And yet so it is Not that I think that either their Questions or Resolutions are always wise but they will surnish a wise Man with many Material Questions and with some very Material Answers and deliver him from the Danger of ever being impos'd on with School-Falacies And a Man who reads them with this Design and this Caution will find great Benefit by it For tho' I am no Admirer of School-Divinity I doubt the great Ignorance of some Persons may be ascrib'd to a Contempt of it without knowing it But then he ought also to read other Systems of Divinity as Calvin's Institutions and Zanchius whom I take to be one of the best and subtilest Writers of Calvinists and Arminius Episcopius or the late Remonstrant Philip à Limborch For a Man who will throughly enquire ought to have the different Schemes of Religion in his Head But especially to read and consider well the Articles Homilies and Canons of our Church which every one who intends to be a Minister of the Church of England ought to do Having thus far advanced you may think I bring him back again when I come to more particular Enquiries But if you think well of it you will find he is not sufficiently prepar'd for them before And now I begin from the very Foundations of Religion To enquire strictly and severely into the Reasons of Our Faith And 1. Why He believes there is a GOD. And here he must review all the several Hypotheses of Philosophy and examine the Powers of Nature and the Arguments of Atheists Tully and Dr. Cudworth will sufficiently furnish him if his Curiosity does not draw him further The next Enquiry is Whether GOD has made any Revelation of his Will to the Word And here he must consider the Authority of Revelation and the Canon of Scripture And Dr. Stillingfleet's Origines Sacrae Huetius or Dr. Cosin's Canon of Scripture will furnish him with all that is needful to be known or direct him where he may enquire further And this is the most proper time to read the Apologists for Christianity Justin Martyr Tertullian Minutius Felix Arnobius Lactantius St. Austin de Civitate Dei Theodoret contra Gentes and such like as Eusebius's Praeparatio and Demonstratio c. And now especially it is time to read the Scriptures with greater Care both to understand the Grammatical and Critical Sence of them by comparing the various Versions especially the Septuagint with the Original of the Old Testament and by our Volumes of Criticks which have more than all that is useful and to understand the true Sence of them As for particular Commentators I know not how to direct because there is so great variety of them But Ainsworth upon the Pentateuch is allow'd by all Josephus and Philo-Judaeus tho'a Platonick Jew are very useful for the Old Testament and Maimonides Nevochim and such Tracts of Jewish Writers as he may meet with Dr. Lightfoot I think has prescrib'd the best Method of Reading the Scriptures by digesting the Historical and Prophetical Books into the order of Time And the Prophesies are certainly understood by considering the times to which they relate Tho' I must needs say That the shortest and most compendious way to useful Knowledge is to study the New Testament and those parts of the Old Testament which he there finds apply'd to the state of the Gospel which will enable him the better to understand the Old Testament when he has more leisure for the thorough Study of it And for Modern Authors let him read Mr. Poole's Synopsis Criticorum allowing for the different Hypotheses of the Authors and reading with Caution Tho' if I may advise when he intends thoroughly to understand any Book of Scripture let him read it several times over and make himself Master of it Then let him read it Verse by Verse and observe what the Difficulties are and try by the Construction and Signification of the Words and the Series of the Discourse what he can make of it and after that consult Expositors This is the most laborious and slow but the most useful and will be found at last the shortest way to true and substantial Knowledge I have found such advantage by it my self that I dare recommend it From hence he may proceed to the Enquiry into particular Controversies which he is now well furnish'd for with a great compass of Knowledge And here he may begin and end if ever he can find an end where he pleases And he will easily inform himself of the best Writers on both sides As for the Fathers and Councils and Ecclesiastical Historians I think the best way at first is to examine as he has opportunity such Citations as he meets with and see to what purpose their Authority is urg'd on all sides or to read any particular Tract in them as he has occasion for it And then when he finds leisure to read them he will know how to use them This is sufficient Employment for some Years and as imperfect as the Rules are if observ'd will certainly make him a very good Divine and furnish him with useful Knowledge and before he has done half this he will need no Director I have taken no notice of Reading the Ancient Moralists and observing