ALLEDGE; to affirm; prove, Acts xvii. 3.

*The word all is sometimes to be understood as restricted to all of some sorts, although the restricting qualification be not expressed: So it must be understood of all believers, in 1 Corinth. xv. 22. Ephes. iv. 6. Rom. v. 18. The free gift came upon all men unto justification of life; which all men, that are so actually justified, are no other than those that are Christ's, that is, believers; for justification is not without faith. It is also sometimes used for some

ALL. (1.) Every creature, Prov.] xvi. 4. Psal. cxix. 91; or every part, Song iv. 7. (2.) Every man, 2 Cor. ALLEGORY, a continual run of v. 10. (3.) Plentiful, perfect, Rom. metaphors; as in the Song of Soloxv. 13. 1 Cor. xiii. 2. (4.) Some of mon; or representation of some docali nations, ranks, and degrees, 1 trinal point by an history: thus the Tim. ii. 4. Tit. ii. 11. (5.) Many; two wives of Abraham were emblems or the greatest part, Matth. iii. 5. of the two covenants of works and Phil. ii. 21. Thus it is said, ALL the grace; and of the two dispensations cattle of the land of Egypt died: the of the covenant by ceremonies, and hail brake EVERY tree of the field, by plain gospel. Hagar is an emblem Exod. ix. 6, 9. ALL the people brake || of the former; Sarah of the latter. off the gold ear-rings which were in Ishmael an emblem of those attached their ears, Exod. xxxii. 3. ALL the to the law as a covenant, and the cebeasts of the nations lodged in the remonies; and Isaac of those attachlintels of Nineveh, Zeph. ü. 14. The ed to the covenant of grace, and the fame of David went forth into ALL gospel-dispensation, Galatians iv. 24 lands, 1 Chron. xiv. 17. ALL Judea,||—31.† and ALL the region round about Jordan, went out to John, and were baptized of him. ALL men held John as a prophet. The apostles were hated of ALL men, Matth. iii. 5, 6. and xxi. 26. and x. 22. ALL men came to Jesus, John iii. 26. There were at Jerusalem Jews of EVERY nation under heaven, Acts ii. 5. See WORLD. How evident then the folly of such as found their universal redemption on this word that must be of all sorts, as in Jerem. xxxi. 34. Heb. so often restricted! and which is fre- viii. 11. John xii. 32. 1 Tim. ii. 1, 2, 3. quently limited by the context; by || Acts x. 12. In the text last quoted, panta the nature of the thing spoken of; ta tetrapoda, literally all beasts or fourfooted or by the objects of it! Thus sercreatures, is justly rendered by our transla vants are required to please their tors, all manner or sorts of beasts. But masters well in ALL things, Tit. ii. 9; and the Lord is said to uphold ALL that fall, and raise up ALL that are bowed down, Psal. cxlv. 14. The ALL men of Asia that turned away from Paul, denote a great many professed Christians there, 2 Tim. i. 15. The elect part of mankind may be called ALL; or EVERY MAN; ALL THE ENDS of the earth; ALL THE WORLD; because they spring of all nations, Jews and Gentiles; dwell in all places; are of every rank and condition; and are the substance of the earth, for whose behoof it is chiefly preserved and favoured, Romans xi. 32. Heb. ii. 9. Psal. xxii. 27. 1 John ii. 2.*

the word men in our translation after this

term, might sometimes be better omitted, as in John xii. 32.

"In order to the right understanding of an allegorical passage of scripture, we are, in the first place, carefully to ascertain the literal sense from the words themselves under consideration and the context. The humour of finding an allegory in a passage, where there is no necessity of departing from the literal sense, has been a principal cause of error and absurdity in the interpretation of scripture. In the ceremonial institutions of the Old Tes tament, which were a shadow of goods things to come, and in some historical passages, we may study to find the allegorical and without prejudice to the truth of the meaning, provided we proceed cautiously sacred history. Thus the various rites used in the cleansing of the Leper, as

ALLELUIA, or HALLELUJAH.—|| sufficiency in himself; all communicative fulness in his breasts of bounty; and all power to destroy his opposers. In the early ages of the world God chiefly manifested himself by this character, to encourage men's dependence on him alone; and their expectation of the full accom

This Hebrew word, signifying, praise ye the Lord, is met with at the beginning and end of divers Psalms, chiefly towards the close of the book, Psal. cxi. cxii. cxiii. cxvii. cxxxv. cxlvi. cl. It is the burden of the saints' song at the fall of Antichrist, Rev. xix. And this Hebrew expres-plishment of whatever he had promision seems to be there introduced to sed, Gen. xvii. 1. Exod. vi. 3. signify, that the body of the Jews will be converted about the time of the final downfal of Antichrist, and that they will join in the celebration of that glorious event.

ALMOND-TREE, whose flower is of the rose kind, composed of several petals, arranged in a circular form: the pistil arises from the cup, and becomes an oblong, stony fruit, ALLURE, to engage by fair covered with a callous hard coat, and means, Hos. ii. 14. 2 Pet. ii. 18. containing an oblong kernel. They ALMIGHTY, able to do all things; are of five kinds; but more ordinarian attribute of God. The Hebrew ||ly distinguished, from their sweet and word for it signifies one who has all- bitter fruit, into two. They thrive either in dry or wet fields: and are often propagated by the inoculation of an almond-bud into the stock of a pear, peach, or almond-tree. The Hebrew name of the almond-tree is derived from Shakad, which signifies to watch; and imports, that it keeps its station, being the first that blossoms in the spring, and the last that fades in harvest.

