THE HISTORIE OF THE BIBLE BRIEFly collected by way of Question and ansvver Read and corrected by the Author Deut. 11. v. 18. 19. 20. 21. Ye shall lay vp these my words in your heart in your soule and bind them for a signe vpon your hand that they may be as a frontlet betweene your eies And ye shall teach them your children speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house and when thou walkest by the way and when thou liest downe and when thou risest vp And thou shalt write them vpon the postes of thine house and vpon thy gates That your daies may be multiplied and the daies of your children c. Printed by IOHN LEGATE Printer to the Vniuersitie of ◅mbridge And are to be sold in Pauls Churchyard at the signe of the Crovvne by Simon Waterson To the Christian Reader CHristian Reader this booke was lately published in print and giuen forth to be mine wherein they haue iniured both thee and me Thee in publishing a Pamphlet so faultie and with so many wants The iniurie to me is because that was giuen forth to be mine which I did neuer write nor read ouer written by others vntill I saw it in print When my children first began to speake for the furtherance of them and my seruants in the knowledge of the Historie of the Bible after a Chapter read at our meales at dinner out of the old Testament at supper out of the new I gaue thē by word of mouth onely such obseruations as I thought fit for their capacitie vnderstanding and by their answers to my questions I daily tooke an account how they vnderstood and retained the same in memorie After 26. yeares continuance in this exercise by some vnaduised youth or vndiscreete seruant of mine some Printer gate it wherof whē I had an inckling I trauelled to some in authoritie and by labouring with them gat it staied not to be printed in Londō yet it comming forth they printing it otherwhere without my knowledge or liking I thought it my dutie beeing thereto intreated also by others to read it ouer and in some sort to redresse the abuse offered vnto thee by the former Impression And I beseech the Lord to blesse this and all other my labours in some measure to be profitable to thee his church From my house at Deptford the 9. of August 1602. The L. vnprofitable Minister lame Eusebius Pagit GENESIS Question VVHat is Religion Answer A knitting of vs againe to God Q. How felt we from God A. By the sinnes of Adam and Euah Q. How are we reconc◅ vnto God A. By the righteousnes of Iesus Christ which is the new and second Adam Q. Where find you this A. In the Bible Q. How is the Bible diuided A. Into the old Testament and the new Q. How is the old Testament diuided A. Into the Lawe and the Prophets Q. Who writ the law A. Moses Q. In how many bookes A. In fiue Q. What cal you the first book A. Genesis Q. Why is it so called A. Because it containeth the first generation of all creatures Q. How is Genesis diuided A. Into three parts the creation of the world the decay of the world and the repaire of it againe chapter 1 The creation of the world Q. Who made the world A. God Q. Whereof A. Of nothing Q. Wherewith A. With his word Q. In how many daies A. In sixe Q. VVhat did God make the first day A. Heauen earth and light Q. What did he make the second day A. The firmament and separated the waters Q. What did he the third day A. He gathered the waters into one place he made drie land to appeare he made herbs and trees Q. What did God make the fourth day A. Sunne Moone and starres Q. What made he the fift day A. Birds and fishes Q. VVhat made he the sixt day A. Creeping things beasts and Man chapter 2 Q. What did God the seauenth day A. He rested and sanctified it to be a Sabbath Q. What is a Sabbath A. A rest Q. What must we do on the Sabbath day A. Holy things Q. What are those holy things A. Hearing and learning the word of God preached praying receiuing the Sacraments and meditating vpon Gods creatures Q. Wherof was Adam made A. Of the dust of the earth Q. Wherof was Euah made A. Of the ribbe of Adam Q. Where were they set to dwell A. In the garden of Eden Q. What were they forbidden to do A. That they should not eate of the fruite of the tree of knowledge of good and euil Q. Did they obey God or not A. No they did eate of the fruite of the tree of knowledge of good and euill chapter 3 The decay of the world Q. What did God with them for breaking his commandement A. He cursed them Q. Whom did God curse A. Adam Euah and the serpent Q. Why did God curse the serpent seeing the serpent did not eate of it A. Because he prouoked thē