the Differences of their several Sects and how they differ from or agree with the Precepts of Christianity nor of the Nature of Laws c. These being suppos'd necessary Prolegomena FINIS a Sir P. P. S. W. b Genuine Remains c. a St. Ives Huntington Buckden and St. Neots a 68 when Consecrated and 85 at his Death * Five Counties and in half * Above 1300 Clergy in Lincoln Diocese * Six Shillings and Six Pence a Theologia Revelata in its full Latitude may be 1. Patriarchalis containing the Positive Revelation of God's Will and Worship made to the Patriarchs before Moses for to them the Messias was promised and Salvation by him they had the Covenant of Grace and Sacrificia 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which were Sacraments and Seals of it 2. Mosaica which contain'd many further positive Revelations of God's Will and Worship 3. Evangelica of which only at present 〈…〉 a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Suid. in Joh. Stob. vid. Photii Biblioth Cod. 167. pag. 366. Theologia 〈◊〉 Bibles prâ—peâ— for the Teâ—t of the Old Testament For the New Testament * Vid. Suidam verb. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Bibles Concordances a Extant Concordantiae Hebr. per Mazi Calasium in 4 Tomes printed at Rome 1621. in Bodley's Library much larger than Buxtorf's but whether better Docti judicent a Heb. 1. 3. b 2 Cor. 9. 4. and 11. 17. c Heb. 3. 14. d Tindal renders it so Faith is a sure Confidence of e Gloss. vet in calce Cyrilli 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Arguo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Probatio oecumen Theophylac 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in loc a Concil Trident. Sess. 6. de Justificat cap. 8. Vid. Vasq. in
Unknown Author the Justice of Printing of it And I question not but such as are studious to know how to make Choice of the most proper Books for the Study of Divinity will soon experience the great Usefulness of these following Directions which I have publish'd to prevent them for the future from being impos'd on by false Copies of this or any other of Bishop Barlow's Learned Works ADVERTISEMENT THere is lately Printed at the Theatre in Oxon a Catalogue of all Bishop Barlow's Original Manuscripts which are now in Queens College Library in Oxon and if any Person shall hereafter presume to Print or Publish any Part or Parcel of them he shall be prosecuted according to Law by Bishop Barlow's Trustees 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 De Studio Theologiae OR DIRECTIONS For the CHOICE of BOOKS IN THE STUDY of DIVINITY THeology or Divinity is a Science or Prudence containing our Knowledge of God and our Duty and that Divine Worship which is due to Him And there are but two Principles to know both 1. Lumen Naturae or the Principles of Natural Reason common to all Mankind and on these Theologia Naturalis is built 2. Lumen Scripturae or Divine Revelation on this Theologia Revelata seu Evangelica is sounded containing such further Knowledge of God and our Duty as we have beyond all that Natural Reason can tell us by Divine Revelation in Scripture 1. Theologia Naturalis we may call Morality and the Religion common to all Men as Men and Rational Creatures 2. Theologia Revelata we call Christianity and it is the Religion peculiar to Christians Now to be a Christian pre-supposes him to be a Man and Christianity does not exclude but pre-suppose Morality and is an addition to and perfection of it yet these two Morality and Christianity are as distinct as Natural Reason and Revelation which are their respective Measures and Principles 1. Theologia Naturalis being grounded on the Law of Nature or the Moral Law it will be convenient to know the Nature Extent and Obligation of that Law as also of all Laws in general to which end we may consult Grot. de Ju. Belli lib. 1. cap. 1. § 9. c. Pet. à Sancto Joseph Idaea Theol. Moralis lib. 1. de Legibus Aquinas 1. 2. Quaest. 90. c. Suarez de Legibus Azortus Instit. Moral part 3. lib. 1. cap. 1. And when there is necessity to see more all the Commentators on Aquinas and all Casuists where they speak of the Ten Commandments or Moral Law amongst others Filliucius Quaest. Mor. Tract 21. Besides those many Divines and Christians who have expresly written upon the Ten Commandments and all things enjoin'd or forbid in them there are many Authors of excellent Use and Authority to understand the Nature of Moral Habits and Actions good and bad as to omit others Arist. Eth. ad Nicom Andro. Rhodius paraphr ex Edit Heinsii Lugd. Batav 1617. in an Octavo The Greek Scholia in Arist. Eth. Hierocles in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Pythag. so call'd because they contain Pythagoras's Doctrine for Philo Crotoniates was the Author of those Verses Johan Stobaei 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Aurel. Allobrog 1609. highly commended by Suidas Many of this kind there are even amongst Pagan Writers who have described well the Nature and Kinds of Moral Virtues and Vices 2. Theologia Revelata of which the Sacred Scriptures are the sole Rule is to be understood by considering the Text it self and the true meaning of it For the Text of the Old Testament it will be convenient to have 1. Biblia Interlinearia Hebr. Lat. Antverp 1584. 