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
with the cattell and spoyle thereof A. They tooke it to themfelues for a pray Q. What did Ioshua then to the citie A. He burnt it made it an heape for euer and a wildernesse to this daie Q. What did he with the king thereof A. He hanged him on a tree Q. VVhat did Ioshuah then A. Hee built an altar to the Lord and wrote a rehearsall of the Law and read it in the presence of all the children of Israel Q. What befell then chapter 9 A. Many kings assembled together to fight against Ioshua Q. Did none of the inhabitants of the land make peace with them A. Yes the Gibeonites Q. What did they A. They tooke old bottles and wine and mouldie bread and put on old shooes and old raiment and came to Ioshua and said they were come from a far countrie to make a league with them and Ioshua made a league with them Q. What did Ioshua when he knew their craft A. He commanded them to perpetuall slauerie Q. What did the fiue kings of the Amorites when they heard that the Gibeonites had made a league with them chapter 10 A. They gathered themselues together and made war against them Q. What did the Gibeonites A. They sent to Ioshua to pray him to come and deliuer them Q. What did Ioshua A. He ascended from Gilgal all that night and all the men of war with him came vpon them suddenly and discomfited them and they fledde towards Bethoron Q. What did the Lord then A. He did cast downe great stones vpon them from heauen vntill Azekah and there were more slain with hailstones then with the sword Q. What did Ioshua then A. He badde the Sun stand still in Gibeon and the Moone in the valley of Ailon vntil they had auenged thēselues on their enemies and that was the longest day that euer was Q. What became of the fiue kings of the Amorites A. They fledde to Makkedah and hid themselues in a caue Q. What did Ioshuah when he knew it A. He bad men roule great stones to the mouth of the Caue and he set men to keepe them and hee bad the rest followe after their enemies and not suffer them to enter into their cities and they smote them with an exceeding great slaughter then they returned to Gilgal Q. What was done when they returned A. The fiue Kings were brought out of the caue Q. What did Ioshua to them A. Hee commaunded his chiefe men of warre to come and set their feete vpon them and they did so Afterwards hee slewe them and hanged them on fiue seuerall trees vntill the Sunne went downe then hee tooke them downe and cast them into the caue and laid greate stones vpon the caues mouth which remaine till this day Q. What did Ioshua then A. Hee ouercame many cities and destroyed three kings more and he slew the inhabitants thē he returned to Gilgal Q. What did the rest of the kings when they heard of this A. They gathered themselues together and came and pitched at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel Q. What did the Lord then A. He bad Ioshua not bee afraid of them hee would deliuer them all slaine before him and he should hough their horses and burne their Chariots with fire Q. VVhat did Ioshua then A. He and all the men of war came suddenly out and smote them vntill there were none of them remaining Q. Did Ioshua destroy their cities A. No he destroyed none of the cities saue onely Hazor which he burnt with fire but he houghed their horses and Surnt their chariots with fire as the Lord had told him Q. Did the inhabitants of Canaan make peace with the Children of Israel the Gibeonites A. No. Q. Why did they not make peace with them A. Because the Lord hardened their hearts to the end they should come to battell against the children of Israel and they might vtterly destroy them Q. What did Ioshua then A. He destroyed the Anakims out of the land of Israel onely in Azzah Gath and Asndod they were left Q. How many kingdomes did the children of Israel ouercome in all chapter 12 A. Thirtie and one Q. When the children of Israel had ouercome their enemies what did Ioshua chapters 13,14 c. A. He denided the land by lots he appointed cities of refuge he gaue cities to Leuites He sent back Ruben Gad and halfe the tribe of Manasses Q. VVhat did Ioshua at his death chapter 13 A. He gathered the children of Israel together and exhorted them not to ioyne with the Gentiles vowing that whatsoeuer they did he his house would serue the Lord. Q. What became of Ioshua then A. He died Q. How old was he when he died A. One hundred and tenne yeares Finis Ioshuae IVDGES Q. After the death of Ioshua what gouernement had the children of Israel A. Iudges Q. What is the substance of this booke A. The estate of the children of Israel in the land of Canaan after the death of Ioshua Q. How is it deuided A. Into three parts their sinnes their oppressours and their deliuerers Q. What were their sinnes A. Contempt of religion Idolatrie theft and whoredome Q. Who were their oppressours A. The Aramites Philistims Midianites Moabites Cananites and Ammonites Q. How long were they oppressed A. One hundred and eleuen yeare Q. What did they beeing oppressed A. They cried vnto the Lord and he sent them deliuerers Q. Rehearse their names A. Otheniel Ehud Shamgar Deborah Barack Gedeon Abimeleck Tola Iaer Iptah Ibsau Elon Abdon Sampson Eli and Samuel Q. How many yeares did God giue them Iudges A. Three hundred thirtie nine yeares vntill Samuel Q. Why then doth Paul in the thirteenth of the Acts say that God gaue them Iudges 450. yeares A. He reckeneth the Iudges and oppressours together whose yeares added together make 450. Q. Out of whose hands did Otheniel deliuer them A. The Aramites ch 3.10 Q. Out of whose hands did Ehud deliuer them A. The Moabites Q. Out of whose handes did Shamgar deliuer them A. The Philistims Q. Out of whose hands did Dehora and Barack deliuer them A. The Cananites chap. 4. Q. Out of whose hands did Gideon deliuer them A. The Midianites chap. 6.7.8 Q. What is recorded of Abimeleck A. He vsurped the kingdom and slue 70. of his brethren vpō a stone chap. 9. Q. What befell to him then A. A woman with a peece of a milstone brake his braine-panne Q. What did he then A. He commanded his page his armour-bearer to thrust him through that it might not bee saide that a woman had killed him Q. What is recorded of Tola and laer A. There is no mention of any notable acts done by them cap. 10. Q. Out of whose handes did Iphtah deliuer them A. The Ammorites he offered his daughter in sacrifice to God and ouercame 42000. Ephramites cap. 11.12 Q. What did Ibsan Elon and Abdon A. They gouerned quietly Q. Out of whose handes did Sampson