Brochman universae Theol. System Tom. 1. de Sacra Script Bellarm. Tom. 1. Controv. 1. de Verbo Dei G. Amesius contra Bellarminum Vet. Erbormannus Jesuita in sua pro Bellarm. Replica contra Amesium Herbipoli 1661. 5. It will be convenient also to consult what the Ancient Fathers and Canons of Council determine concerning the Canon of Scripture as that I may name some 1. Canon Apostol 85. apud Balsamonem pag. 278. apud Zonaram est Canon 84. pag. 42. Dionysius exiguus antiquissimus Canonum Collector Apostolorum Canones tantum habet spurius ideo est hic Canon 85. vet 84. c. 2. Canon Concil Laodiceni 59. apud Justellum in Cod. can Eccl. Univer can 163. seu ult 3. Canon 47. Concilii Carthag 3. apud Joverium Conc. part 2. p. 19. col 2ª in Conciliis per Labbe Paris 1671. Tom. 2. pag. 1177. But this Canon is Spurious as might evidently be prov'd if need require 4. Athanasius in Synopsi Tom. 2 pag. 55. Gr. Lat. he reckons the Books of Scripture as we do 5. Nicephorus Patriarch of Constantinople his Catalogue of Canonical Books apud Eusebium Chronologic pag. 312. Gr. Editionis Amstel 1658. 6. Hieronymi Prefatio 106. quae est in lib. Regum Tom. 3 pag. 682 689. ubi libros vet Testamenti eodem plane modo quo Ecclesia Anglicana enumerat tum addit Quicquid extra hos est inter Apocrypha reponendum 7. Ruffinus in Symbolum Apostolorum inter Opera Cypriani per Pamelium pag. 552 553. per Goulartium pag. 575. where he has a Catalogue of Canonical Books of both Testaments the very same with Ours of the Church of England 8. Epiphanius de Ponderibus Mensuris § 4 5. Tom. 2 pag. 161. 9. Nazianzenus carm 33. operum Tom. 2. pag. 98. utriusque Testamenti libros nisi quod Apocalypsis desideratur eosdem plane quos Ecclesia Anglicana agnoscit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Eusebius out of Origen reckons the Canonical Books as we do only he neither the Protestants nor Papists do reckons an Epistle of Jeremy's with his Prophesie and Lamentations Eccles. History lib. 6. cap. 25. pag. 225. Edit Valesii Vide etiam Cyrillum Cateches Mystog 4. pag. 36 37. Nicephorum Hist. Eccles. lib. 2. cap. 46. pag. 216 217. For the Fathers and Ecclesiastical Writers it will be convenient to know who they were when they lived and what they writ And for this such Books and Tracts as these may be consulted 1. Nomenclator praecipuorum jam inde a Christo nato Ecclesiae Doctorum Scriptorum Professorum Episcoporum Testium Veritatis Scholasticorum Conciliorum Haereticorum Imperatorum Pontificum Rom. c. per Hen. Ozaeum Hanoviae 1619. He in an Alphabetical order only sets down the Age or Year they flourish'd in 2. Hieronymus de Illustribus Eccl. Scriptoribus Extat operam Sancti Hieronymi per M. Victorium Tom. 1. pag. 263. Gr. Lat. ubi Sophronius dicitur Versionis Gr. Author cum tamen inepta est Versio Sophronio indigna Prodiit Hieronymus de Script Illustr una cum Gennadio Massiliensi de Illustr Eccles. Doctoribus Helmest 1611. Prodiit postea cum aliis 1639. quod ex sequente Aub. Miraei opere constet 3. Bibliotheca Ecclesiastica seu Nomenclatores septem Veteres Hieronymus Gennadius Ildefonsus Sigebertus per Aubertum Miraeum cum ejus Scholiis Auctariis Antverp 1639. Fol. Sed hi Authores à Miraeo editi caute sunt legendi Miraeus enim non uno loco Romae potius quam veritati favet 4. Illustrium Eccl. Orientalis Scriptorum qui secundo saeculo sloruerunt vitae monumenta Authore Pet. Halloix Duaci 1636. habet etiam Pontifices Imperatores Persecutiones Concilia istius saeculi c. Fol. 5. Scriptorum Ecclesiast Abacus Chronologicus Vet. Nov. Test. a Mose ad Annum Christi 1589. Authore Phil. Labbe Paris 1658. 6. Tabulae Ecclesiasticae quibus Scriptores Ecclesiastici eorumque Patria Aetas Ordo Obitus exhibentur a Christo nato ad Annum 1517. Lond. 1674. 