Q. Did all the world remaine vnder this curse or no A. No God promised that the seede of the woman should breake the head of the serpent Q. Who was that seed of the woman A. Iesus Christ Q. What is the efficient cause of mans saluation A. The loue of God Q. What is the materiall cause A. The death and passion of Iesus Christ Q. What is the instrumentall cause A. Faith Q. What is the finall cause A. To glorifie God Q. How in this world A. By seruing him Q. How in the world to come A. By beeing glorified with him Q. After that Adam Euah were accursed where were they set to dwell A. Abroad in the world Q. What children had they A. Cain and Abel Q. How were they brought vp A. In the feare of God Q. Did they both serue God A. Yes Q. Did they both serue God rightly A. No Cain serued God in hypocrisie Q. What hinderance was there then to religion A. The deuill prouoked Cain to kill his brother Abel Q. Did Cain kill Abel A. Yes Q. What did God with Cain for killing his brother A. He cursed him Q. Did God with this curse take away all graces from Cain and his posteritie as well as the graces of adoption A. No Cain was the first builder of cities Iubal the first player of instruments Tubal the first inuenter of smiths craft And Iabal the first dweller in tents Q. Cain beeing cursed and Abel killed whom did God raise vp to serue him chapter 5 A. Sheth Q. Rehearse the Fathers before the flood A. Adam Sheth Enosh Kenan Mahalaleel Iered Henoch Methushelah Lamech and Noah Q. Who was the oldest man that euer liued A. Methusnelah Q. How long liued he A. Nine hundred sixtie and nine yeares Q. What became of Henoch A. He was taken vp both bodie and soule to walke with God Q. How many were so taken vp beside him A. Two Eliah and Iesus Christ Q. In what time were these taken
Abraham 3. From Abrahams departing from Vr in Chalde vnto the departing of Israel from Egypt 4. From the departing of Israel out of Egyyt vnto the first building of the Temple 5. From the first building of the Temple vnto the captiuitie of Babylon 6. From the captiuitie of Babylon to the reedifying of Ierusalem 7. From the reedifying of Ierusalem vnto the comming of Christ 8. From the comming of Christ to the iudgement Q. What notable things haue beene and shall be in these ages A. The creation of the world the floud the circumcision the annointing of Kings the transmigration of Babylon the incarnation of Christ the opening of heauen by the preaching of the Gospel and the resurrection of bodies to iudgment Q. How many of these ages are in this booke A. Sixe from the first creation to the reedifying of Ierusalem Q. Rehearse the fathers of the first age A. Adam Sheth Enoch Kenan c. vt in Genes which age containeth 1656. yeares Q. Rehearse the Patriar◅s of the second age A. Shem Arpacshad Shalah Eber Peleg Reu vt in Gones which age containeth 363. yeares and ten daies The third age containeth 430. yeares The fourth age containeth 480. yeares The fift age containeth 419. yeares The sixt age containeth 143. yeares The seauenth age containeth 483. yeares Q. Howe many of the last age are alreadie expired A. One thousand sixe hundred and seauen yeares Q. Who was Abrahams sonne according to promise A. Isaack Q. Who Isaaks A. Iacob Q. Which of Iacobs 12. sonnes had the Kingdome A. Iudah and of him came Christ Q. Who had the Priesthood A. Leui. Q. What goruernmēt had the first A. Captaines Moses and Ioshua Q. What gouernours had they then A. Iudges as before in that booke Q. Rehearse the genalogie from Iudah to Dauid A. Phares Esrom Aram Aminadab Naasson Salomon Boos Obed Iesse and Dauid Q. Who succeeded Dauid A. Salomon Q. Who succeeded Salomon A. Rehoboam Q. Rehearse the priests from Aaron to Ahnub A. Eleazar Phineas Abishua Bucci Vzzi Zeraiah Meraioh Amasiab Ahitub Q. Why is Iehosaphat called king of Israel A. Because God was called the God of Israel by reason of Iacob to whome he promised Therefore Israel is sometime taken for Iudah because Iudah was the chiefe people Q. Rehearse the fathers to Christ A. Peruse the third chapter of Luke Finis Chronicorum EZRA Q. Why is this booke called Ezra A. It is so called of the name of him that writ it by that trope of Rhetoricke called Metonymia as when the author and writer is put for the writing Q. What is the substance of this booke A. The estate of the children of Israel from the first yeare of Cyrus to the nineteenth yeare of Darius Longimanus Q. How is this booke deuided A. Into two parts the first containeth the returne of the children of Israel from the captiuitie