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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

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Antonius among the Romaines and in diuers other Oratours who florished in their time But this doth instructe and teache thee the true deuision of the scriptures home they haue bene diuersly of diuers godlye wryters diuided What the vse and profite thereof is what tongues are necessary for thee to learne and vnderstande the scriptures what the vse of them are Howe thou must studie diligently and aboue all other writers the holy scriptures Howe thou must for thy better vnderstanding conferre them together not leauing altogether either to thyne owne or yet to other mens opinions And to conclude how thou mayst orderly and with profite of thy hearers preache expounde the worde of God whether mē are to be lifted vp and comforted with the swete promises of God or els to be beaten and cast downe with his dreadfull minaces and threatninges whether wickednes be to be defaced and troden vnderfoote or vertue to be praysed and exhorted vnto But all these and many suche others thou shalte more at large better learne out of the treatise it selfe and therefore I referre thee vnto the diligēt reading thereof and do exhorte thee so to reade that thou maiest not only hereby learne to know a ready and easy Methode or waye of preaching out of the worde of God vnto others orderly for the helpe both of thine own memorie and also of thy hearears but also and that especially that with the studye of this arte and Methode thou alwayes make thy prayers vnto almighty God for the assistance and helpe of his holy spirite whiche maye teache thee the true ende and right vse of the same For as arte helpeth nature nature arte so that arte can doe nothing without nature so must we alwayes remember that the Methode or arte of preaching shall littell or nothing at all profite vs vnlesse the the spirite of God bee ioyned thereunto whiche is as it were the true nature vnto it and without the which the arte it selfe is able to doe nothing for this holy spirite of God doth not onely make vs apte and able to learne this arte or Methode but doth also teache vs that the true ende and right vse hereof is not onely to preache learnedly orderly or cunningly the woorde of God vnto others but also and that especially vnto ourselues that our audiēce seing our wise holy sayinges to agre together with our good and godly dedes may by our example frame also their life and conuersation according to our preaching out of the worde of God so together with vs both in word and deede glorifie God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe to whom bee prayse and glory for euer and euer Amen I haue to desire thee Christian Reader to beare with some faultes escaped in the Printing that which are these as followeth Fol. 4. pag. 2. lin 12. for therfore reade there are Fol. 7. pag 1. lin 3. Cathechists read Cathechesis Fol. 39. pa. 1. lin 27. for fractificat reade ●ructificat The contentes of this booke THe deuision of the holye Scripture Fol. 1. The first deuision Fol. 1. The subdiuision 1. The second deuision 3. The third deuision 4 The fourth deuision 6 The formes and kinds of Narrations 7. The aydes or helpes of an interpretour 7 The causes of interpretation 10 The kindes of interpretation 11 The Grammarian his kinde of interpretation 11 The Logitian his kinde of interpretinge 12. The first Canon 12 The second Canon 12. The thirde Canon 13. The fourth Canon 13 The Oratour hys kinde of interpretinge 14. The mixt kinde of interpreting 14. The vse of commentaries 14. The way to frame or make holy Sermons 15. The kindes of Sermons 15. The kinde of teaching 18. Of the simple kind of teaching which belongeth vnto persons 19. Of that treatise of persons vvhich belonge to examples 19. Of that kinde of treatise of persons which belongeth to demonstration 22. Of that simple teaching which belongeth vnto thinges 24. Of the simple kind of teaching of thinges by a figure called Diçresis that is to say diuision 24 Of definition 25 Of diuision and partition 30. Of causes 31. Of the effect 32. Of the vse and abuse 32. Of Contraries 33. Of the simple kind of teaching called Sintheticall 33. Of the simple kinde of teaching called Analiticall 33. Of the compound kinde of teaching 35. Of the inuentiō or findinge out of cōmon places 37. The first Rule 37 The second Rule 38. The third Rule 38. The fourth rule to make abstractes 39. The fift Rule 39. The sixt Rule 40. The seuenth Rule 41. The eight Rule 42. Of the maner of handling of places