7. Phil. Labbe de Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis c. in 2. Tom. 80. Paris 1660. in calce Tom. 1. Tractatus Jo. Papissae Coenotaphium eversum 8. Joh. Tritthemius de Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis cum Appendicibus duobus Paris 1546. There are many such as these who have given an account of the Time wherein they liv'd and the Writings of the Fathers and Ecclesiastical Writers and upon occasion may also be consulted But because there are in the Works of the Ancient Fathers and Ecclesiastical Writers many Apocryphal and Spurious Books and Tracts which are indeed none of theirs whose Name they bear it will be necessary for a Divine to know and have some of those Authors who have writ Critica Sacra and Censures of Books discovering the Fraud or Ignorance of those who have publish'd Erroneous and Heretical Books under Catholick Names amongst others such as these may be consulted 1. Photii Bibliotheca by Shottus 1611. Folio 2. Hierom de Scriptoribus Eccles. of the Edition of Paris 1630. or rather of Labbe's Edition with his Additions in 2 Volumes Paris 1660. 3. Censura quorundam Scriptorum quae sub nominibus Sanctorum Veterum Authorum a Pontificiis citari solent c. per Rob. Cocum in Quarto Lond. 1623. 4. A Treatise of the Corruption of the Fathers by Dr. James Quarto Lond. 1612. 5. Andr. Riveti Crit. Sac. libri quatuor in Octavo cum Tractat. de Authoritate Patrum Errorum causis Nothorum Notis Genevae 1626. 6. Abrahami Sculteti Syntagma Medullae Theologiae Patrum in Quarto Francof 1634. he gives an Account of almost forty very ancient Writers of their Genuine Works of their Suppositions of their Errors of their Consent with Protestants and the Particulars wherein and an Analysis of all their Genuine Writings 7. Joh. Dallaeus de Pseudepigraphis Apostolicis Harderb 1653. 8. Davidis Blondelli Pseudo-Isiodorus Turrianus Vapul in Quarto Edit 1628. veterum Roman Pontificum à Clemente X. ad Sirisium i. e. An. 383. Epistolas decretales ab Isiodoro Mercatore suppositas a Ioh. Bosco editas ac tandem a Francisco Turriano defensas spurias esse demonstrat Blondellus 9. Bellarmine de Scriptoribus Ecclesiast Sixtus Senensis in Bibliotheca Possevinus in Apparatu Sacro c. and many other Popish Authors confess and prove many supposititious Books printed and publish'd with the Genuine Works of the Fathers and yet very usually cite those Tracts when they make for them against Protestants In the Edition of Hierom's Works the whole ninth Tome consists of such Tracts as are now confess'd to be all Spurious In the 17th Tome of the Magna Bibliotheca Patrum Paris 1654 There is Index Chronologicus and Index omnium Patrum Alphabeticus in which we have many things well and truly said of the Times and Writings of the Ancient Fathers 10. Vide Gratian. Dist. 15 16. praecipue can
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 De Studio Theologiae OR DIRECTIONS FOR THE Choice of Books IN THE Study of Divinity Written by the R t Reverend Father in GOD Dr. THOMAS BARLOW Late L d Bishop of Lincoln Provost of Queen's College and MARGARET Professor of DIVINITY in OXFORD Publish'd from the Original Manuscript By WILLIAM OFFLEY M. A. Prebendary of Lincoln and Domestick Chaplain to His Lordship OXFORD Printed by LEON LICHFIELD 1699. TO THE Right Reverend Father in GOD JAMES Lord Bishop of LINCOLN MY LORD WHilst others who are more immediately under Your Episcopal Government do equally approve and commend Your Generous Disposition and indefatigable Industry upon all Accounts to advance the Honour of the most Excellent Church of ENGLAND I cannot at this unhappy distance be silent but think my self obliged to mention that great Esteem which Your Lordship entertains for the Memory of many Learned Prelates who have presided over that Holy See which Your Lordship at present so deservedly fills And I am very sensible what an honourable regard Your Lordship in particular has for Bishop Barlow's Memory which suffer'd extreamly from those two Relick-mongers who printed a Spurious Book under his Lordship's Commanding Name and Character And whereas neither Religion or Gratitude were of any force to restrain their Endeavours from blasting their Great Benefactor 's Reputation after his Death by their publishing of many small Tracts it was thought necessary for Bishop Barlow's Legatees to whose Care his Lordship had committed all his own Original MSS. to undeceive the World and put a stop to mercenary proceedings by exposing the Defects of those Papers