of Babylon in the first and second chap. The second the establishing of them in their owne land in the rest of the booke Q. At what time did they returne chapter 1 A. The first yeare of Cyrus which met with the 70. yeare of their captiuitie as Ieremie had prophesied Q. Who were the causes of their returne A. The first and principal cause was the Holy Ghost moouing the heart of Cyrus to giue them libertie to returne The second and instrumentall cause was Cyrus the King of Persia Q. What did Cyrus for them A. Of captiues he made them free and beeing poore he furnished them for their voyage Q. How was this deelared A. First by proclamation then by writing Q. Israel was carried into captiuitie by Salmanasar King of Assyria 1. king 17.6 and Iuda was carried into captiuitie by Nebuchadnezzer King of Babel 2. kin 25.21 how then could Cyrus King of Persia send them home A. Berodach Baladan King of Babel ouerthrew Essaraddan King of Assur the grand-childe of Salmanasar and ioyned to the Assyrians to the Monarchie of the Chaldeans and so had vnder him the captiued Israelites seauentie yeares after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel had carried Iuda into captiuitie Cyrus king of Persia with his vncle Darius King of the Medes suddenly slue Balthasar king of Babel Dan. 5. and so had authoritie to set them free and to send them home to Ierusalem Q. To what end did he send them home A. To build the house of God who had giuen him so large an Empire Q. How were those poore men furnished for so great a worke A. The king gaue them vessels and plate of gold and siluer which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from thence Q. How many were they which then returned chapter 2 A. Two and fortie thousand three hundred threescore and of seruants 7337. Q. Vnder whose gouernment did they returne A. Vnder Zorabbabel the captaine and Ieshua the priest Q. They beeing thus returned which is the first part of this booke how were they established Q. Ezra in setting downe the second part of this booke sheweth first how they were established for religion in the 3 4 5 and 6. chapters Secondly their common-wealth in the 7 8 9 and 10. chapters Q. In the establishing of religion how many things are to bee considered A. Foure the beginning of the work 2. the hinderances of the worke 3. the remoouing of those hinderances 4. the performance and finishing of the worke Q. For the beginning of the worke what doth Ezra set downe chapter 3 A. Two things the preparation and the laying of the foundation Q. Who prepared it A. All the people came to Ierusalem as one man Q. What did they A. First they began with the exercises of religion namely offering of sacrifice and obseruing the feast of Tabernacles Secondly they gathered money workemen and matter for the worke Q. Who set forward the worke for laying the foundation A. Prince Priests and people Q. When the builders laid the foundation what did the people chapter 4 A. They sang a psalme of praise to God yet many mourned doubting the glorie of this house would not be like the first Q. VVas this so excellent a worke hindred A. Yea the better worke the more hindrances Q. By whom A. By the enemies of Iuda and Beniamin Q. VVhat did they A. First craftily they pretend to worke with them Secondly not beeing admitted they terrifie and trouble the builders chapter 5 Thirdly they accusing thē by letters to the king they procure a prohibition cause them to cease from building Q. How were these lets and hinderances remooued and they set to the worke againe A. First the Lord stirred them vp by his prophets Haggia and Zechariah Secondly by humble letters to the King and finding the order of Cyrus they obtaine a decree for the furtherance of their worke chapter 6 Q. Vpon how many points doth this decree consist A. Vpon three 1. A restraint that none should hinder the worke 2. A commaundement to furnish them with all things necessarie for the building and sacrifices 3 An order that whosoeuer
