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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33491	A plain and rational vindication of the liturgy of the Church of England collected out of the discourses of some of the reverend bishops and doctors of the same church, by way of question and answer / by J. Clvtterbvck, Gent.	Clutterbuck, J. (John)	1699 (1699)	Wing C4743; ESTC R35618	52,978	73

Family is call'd Levitical The Law relating to the discharge of the Priests Office is called the Levitical Law and upon that account That Book of Moses which more especially treats of the Holy Rites and Services in which these Priests were by their Office imployed is very fitly from the Subject Matter of it call'd Leviticus Numbers This Book is call'd Numbers from the Subject Matter which it begins withal viz. An Account of the Number of the People of Israel Deuteronomy This Book is very fitly called Deuteronomy which in the Greek Tongue imports a Repetition of the Law There being in this Divine Book a Repetition not only of many Facts which had passed before but of many Laws also which were mentioned before Joshua This Book is so called because it containeth the History of His Acts in his Government Conquests dividing the Land and setling of the State and Commonwealth of Israel and because as it is most probable it was Penned by Joshua following here in the Example of Moses his Predecessor Howsoever some Passages could not be Penned by himself as containing some thinks which were done after his Death but were afterward inserted by some Holy Men of God inspired by the Spirit Judges This Book which seemeth to have been gathered by some Prophet out of the Publick Records containeth the History of the chief things which happened to the People of God after the Death of Joshua until the days of Eli the High Priest Ruth This Book is an Addition to the Book of Judges and is call'd the Book of Ruth because she is the chief Subject of this Story the main Scope is to continue and declare the Genealogy of our Saviour Christ descended of Boaz a Jew and of Ruth a Moabitish Gentile to shew that He should bring Salvation to all of every Nation I. Samuel This Book was entituled with the Name of Samuel not that he was the Author of it but because the first Eight Chapters chiefly respect him and the things done under his Government and was written by one of his Disciples a Son of the Prophets who in honour of his Master call'd it by his Name And it is called The First Book of the Kings because it containeth a Relation of such things as happened under the first King's Government II. Samuel This Book is a Continuation of the History of God's People from Saul's Death to the End of David's Reign and is the History of 40 Years I. Kings This Book was made by one or more Prophets and continueth the Sacred History of Kings from the End of David's Reign to the End of Jehosaphat's Reign The Division of the Twelve Tribes into Two Kingdoms The Reign of the first Four Kings of Judah and Eight of Israel after the Division II. Kings This Book continueth the History of the Kings of Israel and Judah to the Captivity of them both These Two Books of the Kings are distinguished not as if they contained Histories of different Matters but because if all the History of both Books had been Compiled in one Book it would have seemed too great a Volume I. Chronicles This word Chronicle is a Register of Acts done time after time These Two Books were of old Compiled in One and contain an History of 3457 Years at least from Adam to the Return of the Israelites from the Babylonish Captivity 2 Chr. 36. 22. And the Genealogy of David's Posterity 1 Chr. 2. 19. The Penman of these Two Books the same with that of Ezra by which it appears they were Penned after the Captivity The Greek Title is Remainders which has relation to the Book of Kings as if These had gathered up what They had left out In the Book of Kings there are References to the Book of Chronicles But These Sacred Books of Chronicles cannot be there meant because They were not then Penned and many things referred to the Books of Chronicles are not found in these Books Ezra This Book is called Ezra either because a great part of it contains Memorable Acts of His or as is supposed Ezra the Priest was the Penman after the Babylonish Captivity Nehemiah This Book is called Nehemiah because He and his Acts are the chief Subject of the Book and as is supposed Penned by Ezra Esther This Title of Esther is given to this Book in Memory of that Prudent and Pious Queen who was an Instrument of great good to the Church of God yet throughout the whole Book not one Tittle of God is once set down Job In the time of the Ancient Patriarchs before the giving of the Law of Moses there lived in Arabia a Person of great Eminence whose Name was Job The Scope of the Book is to establish the great Article of Providence and thereby to preserve us from Errour in thinking that God's Knowledge or his Intention Providence and Government is like ours which Foundation being laid nothing will seem hard to a Man whatsoever happens Psalms The Book of Psalms or Praises so call'd from the Major part and they are called David's Psalms because he made most of them for there were several other Authors by whom some of them were composed Proverbs King Solomon was the Author of this Book The word Proverbs in the Hebrew denotes only any acute and excellent Saying which is as worthy to be known by all and to be in every ones Mouth as common Proverbs are And in Holy Scripture the word is used for an eloquent Speech or a pithy Sentence in a few words expressing much Sense A Profitable Instruction Ecclesiastes The word Ecclesiastes signifies the Preacher and this Book which bears this Name was written by King Solomon in his declining Age to signifie his Repentance The Song of Songs This Book is called the Canticles which signifies a Song and was composed by King Solomon in the beginning