which were surreptitiously printed And I hope those Reflections which were drawn up and publish'd in the Year 1694. by my Brother Chaplain the late Ingenious Mr. Henry Brougham and My-self have been so far serviceable as to do justice to our Pious Patron 's Memory and to vindicate Our selves from all Suspicion of being any way concern'd in so base an Action as that of Selling to be Printed many private Papers with the specious Title of the Genuine Remains of that Learned Prelate Dr. Thomas Barlow c. My late Lord commanded that particular care should be taken of all his Original MSS. And that I may with greater ease discharge my Trust I have lately reposited all Bishop Barlow's Original Writings in the Archives of Queens College Library in Oxon two MSS. only excepted one treating of Grosthead's Life and Works which I left in Your Lordship's Library at Buckden in its way hereafter to the Library at Lincoln where the Ashes of that Memorable Prelate are Intomb'd The other MS. relating to the Choice of Books in the Study of Divinity I here humbly present to Your Lordship's Patronage which Your Lordship has already been pleas'd in a great measure to grant by approving of my Design and giving me good Hopes of Your Lordship's recommending These Directions to the Clergy of Your Extensive Diocese that they may be acquainted with the smallest part of that Learned Bishop's Study whose Communicative Presence they were not so happy to enjoy by his Visiting of them in such a Regular and Episcopal manner as Your Lordship has lately done in Your Primary Visitation of Your Diocese That part of his Sacred Office in our Church Bishop Barlow often complain'd he was not able to discharge as he ought And when he once attempted to visit his Diocese in Person which he often did by Legal Deputies by Confirming great numbers of People at Four several Towns in Hunting tonshire he was necessitated to tell some that then waited on him That his great Age and Infirmities wou'd not permit him to go through The several Counties of his Diocese But to express his Willingness and Readiness to Confirm such as wanted Confirmation his Lordship publish'd an Advertisement at the end of his Articles of Inquiry upon which many Persons of good Quality came to Buckden and receiv'd Confirmation from him in the Chapel of his Palace How diligent he was constantly to perform all other Duties of his Episcopal Function none are ignorant who at any convenient time waited on his Lordship about Matters Ecclesiastical And as his Lordship 's repeated wishes were that the Diocese of Lincoln might be bless'd hereafter more duly with the Solemn Rite of Confirmation so it was my Duty to attend whilst Your Lordship perform'd the Sacred Office for many Days together in Your Cathedral Church at Lincoln and elsewhere within some Peculiars belonging to that Magnificent Church particularly at Banbury where near a thousand Persons receiv'd Confirmation the 25th and 26th of September last some 80 Years of Age and scarce any under 12 for which Blessing that Ancient Corporation owns it self for ever oblig'd to Your Lordship May Your Lordship's Exemplary Life and Doctrine adorn the Faith and Practice of that Numerous and Learned Body of Men committed to Your Pastoral Care is the earnest of his Prayer who is MY LORD Your LORDSHIP 's most Obedient Servant WILLIAM OFFLEY Middleton Stony in the Diocese of Oxon Nov. 24. 1697. THE PREFACE I Shall not trouble the Reader with any long Apology for the Publication of the following Directions only I think it necessary to inform Him That had not this Method for the Study of Divinity been first printed and prefix'd to many other Papers which swell'd the Book to such a Price that few cared to buy it might the sooner have pass'd without Censure considering the Usefulness of such a Treatise wheresoever it shou'd be kindly receiv'd But being sensible withal that several Copies of this Method were dispers'd abroad and that many things already falsly printed did prejudice the Church of England and lessen the Author's Reputation I thought it my Duty to publish These Directions from the Original Manuscript which