Messiah. Is. ii. 2. Dan. ii. 35. Naked. Destitute of the image of God. Rev. iii. 17. Idolatry. Exod. xxxii. 25.

Night. Intellectual darkness. Rom. xiii. 12. Adversity. Is. xxi. 12. Death. St. John ix. 4. Numbers. Two: a few. Is. vii. 21. 1 Kings xvii. 12. Three; third: greatness, excellency. Is. xix. 24: it is a mystical number; perfection. Four; the whole. Is. xi. 12.; universality. Seven; a complete, yet indefinite number. Ps. xii. 6. Ten; many. Gen xxxi. 7. Amos vi. 9. Oaks. Men of high rank and power. Is. ii. 13. Zech. xi. 2.

Olive. Wild: man in his natural state. Rom. xi. 17, &c. Cultivated; the Church of God.

Palms. Joy after victory. Rev. vii. 9.

Poison. Lies, error, and delusion. Ps. cxl. 3. lviii. 3, 4. xiv. 5. Rain. The divine goodness. Hos. vi. 3. x. 12. The word of God. Is. lv. 10, &c.

Rain. A plain monarch or prince. Dan. viii. 3.

River. The greatest good. Ps. xxxvi. 8. Rev. xxii. 1. Hostile invasion. Is. lix. 19. Jer. xlvi. 7, 8. Drying up a river is a symbol of evil-the adjoining land will be easily conquered. Is. xi. 15. xlix. 27.

Rivers and streams.

6, 7.

Influences of the Holy Spirit. Is. xxxv.

Rock. Defence, refuge. Ps. xviii. 2. Is. xvii. 10. Christ. St. Matt. xvi. 18. God. Deut. xxxii. 15. Ps. xviii. 2. Rod or Wand. Power and rule. Ps. ii. 9.

Salt.

Incorruption, perpetual duration. St. Matt. v. 13. 2 Chron. xiii. 5. Barrenness. Deut. xxix. 23. Jer. xvii. 6. Peace. St. Mark ix. 50.

Sand. Multitudes. Gen. xxii. 17. xxxii. 12.

Sea. People gathered into one body. Jer. li. 42. Is. lx. 5. Dan. vii. 2.

Seal. The word has many meanings; as, Security; Secresy;

Hindrance; Propriety in a thing. In the gospel the divine seal is described to be the Holy Spirit of God. Impression of the Holy Spirit upon the soul. Rev. vii. 2. Serpent. Satan. Gen. iii. 1. Rev. xii. 9.

Shadow. Defence, protection. Is. xxx. 2.
Shield. Defence. Gen. xv. 1.

Sodom and Gomorrah. Any apostate city or people. Is. i. 10. Sores and ulcers. Symbolically denote sins, &c.

Stars. Persons in eminent stations, chiefly ecclesiastical. Num.

xxiv. 17. Dan. viii. 10. Rev. i. 20. "Morning Star." Rev. ii. 28. Pre-eminence. Wandering stars. Jude 13.

Wicked apostates.

Stone. White stone; pardon and acquittal. Rev. ii. 17. Corner-stone: Christ. "Lively stones:" true believers. Sun and Moon. The civil and ecclesiastical state. Joel ii. 31. Acts ii. 20. God is called a sun. Ps. lxxxiv. 11. Christ, "the Sun of righteousness." Mal. iv. 2.

Swine.
Sword.

Wicked and unclean people. St. Matt. vii. 6.

Symbol of war and slaughter. Lev. xxvi. 25. Of divine judgments. Deut. xxxii. 41. Of power and authority. Rom. xiii. 4. Of unjust violence. St. Matt. xxvi. 52. Of the word of God. Eph. vi. 17. Rev. i. 16.

Teeth. Symbols of cruelty, or of a devouring enemy. Threshing. Punishment: destruction. Is. xli. 15. Jer. li. 33. Throne. Kingdom, or government. 2 Sam. iii. 10.

