Wesley's
Vocabulary |
Today's
Equivalent |
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bowels |
center of
emotion; often what we mean by "heart" |
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charity |
love |
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conversation |
(often means)
manner of life |
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disinterested |
impartial
(e.g., "disinterested love for all") |
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ejaculation |
exclamation |
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end |
(often means)
purpose, goal (e.g., "to what end?") |
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filial |
pertaining
to sonship (e.g., "filial love") |
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intercourse |
interaction,
relationship |
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meet |
fit, proper |
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nice |
overly concerned
with what is socially proper |
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peculiar
("peculiar people") |
particular,
distinct |
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prevent |
(often means)
precede |
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prevenient |
preceding
(literally, "coming before") |
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primitive |
early, original
(e.g., "the primitive church") |
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prove |
(often means)
come to know by experience |
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retirement |
seclusion,
privacy |
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several |
different,
various (e.g., "at two several places") |
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singular |
distinct;
not conforming to the crowd |
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styled |
called, known
as |
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temper |
attitude,
temperament, disposition |
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to own |
(often means)
to acknowledge |
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vulgar |
popular,
common, colloquial |
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want |
(often means)
need or lack rather than desire (e.g., "go to those
who want you most" means "those who need
you most.") |
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