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A02926	The preacher, or Methode of preachinge, vvrytten in Latine by Nich[olas] Hemminge, and translated into Englishe by I.H. Very necessarye for all those that by the true preaching of the Worde of God, labour to pull down the Synagoge of Sathair, and to buyide vp the Temple of God	Hemmingsen, Niels, 1513-1600.; Horsfall, John.	1574 (1574)	STC 13065; ESTC S116593	54,033	218

THE olde Testamente is called of the Iewes Esrim veorba and that of his number of Bookes For they doe receyue xxiiii Bookes of vndoubted aucthority which they deuide into foure partes or orders The first is called of theym Thora that is to saye the Lawe or doctrine and it doth contayne fiue Bookes to witte Genesis Exodus Leuiticus Numeri and Deuteronomium which the Grecians call also 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is to say A volume contayning fiue bookes The second parte is called of them Rhesconim Nebiim that is to saye the former Prophetes and this part hath foure bookes to witte the booke of Iosua the booke of Iudges the booke of Samuell and the bookes of the kinges The thirde parte is Acharonim Nebijm that is to saye of the latter Prophetes and it doth comprehende foure bookes Esaye Ieremye Ezechiell and the booke of the twelue Prophetes which they call the lesser as are Osee Ioell Amos Abdias Ionas Micheas Nahum Baruch Sophomas Haggeus Zacharie and Malachie The fourthe parte is Chetubim that is to saye of the holye writers and it doth contayne eleuen bookes Paralippominon the Psalter the Prouerbes of Salomon Iob Ruthe Ecclesiastes the Lamentation of Ieremye the Songe of Songes Haster Daniell Esoras and Nehemiah which two latter are taken for one booke So that wee haue 24. bookes of the olde Testamente of vndoubted auctority deuided into 4. partes or orders Notwythstāding besides these bookes they haue certaine also which they do call Apocrypha that is to saye secrete or hidden Scriptures therefore so called because they were not brought forth into the light to confirme any opinion or doctrine Of this sorte are Iesus the sonne of Syrach Iudeth Tobias the bookes of Machabees the wisedome of Salomon Baruch the scribe of Ieremie and this is the deuision of the olde Testament after the maner of the Hebrewes and the Greatians The new Testamente is deuided into 4. partes The first contayneth the foure Euangelistes The second the actes of the Apostles The third the 21. Epistles of the Apostles that is to saye 14. of Paule 3. of Iohn 2 of Peter one of Iames and one of Iudas The fourth part contayneth the Apocalips of S. Iohn Moreouer all the bookes of the newe Testament are founde in the Cannon excepte the seconde Epistle of S. Peter the seconde and thirde Epistle of Iohn and the Epistles of Iames and Iude with the Apocalipse Some also do put the Epistle to the Hebrewes out of the Cannon Now somwhat seemeth to be added cōcerning the vse and profite of this distinctiō rehearsed for it little auayleth dilligently to distinguishe vnlesse thou perceyue also what profite proceedeth thereof First of all therefore the distinction profitely much to iudge truly of the auctoritie of Holye bookes for all the bookes of the olde and new Testament are of an vndoubted fayth and are of great force to cōfirme opinions except those which I sayde before were called Apocrypha which truly may be reade wyth profite But in disputations of opinious they are not to be alleaged For those bookes only are of an vndoubted auctority which are truly attributed to Moses to the Prophetes to the Euangelistes and to the Apostles Wherefore since that the Primatiue and pure Church hath doubted of the auctors of the secrete Scriptures called Apocrypha they are of right reiected when as they are alleaged by the aduersarye against the wrytinges of the Prophets and the Apostles There is also another commoditie of this distinction for it is commodious to haue a certain order of bookes that Students may distribute the reading of the Bible into certayne times as it shal seeme to be profitable for theym to learne the holy bookes The third commoditye is that a certaine waye or meanes maye be had whether thou preach or interprete the sacred Scriptures in the scholes of recyting or alledging the Tastimonyes of Scriptures that the place of the testimonye may be shewed as it were wyth the finger when as the aucthour of the wrytinge and the Chapter of the Booke is named and rehearsed ¶ The second deuision THe deuines in the scholes do deuide the bookes both of the old and newe Testament into Legall Historicall Sapientiall and Propheticall bookes As of the olde Testamente the fiue bookes of Moses are Legall the bookes