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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16120	An exposition touching al the bokes of holie Scripture, and their excellencie		1553 (1553)	STC 3033.5; ESTC S120619	39,647	110

folowe it He coÌ„cludeth his worke with praiers to God Baruch The prophet Baruch is moche alleged of the doctoures He wrote a litle boke being in captiuitie at Babilon He confesseth God to be iust and worthely to haue punished the Iues he knowlegeth their faultes blameth the stubburne inobedieÌ„ce of his nacioÌ„ He desireth perdoÌ„ for their offeÌ„ces that God hauing pitie vpoÌ„ his people at the last wolde bring theÌ„ again into their countreie Further to stirre vp faith in their hartes he telleth that Israel shal be sent home again The Epistle of Ieremie Thepistle of Ieremie put vnto Baruch warneth the captiues that thei tourne not froÌ„ the true god reuereÌ„ce the gods of Babylon And therfore he greuously rebuketh idolatrie couÌ„sailing theÌ„ to worship the very God serue him onely I thought good to adde hereunto that whiche Theodorus Bibliander hathe written to oure greatte profite of the bookes Ecclesiastical in his woorke De optimo genere interpretaÌ„di hebraica in whiche he briefly toucheth bothe the effecte of the bokes The times of the bookes Ecclesiastical and the times when thei were writteÌ„ which we haue not set out his woordes be these The Ecclesiastical bookes also thei call Hagiographa And although thei haue no fitte aucthoritie to strengthen and confirme thinges that come into contencion as haue the Canonicall writinges ye at are thei not reiected as APOCRYPHA soche as is the Prophecie of ELDAD and MED AD. Apocrypha Thasscention of Moses the Apocalyps of Helyas and many other like deuises of the Deuilles Spirite But the Ecclesiasticall bookes bee admitted bothe to bee taughte and learned of faithfull people of many so reuerenced that some menne putte Iudith in the order of Canonicall Scripture The times of thecclesiastical Bookes We will rehearse theim keping the due order of times wheÌ„ thei were written Parte of theim conteine Histories from the time of Ezechias vnto the birthe of Pompeie whiche firste tooke from the Iewes their kingdome Tobias translated hy Saincte Hierome out of the Chaldee into Latine as was Iudith also mencioneth those thinges that wer doen emong the Assirians after the tenne Tribes were ledde into captiuitie teaching by notable example what loue ought to bee in parentes children and maried folkes Iudith shewing the nature of faithfulnesse and constaunce declareth that Bethulia was besieged of Nabuchodonozors Lieutenaunte Iudith father to the great Nabuchodonozor whiche tooke prisoners Ioachim Ieconiam and Zedechiam howe it was deliuered by the meanes of the righte holie woman Iudith And I am in doubte whether it was in that battaile in which Manasses also king of Iuda was caried awaie into Assiria shortlie after sente home againe For while he ruled emong the Medes Dioces called also Arphaxat builded the Citie Echatana in the Countrie of Medea But I knowe that Iosephus referreth these thinges to the time of Cambyses Damel hath the remenaunt of Susanna and the Dragon of Bel. In Hester bee certeine thinges added vnto it Susanna Bel. Hester The thirde of Esdras The thirde of Esdras repeateth somewhat of the passouer of Iosias written in the bookes of Kinges and of those thinges whiche be in Esra and Nehemias after their retourne out of Babylon minglyng ther with a goodly contentione of witte and wisedome in whiche zorobabel hadde the victorie The bokes of the Machabees declare the affliction of Israel by Antiochus Epiphanes and the Macedones in whom is the euident figure of Antichriste Parte of the Ecclesiastical bookes treate of vertue and good liuyng Baruch Baruch gatheryng together the sentences of Esaie and Ieremie whiche make to the reprofe of Idoles rebuketh Idolatrie verie sore Fourth of Esra The fourth booke of Esra hath diuers prophecies and is verie moche in visions as is also Ezechiel zacharias and Daniel Iesus the soonne of Sirach about the .cxxxviii. Olympiade put foorth his boke Ecclesiasticus whiche is called also Sapientia and Hierome founde it