against which there can be in my conscience no cauill but I could liue and die in the assurance that that is the wil of God It is incredible how the simplest may settle themselues herein in all the fundamentall points of religion If thou finde of these but 20. 30. 40. or 50. places in the whole Bible thou canst not now beleeue how it will settle thee As for example 1. Ioh. 5. he faith There are three in heauen the Father the Word and the Spirit and these three are one All the world now should neuer make me doubt of the Trinitie in vnitie When I had gotten those grounds those I would sticke toâ—… and for other questions let them wrangle while they will I would receiue further light when I saw it cleere but their quarrelling should not much trouble me And thus I might go on with the particulars of the first sort of rules but these shall suffice to giue light to the course Now for the second sort of Rules one may finde in euery place certaine things strongly obiected against the practise of the godly As for example that they deserue to bee hated because they will not keepe company with their neighbours and because they stand so precisely vpon small matters as lesser othes and doing slight workes vpon the sabbath day and such like and besides many men are afraide to enter vpon such a course of life because it is a way so euill spoken of and reproched in the world c. Now for my owne establishment I would marke where my course differed from other men and in reading I would gather euident places that might warrant my practise As for example places that iustifie the auoiding of the company of the wicked and so againe places that shew that the sincere practise of godlines hath beene euer liable to the scornes reproches and slaunders of the world And so of the rest Now for the maner of vsing these rules I thinke thou maist profitably follow these directions First make thee a little paper booke of a sheete or two of paper as may be most portable then write vpon the toppe of euery leafe the title for that that thou wouldest obserue in reading Chuse out only six or eight titles out of the whole number of such at for the present thou hast most neede to obserue or onely so many as thou art sure thy memory will easily cary to thy reading whether more or fewer In reading obserue onely such places as stare thee in the face that are so euident thy heart cannot looke of them Trouble not thy selfe with that obiection that there are many things which thou canst not discerne take thou onely such as thou canst not passe ouer they are so cleare and euident In noting the places set downe vnder each title only the booke Chapter and verse and not the words for that will tire thee in the end As for example would I obserue all the hard places which in reading I haue a desire to know the meaning of that so when I come into the company of Preachers or able Christians I might haue profitable questions to propound I would set it downe thus Hard places Malach. 4. 5. Malach. 2. 6. And so of other places for I giue these on the suddaine but for instance sake Now when thou hast done thy quarters taske or thy yeeres taske then thou maist write out the thâ—…isest things as thou thinkest good and in the meane time hast the vse of the places for turning to And if thou shouldest in reading of thy selfe remember some title which thou hast not in this direction and yet hast a great desire to obserue places of that kinde by any meanes write it downe whilest thou thinkest of it and custome in obseruing will make thee able to bee thine owne Directour hereafter Looke not at the profit of this course the first weeke or month but consider how rich it will