called Historicall are Iosua the booke of Iudges Ruth the 4. bookes of the Kings Iob the two bookes of the Machabees The Psalter the Prouerbes Ecclesiastes the Song of Songes the booke of Wisedome Ecclesiasticus are Sapiential And the xvii Prophetes before rehearsed are Propheticall In like manner also to the ende theyr ignoraunce might the more euidently appeare they deuide the bookes of the newe Testamente so that the bookes of the Euangelistes maye be Legall the Actes of the Apostles Historicall the xxi Epistles of the Apostles Sapiential and the Apocalipse of S. Iohn to be Propheticall This by no colour maye bee excused for it is altogether absurde in as much as it is of them applyed to bookes But if they woulde applye this theyr subtile deuision to the thinges as I thincke auncient wryters haue done it mighte peraduenture be borne wythall but because it is manifestlye false as it is applyed to bookes I wil not in so euident a matter make anye longer confutation Furthermore the vse of this deuision as it is applyed to thinges perhappes maye be heare in that learners in readinge maye wyselye put a difference betweene histories and lawes the Prophetes and the sayinges of wyse men that is to say Gnomas worthy and approued Sentences ¶ The third deuision THe whole Scripture if thou consider the thinges subiecte are fitlie deuided into History and Doctrine which two the dilligente reader will search oute studiously in reading of holy bookes Nowe therefore two kinds of Histories the old and the newe the old contayneth all Histories euen from the beginning of the creation of the world vntil the conception of our Lord or the beginning of the Euangelicall historie This Historye taketh his originall as I haue said from the first condition of things and so continueth vntill the Monarchie of Cyrus The weekes of Daniel follow after vntill Christe crucifyed Moreouer I haue made a computatiō of yeares for memories sake in these Verses which I will putte downe in Latine M.D.C.L.V.I. post Adam mundus inundat Post vndas ad Abram ducent nonaginta duoque Exodus hunc sequitur quingentos quinque ꝑ Annos Exodus ad Babylon nongent decemque recenset Post Babel ad Christū D. L. tribus X. datur vnus Englished thus The world a thousand sixe hundreth fifty sixe yeares is found After Adam our father by Noes floud drownd And from Noes floud to Abram againe Wee find two hundred yeares ninety and twaine Exodus doth follow him v. hundred yeres fiue Exodus to Babilon ix hūdreth and x. cōtriue And to our Sauiour Christ from Babilon Are fiue hundreth foure score yeares and one If thou ioyne these yeares together

is studious shall perceyue to yeld more profite then the tedious commētaries of great mē Againe to th ende hee maye interprete that thing aptly which he vnderstandeth truly Logicke is necessary which oftētimes to a Grammarian interpretour doth put to her willing hand He shal also be not a litle holpen with the commentaries of variety frō whence he may learne diuers formes of varying one and the selfe same sentence ¶ The Logician his kinde of interpreting OThers when they see that order obtayneth the chiefest partes in all thinges they seeke oute and declare the Methode order of a treatise do put forth questiōs argumentes collations and do briefely reduce the argumēts to certaine chapters or common places as thoughe they were consultations This is a most especiall care to this kinde of interpretour that all things may be expounded openly and declared distinctlye But because this kinde is most profitable in the scholes I will briefely shewe the way which the interpretour in this kind may safely follow which thing that it may be done more plainly I wil cōprehend al the whole matter in foure Canons or general rules ¶ The first Cannon IN the beginning of the reading of any holy Scripture he ought first of all things to speake of the kinde of doctrine and that as it seemeth to mee maye fitlye be done after this maner First he oughte to expounde what kind of doctrine it is from whence he may fall into the cōmendation therof Secōdly he should shew auctority Thirdly he should signifye of what certainty it is frō whence it should be taken Fourthly what is the necessity Fiftlye he shoulde declare what profite and cōmodity should proceede from thence to the hearers These fiue pointes in the beginning of any holye booke in my iudgemente are verye profitable to be handled Neither do I disalowe it if either hee adde some thinges to these or take othersome awaye so that he deceiue not the hearers who when they learne doe also greedelye seeke for the Methode of immitation ¶ The second Cannon WHeras according to this first Cannon we haue generally spoken of