a human being, whether male or female

1. generically, to include all human individuals

2. to distinguish man from beings of a different order

   1. of animals and plants

   2. of from God and Christ

   3. of the angels

3. with the added notion of weakness, by which man is led into a mistake or prompted to sin

4. with the adjunct notion of contempt or disdainful pity

5. with reference to two fold nature of man, body and soul

6. with reference to the two fold nature of man, the corrupt and the truly Christian man, conformed to the nature of God

7. with reference to sex, a male

indefinitely, someone, a man, one

in the plural, people

joined with other words, merchantman

to become, i.e. to come into existence, begin to be, receive being

to become, i.e. to come to pass, happen

1. of events

to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage

1. of men appearing in public

to be made, finished

1. of miracles, to be performed, wrought

to become, be made

but, moreover, and, etc.

himself, herself, itself, themselves

to come upon, hit upon, to meet with

1. after searching, to find a thing sought

2. without previous search, to find (by chance), to fall in with

3. those who come or return to a place

to find by enquiry, thought, examination, scrutiny, observation, to find out by practice and experience

1. to see, learn, discover, understand

2. to be found i.e. to be seen, be present

3. to be discovered, recognised, detected, to show one's self out, of one's character or state as found out by others (men, God, or both)

4. to get knowledge of, come to know, God

to find out for one's self, to acquire, get, obtain, procure

the death of the body

1. that separation (whether natural or violent) of the soul and the body by which the life on earth is ended

2. with the implied idea of future misery in hell

   1. the power of death

3. since the nether world, the abode of the dead, was conceived as being very dark, it is equivalent to the region of thickest darkness i.e. figuratively, a region enveloped in the darkness of ignorance and sin

metaph., the loss of that life which alone is worthy of the name,

1. the misery of the soul arising from sin, which begins on earth but lasts and increases after the death of the body in hell

the miserable state of the wicked dead in hell

in the widest sense, death comprising all the miseries arising from sin, as well physical death as the loss of a life consecrated to God and blessed in him on earth, to be followed by wretchedness in hell

and, also, even, indeed, but

as far as, until

a cross

1. a well known instrument of most cruel and ignominious punishment, borrowed by the Greeks and Romans from the Phoenicians; to it were affixed among the Romans, down to the time of Constantine the Great, the guiltiest criminals, particularly the basest slaves, robbers, the authors and abetters of insurrections, and occasionally in the provinces, at the arbitrary pleasure of the governors, upright and peaceable men also, and even Roman citizens themselves

2. the crucifixion which Christ underwent

an upright "stake", esp. a pointed one, used as such in fences or palisades

the habitus, as comprising everything in a person which strikes the senses, the figure, bearing, discourse, actions, manner of life etc.

to make low, bring low

1. to level, reduce to a plain

2. metaph. to bring into a humble condition, reduce to meaner circumstances

   1. to assign a lower rank or place to

   2. to abase

   3. to be ranked below others who are honoured or rewarded

   4. to humble or abase myself by humble living

3. to lower, depress

   1. of one's soul bring down one's pride

   2. to have a modest opinion of one's self

   3. to behave in an unassuming manner

   4. devoid of all haughtiness

giving ear, obedient

as, like, even as, etc.