Its fruit is precious

described in Levit. xiv. may be allegorically applied to our spiritual healing in our justification and sanctification. So, we may trace some analogy between David's conflict with Goliah, and the conflict of the believer with indwelling sin, Satan and this evil world; and yet the truth of David's engagement with Goliah and victory over him, as a historical fact, is no way prejudiced. Conciseness, ease and delicacy should be studied in the explanation and nourishing. Jacob sent a preof an allegory; after the example of Paul, sent of it to Joseph, Gen. xliii. The 1 Corinth. ix. 9, 10. 2 Corinth. iii. 13, 15. bowls of the golden candlestick being Ephes. v. 32. Among the various allego-formed like almonds, imported the rical interpretations of any particular pas- flourishing and soul-nutritive virtue sage, that is to be preferred which is most perspicuous and most agreeable to the of gospel-light, Exod. xxv. 33. The connection, and to the analogy of faith.— almonds that grew on Aaron's rod, And whilst such an interpretation is other-when laid up over-night before the wise reasonable, its serving much to set Lord, imported the flourish and duforth precious Christ, his offices and bene-ration of the typical priesthood in fits, will highly recommend it to the peo-his family; the duty of the Hebrew ple of God. In short, we are to adopt no allegorical interpretation of any part of priests, and other ministers, to be scripture, but what is warranted and point-early and useful in their work; the ed out by the scripture itself. A single word often affords a key to the allegorical sense of a passage. Thus what Paul says in 1 Corinth. v. 7. leads us to an easy application of most of the particulars respecting the Paschal Lamb, to Christ or believers. When the Holy Spirit himself speaking in the scriptures, interprets any passage allegorically, such an allegory is not only delightful to the spiritual taste, but useful for the establishment of truth." Glossius.

speedy approach of vengeance on their opposers; but especially the virtue of the gospel, the rod of flourishing success, and nourishing Christ's strength, and the speedy destruction of every opposer, Numb. xvii. 8. The almond-tree, shown to Jeremiah in his vision, imported, that the judgments of God would quickly be ripe, or ready to be execu

ted on the wicked Jews of his time, || the stigma obtuse and trifid; the Jer. i. 11. The head of an old man || fruit is a three furrowed case, formed is said to flourish as the almond-tree, as his hoary hairs resemble the white blossoms thereof, Eccl. xii. 5.

of three valves, and containing three cells: the seeds are numerous and angular. Aloes are now produced in ALMOST; in a great measure; all the four quarters of the world. next to wholly, Exod. xvii. 14. One One in Europe rose 23 feet high, and is but ALMOST persuaded to be a Chris- at once bare 12,000 flowers. Even tian, whatever knowledge or experi- in Sweden, an aloe flourished in Ocence of the truth of the gospel, or tober 1708, and held in flower through conversation becoming it, he hath, if the following winter, though exceshis state and nature are not changed || sively severe. Tournefort reckons by union to, and receiving of Jesus up fourteen differnt kinds of the aloeChrist, as the Lord his righteousness tree. The American aloe is famous and strength, into his heart, Acts for its fine flowers of the lily-kind; xxvi. 28. the Asian for the useful drug prepaALMS, what is given in charity to red from it. The drug aloe is formed the poor, Matth. vi. 1-4. In the of the juice of the leaves, fresh pluckt Hebrew, it is called righteousness. and squeezed, set to harden in the sun. It is to be given of things lawfully The succotrine aloe is made of the gotten, and as a debt due to the poor, thinnest at the top; the hypatic of not for their own but for the Lord's || the next; and the horse aloe of the sake, Luke ii. 41. and, xii. 33. In coarse sediment. This drug is famthe Greek, the word signifies mercy : ed for its purgative virtue. Both the it is to be given from a principle of wood and drug have an odoriferous true love and compassion to the needy and preservative influence. Aloes objects, Acts x. 2, 4. and xxiv. 17. were anciently used for embalming of dead bodies, and for perfuming of beds and clothes, John xix. 39. Prov. vii. 17. The graces of the Holy Ghost in Christ, and his people, are likened to aloes, because of their agreeable savour; their tendency to prevent, or purge away, sinful corruportion, and to keep their subjects for ever fresh and sound, Psal. xlv. 8. Song iv. 14. The Hebrews are compared to LIGN-ALOES, to import their wonderful increase; flourishing estate; and eminent usefulness, Numb. xxiv. 6.

ALMUG, or ALGUM-TREE; not coral, which cannot be formed into stair-cases or musical instruments: but either ebony, plenty of which grows in India ; or Brazil-wood; or citron-tree ; or some gummy sort of wood, perhaps that which produces the gum-ammoniac, Arabic; and so is thought by some to be the same with the Shittah-tree, 1 Kings x. 11. 2 Chron. ii. 8. and ix. 10.

or

ALOES. The LIGN-ALOES, aloe-tree, according to Linnæus, is of the hexandria-monogynia class of plants, having no calyx. The corolla is oblong, and formed of a single petal, divided into six segments at the extremity. The tube is bunch-|| backed, and the limb straight. The stamina are six subulated filaments, fully of the length of the corolla, and inserted into the receptacle: the anthere are oblong and bending; the bud irregular in shape; the stile simple, and of the length of the stamina;

ALOFT, on high, Psal, xviii. 10. ALONE. (1.) Solitary; by one's self; without friends to help or comfort, Gen. ii. 18. Exod. xviii. 14. (2.) Safe without hurt; none seeking to rob them of any part of what they enjoy; separated to be the peculiar people of God; enjoying his special favour and protection, and behaving in a manner different from other nations, Deut xxxiii. 28. Numb. xxiii. 9. To let one alone, is to forbear