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nection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to. Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ. Acts xxviii. 31. Our wars with France have affected us in our most tender interests, and concerned us more than those with any other nation. Addison. It much conc…

To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace. [Obs.] For God hath concluded all in unbelief. Rom. xi. 32. The Scripture hath concluded all under sin. Gal. iii. 22.

To create at the same time. If God did concreate grace with Adam. Jer. Taylor.

absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise. Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared. Bp. Warburton.

to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience. Every tongue shall confess to God. Rom. xiv. 11.

upon confidence of one another's integrity. South. A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. Macaulay.

ducation. It can hardly be called a religion, as it does not inculcate the worship of any god. S. W. Williams.

An assembly of persons; a gathering; esp. an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction; a body of people who habitually so meet. He [Bunyan] rode every year to London, and preached there to large and attentive congregations. Macaulay.

That, in an imperfectly good persons, which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts of grace.

nsistent. Not congruous to the nature of epic poetry. Blair. It is no ways congruous that God should be always frightening men into an acknowledgment of the truth. Atterbury.

act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration. We charge you, in the name of God, take heed; . . . Under this conjuration speak, my lord. Shak.

propriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of God. One day in the week is . . . consecrated to a holy rest. Sharp.

That which stands together as a united whole; a combination. The church of God, as meaning whole consistence of orders and members. Milton.

inst such cruelties With inward consolations recompensed. Milton. Are the consolations of God small with thee Job xv. 11.

r steadfast; freedom from hange; stability; fixedness; immutabilitu; asm the constancy of God in his nature and attributes.

[R.] The several things which engage our affections . . . shine forth and constellate in God. Boule.

or pertaining to, consultation; deliberate; consultative. He that remains in the grace of God sins not by any deliberative, consultive, knowing act. Jer. Taylor.

One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. "Contemners of the gods." South.

meditation; musing; study. In contemplation of created things, By steps we may ascend to God. Milton. Contemplation is keeping the idea which is brought into the mind for some time actually in view. Locke.

ng contented or satisfied; content. Contentment without external honor is humility. Grew. Godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Tim. vi. 6.