the late Mercenary Editors never saw without the long Train of Letters which are of no use but to expose the Secrets of a Private and Hasty Correspondence And since some angry Men are known to pass many unkind Reflections upon Bishop Barlow's Memory I leave the Bishop's own Words in a Letter which I have publish'd at the end of these Directions to vindicate himself from those unchristian Censures some at this day make use of that they may wound the Memory of A Great Father of the Church who has written many Learned Books in Defence of the Church of England against all that oppose it As for the first Letter which follows these Directions I found it written with Bishop Barlow's own Hand and as an Instance of its being proper to be included in his Directions to a Young Divine his Lordship left it fix'd to his Original MS. on that Subject The Second Letter sell into my Hands as I was making a Collection of some scatter'd Papers in my late Lord's Study and having communicated it to many Judicious Men they advis'd me not to conceal such Modest and Excellent Advice but to do the
learned Commentaries on both the two first Books of Moses In short you have Catalogues of the Commentators on every part of the Bible already printed out of which you may chuse the Commentaries of Brentius Calvin Pet. Martyr Joh. Wolsius Bucer Melanchton Luther Musculus c. Cajetan Masius Ar. Montanus Gaspar Sanctius Simeon de Muis the best Popish Writer on the Psalms A Lapide Corn. Jansen Vitalpandus in Ezek. Fran. Ribera in 12. Prophetas Minores Arias Montanus in 12 Prophetas In Hexameron you may consult 1. Eusta Antiochenum Lugduni per Alatium 1629. in 4o. 2. Ambrosium in Hexameron Tom. 4. Operum Edit Erasmi Basil 1527. For the New Testament very many Ancient and Modern have writ Explications of it some or all may be consulted 1. Chrysost. hath Homilies on most parts of the N. Test. 2. Hierom on the Gospels Acts and all St. Paul's Epistles but they are none of his as is certain and confess'd 3. Ven. Bede in 5 or 6 Tomes 4. Theophylact. on the Gospels Acts and all St. Paul's Epistles his Commentary on the Acts is by it self very hard to be met with Gr. Lat. per Laur. Sifanum Col. Agrip. 1567. Theophylact. hath nothing on the Canonical Epistles or Revelations 2. Beza's Notes on the whole New Test. the best Edition for there are many is that at Cambridge 1642. Camerarius's Notes on the whole N. Test. are joyn'd with it Calvin on all the N. Test. except the Apocalyps these two paucis exceptis quae Disciplinam Presbyterianam Genevetismam sapiunt are inferior to none for the Literal Sence of the Scriptures Aug. Marloratus his Comment on all the N. Test. containing the Expositions of many Protestant Writers Zach. Muthesius in 4o. Edit 1611. Dr. Wm. Foulke in Nov. Test. contra Annotationes Anglo-Rhemensium Erasmi Annot. in N. Test. Aquinas in Nov. Test. Chemnitius Gochardus Brentius Bucer Novae Glossae in Mat. Mar. Luc. per Rob. Steph. They are damn'd by the Spanish Inquisitors and therefore more valuable Lucas Brugensis in 4. Evang. Antv. 1606. Maldonatus Lutetiae 1629. There are former and worse Editions he is Vir Dotatus but as Causabon calls him maledicentissimus Hugo Cardinalis alias Hugo de Sancto Claro he writ about the Year 1244. in which he was created Cardinal by Pope Innoc. the IV. in a time of great Ignorance when Popery was not form'd whence it is that He and others of that Age have many things which they at Rome like not Jacobus Faber Stapulensis in 4 Evangel He was an Honest and Sober Papist and has an Excellent Preface before his Commentaries concerning the Excellency Perfection and universal Use of Scripture c. And therefore that Preface totally and many other things in his Commentaries are damn'd by the Inquisitors and all his Works prohibited by Clement VIII till they be purg'd that is corrupted and spoil'd by the Inquisitors and their Indices 1. Theodoret in omnes Pauli Epistolas num 14. he has nothing on the 7. Canonical Epistles James Peter John Jude nor the Revelation he is amongst the Ancients one of the best and usually comes nearest the Literal Sence Ambrose in omnes Pauli