make thee at the yeeres end I am perswaded if thou feare God thou wouldst not sell thy collections for a great price after thou hast gathered them if it were but for the good they may doe thee in the euill day when it shall come vpon thee Farewell the Lord giue thee a blessing and pray thou for mee and remember before thou read to lift vp thy heart to God in some short eiaculations to beg his blessed assistance and take heede thou be not vnthankefull to God for the successe By all meanes striue to keeepe a delight in thy course and let not thy heart bee too apt to discouragement but reioyce in the Lord. Againe farewell the Lord keep thee till the day of Christ. The order of the Bookes and of reading the whole SCRIPTVRES THe Booke you are to read is the Bible your Bible is diuided into 2 parts the old Testament and the New The olde TESTAMENT containes the Law and the Prophets The Law is expressed in the fiue bookes of Moses called the Pentateuche The PROPHETS comprehend three kindes of writings 1. History principally from Iosua to Iob called the anterior Prophets 2. Doctrine principally from Iob to Esay called the Hagiographa 3. Prophesie specially taken principally from Esay to the end of Malachy called the posterior Prophets The new Testament containes 1. History principally in the foure Euangelists and the Actes 2. Doctrine principally in the Epistles 3. Prophesie in the Reuelation That which you are first then to read is the Law in the fiue bookes of Moses which bookes intreate 1. First of the originall and state of the Church in the beginning to whom the Law was giuen in Genesis 2. Secondly of the promulgation or publication of the Law which was giuen either generally the lawes Ecclesiasticall and Politicall together and so in Exod. 9. or specially and apart and so the Lawes Ecclesiasticall are giuen in Leuiticus the Lawes Politicall are giuen in Numbers 3. Thirdly the repetition of the Law in Deuteronomy GENESIS IN Genesis you shall read 1 First of the creation of the Church chap 1. 2. 3. 2. Secondly of the constitution of the Church from Chapter 4. to the end In the creation obserue the making First of the World in which the Church was to liue Chap. 1. Secondly of Man of which it was to consist in whom consider His happinesse in which hee was made Chapter 2. His misery into which he fell chap. 3. The constitution of the Church must bee considered as it was in the two worlds the olde world before the floode from chap. 4. to 8. and the new world after the floode of which chapter 8. to the ende of the booke In the old world consider The propagation of sinne and punishment chap. 4. The conseruation of the Church chap. 5. The condemnation of that sinfull world Foretold chap. 6. Executed chap. 7. The story of the new world is considered chiefly in the ages of foure men that is Noah to ch 12. Abraham to ch 25. Isaach to ch 28. and Iacob from ch
purification was either Ordinary and annuall c 16. Or Extraordinary ch 17. The lawes that concerned the information of their liues were either Oeconomicall about their mariages ch 18. Or Politicall about their cariage abroad with others chapters 19. 20. Or Ecclesiasticall which Lawes considered either Persons ch 21. Or Things ch 22. Or Times viz. Dayes chap. 23. 24. Yeares cha 25. March Leuiticus 26 1 2 3 4 5. 27 6 7 8 9 10. 28 11 12 13 14 15. 29 16 17 18 19. 30 20 21 22 23. 31 24 25 26 27. NVMBERS THe booke of Numbers intreates of Lawes and those Lawes politicall for the most part that were occasioned by the mustering of the people for their iourney to Canaan The History concernes 1. Their preparation to the iourney ch 1. to ch 11. 2. Their iournies ch 11. to 22. 