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A01624 The course of Christianitie: or, As touching the dayly reading and meditation of the holy Scriptures very requisite and necessary for all Christians of what estate or condition soeuer: tvvo bookes. Translated out of Latine into English, by Iohn Ludham vicar of Wethersfeld. 1579.; De sacrae Scripturae lectione as meditatione quotidiana. English Hyperius, Andreas, 1511-1564.; Ludham, John, d. 1613. 1579 (1579) STC 11755; ESTC S120317 159,740 250

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so great plentye and varietie of things maye be refreshed and therefore is the one only booke of the Psalmes before al other thought worthy to bée learned yea and to be kāned by hart of all men This booke moreouer consisteth of prayers prepared for euerye euent and purpose of thankesgiuing it minstreth doctrine of greate importaunce and excellēcie there be in it exhortations sharpe and seuere it aboundeth with most swéete consolations yea al things are so handled and deliuered in it that in euerye parte thereof both the glorie of GOD is celebrated and set forth and the minde of man informed to godlynesse of life and conuersation Wherefore euen they also are wonte that absteyne frō other books of holy scripture not vnwillingly to exercise themselues in reading reciting dayly both morning and euening certaine of the Psalmes Which things séeing they are thus we do not without good cause and consideratiō set down our aduertisement apart by it selfe as touching the reading and substanciall learning of the Psalmes Now the Psalmes doe amount in number to a hundred and fifty and the whole yeare consisteth of two fiftie wéekes one day If therfore thou be disposed to reade ouer the booke of Psalmes once in a yeares space thou shalt read euery wéeke thrée Psalmes so shal there remayn two wéeks to spare or if thou wilt thou maist pervse only two Psalmes in euery of the last 6. wéekes But if thou be determined to read ouer the Psalmes twice in one yeare then shalt thou reade euery wéeke sixe Psalmes which will most conueniently be done if thou repeate euery day after the Lords day one Psalme Howbeit so againe will be left two wéekes voyde vnlesse peraduenture it liketh thée in euerye of the foure laste wéekes to reade only thrée Psalmes Where if incase now by obseruing the selfsame order thou wilt recite euerye wéeke nine Psalmes then shalte thou reade ouer the whole Psalter thrice in one yeare vsing a Prouiso in the meane time that in some of the latter wéekes thou distribute the number of the Psalmes according to the proportion specified in the premisses Albeit thou mayst also in suche wise diuide and participate this labour as namely in one wéeke thou mayst recyt● eight Psalmes and in an other nine and so goe on with like proportion to the reste and at the length thou shalt perceyue fiftéene Psalmes to be kept in store to the last wéeke Last of all when thou shalt be minded to reade ouer the booke of Psalmes foure times in a yeare it is requisite that thou reade euerye wéeke eleuen Psalmes and in euery of the foure last wéekes fiftéene Psalmes and so there will remayne one only daye frée from reading Thou séest therefore an easye and open waye whereby thou mayste in twelue monthes space reade ouer the whole booke of the Psalmes once or twice or thrice or fouretimes euen as thou lyst thy selfe And is this so greate and troublesome a labour wherein thou accustomest to saye thrée Psalmes in a wéeke or euery daye one or two Psalmes and the one perhaps in steade of a prayer in the morning when thou risest and the other at nighte when thou goest to bed Let vs procéed now in like maner to the other bookes called Canonicall There are founde in these seauen hundred thréescore and sea●entéene Chapters Wherfore if a man wil reade euery wéeke fiftéene Chapters he shal dispatch al bookes which a litle before we numbred once in a yeares space and