Epist. except ad Hebr. Peradventure because that Epistle was not in his time receiv'd in the Roman Church which may be the reason too why St. Hierom has no Commentary on that Epistle nor any Preface to it as he has to most Books of the Bible but those Commentaries are deny'd to be Ambrose's by many and suspected by more Primasius Utiensis circa Annum 545. Sedulius circa Annum 430. Oecumenius quisque demum fuerit in omnes Pauli Canonicas Epist. cum quo conjungitur Arethas Caesariensis in Apocalyp Who he was and when he liv'd is uncertain Bellarmine places him after the Year 1000. and some sooner his Commentary is indeed a Catena taken out of about 121. Ancient Authors for so many he cites and amongst them he often cites Photius whence 't is evident he liv'd after Photius's time who flourish'd after the middle of the Ninth Century 1. Conrad Vorstius on all the Epistles excepting that to the Hebrews who has first the Analysis 2. the Paraphrasis 3. Scholia in Paraphrasin 4. The Loci Communes of every Chapter Dr. Hammond's Annotations on the New Testament Cameronis Mirothecium Evang. Lud. Capelli Spicilegium both bound together printed in 4 to 1632. they have both many short and considerable Notes on many particular places in the Epistles and Apocalyps c. Estius in Epistolas one of the best Popish Writers on that Subject Joh. Gagnaeius in omnes Epistolas Apocalypsin Brevissima facillima Scholia in 8 0 Antv. 1564. Petrus Lombardus in omnes Pauli Epistolas He writ before Transubstantiation Opinionis portentum prodigium was Decreed in the Lateran Council Anno 1215. and in many things Honest Peter is no Papist Dionysius Carthusianus in omnes Pauli Epistolas and many others c. Arias Montanus in omnes Epistolas Apocalyp For the better Understanding of the Scriptures it will be convenient to know and to consult such Books as have given General Directions for Studying Scriptures and particular Explications of the Jewish Antiquities and Customs c. such as these 1. Antiquitatum Judaicarum lib. 9. per Ar. Montanum Lug. Bat. 1593. in Quarto 2. Buxtorfii Tiberias seu Commentarius Historicus Didacticus Criticus ad illustrationem operis Biblici c. Bas. 1620. Folio 3. And. Riveti Isagoge seu Introductio ad Scripturam Sacram Vet. Nov. Test. Lug. Bat. 1627. 4. Ant. Possevini Apparatus ad Studia Scripturae Theologiae Scholasticae practicae c. Ferrariae 1609. Quarto 5. Ejusdem Bibliotheca Selecta dictae Bibliothecae lib. 2. 3. Colon. Agrip. 1607. Fol. there are many such more Bibliotheca Studiosi Theol. per Gilb. Voetium Ultrajecti 1651. lib. 2. sect 2a. pag. 481. De Apparatu Theologico Hen. Hottingeri Clavis Scripturae seu Thesaurus Philologicus Tiguri 1649. in Quarto Seeing there are many Controversies concerning the Canon of Scripture some Books being Canonical to some which to others are Apocryphal it will be convenient to consult some who have writ ex professo of that Subject Amongst others these that follow 1. Joh. Rainolds de lib. Apocryphis Tom. 1 2. sunt quatuor Oppenheim 1611. there are many Controversies learnedly discuss'd obiter in those two Volumes besides those about the Canon 2. The Scholastical History of the Canon of Scripture by Dr. Cosins late Bishop of Durham London 1657. 3. Hen. Lemmichii Vindicatio Lib. Apocryph 1638. Octavo 4. Consulendi sunt cum opus fuerit Scriptores Eristici Pontificii Reformati qui Controversiam de Canone Bib. tractant quales sunt Chemnitius in exam Concilii Trident. Dan. Chamier Panstrat Cath. Tom. 10. Andr. Rivetus Catholici Orthodoxi Tom. 1. Tract 1. Eras.