Towers and Fortresses. Defenders, protectors. 2 Sam. xxii. 51. Is. ii. 15.

Travailing with child. A state of anguish and misery; of tribulation and persecution.

Tread under. Bring into subjection. Ps. lx. 12. Is. x. 6.
Tree of life. Immortality. Rev. ii. 7.

Trees.

Men in general, fruitful and unfruitful: a great tree: a king or monarch. Dan. iv. 19, &c. The nobles of a kingdom. Is. x. 18, 19.

Veil of the Temple. Christ's body. Heb. x. 20.

Vine.

Christ, the Head of the Church. St. John xv. 1. Emblem of the Church of God. Ps. lxxx. 15. Is. v. 1, &c. Vipers. Children of the wicked one. St. Matt. iii. 7. xii. 34. Walk among. Watchfulness and protection. Lev. xxvi. 12. Wall. Stability and safety. Zech. ii. 5.

Watchmen. God's prophets. Ezek. iii. 17. xxxiii. 6.

Water.

The purifying grace of the Spirit. St. John iii. 5.

A great

Waters. Troubles and afflictions. Ps. lxix. 1, 2. multitude of people. Jer. xlvii. 2. Rev. xvii. 15. 70 weeks of years, or

Week. Seven years. Dan. ix. 24.

490 years.

Wheat. The children of the kingdom.

Wilderness. All manner of desolation. Is. xxvii. 10. Jer. xxii. 6. This world. 1 Cor. x. 5, 6.

Winds. Wars and commotions. Jer. xlix. 36. li. 1. The four winds. General destruction.

Wine. Spiritual blessings. Is. xxv. 6.

Ps. lx. 3. lxxv. 8.

Wine-press.

Divine judgments.

Treading the wine-press signifies destruction

with great slaughter. Is. lxiii. 3. Lam. i. 15. Rev. xiv. 19, 20.

Wings. Defence and protection. Ruth ii. 12. Ps. xxxvi. 7. Exaltation. Is. xl. 31.

Wolf. A thief or religious imposter: a devourer of the church.

Woman. The Church of Christ. Rev. xii. 1. A city, state, or inhabitants thereof. Ezek. xxiii. 2. Weak and effeminate persons. Is. iii. 12. xix. 16.

Doctrines and

Yoke. Bondage. Deut. xxviii. 48. Punishment for sin. Lam. i. 14. Useful restraints. Lam. iii. 27. precepts of Christ. St. Matt. xi. 29, 30.

The following words, which describe divine Revelation either in whole or in part, deserve careful notice in the reading of the Bible.

1. Law. The root of the word in Hebrew signifies, to direct, guide, teach, make straight, even, to point forward.

2. Statutes. The root of the word in Hebrew signifies, to mark, trace out, describe, ordain.

3. Precepts. The root signifies to take notice or care of a

thing; to attend, have respect to, to appoint, to visit.

4. Commandments. The root, &c., to command, order, or

dain.

5. Testimonies. The root, &c., to bear witness.

6. Judgments. The root, &c., to judge, determine, regulate, order, discern.

7. Truth.

believe.

The root, &c., to make steady, constant; to trust,

8. Word. The root, &c., to discourse, utter one's sentiments, speak consecutively and intelligibly.

9. Way. The root, &c., to proceed, go on, walk, tread. 10. Righteousness. The root signifies to do justice, to give

full weight: understand by the word, that which teaches a man to give to God, to man, and to himself, what is due.

The word Judgment is used in various senses:

It may denote the sentence or decision of a judge. 1
Kings iii. 28.

Justice and equity. Is. i. 17.

God's administration of the world. Ps. xxxvi. 6.

His righteous punishment of the wicked. Ezek. xxx. 14.
His statutes and commandments. Ps. xix. 9.

The deliverance of the world from the power of Satan.
St. John xii. 31.

Chastisements of the good. 1 Peter iv. 17.