there shall remayne two dayes onlye to spare And it will be a very easye matter to dispatch the reading of fiftéene Chapters if in some one day of the seauen thou repeate thrée Chapters and in euery of the rest twayne Who is hée therefore that can iustly complayne that hée hath euen by this meanes an ouer heauye and importable burthen layde vpon him Nowe then as it shall please thée to multiply the number of the Chapter so will it be easye for thée to accompte how and in what order thou maist in a yeares spaces pervse ouer either twice or thrice all the bookes of the old Testament But in what estimation sayeth some man shall the bookes called Apocrypha be had Shall it be good to spende any time in reading of them also Why shoulde wée not say I whensoeuer oportunitie serueth euen extraordinarily reade them Or if it please thée to applye the reading of them to certaine peculiar tymes appointed there is no let but thou mayst do it Let vs therfore rehearse as well the names as Chapters of the sayde bookes and fragments Tobias hath Chapters 14 Iudith hath Chapters 16 Susanna hath Chapters 1 Bell dragon hath Chapters 1 Song of the threée children hath Chapters 1 Fragmentes of Esther hath Chapters 8 Ezra 3. hath Chapters 9 Ezra 4. hath Chapters 16 Machabees 1. hath Chapters 16 Machabees 2. hath Chapters 15 Baruch hath Chapters 6 Wisedome hath Chapters 19 Ecclesiasticus hath Chapters 51 The summe of the Chapters amounteth to a hundered thréescorne and thirtéene Reade therefore euerye wéeke thrée Chapters but the laste wéeke of the yeare saue one tenne Chapters and the laste of all thirtéene and thou shalt verye well dispatche all the whole matter But there is no cause as I haue also admonished before why thou shouldest bestow so much study in these as in those which the church hath long agone auouched to bée Canonicall Nowe it is requisite that we speake of the Bookes of the newe Testament And they are in this order by a receyued custome which no man wil lightly finde fault with placed and disposed Mathew Contayning Chapters 28 Marke Contayning Chapters 16 Luke Contayning Chapters 24 Iohn Contayning Chapters 21 Actes of the Apostles Contayning Chapters 28 Epistle of S. Paul to the Romaines Contayning Chapters 16 To the Corinthians the first Contayning Chapters 16 To the Corinthians the seconde Contayning Chapters 13 To the Galathians Contayning Chapters 6 To the Ephesians Contayning Chapters 6 To the Philippians Contayning Chapters 4 To the Colossians Contayning Chapters 4 To the Thessalonians the first Contayning Chapters 5 To the Thessalonians the secōd Contayning Chapters 3 To Timothy the first Contayning Chapters 6 To Timothy the second Contayning Chapters 4 To Titus Contayning Chapters 3 To Philemon Contayning Chapters 1 To the Hebrues Contayning Chapters 13 The Epistle of Iames Contayning Chapters 5 Of Peter the first Contayning Chapters 5 Of Peter the second Contayning Chapters 3 Of Iohn the first Contayning Chapters 5 Of Iohn the second Contayning Chapters 1 Of Iohn the third Contayning Chapters 1 Of Iude Contayning Chapters 1 Apocalyps Contayning Chapters 22 The Chapters in all are two hundred thrée score For in what place the Epistles of Peter the seconde of Iohn the seconde and thirde and one of Iude deserue to be put I do not nowe dispute who professe my selfe to followe the common opinion or rather custome Now if thou readest euery wéeke in the Newe Testament fiue Chapters thou shalt go
