GLOSSARY.

WINK, III.,'( the Ceremonies) were winked at,' overlooked, unnoticed ( cp. Acts 17. 30).

If the people of the land hide their eyes and winke at that man. Geneva, Lev. 20. 4. WISE, S. a. C. g,' on this wise,' thus, in this fashion; O.E. wis.

The byrthe of Jesus Christ was on this wyse. Tindale.

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WIST, 1 a. Epi. g, wist ye not,' knew ye not; O.E. wiste, pret. of witan, to know.

Wisten 3e not that in tho thingis that ben of my fadir, it behoveth me to be?

Wyclif.

WIT, II., intellect.

By love the young and tender wit is turned to folly. Shaks. Gent. V. i. 1. 47. O.E.( ge) witt.

WONT, 12 Tr. c, accustomed; M.E. woned, p.p. of wonien; O.E. gewu­nian, to dwell, to be accustomed to. And as he was wont, eftsoone he tauste hem. Wyclif, Mark 10. 1. WORD OF GOD, xxIx. 19, 22, 24, 34, the Holy Scriptures.

WORD, THE, Nat. of Ch. g= 8 Aóyos, our Lord Jesus Christ, He who being God, with God, was made flesh, dwelt among us, was in the world as Man. Cp. the LXX.( Ezek. 1. 24), where in one MS. the Heb. Shaddai, the Al­mighty God, is rendered by o Aóyos,' the Word.'

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WORLD- aiúv, IX.( Gloria Patri), world without end,' time without end eis aiova; so xv.( Creed),

' the life of the world to come,' of the age to come.

WORLD

Kóopos, the material world, men living in the world, especially those not of the Church, the alienated from the life of God; XII.; 18 Tr. c, the world, the flesh, and the devil.'

WORSHIP, Ps. 22. 3,' thou worship of Israel;' the verse should be rendered, But thou art holy, O thou that art enthroned upon the praises of Israel;' so R.V.; Ps. 47. 4, the worship of Jacob,' the excellency of Jacob, i.e. the Holy Land( see Cheyne). O.E. weorth­scipe, honour.

WORSHIP, xx, to honour, respect, to treat as worthy.

Worschipe thi fadir and thi modir. Wyclif, Matt. 19. 19. WORTHILY, Ash- W. c, suitably.

Thou and thy fellows your last service did worthily perform. Shaks. Temp. v. 35. WRETCHLESSNESS, xxIx. 17, in 1553 spelt rechlesnesse Lat. secu­

ritas, carelessness, recklessness; O.E. receleas, reckless, from recan, to reck, to care.

Rechelesnes in speking. Chaucer, Persones Tale. WRIT,' Holy Writ,' xxIx.( Art. 20), Holy Scripture.

And thus I clothe my native villainy With old odd ends stol'n forth of holy writ. Shaks. Rich. III. i. 3.337.

WRITING- TABLE, St. J. Bap. g, a writing tablet; so R.V.

He asked for writing tables. Geneva.

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