the kinde of doctrine wee may profitablie discende to Hypothesis that is to say to the particuler wrytinge which is layed before vs to be expounded in which place these thinges are needefull to bee spoken off by him which followeth the Logicians kinde of interpreting First who and what maner of mā the aucthour of the wrytinge is and from whence the aucthoritye of the wrytinge doth depende Secondly what was his occasion of wryting the obseruation wherof helpeth to vnderstande the order of the treatise Thirdly what is the state of the matter or principall question whether one or many from whene Iudgement may be giuen of the kinde of the cause and the endeuour of the whole writing that is to say the ende and verye laste scope maye be perceiued and knowne Fourthly what is the Methode of this present wryting or which is all one what is the order of the treatise whiche excepte it bee obserued the laboure of the teacher shal be little or nothinge profitable ¶ The thirde Cannon WE must diligently obserue this in al the writinges of the Prophets and the Apostles that whilst they teach they oftētimes fall into admonitions reprehensions prayses threatnings comforts c. wherewith they applye their doctrine to the hearers do pricke them forwardes to receiue their doctrine They that consider not this can neither obserue the order of the treatise themselues nor yet shewe the way well to any others But I will speake more of this Canon hereafter wheras I shal intreat of the large and ample treatise of cōmon places ¶ The fourth Canon AN expositiō of euery chapter may very fitly be made after this maner in the first place the whole chapter muste be gathered into a certaine briefe collection or summe which none may cōueniētly do vnles he be skilful in Logicke For those things which are spoken specially by parts he shall reduce to generalities to the whole and cut of those thinges which are accessaries of lesse value neither shal he adde to al maner arguments of things but shal be contēt only with a sume of things and all other matters which are added for amplification or deduction of thinges must be remoued In the second place hee shall declare the order of the chapter in shewing how it agreeth with that which wente before if anye thinge wente before and shall declare the chiefe partes and giue admonitiō how they follow In the thirde place the exposition of the texte shall ensue the common places shal be noted that all things may be conuerted to profite But the waye of the inuention of places shal be taughte hereafter where wee shall intreate of the places that belonge to a preacher at this time it suffiseth briefely to haue shewed what is needefull to be done ¶ The oratour his kind of interpreting THere is also a kind of interpretatiō pertayning to Oratours most profitable in Churches scholes wherein the greateste wits haue exercised themselues as Basile Gregory Naziāzene Chrisostome Augustine many other Greekes Latins for these do exposio euery question more at larg after the maner of Rhethoritians of which thinge wee muste speake againe when wee come to the treatise of common places ¶ The mixt kinde of interpreting THe mixt kinde of interpreting is when the interpretour either mingleth all thinges aboue rehearsed or els ioyneth certaine of them together which thing not a few in our time are wont to do with great profite in whose nomber Philip Melancthon without doubte is the chiefe whom manye worthie men as Bucer Caluine Brentius Beza diuers others do immitate follow ¶ The vse of Commentaries MAny do abuse Commentaries whilest they labour continually in them litle or nothing esteeming the text of the Bible who do like vnto him that trauayling some whither determineth to abide alwayes in his iourneye For Commentaries are like to the Image of Mercurie For like as they are set vp of purpose to shew the right way to trauelers least they should goe out of the waye so commentaries do leade as it were by the hande the vnexercised reader which he shoulde not alwayes vse but so as the trauaylour doth vse the Images of Mercurie For the trauaylour loketh not vpon them when by often times goinge that waye hee knoweth the way perfectly Here first of all the interpretour is admonished of his dutie that is to say that he thincke he oughte to shew a way and that a most ready waye to the hearers and not to hinder suche as make hast to go forward Moreouer euen heare it is euidence in what estimation the disciples of the Apostles and their successours being interpretours of the Scriptures are to be had For all these are to be followed in so much as they haue the scriptures of the Prophetes and of the Apostles going before them but if somtimes they do