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Show TN ‘0 thou, who future things can'ft teprefen Milton A s prefent, heav'nly inffructor Poets, the firft in/fruétors of mankind Rofcommdn they -are befet on every fide, no "They fee ho -enly with temptations, but izffruclors to vice Locke Several inffruciors were difpofed among this littl Addifon helplefs people We have precepts of duty given us by our izRag Sruciors InstrU'CTION. %, fi [infiruttion, Fr. fro . The a& of teachirg; information. It lies on you to fpeak Not by your own iz/fruction, nor by any matte Sbhakefpeare « Which your heart prompts you to We are beholden to judicious writers of all ages + fot thofe difcoveries and difcourfes they have lef Locke behind them for our inffruction 2. Precepts conveying knowledge ‘Will ye not receive inffruction to hearken to.reFere xxxv ‘ceive my words On ev'ry thorn delightful wifdom grows In ev'ry ftream a {weet iz/fruction flows the whifp'ring rill 1In fpite of facred leifure, blockheads ftills ~ Young 3. Authoritative information; mandate See thisdifpatch'd with all the hafte thou can'ft Shakefpeare Anon I'll give thee more inffrution InsTRU/CTIVE. adj. [from infiruit; inSruétif, French.] Conveying knowledge With variety of inffruétive expreflions by fpeec Holder man alone is endowed 1 would not laugh but to inftruct; ot if my mirt ceafes to be inffructive, it fhall never. ceafe to be inAddifon nocent UNSTRUMENT frrumentum #. /. [inftrument, ¥r. in Lat. 1. A tool ufed for any work or purpofe If he fmite him with an izffrument of iron, f that he die, h Numb. xx%v. 16 is a muderer What artificial frame, what izfrument Did ene fuperior genius e'er invent Blackmore ‘Which to the mufcles is preferr'd Box is ufeful for turners and i72/frument makers 2. A frame conftrutte harmonious founds. f Mortimer as to yiel that ftriketh an izfframent with fkill, ma H caufe notwithftandin a very pleafant found, if th - ftring whereon he ftriketh chance to be capable o Hooker harmony She taketh moft deligh Shakefpeare In mufick, izflruments and poetry In folitary groves he makes his moan Nor mix'd in mirth in youthful pleafure fhares But fighs when fongs and in/frumenzs he hears Dryden 3. A" writin order containing any contract o He calted Edna his wife, and took paper, and di write an /zflrument of covenants 4. The agent and fealed it Tobias It isufed of perfons as wel as things, but of perfon an ill {fenfe very often i If, haply, you my father do fufpe& An izfirument of this your calling back " Lay not your blame on me Shakefp. Othello 5. Tha done b mean whereo foniethin i The gods would not have delivered a foul int the body which hath arms and legs, only iz/fruments of doing ; but that it were intended the min fhould employ them Sidney All voluntary felf-denials and aufterities whic Chriftianity commends become neceflary, not fimpl for themfelves, but as infruments towards a highe end Decay of Piety Reputation is the fmalleft facrifice thofe can mak us, who have been the inffruments of our ruin : VoL reafon, whether fyllogifin be the proper inftrumen of it, and the ufefulleft way of exercifing this faLocke 6. One who a&s only to ferve the purpofe of another chamber in his ow don wa He fcarcely knew wha but as it pleafed her /zffruments to fram themfelves All the inffrument whic Sidney to expofe th aide Shak child, were even then loft when it was found In benefits as well as injuries, it is the principa w tha inffrument th no to confider ar tha which a man does by another, isin truth -his ow L' Eftrange act But fome untaught o'erhea Thete is one thing to be confidered coneernin culty Brought all things to their native proper ufe inftrudi. IN IN Sawift The bold are but the in/fruments of the wife They undertake the dangers they advife INsTRUME/NTAL adj nydgfl [z'//firume;zml a mean t fome end It is not an eflential part of religion, but rathe " an auxiliary and iz/ffrumental duty Smalridge I difcern fome excellent final caufes of conjun&ion of body and foul; but the inffrumental nor whatinvifible bands and fetters unit Bentley 2. Ating to fome end; contributing t fome purpofe; helpful : ufed of perfon and things The prefbyterian merit is of little weight, whe they allege themfelves iz/frumental towards the reSawift ftoration 3. Confifting not of voices but inftruments ; produced by inftryments, no vocal The which under pretenc of the law cere monial abrogated, require the abrogation. of iz/frumental mufick, approving neverthelefs the ufe o voca melod to remain muft fhe fom reafon wherefore the one fhould be thought a legal cereHooker mony and not the other Oft in bands While they keep watch, or nightly rounding walk With heav'nly touch of