3. Their station or abode when they came neere to Canaan chapt 22. to the ende of the booke In their preparation to the iourney obserue 1 Their mustering or numbring 2 The Lawes giuen them 3 The manner The muster was either ciâ—… of the people who are Numbred ch 1. Ordred chap 2. Or sacred of the Priests who are Numbred ch 3. Ordred chap 4. The Lawes are either common to all about sanctity in things Necessary ch 5. Voluntary ch 6. Or particular First ciuill for the Tribes chap 7. Secondly sacred for the priests and Leuites ch 8. Their manner is double 1. Of their sanctification and order ch 9. 2. Of their iournies ch 10. Thus of their preparation Their iournies are distinguished by a story of eight murmurings of the people The first was for the tediousnesse of their iourney The second was for wearines of the Manna ch 11. The third was the emulation of Miriam and Aaron against Moses chap. 12 The fourth was the sedition of the spies murmuring ch 13. plagued ch 14. reconciled ch 15. The fift was the conspiracie of the three Leuites ch 16. The sixt was the indignation of the people at the former iudgements where note Their murmuring c. 17. Their reconciliation as it respects Persons and rites ch 18. The manner ch 19. The seuenth was for want of water chap. 20. The eight was for the tediousnes of the way ch 21. Thus of their iournies Their station or abode hath a double story One concernes the people that were to inherit The other concernes the inheritance it selfe The people are considered as they were Conquerours of their enemies ch 22. Encountred by magicke arts ch 22. 23. 24. Disordred with idolatry and fornication ch 25. Reconciled and a new mustered ch 26. Furnished with a new Prince chap 27. Instructed about sacred things Necessary ch 28. 29. Voluntary chap. 30. The inheritance is considered First in a part of it which was Conquered ch 31. Disposed ch 32. By a digression their iournies are reckoned altogether ch 33. Secondly in the whole where consider The boundes and diuision of the land ch 34. The lawes concerning the inheritance either as it was Sacred chap. 35. Ciuill for the people chap. 36. Aprill Numbers 1. 1 2 3 4. 2. 5 6 7 8. 3. 9 10 11. 4. 12 13 14 15. 5. 16 17 18 19. 6. 20 21 22. 7. 23 24 25 26. 8. 27 28 29 30. 9. 31 32 33. 10. 34 35 36. Deuteronomie THe booke of Deuteronomie containes the repetition of the Law wherein consider First how the people are prepared to receiue the Law c. 1. to ch 5. 2. How the Law is giuen ch 5. to ch 27. 3. How the Law is confirmed ch 27. to the end The people are prepared 1. By rehearsall of Gods blessings in peace ch 1. 2. By good successe in warre chapters 2. 3. 3. By counsell ch 4. In the giuing of the law consider 1. The propounding of it c. 5. 2. The expounding of it this exposition concernes 1. The morall law more generally c 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. more specially c. 12. 13 2. The ceremoniall law ch 14. 15. 16. 3. The iudiciall law the iudiciall law I say as it was either Common to all c. 17. Singular and so concerned The Priest c. 18. The people c. 19. The warre chap. 20. The courts of ciuill Iustice c. 21. to 27. The law is confirmed 1. By signes ch 27. 2. By promises and threatnings chap. 28. 3. By the renuing of the couenant ch 29. 30. 4. By the election of a new Captaine ch 31. 5. By prophesies ch 32. 33. All conclude with the history of Moses death ch 34. Aprill Deuteronomie 11. 1. 2. 3. 4. 12. 5. 6. 7. 13. 8. 9. 10. 14. 11. 12. 13. 15. 14. 15. 16. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 17. 21. 22. 23. 18. 24. 25. 26. 19. 27. 28. 20. 29. 30. 31. 21. 32. 33. 