in Hebrue intitled by the name of Parables Ecclesiasticus It teacheth Philosophie in sentences whiche is a verie olde vsage and in it be many thinges spoken of before in the Preacher and in the Prouerbes of Solomon Sapientia The booke of wisedome whiche is ascribed to Philo the moste eloquent of all the Iewes and as cunnyng menne dooe saie in maner an other Plato doth more largely and in Grekishe eloquence declare soche thinges as in the beginnyng of the Prouerbes dooe perteine to the praise of true wisedome The praier of Manasses whiche is not in the Greke examplers sauoureth plainely of the Hebrue phrase Manasses Praier Thus moche saieth our Theodorus Now will I retourne to my purpose Thou hast O reader as farre forth as we can shewe and comprehende in briefe expositions The darknes and errours of the Philosophers the riches and ample learnyng of our heauenlie Philosophie Saie on now you our aduersaries what maie be thought that we lacke or what you thinke we ought to begge of that your Philosophie Verely if you will confesse the trueth you must say that we be destitute in no part of true learnyng wisedome I graunt in dede that in the bible nothing is taught of that part of Philosophie whiche is called Sermocinal neither of thinges natural or artes Mathematical For these be as it were handmaides to leade vs to the quene of all sciences teache vs that we maie be able to speake with her and learne true knowledge of thinges perteinyng to God man speciallie the actes sermonicall Moderate studie of the scieÌ„ces doeth helpe to wisedome We dooe not condemne the sobre moderate studies herein but confesse theim necessarie and moche helping to atteine wisedome Philosophie learned in measure profiteth moche Yet this we saie that to knowe God leade our liues vertuouslie not onely is taught in our Bibles but also more plainelie and perfectlye then in all your writynges For your Philosophers haue written hereof darkelie yea and falselie to in many poinctes Aristotle whiche in this part is with you a King Aristotle and in maner worshipped for a GOD hath for the nones darkened those thinges whiche he wrote of Moral Philosophie yea of naturall to He vsed also doubtfull sentences that might be bowed to whiche side you liste and as he checked all writers before him so fearyng to be taunted againe his saiynges corrected of theÌ„ that came after he made sure prouision in case he were caught by one shifte or other to winde him selfe out He wrote also vnto king Alexander that none shoulde vnderstaÌ„d his commentaries excepte he hadde hearde them redde of his owne mouthe at home in his house He studied for a kinde of enditynge more briefe and cutted then euer was any that sometime he semed rather to pointe to the matier then speake it out plainelie whiche thing Lodouicus viues a man of a sharpe witte iudgment right wel perceiued In his

and Cicero Thei be reported to haue moued the mindes of the hearers and enforced theim to what thei woulde If this bee so praise worthie what saie you to our Paule which with bolde and chereful countenaunce though he stode in irons before the mightie and learned King Agrippa before the Princes of Syria and before Festus himself presidente of Iurie so learnedlie and plainlie pleaded his owne cause and that in a matier of deth and for a religion hated of all men that King Agrippa himselfe rauished in his wittes cried out saiyng Thou hast almoste made me a Christian man Actes xxvi And Festus himself ouercome with his most pure and clere oration saied with a loude voice Paule thou arte besides thy selfe moche Learning hath made the madde Yeat was this Festus neither vneloquent nor yet vnlearned nor one that hated the studie of philosophie I praie you in soche an audieÌ„ce in such hate of al meÌ„ and so heinous complaintes of false accusers besides this in a matier of death also yea in irons to what woulde Cicero your prince of Eloquence haue doen Cicero Without doubt his spirite stopped vp for feare scarce sobbingly could he haue brought furth one word For vpoÌ„ a time as Plutarche reherseth neither bounde nor led in chaines but borne into the court hall in a softe chariot to pleade not his owne matier nor a matier of death