inuēted both plentifully and profitably 43. Of the diduction of questions 44. Of plentious confirmation 45. Of the kindes of proofe 46. Of the heaping of arguments 47 Of the expolition or dilating of argumēts 48. Of the confutation 50. Of Digression 51. Of Artificiall conclusion 52. Of that kinde of Sermon which consisteth in exhortation called Pareneticall 53. Of the perswasible Sermon 53. The exāple of the perswasible Sermō 54. Of the Consolatorie Sermon or which cōsisteth in comforting 58 The Methode of geeuing of comfort 59. Of the chidinge Sermon 64. Of Memorie 65. The end of the Contentes ❧ The deuision of the Holy Scriptures THe holy Scriptures is not after one sorte but diuersly of diuers writers deuided which thinge ought not to seme straūg or vnseemelye vnto anye man for sometines euen of one and the selfe same thinges there are manye differences according to the diuersity whereof the diuersityes of deuision may be taken and authors haue beene accustomed to appointe such kindes of deuisions which do seeme to serue best for theyr purpose Wherefore seinge that the Scripture is diuersly deuided I will recite in order the chiefe and principall deuisions of the same and wil also declare the vse of them to the ende that the profite of this varietye and difference may appeare vnto all men ¶ The first deuision THe most common deuision of the Scripture is this whereas it is deuided into the old and newe Testamente which being ioyned together are in the Greeke tongue by a certaine figure called Antonomasia named the Bible which also is therefore sometimes called an Instrumente because that by it as by an Instrument or readye meane the holy will and woorde of God is broughte and declared vnto vs Nowe the Epithetes or names of old and newe are taken from the crycumstāces of tymes For it is called the old Testament because in respecte of the tyme it was the first Againe it is called the newe for that according to the time it was the last But if any man should thincke this difference to be taken from the diuersitye of couenauntes it were no great matter yet the first reason is crewer and fitter for this place Notwythstanding they which call the olde and the newe Testamente by the name of bookes do vse the word Testament contrary to the common vse ¶ The subdiuision

to the deuine nature alone as thoughe the humanity were of no force at all to the benefite of saluation Stancharus on the contrary syde because the worde of promise is of the seede of a woman and Paule calleth Iesus Christe beinge man a mediatour wyth draweth the benefite of redemption from the deuinitie and doth attribute the same to the onelye humanitye Here if there had beene the feare of our Lord and true humilitie and if the desire of contention and pride had beene absente they might easly haue iudged of these misteries by conference of the Scriptures Let the first care be to referre euery interpretation to the proportion of fayth from the which if the interpretation doe disagree it shal be accompted false But contrarywise if it do agree with it althoughe sometimes it erreth from the marke and minde of the aucthore yet oughte ye to knowe that this is done without the daūger of saluation But what is it to call an interpretation to the proportion of fayth it is so to ordaine it that it maye be corespondente to the first principles of fayth and that it maye seeme to be as it were builded vppon them For those thinges are sayde to be done accordinge to the proportion which are made by comparison to another thinge or els when other thinges are framed by the comparison of others Wherevppon when Paule doth commaunde that Prophecye that is to say the interpretation of the Scriptures ought to be proportionable to fayth hee wylleth that the interpretour shoulde haue respecte to the firste principles of Religion which are plaine and manifest as conserninge the lawe and the promises of the Gospell with the which euery interpretation oughte to agree Wherefore the Papistes in the exposition of this saying If thou wilt enter into life keepe the commaundementes Do departe from the proportion of fayth when they do conclude of this sayinge That men may obtaine saluation by their owne proper workes for this interpretation doth striue with cleare and manifest principles As are these The seede of the woman shall breake the Serpentes heade also The Lambe of God that taketh awaye the sinnes of the worlde and againe If righteousnes be of the law Christe dyed in vaine And alwayes after this maner the mind of the interpretour ought to be bent to the firste principles of our Religion from the