34. Hitherto of the Law the Prophets follow The Prophets that were historicall intreat of the Church of the Iewes either Of their comming into Canaan so Ioshua Or of their condition after they had that I. and for their inheritance and that 1. Till the captiuity 1. Vnder Iudges the bookes of Iudges and Ruth 2. Vnder Kings and so the bookes of Samuel Kings and Chronicles 2. After the captiuitie of things done 1. In Iudea and so the bookes of Esdras and Nehemiah 2. In Babilon and so Hester IOSHVA COncerning Ioshua three things may be obserued 1. His calling to the gouernement ch 1. 2. His Actes 1. In time of warre where note 1. The sending of the spies chap. 2. 2. Their passing ouer Iordan miraculously with the consequents of it c 3. 4. 5. 3. The besieging and winning of Hierico ch 6. 7. 4. The winning of Hai c. 8. 5. The couenant with the Gibeonites ignorantly made chap. 9. 6. The victory ouer 5. kings chap. 10. 7. Battaile with the remnant of the Canaanites ch 11. 8. All repeated ch 12. 2. In the time of peace 1. The diuision of the Land chap. 13. to 21. 2. The dimission of the trans Iordanians ch 22. 3. The celebration of a Parliament chap. 23. 3. His death chap 24. Aprill Ioshua 22. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 23. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 24. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 25. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 26. 22. 23. 24. IVDGES THe booke of Iudges containes the History of the lewes vnder the gouernment of Iudges where note 1. The occasion of this gouernment ch 1. 2. 2. The narration of the peoples estate 1. Vnder Gouernours 1. Of Hothniel and Ehud and Sangar ch 3. 2. Of Deborah ch 4. 5. 3. Of Gedeon ch 6. 7. 8. 4. Of Abimelech ch 9. 5. Of Iephtha c 10. 11. 12. 6. Of Sampson chapters 13. to 17. 2. Without Gouernours whereof their monstrous sinnes and ciuill warre ch 17. to the end Aprill Iudges 27. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 28. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 29. 13. 14. 15. 16. 30. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. RVTH THe booke of Ruth entreates of Ruth a moabitish woman and so 1. Of her piety wherein of 1. Her conuersion ch 1. 2. Of her conuersation ch
22. 30. 31. 32. Manasses ch 33. Ammon ch 33. Iosiah ch 34. 35. Iehohaas Chap. 36. Iehoiacim Iechoniah Zedechiah Iune 2. Chronicles 1. 1 2 3 4. 2. 5 6 7. 3. 8 9 10 11 12. 4. 13 14 15 16. 5. 17 18 19 20. 6. 21 22 23 24. 7. 25 26 27 28. 8. 29 30 31 32. 9. 33 34 35 36. EZRA THe booke of Ezra intreats of the returne of the people from Babilon where 1. Of the manner of it ch 1. 2. 2. Of the end viz. therestoring of religion and gouernment chap. 3. 3. The hinderances 1. Raised both by Samaritans chap. 4. And the Gouernour of the land of Canaan c. 5. 2. Remooued By Cyrus chap. 6. By Ezra of whose iourny chap. 7. 8. And reformation which he wrought chap. 9. 10. Iune Ezra 10. 1 2 3. 11. 4 5 6. 12. 7 8 9 10. Nehemiah 13. 1 2 3 4. 14. 5 6 7. 15. 8 9 10. 16. 11 12 13 14. Hester 17. 1 2 3. 18. 4 5 6. 19. 7 8 9 10. Nehemiah THe booke of Nehemiah intreates First of the repaire of the buildings and so Of the causes of it ch 1. 2. Of the worke it selfe as Begunne ch 3. Hindered ch 4. 5. 6. Finished ch 6. 2. Of reformation both Politicall and Ecclesiasticall ch 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. ESTER THe booke of Ester containes a story of the deliuerance of the Iewes and that miraculously where you may note 1. The meanes of it viz. Hester chap. 1. 2. 2. The manner of it where note 1. The greatnesse of the danger ch 3. 2. The degrees of deliuerance 1. The intercession of the Queene chap. 4. 5. 2. The frustrating of the deuise of Haman chap. 6. 