Brodhead, John, a Methodist Episcopal minister of importance, born in Monroe Co., Penn., Oct. 22,1770, travelled two years, from 1794, in N. J. and Md., emi- grated to New England in 1796, and was a pioneer and founder of Methodism there and in Canada. In 1811 he settled at New Market, N. H. He was several times elected member of Congress from N. Hampshire. He died April 7, 1838. He was a '■'■good man," and " a prince in Israel." — Minutes of Conferences, vi, 579; Stevens's Memorials; Sprague, Annals, vii, 240.
Broidered, prop. i"l"Cp"), rikmah', variegated work or embroidery; once (Exod. xxviii, 4) VSSJfl, tosh- bets'; tesselated stuff, i. e. cloth (byssus), woven in checker-work. See Embroidery.
The "broidered hair" (TrXiypa, twist) of 1 Tim. ii, 9, refers to the fashionable custom among the Roman ladies of wearing the hair platted, and fixed with crisp- ing-pins (comp. 1 Pet. iii, 3). "The Eastern females," says Sir J. Chardin, "wear their hair very long, and divided into a number of tresses. In Barbary, the la- dies have their hair hanging down to the ground, which, after they have collected into one lock, they bind and plat with ribbons. The women nourish their hair with great fondness, which they endeavor to lengthen, by tufts of silk, down to the heels." See Head-dress.
Brokesby, Francis, an English Non-juror, was born at Stoke in Leicestershire 1637, and educated at Cambridge. He afterward received holy orders, and became rector of Rowley in Yorkshire. He followed the fortunes of the Non-jurors, and died in 1715. His works are, A Life of Jesus Christ: — A History of the Government of the Christian Church for the -first three Centuries mid the Beginning of the Fourth (1712, 8vo): — On Education (1710, 8voj:— A Lfe of Henry Dodwell
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(1715, 2 vols. 12mo). He is said to have assisted Nel- son in the compilation of his "Fasts and Festivals." — Hook, Eccl. Biog. iii, 130; Landon, Eccl. Dict.il, 416.
Bromley, Thomas, one of the English followers of Jacob Bohme (q. v.), was born in Worcester 1G29, and was fellow of All-Soul's, Oxford, in Cromwell's time. On the Restoration, he was deprived for non- conformity, and lived afterward with Pordage (q. v.), with whom he joined the Philadelpiiian (q. v.) Society of Mystics established by Jane Leade (q. v.). He wrote many mystical works, especially The Way to the Sabbath of Rest ; Journey of the Chi/dn n of Is- rael, etc. He went beyond Bohme in pronouncing marriage unlit for perfect Christians. Bromley died in 1691. His works, in German, were published at Frankfort, 1719-32 (2 vols. Svo). — Mosheim, Ch. Hist. iii, 481.
Brood, l'onaia, a nest of young birds, e*. g. of chick- ens (q. v.), Luke xiii, 34.
Brook (very generally bpl3, nachal' ' ; Sept. and N. T. xf'/*«PPO£'), rather a torrent. It is applied, 1. to small streams arising from a subterraneous spring and flowing through a deep valley, such as the Arnon, Jab- bok, Kidron, Sorek, etc., and also the brook of the wil- lows, mentioned in Isa. xv, 7 ; 2. to winter-torrents ari- sing from rains, and which are soon dried up in the warm season (Job vi, 15, 19). Such is the noted river (brook) of Egypt so often mentioned as at the south- ernmost border of Palestine (Num. xxxiv, 5 ; Josh, xv, 4, 47) ; and, in fact, such are most of the brooks and streams of Palestine, which are numerous in win- ter and early spring, but of which very few survive the beginning of the summer. 3. As this (Heb.) word is applied both to the valley in which a brook runs and to the stream itself, it is sometimes doubtful which is meant (see Gesenius, Thes. p. 873). See Stream.
To deal "deceitfully as a brook," and to pass away "as the stream of brooks" (Job vi, 15), is to deceive our friend when he most needs our help and comfort; because brooks, being temporary streams, are dried up in the heats of summer, and thus the hopes of the trav- eller are disappointed (see Hackett's Illustra. of Scrip- ture, p. 1G). See Rivee.
Broth, pyi, marak', soup, Judg. vi, 19, 20; p'HQ, parak', fragments of bread over which broth is poured, Isa. lxv, 4. See Eating.
Brother (Heb. !~IX, ach [see Ach-] ; Gr. a6t\<f>6c), a term so variously and extensively applied in Scrip- ture that it becomes important carefully to distinguish the different acceptations in which it is used. 1. It denotes a brother in the natural sense, whether the offspring of the same father onlv (Gen. xlii, 15 ; xliii, 3 ; Judg. ix, 21 ; Matt, i, 2 ; Luke iii, 1, 19), or of the same mother only (Judg. viii, 19), or of the same fa- ther and mother (Gen. xlii, 4; xliv, 20; Luke vi, 14, etc.) 2. A near relative or kinsman by blood, e. g. a nephew (Gen. xiv, 1G ; xiii, 8 ; xxiv, 12, 15), or in general a cousin (Matt, xii, 46; John vii, :'>; Acts i, 14 ; Gal. i, 19), or even a husband (Cant, iv, 9). 3. One of the same tribe (2 Sam. x, 13), e. g. a fellow- Levite (Num. viii, 26; xvi, 10; Neb. iii, 1). 4. One born in the same country, descended from the same stock, a fellow-countryman (Judg. xiv, 3; Ezek. ii, 11; iv, 18; Matt, v, 47; Acts iii, 2.'; Heb. vii, 5), or even of a cognate people (Gen. ix, 25 ; xvi, 12 ; xxv, 18; Num. xx, 14). 5. One of equal rank and dignity (Prov. xviii, 9 ; Matt, xxiii, 8). G. Disciples, follow- ers, etc. (Matt, xxv, 40; Heb. ii, 11, 12). 7. One of the same faith (Isa. lxvi, 10; Acts ix, 30; xi, 29; 1 Cor. v, xi) ; from which and other texts it appears that the first converts to the faith of Jesus were known to each other by the title of brethren, till the name of Christians was given to them at Antioch (Acts xi, 20). 8. An associate, colleague in office or dignity, etc. (Ezra iii, 2 ; 1 Cor. i, 1 ; 2 Cor. i, 1, etc.). 9. One of