innitency

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noun

A burden; a dead weight.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nouninnitency (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableA burden; a dead weight.

    Which consisting of two Vectes or armes, converted towards each other, the innitency and stresse being made upon the hypomochlion or fulciment in the decussation, the greater compression is made by the union of two impulsors.

    1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus
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    But such a Faith is required to bring us within the Covenant as is an Affiance or resting innitency, or resting of the soul upon Jesus Christ exhibited in the promise for life and salvation, expressed in Isaiah by trusting in the Lord, and staying upon the name of God, when we sit in darkenesse and see no light.

    1652, Daniel Carwardine, late minister of Eling in the county of Middlesex, A briefe discourse touching a broken heart: In which the nature, causes, and signes of it are solidly treated of; as also, its acceptablenesse to God; together with many other motives pressing us to labour after the procurement of it, and the means leading thereunto, London: printed by E.G. for J. Rothwell, page 19

    The Formal Cause, which doth straiten the general nature of Faith, and distinguish true Saving Faith from all other Faiths (forma vel aliquid formae analogum ponitur differentiae loco) in which may be Notitia & Assensus, is Fiducial receiving of Christ offered by God in the Promises of the Gospel. In which are two things formally constitutive of Saving Faith. […] 2. Innitency, recumbency of soul upon a Christ received, entrusting him entirely with, and committing to him the care of Soul and salvation, staying the soul upon him, leaning upon the beloved, rouling the soul upon him, resting with whole weight upon him, as faithful, able, loving: and this is truly fiducia; this is truly Credere in Christum, To believe in or upon Christ; more than Credere Christum, & Christo, to believe a Christ (that he is) and to believe Christ (or his word.)

    1659, Thomas Case, The morning exercise methodized; or Certain chief heads and points of the Christian religion opened and improved in divers sermons, by several ministers of the City of London, in the monthly course of the morning exercise at Giles in the Fields, London: printed by E. M. for Ralph Smith, at the sign of the Bible in Cornhil, near the Royal Exchange, published 1660, pages 466–467

Origin

  1. Latininnītor“to lean upon”
  2. Englishinnitency

From Latin innītor (“to lean upon”) + -ency.

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