2. Biblia Graeca Septu Interpr Paris 1628. 3. Biblia Latina Junii Tremel in Fol. or Quarto 4. Biblia Lat. Sixti Quinti Romae 1590. Bablia Lat. Clementis Octavi Romae 1592. Both Popes pretend to Infallibility and yet their Bibles contradict one another expresly and in terminis above an hundred times The Bibles of Clement the Eighth are many times Printed with a false Title-page and miscall'd Biblia Sixti Quinti as in an Edition at Antverp 1628. in Octavo and in an Edition at Antverp 1603. in Fol. and in another Edition Colon. Agrip. 1666. in 8 little Vol. The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is Biblia Sacra Vulgatae Editionis Sixti Quinti Pont Max. recognita and yet by comparing it appears to be the Bible of Clement the Eighth For the Text of the New Testament there are many Editions but I conceive two only to be most useful 1. Novum Testamentum Gr. per Rob. Steph. Paris 1550. in Folio 't is the best for Character and Exactness and it furnishes us with an Account of all the ancient Sections and Divisions of the Testament call'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2. Nov. Test. Gr. a Steph. Curcel Edit Amstelod 1658. in Octavo it has the Various Lections and Parallel Places more exactly than any other I have yet seen and yet Robert Steph. Edition has the Various Lections of 15 MSS. When occasion is to consult the Bible in more Languages and more Editions we have 1. Biblia Complutensia Complut 1515. in 3 Folio's 2. Biblia Regia Reg. Hisp. per Ar. Montanum Antverp 1569. 3. Biblia per Mich. Le Jai 7 Linguis and 10 Volumes printed at Paris 1645. 4. Biblia Polyglot Lond. 1657. by collating these we may see the difference and variety of Reading For the better understanding of these Languages and the Bible by them it will be convenient to have some Concordances and Lexicons We have many Concordances and some of great use 1. For the Hebrew and Chaldee words as many as are in the Bible Concordantiae Bibl. Hebr. per Joh. Buxtorf Basil. 1632. There are other but worse Editions 2. For the Hebrew and Greek of the Old Testam Conrad Kercheri Concord Vet. Test. Gr. Hebr. Vocibus respondentes Francof 1607. And it will be convenient to have his Book explaining the use of his Concordance De Concordantiarum Bibl. usu in 4º Whitberg 1622. 3. For the Greek of the New Testam Concordantiae Gr. Lat. N. Test. ab Hen. Steph. Edit Genevae 1624 there are former and worse Editions 4. For the Latin which are of some but much less use in the Study of Divinity Concordances we may consult Concord Bibl. Lat. ad Correctionem Rom. Edit Vulgat c. Francofurti 1620. there are former Editions but imperfect 5. We may consult Corn. Jansenii Commentar in suam Concordiam Evang. Mogunt 1612. an 8o. Concordiam Evangel per Theologum Parisiensem an 8º Printed at Paris 1660. Osiandri Elench Harmoniae Basil. 1561. Comment Ja. Fabri Stapul in Quatuor Evang ihi post Praefat. Canones seu Concord Evang. 6. Nov. Test. Gr. per Steph. Lutetiae 1550. Caenones Evang. ab Ammonio conditos ab Eusebio absolutos 7. We may consult eosdem Canones apud Hieronymum per M. Victorium Tom. 6. in initio Dan
Tossanum in Evang. Harmoniam The use of the Hebrew and Greek Concordance is very great In Reading of the Text when I doubt what a word signifies I turn to my Concordance to see how many times the word occurs and in what Sence it is taken For Instance Hebrews 11. 1. Fides est 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which some render Persona Substantia Expectatio c. Now 't is very incongruous to affirm That Faith is a Person Substance or Expectation for 't is an Accident an Assent of the Understanding and Truth is the sole Object of it I do not mean Bonum futurum for that is the proper Object of Expectation or Hope By consulting in this Doubt my Concordance I find the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to occur five times in the N. Testament 1. It signifies a Person 2. And twice it evidently signifies and we render it Confidence 3. Tho' not so evidently yet most probably it signifies Confidence too For 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is Faith oppos'd to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the 12. and 19. verses which is Principium Fundamentum Fiduciae Confidentiae nostrae By the Circumstances then of the Text it is evident that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies Confidence and if we apply that Signification to Hebrews the 11. 