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A44096	The principles of Christian religion in twenty questions and answers whereunto is added, a compendious history of the most memorable passages of Holy Scripture by way of questions and answers, for the use and benefot of the inhabitants of the parish of Wotton in Oxford shire. By John Hoffman B.D. minister of Gods Word.	Hoffman, John, b. 1601 or 2.	1653 (1653)	Wing H2348; ESTC R215272	23,157	80

appeared to Joshuah as an armed man 5. The storming and taking of the Citty Jericho and the saving of Rahab the harlot 6. The trouble about the Citty Ai and Achan who was the cause of it 7. At Joshuas prayer the sunne stood still a whole day that Israell might have time to destroy the Kings of the Amorites in number 31. God throwing downe hailestons out of Heaven to destroy them 8. The land of Canaan is divided by Joshuah among Gods people 9. The two Tribes and halfe returne to their inheritance and the mistake about an Altar 10. Joshuahs farewell Oration or charge unto Israell to serve God according to his word and to beware of Idolatry 11. Ioshuas death and buriall JUDGES Q 1. WHy is this booke so called A Because it containeth the valiant Acts of the Judges of Israel whom God raised up after the death of Ioshuah to fight the Lords battells against the enemies of the Church Q 2. What are the names of those Iudges A 1 Othniel 2 Ehud 3 Shamgar 4 Doborah Barack 5 Gideon 6 Abimilech 7 Tola 8 Iair 9 Iephtha 10 Ibsan 11 Elon 12 Abdon 13 Sampson 14 Eli 15 Samuel Q 3. Which are the chiefe histories of this booke A 1 The history of Abdonibezek 2 Israels sad Apostasy from God to Idols 3 The memorable battle fought by Deborah and Barak against Sisera a heathen Generall who was slaine by Iael inher tent 4 The great deliverance given to Israel by Gideen 5 The wickednesse of Abimelech a Bastard 6 The history of Ieththa and his vow 7 Of Sampsons valour of his sinne and of his death 8 The sad history of the Benjamites about the Levites businesse RUTH WHAT is the summe and substance of this Booke 1 A. How Elimelech and his Wife Naomi with their two sonnes Malon and Chilion in a time of Famine left their own Country Canaan and sojourned in the land of Moab 2 Their two sonnes Married two Moabitish women Orpha and Ruth 3 Elimelech and his two sonnes dye in that Country 4 Naomi returnes to her own Country and Ruth will needs goe with her and did 5 They come to Bethlehem and Naomi so ordereth all things that Ruth is married to Boaz according to Moses Laws 6 Boaz hath a sonne by Ruth named Obed who was Grandfather to King David The First Book of SAMUEL The 1. Question VVHY are these Books called the Books of Samuel A. Not because Samuel wrote them but because it containeth the History of Samuels Life and Death who being an eminent Prophet and the last judge of Israel had done great service to Gods Church he by Gods appointment elected and Annointed the two first Kings of Israel These Books were written by some holy man who lived in those times Q. 2. What dost thou Read of Samuel 1 A. I read of his Birth and Education and of the care his good Mother Hannah took for him 2 Of his coming to the High-Priest Eli to serve under him 3 Of a sad Message Samuel brings to Eli from God for winking at his sonnes wickednesses 4 Of Samuels wisdome and care to judge Israel in his daies 5 Of his power with God in Prayer 6 Of his uncorrupt life death and buriall Q 3. What canst thou say of Eli the High Priest 1 A. How God punished him and his sonnes in one day 2 How in his daies the Arke of God was taken by the Philistins 3 The Philistins and others are terribly plagued for their curiosity in looking into the Ark. 4 God causes the very Enemies of the Church to restore the Arke with an Offering Q 4. What canst thou say of Saul 1 A. He was the first King over all Israell 2 He fought against the Ammonites and the Amalekites and had good successe but because he did not obey Gods command fully he was rejected 3 Israel in Sauls daies was much oppressed by the Philistins against whom God gave Jonathan a great victory 4 He takes David into his Court and giveeth him his Daughter Michall to Wife for killing Goliah 5 Saul wearieth himselfe in persecuting David 6 Saul being forsaken of God seeketh to a Wirch and presently upon that he and his sonnes are slaine in Battell by the Philistins upon Mount Gilboa The Second Book of SAMUEL Q. 1. WHat is chiefely set downe in this Book 1 A. That David was the Second King over Israel 2 His valiant Acts and