Search for: god's character
28361 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GODSHIP.1 (Noah Webster)
GODSHIP, n. Deity; divinity; the rank or character of a god.
28362 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GOSPEL.2 (Noah Webster)
… of God to fallen man through a mediator, including the character, actions, and doctrines of Christ, with the whole scheme of salvation, as revealed by Christ …
28363 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HOLY.2 (Noah Webster)
… moral character; and man is more or less holy, as his heart is more or less sanctified, or purified from evil dispositions. We call a man holy, when his heart is …
28364 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. IMPRESS.11 (Noah Webster)
God leaves us this general impress or character on the works of creation, that they were very good.
28365 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INFER.3 (Noah Webster)
… the character of God, as creator and governor of the world, we infer the indispensable obligation of all his creatures to obey his commands. We infer one proposition …
28366 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. IRREVERENCE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Want of reverence, or want of veneration; want of due regard to the authority and character of the Supreme Being. Irreverence toward God is analogous to disrespect toward man.
28367 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. JEALOUSY.7 (Noah Webster)
4. Indignation. God’s jealousy signifies his concern for his own character and government, with a holy indignation against those who violate his laws, and offend against his majesty. Psalm 79:5 .
28368 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LOVE.10 (Noah Webster)
… of God is the first duty of man, and this springs from just views of his attributes or excellencies of character, which afford the highest delight to the sanctified …
28369 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MORAL.2 (Noah Webster)
… of God as the standard by which their character is to be determined. The word however may be applied to actions which affect only, or primarily and principally …
28370 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MYSTERY.3 (Noah Webster)
2. In religion, any thing in the character or attributes of God, or in the economy of divine providence, which is not revealed to man.
28371 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PERMANENT.2 (Noah Webster)
… the character of God, are unalterably permanent. Human laws and institutions may be to a degree permanent, but they are subject to change and overthrow. We …
28372 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PIOUS.2 (Noah Webster)
… the character of God, and habitually obeying his commands; religious; devoted to the service of God; applied to persons.
28373 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLEASE.12 (Noah Webster)
To please God, is to love his character and law and perform his will, so as to become the object of his approbation.
28374 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PROFANELY.2 (Noah Webster)
The character of God profanely impeached.
28375 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REPENT.9 (Noah Webster)
5. In theology, to sorrow or be pained for sin, as a violation of God’s holy law, a dishonor to his character and government, and the foulest ingratitude to a Being of infinite benevolence.
28376 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SANCTIFY.16 (Noah Webster)
To sanctify God, to praise and celebrate him as a holy being; to acknowledge and honor his holy majesty, and to reverence his character and laws. Isaiah 8:13 .
28377 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SEEING.2 (Noah Webster)
… participial character, although its relation to the pronoun is somewhat obscured. Originally, seeing, in this use, had direct relation to the speaker or to …
28378 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SELFISHLY.1 (Noah Webster)
… divine character. As God is love, so man, in his natural state, is selfishness.
28379 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SIN.2 (Noah Webster)
… moral character of man, which is supposed to be the effect of Adam’s apostasy; and which manifests itself in moral agents by positive act of disobedience …
28380 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SPELL.12 (Noah Webster)
5. To read; to discover by characters or marks; with out; as, to speel out the sense of an author. We are not left to spell out a God in the works of creation.