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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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