LOLLARDS. A religious sect, which arose in Germany about the beginning of the fourteenth century; so called, as many writers have imagined, from Walter Lollard, who began to dogmatize in 1315, and was burnt at Cologne; though others think that Lollard was no surname, but merely a term of reproach applied to all heretics, who concealed the poison of error under the appearance of piety. In England, the followers of Wickliff were called, by way of reproach, Lollards, from the supposition that there was some affinity between some of their tenets: though others are of opinion that the English Lollards came from Germany. (See Wickliffites.)
LOMBARDICKS. Flat tombstones, generally of granite or alabaster, coffin-shaped, with a slightly raised cross in the centre, and a legend running round it.
LORD, OUR LORD. The Lord Jesus Christ is such to us, as He is,
1. Our Saviour.
I will place salvation in Zion. (Isa. xlvi. 13.) Behold thy salvation cometh. (Isa. lxii. 11.) I speak in righteousness, mighty to save. (Isa. lxiii. 1.) Thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins. (Matt. i. 21.) The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. (1 John iv. 14.) To be a Prince and a Saviour. (Acts v. 31.) The author of eternal salvation. (Heb. v. 9.) God our Saviour. (Tit. ii. 10.) The great God, and even our Saviour Jesus Christ. (Tit. ii. 13.) God hath not appointed us to wrath; but to obtain salvation by our Lord Christ Jesus. (1 Thess. v. 9.) That the world through him might be saved. (John iii. 17.) This is a faithful saying, &c., that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. (1 Tim. i. 15.) Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Acts iv. 12. See also Matt. i. 21; xviii. 11; Luke ii. 11; John iii. 17; iv. 42; xii. 47; Acts xv. 11; Rom. v. 9; x. 9; Eph. v. 23; Phil. iii. 20; 1 Thess. i. 10; Heb. ii. 3; vii. 25; Tit. iii. 5, 6.)
2. Our Sacrifice for sin.
The Spirit—testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ. (1 Pet. i. 11.) Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away (beareth) the sin of the world. (John i. 29.) The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. (Rev. xiii. 8.) Christ our passover is sacrificed (slain) for us. (1 Cor. v. 7.) Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures. (1 Cor. xv. 3.) His own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree. (1 Pet. ii. 24.) And hath given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God. (Eph. v. 2.) An offering for sin. (Isa. liii. 10.) Once offered to bear the sins of many. (Heb. ix. 28.) Thus it behoved Christ to suffer. (Luke xxiv. 46.) The just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. (1 Pet. iii. 18.) Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us. (1 John iii. 16. See also Isa. liii. 6–12; Dan. ix. 26; Luke xxiv. 26; John iii. 14, 15; xv. 13; Acts iii. 18; xxvi. 23; Rom. iv. 25; 2 Cor. v. 21; Heb. ix. 26; x. 5; 1 John i. 7; ii. 2.)
3. Our Redeemer.
I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. (Job xix. 25.) The redeemer shall come to Zion. (Isa. lix. 20.) Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. (Gal. iii. 13.) Redeemed with the precious blood of Christ. (1 Pet. i. 18, 19.) Having obtained eternal redemption for us. (Heb. ix. 12. See also Job xxxiii. 23, 24; Matt. xxvi. 28; Rom. iii. 24; 1 Cor. i. 30; Eph. i. 7; Rev. v. 9.)
4. Our Mediator.