Satisfactione Christi Octavo 23. Vid. Ludov. Lucium De Satisfactione Christi contra Michaelem Gettichium Edit Bas. 1612. 8o. 24. Lambert Danaeus in P. Lomb. Sentent lib. 1. multa pro Trinitate disputat Edit an 1580. 8o. 25. Christianus Beemannus Bornensis edidit Exercitationes Theolog. pro Deitate Christi c. contra Socinum Smalcium Ostorodum Crellium Mennonem Simonis Paracelsum Wiegelium c. Amst. an 1643. Fol. 26. Joh. Paulus Felwingern scripsit Examen Disquisitionis brevis edit Norembergae 1637. Octavo 27. Sam. Maresii Xenia Academica seu de Divinitate Personalitate Sp. Sancti contra Socinianos cum aliis Quarto 28. Disputatio Theologica Orthodoxa De Sanctissima Trinitate Auth. Josepho Voisin Par. 1647. 8o. 29. Socinianismi confutati Tom. 1. Auth. Johanne Hoornebecke Professore Ultrajectano Ultrajecti 1650. Quarto 30. Hydra Socinianismi expugnata contra Joh. Volkelium Joh. Crellium per Sam. Maresium Groningae 1651. Quarto 31. Bernardus Paxillus scripsit Monomachian pro defensione Fidei Trinitatis Cracov 1616. in Biblioth Bodl. 32. Joh. Cloppenburg scripsit Vindicias pro Deitate Sp. Sancti adversus Joh. Bidellum Anglum Franck. 1652. 33. Josuae Stegmanni Photiniasmus seu succincta refutatio errorum Photinianorum c. Rhinthelii 1623. 8o. Alli pene infiniti Pontificii pariter Reformati sese Socino opposuere ut passim videre est Vide sis Aegidium Hunnium in Articulo de Trinitate Polanum in Syntagm Theol. l. 3. c. 2. ad 11. Barthol Terres in 1. part Aquinatis Benedict Szentkiral Transylvanum contra Georgium Enjedinum Hieron Zanchium de tribus Elohim c. Hannib Rosseli Comment in Paemandrum Hermetis Calvinum in defensione Orthodoxae Fidei Sacrae Trinitatis contra M. Servetum Georg. Blandr Erasmum Brochmannum qui utraque Controvers parte quaestiones Socinianas proponit discutit Dionys. Petavium qui fusè pariter doctè in Dogmatis Theologicis tractandis contra Socinum disputat testimoniis ex intimâ Antiquitate petitis Tandem longum Scriptorum Catalogum eorum nempè qui contra Socinum sui sequaces militant tibi exhibet Christianus Becmannus Bornensis in Exercitationibus Theologicis Amstelod editis an 1643 pag. 12. Ubi Authores 56 plus minus enumerat qui justo Bello Marte internecino contra Socinum ipsumque etiam Socinianismum animosè militant Qui vellet videat Scholastici quod ad Articulum Trinitatis attinet in 1. Sent. P. Lombardi distinct 2. in 1. parte Aquinatis multa disputant curiosa mag is fateor quam viro cordato profutura Quorum omnium Catalogum laboriosè contextum tibi exhibet Iohan. Martinez de Ripaldâ in Lib. Sent. 1. Disp. 2. Amongst other things 't is exceeding useful for a Divine to have some knowledge of the Canon Law there are many Books written of this Faculty and amongst others to omit those which concern the Forum and Jurisdictionem contentiosam these following may be useful 1. For the Original Parts and Use of the Canon Law it will be very useful first of all to read Dr. Duck De Usu Authoritate Juris Civilis Roman Lib. 1. c. 7. de Jure Canonico pag. 39. Edit Lond. 1653. 2. Institutiones Juris Canonici per Paulum Lancelottum cum Casibus Joh. Bapt. Bartoloni in Octavo Col. 1609. 3. Arnoldi Corvini Jus Canonicum per Aphorismos strict explicat Amstel 1651. in Octavo And this for Brevity Method and Perspicuity may at the first be more useful to a Divine than the aforesaid Institutions 4. Corpus Juris Canonici cum Accessione novarum Constitutionum summorum Pontificum Annotationibus Ant. Naldi c. Lugd. 1661. in Quarto and 2 Volumes This is the last and best Edition Corporis Juris Canonici without the Gloss and contains many useful things which are not in any former Edition 5. If the aforesaid Edition cannot be had then consult Corpus Juris Canonici at Paris 1618. Folio the next in Time and Goodness 6. Corpus Juris Canonici cum Glossis Par. 1612. cum Indice Steph. Davys in 4 Volumes Fol. 7. The old Edition of the Canon Law with the Gloss at Par. 1519. in 3 Vol. in 4º or any other Edition before the Year 1572. for since that Time many things are left out of the Gloss which were in before 8. Censurae in Glossas Juris Canonici Colon. 1672. where what is to be left out of the Gloss is distinctly set down After a General Knowledge of this Law a few Books more will be of Advantage to perfect that Knowledge so far as a Divine may be concern'd in it for Instance such as these 1. Joh. Cardinal de Turre-Cremata in Decretum Gratiani 2. Abbas Panormitanus in Decretales c. 3. Conclusionum Practicarum in Jur. Utr. Foro c. 8. Tom. Fol. per Card. Tuschum Lugd. 1634. The whole Work is in an Alphabetical Order like a Law Dictionary and things easy to be found in it 4. Epit. Juris Pontificii veteris per Ant. Augustinum Fol. Rom. 1614. aut Par. 1641. It is divided into 3 parts 1. De Personis 2. De Judiciis 3. De Rebus c. He has a Catalogue of the Popes Councils Collectors of the Canons and his Censure of them A Book of great use for a Divine For Explanation of the Terms and Ecclesiastical Words which occur in the ancient Canons Histories Councils and Ecclesiastical Writers Greek and Latin some Law Lexicons will be necessary there are many but I shall name only what I think most useful 1. Glossarium Graeco-Barbarum Jo. Meursii 4o. Lugd. Bat. 1614. 