household troubles 3 He endured much affliction which made him compose many sweet Psalmes 4 He lived among the Philistins in Ziglaik till the death of Saul 5 He is not pleased with the messengers o● Sauls death and the sad death of Isbbo●…shet but makes a lamentation for Sa●… and Ionathan 6 He is first made King in Hebron over Iudah and afterwards over all Israell and carried himselfe wisely in the busiesse of Abner and Ioah Q. 2. What canst thou farther say of David 1 A. How he took Jerusalem from the J●…busites and brought the Arke of God thether intending to build a Temple for Gods worship 2 He sinned grievosly against Vria for which he suffered much afterward of his own children Amon Thamar Absolom 3 He had many troubles besides with She●…ba Shimei and Ioab 4 His kindnesse to the Gibeonites in a f●r●… famine as also to Mephiboshet and Han●… King of Ammon 5 He is victorious every where all his enemies are subdued round about 6 He numbred the People and all Israel is plagued for it The First and Second Bookes of KINGS The 1. Question HOW many Kings raigned over all Israell A. Only three Saul David Solomon Q. 2. What is said in this Book of David 1 A. He commands his sonne Solomon to be made King and not Adoniah 2 He groweth weake in his old age giveeth his sonne Solomon most heavenly admonitions and directions dyeth and is royally buried Q 3. What is mentioned of Solomon 1 A. His behaviour towards Adoniah Ioab Abiathar and Shimei 2 His marriage with the Princesse of Egypt 3 His Prayer for Wisdome and the signes of his Wisdome Q 4. Wherein did Solomons Wisdome eminently appeare 1 A. In the judgement he gave 'twixt the dead and the living Child 2 In his Songs and Proverbs and Naturall Philosophy knowing the nature of most Creatures 3 In the government of his Court and Kingdome 4 In the building of Gods Temple in Jerusalem 5 By his prayer at the Dedication of the the Temple 6 By his entertainment of the Queene of Sheba Q 5. What evill dost thou read of Solomon 1 A. He had seaven hundred Wives and three hundred Concubines 2 He committed Idolatry by the inticement of his Idolatrous outlandish Wives 3 I read of Gods anger against Solomon testified by raising up Adversaries against him namely 1 Jeroboam his own servant 2 Hadad the King of Edom. 3 Rezon the King of Syria Q 6. What was done after Solomons death A. After that Solomon died and was buried the Kingdome was divided Ten Tribes adhered to

Of the Holy Prophets of the Old Testament Q. 1. HOw many Prophets have left us their Books in the Old Testament A. Sixteene whereof the foure first are called the greater Prophets and the other twelve are called the lesser Prophets because they have not written so largely as the foure greater have done Q 2. What saist thou of the Prophet Esay 1 He and Jeremy Preached before the Babylonian captivity Ezekiel and Daniel Prophecyed in the captivity 2 Esay speaks so sweetly and plainly of Christs Nativity and Passion as if he had seen it and is therefore called a Propheticall Evangelist JEREMY LAMENTATION Q. 1. WHat saist thou of Jeremy 1 A. He was called to be a Prophet when he was young 2 He Preached in Jerusalem when the City was besiedged and he often intreated King and People with much importunity to hearken to Gods word and to preserve the Citty and Temple from burning and themselves from bitter bondage For which good Counsell this Prophet is hated and continually kept in wofull prisons 3 At last Jerusalem is taken by the Galdeans and destroyed whereupon Jeremy hauing his liberty granted by the Caldean Generall laments over the sad ruine of his Country in the Booke of the Lamentations EZEKIEL Q WHat canst thou say of Ezechiel A He preached to the Jewes at Babylon in their captivity convinced them o● Gods just judgments upon them for their sinnes and assured them of future deliverance and of the rebuilding of Jerusalem and of the rebuilding of the Temple for which purpose he hath many visions DANIEL Q WHat is said of Daniel A 1 He for his singular wisdome and Faithfulnesse is prefered to very great honour under those three Emperours especially Nebucadnezar Beltshassar and Darius 2 Three of his fellow captives are throwne into a fiety Furnace and Daniel himselfe is cast into a Lyons den but are all preserved they trusting in God 3 God declared much of his minde to Daniel concerning things to come by visions Angells he speakes of the Resurrection and the day of Judgment in the last Chapter The twelve lesser PROPHETS Q. WHat saist thou of them A 1 Of the twelve lesser