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h or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament. What things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law . . . But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets. Ro…

To act habitually in conformity with; to practice. To live the Gospel. Foxe. To live down, to live so as to subdue or refute; as, to live down slander.

One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian martyr. Chaucer. To be a martyr, signifies only to witness the truth of Christ; but the witnessing of the truth was then so generally attended with persecution, that martyrdom n…

forms sacerdotal duties; the pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach the gospel and administer the sacraments. Addison.

A single narrative framed from the statements of the four evangelists; a gospel harmony. [R.]

orality to be gathered out of ... ancient sages falls very short of that delivered in the gospel. Swift.

e three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves Luke x. 36. The gospel allows no such term as "stranger;" makes every man my neighbor. South.

One who advocates adheres to new laws; esp. one who holds or believes that the gospel is a new law.

ate; without secrecy. How grossly and openly do many of us contradict the precepts of the gospel by our ungodliness! Tillotson.

ormally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection. "The great overture of the gospel." Barrow.

ave need of some delightful intermissions. Milton. Low, pragmatical, earthly views of the gospel. Hare.

To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon. How shall they preach, except they be sent Rom. x. 15. From that time Jesus began to preach. Matt. iv. 17.

The act of promulgating; publication; open declaration; as, the promulgation of the gospel. South.

anything; diffusion; dissemination; as, the propagation of sound; the propagation of the gospel. Bacon.

. It is strange folly to set ourselves no mark, to propound no end, in the hearing of the gospel. Coleridge.

tion; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts.

To change completely, as by a revolution; as, to revolutionize a government. Ames. The gospel . . . has revolutionized his soul. J. M. Mason.

nd again; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to reflect. Cowper. Apart from the hope of the gospel, who is there that ruminates on the felicity of heaven I. Taylor.

ance to; as, to satisfy one's self by inquiry. The standing evidences of the truth of the gospel are in themselves most firm, solid, and satisfying. Atterbury.

form of the language, as shown particularly in the "Heliand", a metrical narration of the gospel history preserved in manuscripts of the 9th century.