piller hath nothing at all written on it but ouer the second and maine piller we haue noted in these words THINGS DONE and in the latter page the first piller sheweth this title PSALMES the seconde third OLDE TESTAMENT the fourth NEVVE In thys wise therefore whilest passage is made throughe the twelue moneths there is layd open a certaine and vndoubted waye whereby in a yeares space the whole booke of the Psalmes againe all the other Canonicall bookes of the olde Testamente further the bookes not Canonicall lastly al the bookes numbred in the newe Testament may once very wel be read ouer And least any man shold want any thing herein I haue thought good to inserte into this booke the whole Calender of the holy Scripture drawen forth in that forme and order which we haue spoken of and with al the pages pillers incident therevnto so farforth as might bée truelye decked and distinguished ¶ Here foloweth the Calendar of the holy Scripture Ianuarius Ianuarie Thebet in Hebrue x. Moneth THINGS DONE Psalmes Olde Testament Newe 1 A Circūcision of CHRIST Luke 2. There appeared to Noe 1 Genes 1.2.3   Math 1. 2 b the tops of the mountaines Genes 8. The diuorcemente 2 45   2 3 c straunge wiues Ezra 10. 3 6.7   3 4 d     8 9   4 5 e The destructiō of Ierusalem is shewed to Ezechi Chap 33.   10.11 ●obia 1. 5 6 f Epipha of Curist He is worshipped of the wise mē Ma. 2.   12.13 2   7 g He is baptised Math. 3. He worketh his first miracle at   14.15 3   8 A a mariage Iohn 2. 4 16.17.18   6 9 b   5 19.20   7 10 c Nabuchadnezar besiegeth Ierusalem 2. King. 25. Ierem. 25. 6 21.22   8 11 d Ezechiels parable Chap. 24.   23.24   9 12 e Ezechiel prophesieth against Aegipt Chap 29.   25 26 4 10 13 f     27.28 5   14 g     29.30 6   15 A   7 31.32.33   11 16 b   8 34.35   12 17 c   9 36.37   13 18 d     38.39   14 19 e     40.41 7 15 20 f     42.43 8   21 g     44.45 9   22 A   10 46.47.48   16 23 b   11 49 50.   17 24 c   12 Exod 1.2   18 25 d The calling of Paul yere 〈◊〉 after the death of Christ Act 9.   3.4 10 19 26 e     5.6 11 20 27 f     78 12   28 g     9.10     29 A   13 11 12.13   21 30 b   14 14 15   22 31 c   15 16.17   23 Februarius Februarie Sebas in Hebrue XI Moneth THINGS DONE Helapheboliωn in Greeke Psalmes Olde Testament Newe 1 d Moyses expoundeth the lawe Deut. 1.   18.19   24 2 e CHRIST is offered to the Lord. Luke 2.   20.21 13 25 3 f     22.23 14   4 g     24.25 Iudeth 1   5 A   16 26.27.28   26 6 b   17 29.30   27 7 c   18 31.32   28 8 d     33.34   Marke 1 9 e     35.36 2 2 10 f     37.38 3   11 g Noe sent forth the Doue which returned again Gene. 8.   39.40 4   12 A   19 Leuitic 1.2.3   3 13 b   20 4.5   4 14 c   21 6.7   5 15 d     8.9   6 16 e     10.11 5 7 17 f     12.13 6   18 g Noe set forth the Doue which broght an Oliue brāch Ge. 8.   14.15 7   19 A   22 16.17.18   8 20 b   23 19.20   9 21 c   24 21.22   10 22 d     23.24   11 23 e     25.26 8 12 24 f Zacha. prophesieth Zach. 1. The electiō of Mathias Act. 1.   27. Nume 1 9   25 g Noe sent forth the Doue which returned no more Ge. 8.   2.3 10   26 A   25 4.5.6   13 27 b   26 7.8   14 28 c   27 9.10   15 Martius Marche Ader in Hebrue XII Moneth THINGS DONE Munychiωn in Greeke Psalmes Olde Testament Newe 1 d     11.12   16 2 e     13.14 11 Luke 1 3 f The temple finished yeare 6. of Darius Ezra 6.   15.16 12   4 g     17.18 13   5 A   28 19.20.21   2 6 b   29 22.23   3 7 c   30 24.25   4 8 d     26.27   5 9 e     28.29 14 6 10 f CHRIST heareth Lazarus to be sicke Iohn 10.   30.31 15   11 g The tast of Esther 3.8.9   32.33 16   12 A The question of diuorce Children are brought Math 19. 31 34.35.36   7 13 b CHRIST commeth to Ierico Luke 18.19 32 Deut. 1.2   8 14 c He healeth the sicke Math. 20. The dayes called Purim 33 3.4   9 15 d 1. Esther 9.2 Mach. the last The Purim dayes 2. Esth 9.   5.6   10 16 e He rayseth vp Lazarus Iohn 11.   7.8 Susan 1 11 17 f He goeth to Ephraim Iohn 11.   9.10 Bel Dragon 1   18 g He returneth to Bethany Iohn 12.   11.12 Song of the 3 chil 1   19 A His séeth are annointed Iohn 12 34 13.14.15   12 20 b He commeth to Ierusalem Luke 19. 35 16.17   13 21 c The Actes are done which are reade of Math. 21.22.23.24 36 18.19   14 22 d 25.26 Marke 14.   20.21   15 23 e Iudas goeth to the Bishops Math 26.   22.23 Fragmēt of Esth 1 16 24 f CHRIST kéepeth the passeouer Math. 26. Iohn 13.   24.25 2   25 g He is crucified Gabriel is sent to Mary Luke 1.   