which hee shall not suffer hymselfe to be drawne awaye by any Sophisticall reason For hee that countemneth this proportion of Fayth commended of S. Paule to the interpretour and els where doth seeke an interpretation contrary to the rule of faith let him be assured that hee shal be plagued of god For like as in tymes paste vnder the olde Testamente fyer oughte alwayes to be taken from the fier of the Aulter wherewith their Sacrifice shoulde be burned so euery interpretation of the Scriptures should depend vppon the euerlasting word of god And euen as Nadab and Abihu for putting straunge fier in theyr Censors which they were commaunded to doe were punished of the Lorde so heretickes bringing in the deuision of reason and the deceites of Philosophie in steede of true religion are to be iudged worthye of punishmente And thus muche concerninge the helpes of an interpretour nowe will I declare that which in the second place was propounded ¶ The causes of interpretation IN the preface of Philip Melancthons places foure causes of interpretatiōs are rehearsed whereof this is the first that the kind of speache may be vnderstode for hearers or readers do not in euery place vnderstand the phrases of a straunge tongue yea sometimes men of singuler learning take greate paines in this thinge for oftentimes it happeneth that a sentence being expoūded w●●● the word of a straung tongue which tho●ghe they aunswering truly in significat●●● yet notwithstandinge they keepe not 〈◊〉 same sence in both tongues and th● 〈◊〉 the difference of the phrase or manner of speache Therefore leaste here vnwares wee may be deceyued oftentimes a learned interpretour is needeful The second cause is the iudgement of the order of thinges For he that perceyueth not the maner of the handling shal certainly very oftē times be deceiued as they are which recyte out of Paule this saying against the Iustification of faith Not the hearers of the Law but the doers shal be iustifyed Here if they had considered the maner of the handling they might haue seene Paule in that place not to haue preached of the iustification of works that is to say the men shoulde be coūted iustifyed throughe woorkes before God when as Paule there laboureth to confute this opinion against the doctrine of fayth Therefore an interpretour is needeful which may shew cunninglye an order and the partes thereof the profite of which thing is greater then that it cā be declared in few wordes The third cause ought to be the witnes of a true interpretation for when the hearers perceiue the interpretations to be brought frō the word of God do see the agreement of the word of God and of the pure Church with the interpretation they loue the doctrine more earnestly and do learne it more greedely The fourth cause is the confutation of false opiniōs least learners should be infected with the poysons of heretickes These causes are sufficiently greate enough for that which God wyll haue the mynisterye of his woorde both in scholes and in Churches to be preserued ¶ The kinds of interpretinge ALthough by those things which I haue sayd alreadye concerning the causes of interpretations the kindes of interpreting may after a sorte be vnderstode yet because it is needeful to haue them seperated I wil intreate of them as plainly as I can accordinge as before I haue promised wherefore I haue noted foure kindes of expounding holy thinges in reading the commentaryes of diuers aucthours ¶ The Grammarian his kind of interpreting SOme nothinge carefull of the Methode of a treatise do onely expounde the wordes and the phrases after a familiar plaine manner which kinde of interpretation because it consisteth of a certaine exposition of Grammer it shal be called Grammaticall This kinde did Athanasius Theophilacte Ambrose and many others followe trulye this is prayse worthie that suche excellente men which were able both aboundantly eloquently to make long disputations and orations of euery matter that notwithstāding hath submitted themselues to the Grāmariās For they knew wel that frō thence a true sentence shoulde be taken Furthermore this kinde of an interpretour oughte to be instructed with liberall learning For first he ought to haue the knowledge of that tongue which the authore of the wryting vseth vnlesse he desire to see rather wyth other mens eyes thē with his owne Althoughe a perfect knowledge is not here requyred yet there ought to be so much skill that hee be able to cōferre together these thre tōgues the Hebrewe Greeke and Latin. For a deuine interpretour hath neede of these three tongues the conference whereof he that