1. the place doubted of it will appear to be very agreeable to the Nature of Faith and the thing there spoken of Fides est 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. Fides est eorum quae sperantur Confidentia eorum quae non videntur argumentum so 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 properly signifies and Hierom and the Vulgar render it Faith is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 such an Argument as is the ground of all the Assurance and Confidence we have or can have of Heaven This seems to me the Genuine Sence of the place if we consider either the signification of the Words or the Nature of the thing signified it is certain and concluded by all That a true and firm Faith in the Promises of GOD in the Gospel is the Foundation and Evidence of all our Hopes of Heaven c. whence it is that the Trent Conventicle calls Faith Humanae salutis initium fundamentum radix and in the Margent cites this very Text Heb. 11. 1. 2. For Lexicons and Glossaries they are useful for Explanation of the Words in the Originals of the Old and New Testament and amongst them we may consult for the Old Testament 1. Lexicon Polyglot 7. Linguis per Ed. Castellum Londini 1669. 2. Lex Pentaglot Val. Shindleri Hanoviae 1612. 3. Masii Lex Hebr. Syr. Chald. Gr. Antverp 1571. 4. Joh. Buxtorsii Lex Chald. Talmud Rabbin or his excellent Opus triginta Annorum as he calls it printed at Basil 1639. 5. Kercher's Concordance before mention'd may well be call'd and us'd for a Lexicon Heb. Gr. every word in the Bible and the various Translations of them being express'd by the LXX in their as they call it Hellenestical Greek 6. Nomenclator Biblicus Hebr. Lat. per Ant. Hulsium Bredae 1650. useful for all Divines 7. For Proper Names for these already named are for Appellative words such as these may be consulted 1. Gregorii Greg. Lexicon Sanctum Hanoviae 1634. in Octavo wherein all proper Names in Scripture are explain'd 2. Onomasticon Sacrum in quo omnia Nomina propria Hebr. Chald. Gr. quae tam in Vet. quam Nov. Test. Apocryphis occurrunt explicantur per Joh. Leusden Ultrajecti 1665. in Octavo For the New Testament and 1. Appellative words consult Hesychius Suidas Phavorinus Etymolog mag Glossae veteres per Stephan Bonavent Vulcanius Stephani Thesaurus Harpocration all these are useful 2. For Proper Names Lex Sanct. Gregorii Greg. before mention'd gives an Account of all their Proper Names Hebrew and Greek in both Testaments So Stephanus of Cities and Suidas of the Proper Names of Men. 3. For Greek-barbarous words you may consult Petri Chritomaei Graeco-barbara Nov. Test. quae Orienti Originem debent Amstel in Octavo his Lexicon also Graeco Barbarum After the Knowledge of Words quae sunt Rerum Signa Indices the next business will be to know the true Sence of Scripture signified by those words to this purpose you must consult Commentators And first of all those that have written upon the whole Bible 1. The Criticks of the last Edition at London in several Tomes the first Printed 1669. the benefit of which Book is very great I may call it Bibliotheca seeing when we doubt of any Text of Scripture we may uno intuitu see what many Learned Men say of it and then by collation of them and others judge which or whether any of their Expositions be true 2. Biblia Universa cum Commentariis 1. Lyrani Gente Judaei Religioni Christiani Oxoniensis hic enim literis operam dedit 2. Cum Glossa ordinaria quam Strabo Fuldensis condidit circa An. 846. 3. Cum Glossa Interlinearia Ansel. Laudunens circa An. 1077. Of these three Lyranus is much the best especially on the Old Test. because he well understood the the Hebrew and Greek Languages which the other two as most of the Barbarous Age were wholly ignorant of 3. Biblia Sacra Vet. Nov. Test. cum Notis Trimellii Junii Editionis tertiae Hanov. 1596. 4. Cornelius a Lapide Stephanus Monochius Jacobus Tirinus Emmanuel Sa all Jesuites and Joh. Deodat For your understanding of the Old Test. how the Ancient Jews interpreted it consult 1. The Chaldee Paraphrase 2. Josephus 3. Philo-Judaeus As for Antiquity so for Authority and Sobriety they are more significant than any may be than all the Rabbins Maimonides Qui primus inter suos nug ari desiit comes next them 5. Lugd. de Dieu has written very short and significant Critical Notes on all the Old and New Test. in 5 or 6 Volumes in 4o. On the Pentateuch consult Ainsworth inferior to none Cajetan Calvin ubi bene nemo melius Joh. Ferus a Pious Papist who has said many things well and truly and therefore the Spanish Expurgatory Index has damn'd many Passages in his Commentaries on the New Test. and his other Works As for his Commentaries on the Old Test. they are absolutely prohibited till the Inquisitors think fit to correct them Paulus Fagius his Annotations on the Chaldee Paraphrase on the Theodoret's Questions on the Penta Hyeronymus ab Oleastro Antverp 1568. Besides the Pentateuch Cajetan Calvin Ferus Theodoret Hierom August and Beda and Pareus have written on other parts of the Old Test. and upon occasion may be consulted And for Genesis and Exodus in particular you may consult Andr. Rivetus who hath wrote well on both he hath also publish'd a very useful Book in Quarto on the XX. Chap. of Exod. Lugd. Batav 1637. Pererius the Jesuite hath also long and
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