2. Lexicon Juridicum Juris Caesarei Canonici per Jo. Calvinum Joh. Christum Genevae 1640. which Edition has escaped the Inquisitors Fury Notand Many things in this Lexicon are damn'd and to be expung'd by the Command of the Inquisitors in the Spanish and Portugal Indices sed salva res est this Edition has escap'd Purgatory Vid. Indicem Expurg Hisp. Madriti 1667. pag. 570 Indicem Olysipone 1624. p. 742. There are more Lexicons which may on many occasions be consulted 1. Lexicon Juris per Sim. Schardium Fol. Colon. Agrip. 1600. 2. Vocabulum Utriusque Juris per Alexandr Scot. 8o. Lugd. 1622. 3. Notitia de Vocabulis Eccles. c. Rauolta de Domenico Magri c. Romae 1650. part Latin and part Italian 4. Glossae P. Pithaei Capitulis Caroli Magni proefixae Paris 1640 c. It is exceeding useful for a Divine to know the Civil Law also setting aside the Litigious part of it such Books as these may be useful And first For a General Knowledge of the Civil Law consult 1. Ridley's View of the Civil Law c. 4o. 2. Dr. Duck's first Book De Usu Authoritate Juris Civilis Lond. 1653. Elementa Juris Civilis per Joh. Arnold Corvinum Amstel 1645. in 12o. Justinian's Institutions shou'd be read with it And for a fuller Explication of Justinian's Institutions it will be
convenient to have either 1. Joachim Mynsingerus 2. Joh. Scheideuinus both have writ well on the Institutions but Scheideuinus later and more fully and in many things more useful for a Divine 3. Theophili Antecessoris Institutiones Gr. Lat. cum Scholiis Faberti Notis Curtii 4o. Par. 1638. 3. Corpus Juris Civilis without the Gloss and Case 2 Vol. in 8o. per Dion Gothofredum 1614. 4. Or which is far better Corpus Juris Civilis with Gloss and Case Paris 1612. 5. Codex Theodosianus cum perpetuis Commentariis Jac. Gothofredi c. in 6 Vol. Fol. Lugd. 1665. In which there are many Titles which concern Ecclesiastical Matters Doctrine or Discipline for Instance De Summâ Trinitate Catholicâ De Sacro-Sanctis Ecclesiis c. De Episcopis Clericis De Episcopali Audientiâ De Haereticis Manichaeis Samaritis ne Sanctum Baptisma Iteretur De Judaeis De Apostatis c. and many such more Now if we consider the Antiquity of those Laws and Gathofred's most Learned Commentary and Explications of them it must be confess'd That the Knowledge of them will be very useful for a Divine 1. Calvini 2. Schardii Lexica Juridica but now mention'd or one of them Calvin is more useful and will be sufficient as to most Latin Words in that Law Vid. Bar. Brissonii de verborum quae ad jus pertinent significatione libros 19. Par. 1596. Fol. An Excellent and Learned Work Alciate and Joh. Goeddaeus have writ well on the same Subject in Octavo both And after them Arnoldus Corvinus very well in Octavo Amstel 1646. one or all of these may be consulted You may consult besides Meursius his Glossary 1. Rigaltii Glossarium 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 De Verborum significatione quae Novellis Imperatorum Orientis post Justinianum regnabant c. 4o. Lut. 1601. 2. Glossae veteres Verborum Juris in Basilicis c. per Card. Labbaeum Paris 1606. In Calce Emendat Observationum in Synopsin Basilic 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 6. There is one Title in the Law of great use in Divinity as well as Policy and Civil Prudence and that is De Regulis juris Antiqui It contains above 200 Maxims of Law and Reason so many Principles and Axioms of greatest Evidence and Authority being great Truths universally receiv'd in the Roman Empire Pagan and Christian by Divines as well as States-men and Lawyers And because there is hardly any Rule so universal but it may admit of some Exception or Limitations so those Regulae Juris have been cautiously and learnedly explain'd by several Eminent Lawyers For Instance 1. Everard Broncherst 12o. Lugd. Bat. 1641. one of the last and I believe the best 2. Jacob. Cujacius Octavo Bas. 1594. 