26.27 3   26 A The Sepulchre is kept 37 28.29.30   17 27 b CHRIST riseth frō death Sheafes are offred Leuit. 23. 38 31.32   18 28 c Iehoiachim broughte forthe of prison Ierem. the laste 2. 39 33.34   9 29 d King. 25.   Iosua 1.2   20 30 e     3.4 4 21 31 f     5.6 5   Aprilu April Nisan in Hebrue I Moneth THINGS DONE Thargenωn in Greeke Psalmes Olde Testament Newe 1 g Noe séeth the land Genes 8. The tabernacle is reared vp   7.8 6 22 2 A Exod. the last chapter The tēple is purged 2. Chr. 24. 29 40 9.10.11   23 3 b CHRIS● appeared to Thomas Iohn 20. 41 12.13   24 4 c   42 14.15   Iohn 1 5 f     16.17   2 6 e Iosua leadeth the people out of Set●● Iosu 3   18.19 7   7 f Ezechiel prophesieth against Egipt chap. 30   20.21 8   8 g     22.23 Ezra III. ● 3 9 A The passeouer is instituted Exod. 12. 43 24. Iudg. 1.2   4 10 b The people passeth ouer Ior. Iosu 3.4 The pascal lambe 44 3.4   5 11 c Exod. 12. The people are circumcised Iosu 5. 45 5.6   6 12 d The vessels of the Lord are restored to the Iewes Ezr. 8.   7.8   7 13 e Edictes against the Iewes Esther 3.   9 10 2   14 f The Lords passeouer Exod. 12. Leuitic 23. Iosu 5.   11 12 3   15 g The
hys worde but he prouided especially by his wonderfull prouidence that the same shoulde be committed to writing and so commended to euerlasting memorye For GOD him selfe wyth hys owne finger wrote his Lawe in two tables of stone and then commaunded that by Moyses and the reste of the Prophetes hys sayings and doings shoulde be putte in wryting Exodus 17.24.34 Deutronomie 6.31 Iosue 24. Ieremie 36. Psalme 102. By these what thyngs so euer are written they are called by the name of Scripture Whervpon Christ himselfe by the Scripture vnderstandeth the bookes of Moyses of the Prophetes and of the Psalmes Iohn 5. Luke 24. To the same bookes do the Apostles and Euangelistes wyl vs to haue recourse whylest to the confirmation of theyr owne assertions they oftentimes and that desirouslye alleage the Testimonies of Scripture But wée muste knowe that euen the Bookes of these also are accounted wyth the reste in one and the selfe same order of Scriptures whether they beare the name and tittle of Gospels or Actes or Epistles For it is out of all doubte and controuersie that whatsoeuer is comprehended in the whole bodye of the Canonicall bookes is the verye true and healthsome worde of GOD published and putte forthe by his commaundemente All Scripture sayeth the Apostle 2. Timoth. 3. is enspired of GOD. And Peter in his 2. Epistle Chap. 1. Prophesie sayeth hée came not in olde time by the wyll of man but holy men of GOD spake as they were moued by the holy GHOST And like as the writers as well of the Olde as of the Newe Testament receyued a commaundement from one and the selfe same GOD and our and the selfe same spirite enspired theyr myndes gouerned theyr handes and pennes Psalme 68. Actes 2.1 Corinth ●● Ephes 4. euen so all the whole Scripture is in a manner one Booke reuealing wyth wonderfull consente thyngs moste diuerse and manifolde as Ieremie expounding the 29. Chapter of Esay and Saint Augustine in hys preface to the 150. Psalme doe learnedly gather Whyche things séeing they are so we doe with greate cause vehementlye speake in the commendation of thys Booke not in respecte of the paper or parchmente and of thys or that tongue or of one kinde of letter or other or of the Golde or diuersitie of colour wherwyth it is garnished and sette forthe but euen in respecte that it conteyneth the moste holye and sacred wordes of GOD hymselfe and therefore doe affirme that out of it men ought to learne both by reading and hearing what GOD hathe decréed of vs and of oure saluation For we muste knowe that to this ende especiallye all Bookes are written euen that they shoulde diligentlye be reade and by often reading ouer be fullye vnderstoode that so desyred fruytes myghte redounde to the vnderstanders of them Nowe there be thrée special causes why we shoulde bestowe more diligence in pervsing this latter