of his Reign Of the Prophets These Holy Men inspired by God are so termed because they did foretel future Events by Divine Revelation and These whose Monuments we have severally booked in Holy Scripture are Sixteen whereof the Four former are called the Greater in regard of the largeness of their Prophecies The latter Twelve are called the Lesser in regard of the shortness of their Prophecies Isaiah This name Isaiah is taken from the Hebrew but our Ancient Versions speaking in English forms to English ears following the Greek do not amiss render it Esay the word signifies God's Salvation no unfit Title for him who so clearly and largely prophesied of Christ This Prophet as in Place and Rank so in order of time is without question the First of the four Larger or great Prophets He is by the Ancients not undeservedly term'd An Evangelical Prophet Jeremiah Jeremiah was a Priest which some of the other Prophets were not before his entrance upon this extraordinary Employment of Prophecy Lamentations This Book was composed by Jeremiah in the time of the Babylonian Captivity Ezekiel Ezekiel of the Priestly Race composed this Prophecy in

Babylon to which he was carried Captive Daniel This Book is Historical to the Seventh Chapter and Prophetical in the rest Daniel lived at the End of the Babylonish Captivity Hosea Hosea a Prophet sent to the Ten Tribes chiefly composed this Prophecy Joel Joel Prophesied about the same time with Hosea to the Two Tribes chiefly Amos. Amos Prophesied at the same time with Hosea and to the same Persons viz. To the Ten Tribes chiefly Obadiah Obadiah foretelleth the Destruction of the Idumeans who came of Esau Jacob's Brother Jonah Jonah was a Prophet in Israel in the days of Jeroboam the Second but was sent to Nineveh the chief City of the Assyrians Micah Micah Prophesied at the same time with Isaiah and are alike in the Subject Matter and Stile he declares the Destruction of Israel and Judah by the Assyrians and by the Chaldaeans Nahum Nahum Prophesied of the Destruction of the Assyrians by the Chaldaeans and Medes Habakkuk Habakkuk Prophesied of the Destruction of Israel and Judah by the Chaldaeans as also of the Punishment on the Chaldaeans or Babylonians Zephaniah Zephaniah Prophesied but a few Years before the Captivity of Babylon and threatneth Jerusalem and Judah with utter Desolation Haggai Haggai Prophesied after the 70 Years Captivity of the Jews return from Babylon and exhorts them to Rebuild the Temple Zechariah Zechariah was sent to confirm the Doctrine of Haggai and to help on the Work of the Building the Temple but his Style is more Sublime and Mysterious He Prophesied in the Reign of Darius in whose Sixth Year the Temple was finished Malachy Malachy Prophesied after the Re-edifying of the Temple and endeth the Prophets Apochryphal Books The word Apocryphal signifies that which is hidden unknown or doubtful Those Books which carry that Title and are bound up in our Bibles are so called because it is doubted whether they be True Scripture or not certainly known to be so for so the word in the Greek signifies They are not in the Hebrew yet most of them are of much worth containing many worthy Documents and especially the History of the Maccabees is of singular Use for the Interpretation of the two last Chapters of Daniel and part of the Second Seventh and Eighth Chapters of that Prophet The New Testament or Covenant THE word in Greek which is translated Testament signifies both a Covenant and a Testament a Covenant as may appear by the Adjunct New which notes the opposition of This to the Old so that this Book is what the Old was not a Testament to which Death is supposed necessary but a Covenant or Stipulation betwixt God and his People the Jews promising Mercies and requiring Duties of them The Gospel according to St. Matthew THE Word Gospel comes from a Saxon word which is compounded of God and Spell and is in English good Tidings and by Euphony that is for better Sound sake we pronounce it Gospel delivered here in History of the Birth Life Actions Precepts Promises Death Resurrection and Ascension of Christ The Writers of this History are commonly called Evangelists which may in general signifie any Preacher of the Gospel but is more peculiarly applied to those that wrote the History of Christ's Life and Death c. viz. St. Matthew St. Mark St. Luke St. John The meaning of that Phrase according to St. Matthew is no more than that He compiled and set down that Gospel or good and Gladsom Word St. Mark St. Mark 's Gospel was dictated by St. Peter whose Disciple Amanuensis or Scribe St. Mark was St. Luke St. Luke was the Disciple and Follower of St. Paul who wrote this Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles St. John St. John the beloved Apostle wrote this Gospel The Epistles The Epistles were written by those that bear their Name viz. St. Paul St. Peter St. James St. Jude and St. John the Apostle by whom the Apocalypse or the Revelation was wrote also Epistle to the Hebrews Whether the Epistle to the Hebrews was written by St. Paul hath not only of Late but Anciently been doubted And as the Title which is in our Copy pretending not to be a part of the Epistle is not sufficient to conclude any more Than that it was in that time when this Title was prefix'd believed to be St. Paul's So there is no doubt but that it went without any Superscription or Known Author more Anciently and so has left some place to Variety of Conjectures who the Author should be Some Father it on St. Barnabas some on Clemens Romanus others on St. Luke the latter very Learned Men contend for from the Observation of the Stile and Idiom But all that can be said can amount to no higher than to Probable or Conjectural And 't is not Matter of any weight or Necessity that it be defined who the Author was whether St. Paul or St. Luke a constant Companion of his for many Years and the Author of two other Books of the Sacred Canon FINIS