7. 3. The consummation of it where The reuocation of the decree chap. 8. The punishing of aduersaries ch 9. The tranquillitie of the Iewes ch 10. Hitherto of the historicall Prophets The dogmaticall Prophets or such as wrote Narrations of doctrine chiefly follow and these wrote Either of a singular and particular subiect as Iob Or Of a common subiect belonging to all and so did both Dauid in meeter the Psalmes And Salomon In Prose Prou. Eccles. In Verse Canticles IOB THe booke of Iob containes First a Dialogue in which note 1. The occasion viz. His prosperitie ch 1. His aduersitie ch 2. His sinne chap. 3. 2 The sorts and so obserue the speeches 1. Of the Disputants 1. Eliphas ch 4. 5. Iob ch 6. 7. 2. Bildad ch 8. Iob ch 9. 10. 3. Zophar ch 11. Iob ch 12. 13. 14. 4. Eliphas ch 15. Iob ch 16. 17. 5. Bildad ch 18. Iob ch 19. 6. Zophar ch 20. Iob ch 21. 7. Eliphas ch 22. Iob. ch 23. 24. 8. Bildad ch 25. Iob. ch 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 2. Of the moderators 1. Elihu ch 32. 33. 2. God 34. 35. 36. 37. and so to 41. 2. Secondly an Epilogue wherin obserue the confession and restitution of Iob ch 42. Iune Iob. 20. 1 2 3. 21. 4 5 6 7. 22. 8 9 10. 23. 11. 12. 13 14. 24. 15 16 17 18. 25. 19. 20. 21. 26. 22. 23. 24. 27. 25 26 27 28. 28. 29 30 31. 29. 32 33 34 35 36 37. 30. 38 39 40 41 42. Prouerbes THe booke of Prouerbes intreates of rules of life 1. Generall about piety wherein note 1. What we must doe ch 1. 2. 3. 4. 8. 9. 2. What we must auoide ch 5. 7. 2. Speciall and so the life of man is formed by all sorts of rules Politicall Oeconomicall Morall from ch 10. to the end of the booke Iuly Prouerbes 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 2. 5. 6. 7. 3. 8. 9. 10. 4. 11. 12. 13. 5. 14. 15. 16. 6. 17. 18. 19. 7 20. 21. 22. 8. 23. 24. 25. 9 26. 27. 28. 10. 29. 30. 31. Ecclesiastes THe booke of Ecclesiastes intreates 1. Of the vanitie of all earthly things prooued by Salomons obseruations 1. In his owne estate ch 1. 2. 2. In the conditions of all sorts of other men ch 3. to ch 10. 2. Of rules to bee obserued in this vaine life of ours ch 10. 11. 12. Iuly Ecclesiastes 11. 1. 2. 3. 12. 4. 5. 6. 13. 7. 8. 9. 14. 10. 11. 12. Canticles THe Canticles containe excellent descriptions of the loue betwixt Christ and the Church set downe Dialogue-wise in seuerall speeches Of Christ and the Church c. 1. Of the Church Christ c. 2. Of the Church ch 3. Of Christ ch 4. Of the Church ch 5. Of the Church Christ c. 6. Of the Church ch 7. 8. Iuly Canticles 15. 1 2 3. 16. 4 5 6. 17. 7. 8. ESAY THe booke of Esay contains Prophesies 1. Legall and these 1. Reproue and correct the sinnes of the Iewes ch 1. to the 11. with comfort to the Elect ch 11. 12. 2. Threaten 1. The enemies of Gods people wherenote The Nations particalarly threatned from ch 23. to ch 24. The generall vses of these threatnings ch 24. 25. 26. 27. 2. The Israelites ch 28. 3. The Iewes themselus whose captiuitie is denounced with mixture of comforts for the godly in the things of a better world in Christ ch 29. to ch 36. Or thirdly are historicall ch 36. 37. 38. 39. 3. Are Euangelicall 1. Concerning deliuerance from and preseruation in the captiuitie ch 40. to 49. 2. Concerning the kingdom of Christ about which there are eight Sermons or speeches 1. Of Christ c. 49. 50. 51. 2. Of God ch 52. 3. Of the Prophers expounding 〈◊〉 The story of Christ ch 53. 2. The fruite of the kingdome of Christ c. 54. 4. Of God promising c. 55. Exhorting ch 56. 57 5. Of the Prophet reprouing hy pocrisie c. 58 59. Exciting the Church chap. 60. 6. Of Christ ch 61. 62. 7. Of the Church ch 63. 64. 65. 8. Of God chap. 66. Iuly Esay 18. 1. 2. 3. 4. 