3. Pet. Faber Lugduni 1590. 4. Philip. Decius cum Additionibus Octavo Lugduni 1601. It is of use to a Divine for to be acquainted with the Roman Inquisitors who corrupt rather than purge Authors in all Faculties and Arts some of the Fathers not excepted for this purpose we have 1. The Popes Bulls about their Expurgatory Indices as 1. The Bulls of Pius IV. 1564. in Bullario Cherubini Romae 1638. Tom. 2. p. 81 82. 2. That of Clement VIII 1595. In the same Bullarii Tome the 3d. pages 37 38. vide ibi citatâ de Congregatione Indicis as they call it that is a Congregation A Committee of Cardinals who consulted about the composing and perfecting the Index Expurgatorius For the Rules and Directions given the Inquisitors for prohibiting what Books they pleas'd we have them as given by the Authority of the Trent Council in the end of some Editions of the Council 3. For the Indices Expurgatorii themselves it will be useful to have one or more of them for there are many and if possible of their own Editions Amongst those we have 1. Index Trid. publish'd at the end of those Editions of the Trent Council quoted in the Margin 2. Index Hispan Madriti 1612. Fol. Madriti 1571 1584. Salmurii 1601. Madriti iterum 1614 1628. Hispali 1632. Madr. iterum 1640. these are the several Editions of it but the most complete and useful is that Madr. ex Typograph Didaci Duaci Fol. an 1667. In which we have 4 or 5000 Authors damn'd absolutely or so corrected with a Purgation as they call it that the best things are left out and corrupted 3. Index Libr. Prohibit Alex. 7mi. jussu editus Romae 1664. iterum 1665. ibid. extat etià m ex MS. 1667. Fol. In this last Edition the Index Tridentinus is joyn'd with it and many Decrees of the Congregatio Indicis wherein they name particularly and censure Books which elsewhere I find not extant 4. The Portugal Index Olysipone 1624. in Folio Continet 1. Indicem Roman 2. Indicem Prohibitorum Lusitaniae 3. Indicem Expurgandorum a. pag. 195. c. vid. Papa Bullas Librorum Expurgandorum Regulas ibidem in Principio ante Indicem 5. Index Expurgatorius juxta Concilii Trident. Decretum Philippi 2i. Regis Catholici jussu Albani Ducis Consilio ac Ministerio in Belgico concinnatus an 1571. à Franc. Junio Edit an 1586. vide Epist. Dedicatoriam Praefat. Junii Diploma Regis Catholici Praefationem B. Ariae Montani dicto Indici praefixam Now 't is to be observ'd That in their Indices Authors and Books are distinguish'd into 3 Classes 1. In the first Class the Books and Authors too are damn'd and all Hereticks amongst which we Protestants are reckon'd and all their Books writ of Religion 2. In the second Class Books damn'd but not their Authors when the Authors are Catholicks and yet their Books absolutely forbid 3. In the third Class such Books writ by Papist or Protestant as be purged may pass By this we may come to know the best Books i. e. Those condemn'd by them Magnum aliquid bonum est quod à Nerone damnatur 2. By considering their Indices we come to know the best Editions of many good Books For they name the Edition of every Book to be purged so that if we have that Edition they name or any before we are sure it has not been in their Purgatory nor by putting in and leaving out corrupted Editions 3. Their Indices Expurgatorii for that use we may make of them are very good Common-place-Books and Repertories by help of which we may presently find what any Author by them censur'd has against them I shall only commend four Authors more of excellent use 1. Historia Conciliorum Generalium in 4 Libros distributa Authore Ed. Richerio Doctore Sorbonico Col. 1680. and again at Colon. 1683. 2. Joh. Launoii Parisiensis Theologi Epistolae in 8 Parts or Volumes both Sorbon Doctors and yet write learnedly against the Corruptions of Rome 3. De Antiquâ Ecclesiae Disciplinâ Dissertationes 7. Par. 1686. Auth. Ludov. Ellis Du Pin Doct. Sorbonico 4. Selectae Historiae Ecclesiasticae