239 DEW. Ps. cx. 3; Hos. vi. 4. xxxii. 2. DRAW. Isa. xii. 3. vi. 9. DROP.

Prov. xix. 13.

DISTIL. Deut.

DROWN. 1 Tim.

Ps. lxv. 11; Ezek. xx. 46;
DRINK. Job xv. 16. DROUGHT.
DEEP. PS.

Isa. lviii. 11. DITCH. Job ix. 31.
xlii. 7; or DEPTHS. Mic. vii. 19.

240 Matt. xviii. 24. For even 10,000 talents of silver were equal to 1,920,000%. ;—while if reckoned in gold it would have been equal to 72,000,000l.—a sum which no DEBTOR could

pay.

241 DARKNESS. Used for sorrow in Joel ii. 2; for death in Job x. 21, 22; for secrecy in Matt. x.

27; for sin in John i. 5; for hell in Matt. viii. 12; 2 Pet. ii. 4.

242 DAY. Used metaphorically in connection with an opportune moment in John ix. 4, Heb. iii. 15; with a time of affliction in Lam. iv. 18; with a season of deliverance in Rom. xiii. 12; with a state of holiness in 1 Thess. v. 5; and with eternity in Rev. iv. 8, compared with Rev. xxi. 25.

243 The word Door is used (1st) of Christ, in John

x. 9, because he is the only way into heaven for sinners; (2nd) of faith, in Acts xiv. 27, because faith opened salvation to the Gentiles; (3rd) of opportunity for preaching, in 1 Cor. xvi. 9, Col. iv. 3, because, by the utterance of the mouth, preaching enters into the heart; (4th) of the heart, in Rev. iii. 20, as giving entrance to truth; (5th) of the lips, as sending

forth the voice, Ps. cxli. 3; (6th) of heaven,
Matt. xxv. 10; (7th) of sloth, Prov. xxvi. 14.
244 DAUGHTER. Used in connection with musicians
in Eccles. xii. 4; with nations in Ps. cxxxvii.
8; with the church of God in Ps. xlv. 9,
10, 13.

of

245 DOVES are made emblematical of tenderness in
Isa. xxxviii. 14; of purity in Ps. lxviii. 13;
foolishness in Hos. vii. 11; of timidity in Hos.
xi. 11; and of inoffensiveness in Matt. x. 16.
246 DWELL. Used of the Father in 2 Cor. vi. 16; of
the Son in Eph. iii. 17; of the Holy Ghost in
Rom. viii. 9; of the Scripture in Col. iii. 16;
of Satan in Luke xi. 26. And all these
references are to one subject, viz., the heart of

man.

247 DEN. Applied to Jerusalem in Jer. ix. 11; and
to the Temple in Matt. xxi. 13.

E.

248 EARS, to denote God's knowledge, Ps. xciv.
9-11; Ps. x. 17; and EYES, to denote the
same, Ps. xi. 4; Prov. xv. 3.

249 EYE. Used for (1) God's providential care, in
Jer. xxiv. 6; 2 Chron. xvi. 9; (2) the human
mind, in Ps. cxix. 18; (3) prudence, in Eccles.
ii. 14; (4) benevolence, in Prov. xxii. 9; and
(5) perversity, in Prov. xxviii. 22; Matt.
xx. 15.

250 By the "EYELIDS OF THE MORNING," in Job iii.
9; xli. 18. (See margin of the Bible.)

251 TO EAT. It is used metaphorically for the destruction of life in Numb. xxiv. 8; and for the reading of a book in Jer. xv. 16, and Ezek. iii. 1.

252 EARNEST, in 2 Cor. i. 22. Because an earnest is the beginning of some future good; so the possession of the Spirit is the beginning of our inheritance. Eph. i. 13, 14.

253 END. Prov. xxiii. 18, and 1 Pet. i. 9. 254 EYE-SALVE. Rev. iii. 18.

F.

255 FOUNDATION. Isa. xxviii. 16; 1 Cor. iii. 11. FOUNTAIN. Zech. xiii. 1. FORERUNNER. Heb. vi. 20. FIRSTFRUITS. 1 Cor. xv. 20.