19. 5. 6. 7. 8. 20. 9. 10. 11. 12. 21. 13. 14. 15. 16. 22. 17. 18. 19. 20. 23. 21. 22. 23. 24. 24. 25. 26. 27. 25. 28. 29. 30. 31. 26. 32. 33. 34. 27. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 28. 40. 41. 42. 29. 43 44 45. 30. 46 47 48. 31. 49 50 51. August Esay 1. 52. 53. 54. 2. 55 56 57. 3. 48 59 60. 4. 61 62 63. 5. 64 65 66. IEREMY THe booke of Ieremy hath three things 1. A Prologue concerning the calling of the Prophet ch 1. 2. Sermons that concerne 1. The Iewes either in Iudea in the raigne of Iosiah ch 2. 10 ch 21. Zedechiah ch 21. 10 25. Iehoiachim c. 25. 26. 27 Zedechiah againe ch 28. to 35. Iehoiachim againe ch 31. to 36. Of Zedechia againe c. 37. to 43. Orin Egipt chap. 34. to 46. 2. The enemies of the Iewes from ch 46. to ch 52. 3. An Epilogue historical c 52. August Ieremie 6. 1. 2. 3. 7. 4. 5. 6. 8. 7. 8 9. 9. 10. 11. 12. 10. 13. 14. 15. 11. 16. 17. 18. 12. 19. 20. 21. 13. 22. 23. 24. 14. 25. 26. 27. 15. 28. 29. 30. 16. 31. 32. 33. 17. 34. 35. 36. 18. 37.
38. 39. 19. 40. 41. 42. 20. 43. 44. 45. 21. 46. 47. 48. 22. 49. 50. 51. 52. Lamentations THe Lamentations containe the mournings Of the Church ch 1. Of the Prophets ch 2. Of the Church ch 3. Of the Prophet ch 4. Of the Church ch 5. August Lamentations 23. 1. 2. 24. 3. 4. 5. Ezechiell THe booke of Ezechiell containes 1. The Preface which concerneth 1. God and his maiesty c. 1. 2. The Prophet and his Fearefulnesse ch 2. Confirmation ch 3. 2. The prophesies themselues which containe 1. Chiefly obiurgation or reproofe of the impiety of the Iewes with their iudgements in 17. Sermons from ch 4. to ch 25. 2. Commination against the enemies of the Iewes in 8. Sermons from ch 25. to ch 33. 3. Exhortation and encouragements to the Iewes both to repentance and the hope of deliuerance in 6. Sermons from ch 33. to ch 40. 4. Consolation in one continued prophesie of their spirituall deliuerance by Christ in Visions c. 40. to the end of the booke August Ezechiell 25. 1. 2. 3. 26. 4. 5. 6. 7. 27. 8. 9. 10. 11. 28. 12. 13. 14. 29. 15. 16. 17. 30. 18. 19. 20. 31. 21. 22. 23. 24. September 1. 25. 26. 27 28. 2. 29. 30. 31. 32. 3. 33. 34. 35. 4. 36. 37. 38. 5. 39. 40. 41. 6. 42. 43. 44. 7. 45. 46. 47. 48. DANIEL THe booke of Daniel containes 1. A history of things done both in the Babylonian and Persian kingdomes c. 1. â—…07 2. A prophesie of things to be done 1. Many calamities to be executed ch 7. to 12. 2. The finall deliuerance and glory of the Elect ch 12. September Daniel 8. 1. 2. 3. 9. 4. 5. 6. 10. 7. 8. 9. 11. 10. 11. 12. HOSEA THe Prophesie of Hosea is either Parabolicall and so the prophesie is 1. Propounded ch 1. 2. Applied ch 2. 3. Repeated ch 3. Or plaine and so it is either A commination inuectiue in three Sermons The first chap. 4. The second chap. 5. 6. 7. The third chap. 8. 9. 10. Or a consolation ch 11. 12. 13. 14. September Hosea 12. 1. 2. 3. 13. 4. 5. 6. 7. 14. 8. 9. 10. 15. 11. 12. 13. 14. IOEL THe Prophesie of Ioel containes 1. A commination of famine chap. 1. 2. An exhortation to repentance chap. 2. 3. A consolation to the penitent chap. 3. AMOS THe Prophesie of Amos containes 1. A commination both Against the enemies of Gods people chap. 1. And against the Iewes and Israelites 1. In plaine words against Their idolatry ch 2. Their violence ch 3. Their iniquity pride inhumanity and luxurie chap. 4. 5. 6. 2. In a threefold type ch 7. 8. 9. 2. A consolation from the 11 of ch 9. to the end OBADIAH THe Prophet OBADIAH doth Terrifie to 12. verse Dehort to verse 17. Comfort to the end IONAH THe Prophesie of Ionah discribes the two callings of Ionah In the first there is The manner chap. 1. The effect viz. his praier chap. 2. In the second there is His Sermon to the Nineuites with their repentance chap. 3. The effect of their repentance in Ionah ch 4. MICAH THe Prophesie of Micah containes fiue Sermons The 1. hath in it threatnings against the whole kingdome ch 1. 