Prohets some preached before the Captivity some in and some after it 2 Their maine businesse was to perswade people to repentance and to threaten the impenitent with Gods wrath and to comfort the penitent 3 The last Prophet was Malachy who Prophecyed of John the Baptist and of the Comming of Jesus Christ the Sonne of Righteousnesse APOCRYPHA Q. 1. WHat saist thou of the Apocripha Books usually bound up with the Canonical Books of Scripture The Apocrypha Books are not the pure infallible word of God Because 1 They containe many fabulous things as the History of Susanna of Bel and the Draggon of Judith and the like 2 Because they were not written by Prophets immediately inspired by the Holy Ghost For the Author of the Books of the Maccabes in the latter end asketh pardon if he have not done well which a●… greeth not with the Majesty of holy Scripture 3 Because these Books containe many things contrary to the Truth as diverse passages in the Book of Tobit and the rest testify 4 Because they were not written in the Hebrew Language as the Canonicall books of the Old Testament were Neither is any of them mentioned by Christ or his Apostles in the New Testament We may read them and take notice of some passages concerning the people of God in those daies we may also see in the reading of them the difference twixt the writings of meere men and those that are written by holy Prophets inspired by the Holy Ghost 2 Pet. 1.19 The New TESTAMENT Q. 1. WHY is it called the New Testament A. Because it doth discover to us the free Grace and Mercies of God promised in the Covenant of Grace For God made two Covenants with the World 1 A Covenant of Workes which is Doe this and thou shalt live 2 A Covenant of Grace and that is Believe and thou shalt live as it is in the Gospell Q 2. What is the Gospell A. The Gospell declareth the glad tidings of Salvation by Jesus Christ where ●…ote that The Old Testament speaks chiefely of the Acts of God the Father The foure Gospells set forth the workes of God the Sonne The Acts and Epistles of the Apostles shew forth the workes and wonders of God the Holy Ghost after Christs ascention into Heaven Q. 3. Which are the chiefe Sermons of Christ a Christian should often read and learne to understand A. There are foure especially First Christs Sermon upon the Mount i●… the 5 6 and 7. Chapters of S Matthew Secondly his Sermon to the Ministers of the Gospell in the 10. Chapter of S Matthew Thirdly his Sermon of the day of judgement and the end of the world in the 24 and 25. Chapter of S. Mathew Fourthly his farewell Sermon to his Disciples in the 14 15 and 16. Chapters of S Iohn To which Sermons adde Christs Heavenly Prayer for the Church the 17. Chapter of S. Iohn S. MATTHEW Q. WHat saist thou of S. Matthew 1 A. He was called by Christ from the receipt of custome to be an Apostle and he was willing to forsake all and to follow him 2 His Gospell containes Christ's Nativity his life death and Resurrection 3 S. Matthew writes some things which other Evangelists have not as 1 The genealogy of Christ from Abraham downeward to Joseph and Mary 2 The History of the Wise Men. 3 Josephs purpose to forsake his espoused Wife upon a mistake 4 Christs fleeing into Egypt from the fury of King Herod 5 The bloudy murther of the Infants of Bethlehem 6 Some Parables which the other Evangelists have not S. MARK Q WHat canst thou say of S. Mark 1 A. S. Mark was no Apostle but an Evangelist and a Disciple of S. Peter with whose help he wrote the History of Christs Life Death Resurrection and Ascension 2 This Evangelist is more large in the description of Christs Miracles then in other passages of Christs Life and Death S. LUKE Q. WHat say you of his Gospell and of him 1 A. S. Luke by profession a Physitian was one of the 70 Disciples employed by S. Paul in the planting of the Gospell 2 He observeth many things which other Evangelists have omitted as 1 The History of Zachary and Elizabeth and the Nativity of John the Baptist 2 The Angell Gabriells salutation to the blessed Virgin Mary 3 The History of old Simeon and of Anna the Prophetesse 4 Christs disputing with the Doctors when he was but twelve years old 5 The time of Christs Nativity namely in the Reigne of Augustus the Emperour of Rome 6 The manifestation of Christs Nativity by Angells to the Sheapheards 7 Christs Circumcision the eight day 8 The Genealogy of Christ upward to Adam 9 The Parable of Dives and Lazarus and of the Prodigall sonne c. 10 Christs praying whole nights in desert mountaines alone 11