Q. In the epistle to the Church of Philadelphia what is his title A. He that is holy and true which hath the key of Dauid which openeth and no man shutteth which shutteth and no man openeth Q. What is commended in that Church A. A litle strength kept my word not denied by name Q. What is reprooued A. The Synagogue of Sathan which say they are Iewes and are not but lie Q. What is the promise A. To be a pillar in the house of God to haue written vpon him the name of God and of the city of God and to haue a new name Q. In the Epistle to the church of Laodicea what is his title A. Amen the faithful and true witnesse that beginning of the creatures of God Q. What is commended in that Church A. Nothing yet a Church and teacheth it Q. What is reprooued A. Neither hote nor cold vaine-glorie it is miserable wretched poore blind and naked Q. What is the promise A. To sit with Christ vpon his throne Q. What doth the second part of this booke containe A. Things that were to come afterward chap. 5.1 Q. How is the second part deuided A. Into two parts first the oration of the Reuelation ch 5. the second the declaration of the same in the rest of the booke Q. Who was the occasion of this Reuelation A. God the Father who is described first by his Throne 5.2 Secondly by his company attending vpon him vers 4. Thirdly by the worship giuen to him vers 8. Q. How is this Reuelation declared A. It is deliuered and declared in two bookes of the first he speaketh here to the end of the 9. chap. of the second book he beginneth in the 10. chapter it continueth to the end of this booke Q. What is said of the first booke A. Three things first of the booke it selfe secondly who should open the booke thirdly of the matter in it Q. What is said of the booke it selfe A. Three things first that it was in the hand of God secondly that it was written within and without thirdly that it was sealed with seauen seales chap. 5.7 Q. What saith the holy Ghost of the opening of this booke A. First an angell seekes for one to open it vers 2. secondly Iohn weepes because there is not one sound to open it thirdly an Elder shewed that the Lion of the tribe of Iuda the Lambe which was killed should open the booke Q. How is the matter of this booke set foorth A. The Lambe openeth the seauen seales at the opening of euery seale a seuerall vision is shewed Q. What vision appeared when the first seale was opened A. A white horse he that sate on him had a bow and a crowne Q. What appeared when the second booke was opened A. A red horse and he that sate on him had a great sword Q. What appeared when the third was opened A. A blacke horse and he that sate on him had ballances Q. What appeared when the fourth was opened A. A pale horse death sate on him and hell followed him Q. What appeared when the fifth was opened A. The soules of them which were killed for the word of God Q. What appeared when the sixt was opened A. A great earth-quake the sunne was blacke the moone like blood an angel sealing Gods children that the destroyers should not touch them Q. What appeared when the seauenth seale was opened A. Seauen Angels with seauen Trumpets to fore warn the world of Gods vengeance Q. Hauing thus gone through the first booke we are come to the little booke what doth this see downe tovs A. First the estate of the Church in this life secondly the glorie of it in the world to come Q. What doth he set downe of the Church in this world A. First her comfort by the ministerie of the word in the 10. and 11. Chapters secondly her afflictions Q. What is said for the ministerie A. First the booke is giuen to Iohn to eate he is commanded to prophesie Secondly it is confirmed and established by the two witnesses two Oliue trees and two candlesticks and the same continued by reuiuing the two witnesses which were slaine Q. By whome was the Church afflicted A. First by the beast out of the bottomlesse pitte secondly by the red dragon that old Serpent thirdly with the beast with seauen heads ten horns fourthly by the beast with two hornes like the Lambe fiftly the whore of Babylon sixtly the beast with the false Prophet seauenthly by Gog and Magog Q. Is the Church ouerwhelmed with these afflictions A. No the Lord mixeth these troubles with comforts first the woman pursued by the dragon hath a place to rest in secondly the Lambe by the euerlasting Gospell comforteth his thirdly the seauen angels sing the song of Moses Q. What becommeth of the aduersaries A. Michael and his Angels fight against the dragon secondly the seauen Angels powre out the seauen vialls of wrath vpon them thirdly the beast the false prophet the whore of Babylon Gog and Magog and the old serpent are al ouerthrowne and Gods people freed from them Q. Hauing thus described the afflictions of the Church militane in this world what saith he of the glorie of it A. In setting forth the Church tryumphant he doth describe first ' the making of all things new fitting for the bride secondly the glorie and excellencie of the lambes wife thirdly the earnest desire of the elect saying Come Lord Iesus FINIS