2. The 2. hath in it threatnings against the Magistrates c. 3. The 3. hath in it a consolation in God the Messiah c. 4. 5. The 4. a commination ch 6. The 5. a consolation againe c. 7. NAHVM THe Prophet Nahum threatens destruction to the Assrians which is Propounded chap. 1. The meanes shewed ch 2. The cause viz. their sinnes chap. 3. HABACVK THe Prophesie of Habacuk containes 1. A Dialogisme between God and the Prophet c. 1. 2. 2. A praier ch 3. ZEPHONIAH THe Prophesie of Zephonie hath three Sermons 1. A commination ch 1. 2. An exhortation ch 2. 3. A mixture hauing in it both commination and consolation chap. 3. HAGGEI THe Prophet Haggei 1. Exhorts to the building of the Temple chap. 1. 2. Comforts them especially with his prophesie of the kingdome of Christ ch 2. ZACHERIAH THe Prophesie of Zachery containes 1. Types and Visions which are 1. Hortatory generall to all the people ch 1. 2. speciall to the Priests ch 3. 4. 2. Monitory ch 5. and 6. 3. Consolatory chap. 6. 2. Sermons 1. Doctrinall of things present about Gods seruice chap. 7. 8. 2. Propheticall of things that concerne Christs Incarnation ch 9. 10. Passion 11. 12. 13. MALACHY THe Prophet Malachy First chides For perfidiousnesse in Gods seruice ch 1. For pollution of mariage and blasphemies ch 2. Secondly comforts in the promise 1. Of Christ ch 3. 2. Of his fore-runner c. 4. September Ioel. 16. 1. 2. 3. Amos. 17. 1. 2. 3. 18. 4. 5. 6. 19. 7. 8. 9. Obadiah Ionah 20. 1. 2. 3. 4. Micah 21. 1. 2. 3. 4. 22. 5. 6. 7. Nahum 23. 1. 2. 3. Habacuc 24. 1. 2. 3. Zephaniah 25. 1. 2. 3. September Haggei 26. 1. 2. Zacharie 27. 1. 2. 3. 4. 28. 5. 6. 7. 8. 29. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Malachy 30. 1. 2. 3. 4. THE NEW Testament MATHEW THe Euangelist S t Mathew intreates of things that concerne 1. The person of Christ as his birth ch 1. his education c. 2. 2. His office where consider 1. The preparation to his office both In his fore-runner Iohn Baptist ch 3. And in himself who was Baptised ch 3. Tempted ch 4. 2. The execution of his office 1. Propheticall in teaching His doctrine must bee considered 1. As briefly propounded in one Sermon chap. 5. 6. 7. 2. As more largely expounded and confirmed and so 1. He teacheth confirmes it by miracles of all sorts from ch 8. to c 19. 2. Hee reproues and confuteth the practise and doctrine of the Pharises from c. 19. to c. 24. 3. He prophesieth of the destruction of Ierusalem and the world ch 24. 25. 2. Sacerdotall or priestly in his passion and sacrifice for the sinnes of the world ch 26 27. 3. Regall in respect of the beginning and the manifestation of it chap. 28. October Mathew 1. 1. 2. 3. 2. 4. 5. 3. 6. 7. 4. 8. 9. 10. 5. 11. 12. 6. 13. 14. 7. 15. 16. 17. 8. 18. 19. 20. 9. 21. 22. 23. 10. 24. 25. 11. 26. 27. 28. MARKE SAINT Marke intreates 1. Of the life of Christ and therein 1. Of his fore-runner ch 1. 2. Of things said or done by him 1. Before his transfiguration and so reporteth both his oracles and miracles from ch 2. to c. 9. 2. In his transfiguration chap. 9. 3. After his transfiguration 1. Before his entrance into the holy City chap. 10. 2. In his entrance where note 1. His disputation chap. 12. 2. His prediction chap. 13. 1. Of the passion of Christ where 1. Of the things that went before it ch 14. 2. Of the manner of it ch 15. 3. Of the consequents of it viz. his buriall his resurrection and assention chap. 16. October Marke 12 1 2. 13 3 4. 14 5 6. 15 7 8.