258 FIRE. Used of God, Deut. iv. 24; of angels, Ps civ. 4; of God's word, Jer. xxiii. 29; of evil speaking, Prov. xvi. 27; James iii. 6.

259 FACE. Used in connection with Divine anger, Ps. xxxiv. 16; love, Dan. ix. 17; presence, Exod. xxxiii. 11; omniscience, 1 Sam. xxvi. 20, and Jer. xvi. 17.

260 FAT. Used for hardness of heart in Isa. vi. 10, and Ps. cxix. 70; and for spiritual blessings in Jer. xxxi. 14, and Ps. lxiii. 5.

261 FRUIT. Used for children, Deut. xxviii. 4; for punishment, Prov. i. 31; for thanksgiving, Heb. xiii. 15; for conversation, Prov. xii. 14; and for alms, Rom. xv. 28.

262 FAN. Jer. xv. 7, and Matt. iii. 12.

263 FINGER. Used of Divine power, Exod. viii. 19; of the Holy Spirit, in Luke xi. 20, when com

pared with Matt. xii. 28; and of insult, Isa. lviii. 9.

264 Fox. Used of false prophets, Ezek. xiii. 4; of a wicked ruler, Luke xiii. 32.

G.

265 GREY HAIRS. Hosea vii. 9. GOLD TARNISHED. Lam. iv. 1. GRASS WITHERED.

xix. 26.

266 GOLD. Ps. cxix. 127.

267 GRASSHOPPERS. Judges vi. 5.

268 GRAPES. Ezek. xviii. 2.

269 GARDEN. Cant. iv. 16.

2 Kings

270 GOATS. Matt. xxv. 32. GRASS. Ps. xcii. 7; xxxvii. 2.

271 GIRDLE. Eph, vi. 14. It is meant to show that we are held up when weak by the power of truth. (Isa. xxii. 21.)

GRINDING. Connected with injustice, Isa. iii. 15; with captivity, in Isa. xlvii. 2; with destruction, in Matt. xxi. 44.

H.

273 HOUSE. The grave, Job xxx. 23. The body, Job iv. 19; 2 Cor. v. 1. The church, 1 Tim.

iii. 15. Heaven, John xiv. 2.

274 HORN. Daniel vii. 8.

275 HAMMER. Jer. xxiii. 29. HONEY. Ps. cxix.

103.

276 HABITATION. Ps. xci. 9. xv. 1.

HUSBANDMAN. John

HOUSEHOLDER. Matt. xxi. 33. HOPE OF ISRAEL. Jer. xiv. 8. HUSBAND. Isa. liv. 5. HEALTH OF MAN'S COUNTENANCE. Ps. xlii. 11. HORN OF SALVATION. Ps. xviii. 2. HELPER OF THE FATHERLESS. Ps. x. 14.

Rev. xiv. 7. Day of judgment

279 HEAD. Capital city, Isa. vii. 8.

Matt. xiii. 39.

Rev. xiv. 15.

Branch of a

river, Gen. ii. 10. Mastery over others, Deut. xxviii. 13.

280 HAND. Servitude, 2 Kings iii. 11. Adoration, Job xxxi. 27. Familiarity, 2 Kings vii. 2. Rebellion, 2 Sam. xx. 21. Friendship, 2 Kings x. 15. Theft, Exod. xxii. 8. ix. 22. Invitation, Prov. i. 24. dence, Job xii. 10; Ps. civ. 28. ments, Ps. xxxii. 4.

281 HEIR OF ALL THINGS. Heb. i. 2.

Blessing, Lev.

God's provi-
His punish-

HEAD. Col. ii.

19. HIDING PLACE. Isa. xxxii. 2. HIGH

PRIEST. Heb. iv. 15.

HEADSTONE OF THE

HORN OF SALVATION.

CORNER. Acts. iv. 11.

Luke i. 69. HOPE OF ISRAEL, Acts xxviii. 20.

I, J, K.

282 IRON, in Isa. lx. 17; JERUSALEM, in Gal. iv.