Booke than the former FIRST Greater is the dignitie of GODS word than of the whole worlde The world in déede was created of the same that the word came from which we so greatly commende and eyther Booke is indifferentely called the Booke of GOD yet neuerthelesse the latter excelleth for so much as wée finde recyted in it the selfe same worde that GOD vsed when he made the worlde of nothing For we reade GOD sayde Let there bee light and the lighte was made Againe God sayde Let there be a firmamente and there was made a firmament and so forth of other things And whereas by the former Booke we perceyue onely that there is a worlde by the latter we maye perceyue what was before the worlde and from whence and by what meanes the same tooke beginning Therefore whether we were neuer able to aspire in searching of causes by the conducte of naturall reason thyther are wée broughte by Faith whyche Faith is intentiuelye fixed on the worde of GOD reuealed read or harde For Faith commeth by hearing of the worde and by Faith wee vnderstande that the worlde was ordayned throughe the worde of GOD so that the thyngs which are seene were made of things that appeared not Rom. 10. Heb. 11. SECONDLY Whatsoeuer thyngs are necessary to be knowen as touching the will of GOD and oure saluation are clearelye and expreslye declared in the written worde of GOD but howe farre shorte should we come to thinke that the same are as apparantly represented in the frame of the worlde Greate is the darkenesse of mennes mindes and oft times euen in those thyngs that are supposed to be moste manifeste by Nature they are more blynde than is the Owle in the noone dayes And then doe we all commonlye moste fouly ouershoote and deceiue our selues when we beginne once to dispute of GOD and of matters appertayning to saluation For proofe whereof are so manye and so absurde fonde and fantasticall I wyll not saye ridiculous opinions whyche the Philosophers deuised as touching GOD and their Summum bonum whereof the number grewe as Marcus Varro recounteth in Augustine in his Booke 19. Chapter 1. Of the Citie of GOD to a hundred fourescore and eighte And Hermias a Christian Philosopher reconed vp some of them and laugheth them well fauouredlye to scorn in his booke entituled A deriding of the prophane Philosophers But vndoubtedly hée shall at length be frée from all error and shall gather to hymselfe substantiall knowledge that neuer at anye tyme departeth from the footesteppes of the Prophetes and Apostles It were a haynous offence to determyne anye thyng of Religion or of the state of a better lyfe onlye by the direction of Nature excepte the censure bée giuen out of the tables of GODS worde and as well the Scripture it selfe as nature bee founde to sumpe togyther in one And therefore wisely the Prophete Psalme 19. After discourse hadde of the glory of GOD to be discerned by the workemanshippe of the Heauens and of the Firmamente addeth immediately a commendation of the Lawe and written worde of god The Lawe of the Lorde sayeth he is vndefyled conuerting the soule the testimonie of the Lorde is sure giuing wisedome to the simple the Statutes of the Lorde are right reioycing the heart the precepts of the Lorde are pure giuing light to the eyes As though he shoulde say we can by no meanes atteyne to the Sanctuarie of the eternall and simple truth without the brighte brands of Scripture burning before vs Which thing no doubte was signifyed by those wise men who comming from the East parts of the worlde although for a space they rightly followed the Starre as the rule of reason yet was it néedefull for them to the intente they myghte fynde out CHRIST the Kyng and worship him to be resolued out of the Oracles of the Prophetes as concerning the place where hée shoulde bée borne Math 2. The holy man Antonius myghte in déede saye wyth a safe conscience that thys huge and vnmeasurable Worlde was to him in stead of a Booke for so much● as