Matth. vi. 13. Matth. xiii. 19. Luke vi. 22.WICKED. Malus, Malignus. The Wicked One, taken absolutely, is generally put for the Devil. Libera nos à malo: Deliver us from the wicked one. Then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. The Wicked, in the plural Number, signifies perverse and sinful Men. The evil Day, Ephes. vi. 13. is the Day of Temptation or Trial; the Day on which one is most in danger of doing Evil. The evil Eye, signifies Jealousy, Envy, or sordid Nigardliness, as it is opposite to Liberality and Charity. An evil Name, Beati eritis cum ejecerint nomen vestrum tanquam malum, &c. Happy are ye when they shall speak Evil of you, and that your Reputation shall be ill treated on my account.
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