inffrumental found In full harmonious number join'd, their fong Divide the night, and lift our thoughts to heav'n Milton Sweet voices, mixt with 7z2/frumental founds Afcend the vaulted roof, the vaulted roof rebounds Dryden that caufing no diforderly mo them ; becauf Locke tion, leaves that curious organ unharmed 2. Deteftable; contemptible; difgufting beyond endurance worl daily pefter th multitude of feribblers, wh thei wit infufferabl fuff, fhoul d b L couraged from writing any more INsu'FFERABLY. adv. [from' infufferable. To a degree beyond endurance or Taylor them together eaf There i was not alf All fecond and inffrumental caufes, without tha operative faculty ‘which God gave them, would become altogether filent, virtuelefs, and dead. Raleigh Prayer, which is inffrumental to every thing know not Dryden So fierce, they flafh'd infufferable day Though great light be infufferable to our eyes, ye the higheft degree of darknefs does not at all dif Fr ganical hath a particular promife in this thing Brown's Vulgar Errours with infufferable cold Eyes that confefs'd him born for kingly {way Will dazzl Infufferabl infirumentum, Latin, 1. Conduciv "Theonais opprefled with conftant heaf; the othe Thofe heav'nly thape now this earthly, with their blaz Milton bright no perfon remarkably ungrateful, wh infufferably proud South INsUFFI/CIENCE.\| 7. / Fr [infufficience Insurrr/crency.| inand fuficient.] Inadequatenefs to any end or purpofe; wan of requifite value or power: ufed o things and perfons The minifter's aptnefs or infufficiency, otherwif than by reading to inftru the flock, ftandeth i this place as a ftranger, with whom our form o common prayer hath nothing to do Hooker The infufficicncy of the light of nature is, by th light*of fcripture, fo fully fupptied, that furthe light than this hath added, there doth not need unt Hooker that end We will give you fleepy drinks, that your fenfes unintelligent of our infujficience, may, though the cannot praife us, as little accufe us Shakefpeare Till experience had difcovered their defet and in-Sufficiency 1 did certainl conclude them to be in fallible Wilkins Confider the pleas made ufe of to this purpofe and fhew the izfufficiency and weaknefs of them Atterbury INSUFFY'CIENT. adj. [infufficiens, French in and fuficient.] Inadequate toany need ufe, or purpofe; wantin abilities; in capable; unfit The bifhop to whom they fhall be prefented, ma juftly rejet them as incapable and infufficient Spenfer We are weak, dependant creatures, in/ufficient t our own happinefs, full of wants which of ourfelve we cannot relieve, expofed to a numerous train o evils which we know not how to divert Rogers Fafting kills by the bad ftate, not by the infuff cient quantity of fluids Arbuthnot on Aliments INSUFFI'CIENTLY. adv. |from infufficient. InsTrRUMENTA'LITY. 2 [ [from infraWith want of proper ability; not fkilmental.] Subordinate agency; agency o fully any thing as means to an end Thofe natural and involuntary actings are not don b deliberation and forma command yet the ar done by the virtue, energy, and influx of the foul and the inffrumentality of the fpirits Hale INsTRUME'NTALLY mental. adv [fro infry- In the nature of an inftrument as means to an end Men's well-being here in this life is but 7x/frzmentally good, as being the means for him to be in the next life D Habitual preparation for the facrament confift i a ftanding, permanent habit, or principle of holinefs wrought chiefl b God' fpirit, an menrally by his word, in the heart or foul o 7nffr INSTRUME'NTALNESS, 7. / mental.] Ufefulnefs as means to an end The inflrumentalnef tity ha flian commonwealth propriety rendere of riches to works of cha it ver b political law t i every Chri fettle and H 1 INSU'FFERABLE. adj. [in and fufferable. t. Intolerable; infupportable; antenfe be yond endurance INsUFFLA'TION. 7. /. [in and fufle, Lat. Th act of breathing upon Impofition of hand bleflingtheir children is a cuffo of parent i but taken up by the apoftie inftead of that divine infufflation whic Chrift ufed Haminond's Fundamentals UnsurLaR 1 ad) UssuLary [iufulaire fularis, Latin. French in Belongin to an ifland Druina bein furrounde to be invaded, having man tages with the fea othe infi/ar is hardl advanfHozwel UNSsULATED. adj. [infula, latin. No contiguous on any fide INsU'LSE. @d). [infulfus, Latin,]. Dull; infipid; heavy. Ussurr n. /. [infultus, Lagin DiZ infulte, Fr. 1. The a& of leaping upon any thing. I this fenfe it has the dccent on the laf {yilable: the fenfe is rare The bull's i7/w/t at four the may fuftain But after ten from nuptial rites refrain Dryden z. A or {peechof infolence or contempt The vuthlefs fneer that fz/zir adds to gricf. Sawage S 0 Lak |