but for Milo when he sawe Pompeies armed menne standing rounde about in bright harnesse he was amased and confounded at last trembling scarse bringing out one worde he began fearfully not to speake but to sobbe Besides this we haue wisedome couered also in goodly Allegories as figuratiue ceremonies parables canticles wher you shal find more misteries bothe honest and profitable than in all the vngodlie verses whiche al the minstrelles and Harpers haue song in the praise and honour of their wine God Bacchus In dede thei trimme vp their fables with alluring woordes and yeat geue you a swearde laied ouer with honie Most part of their writinges be of deflouring virgines adulterie lecherie deceipte crueltie murther vainglorie thinges not to be spoken of But our Poeme is pure cleane and honest with out all ieopardie Who euer spake or wrote more finely and wisely then our Solomon Of whome we reade in the thirde boke of Kinges the fowerth chapiter And GOD gaue Sapience and vnderstanding to SOLOMON aboue measure and a breadth of harte as the sande of the Sea And his wisedome excelled al the wisedome of the children of the East and of Egypte For of all mortalle menne he was the wisest And there came of all Nacions and Regions of the Worlde to heare his wisedome that was so moche spoken of Yea the Quene of SABA in Riche apparaile and of wonderful wisedome came also and when she had communed with him of al matiers and perceiued how he gouerned his Citie and Housholde shee saied The fame that I hearde in my lande of thine Eloquence and Wisedome is true but I woulde not beleue it till I came my selfe and see with mine yies And yet lo no not the one haulfe of thy matiers is tolde me thou so excelleste in Wisedome and passest all that is spoken of the. These most surest praises of our wisedome no man merueileth at and yeat we wonder at certeine fables and vaine thinges whiche very vain liers haue writteÌ„ of vain Philosophers Namely of Appolonius how he wente into Persia and so ouer the Mounteine Caucasus through the Albanes Scythians Massagetes those riche Kingdomes of Iude and passing ouer the greate Riuer PHYSON at laste came to the Brachmans all to heare Iarchas sittyng in his golden throne and drinkyng of the fountaine Tantalus and disputyng emong a fewe persones of the nature and properties of natural thinges We rather wonder at the great desires of Pythagoras and Plato of whiche that one is reported to haue gone to Egypt that other to the Prophetes of MeÌ„phis by a painefull waie ieopardeous iourney StaÌ„d stil here a little I praie you and learne to be madde and wise together You thinke theim praise worthie and moche to be made of which toke a farre iourney to certaine wise men I wotte not who to learne of them I wot not what but these our men you neglect and despise yet of them to be taught all the whole worlde made haste to come because thei knew that the high God had there set vp his throne chaire of most excellent and perfecte wisedome And why folow not you their exaÌ„ples whoÌ„ you so greatlie praise and moche marueile at Now as touching an historie is there any like ours so auncient so sure so graue so profitable Cicero in his booke De oratore saieth An historie is the witnesse of time the light of truth Historie the life of remembraunce the maistresse of liuyng the messenger of Antiquitie And if this be so I maie saie trulie that none haue an historie but christien men As touchyng certaintie of time you haue nothing before the Olympiades were founde and thei began but in the time of Esaie vnder king Iothan Olympiades when thei first began So these your writers confound many thinges together and laie them in heapes all out of ordre breaking of their matier with vaine folishe fables the Grecians especiallie which studied not trueth but rather to lie and therfore are condemned of Cicero Quintilian and Iuuenal Lodouicus viues speakyng plainelie saieth some for feare of reproche to lie the more safelie leauyng the Grecians matiers fette their compasse a farre of from the Persians Egiptians and Chaldees as did Herodotus the father of lies and Diodorus Siculus a triflyng Grecian Your aucthours also write of light matiers neither pleasaunt nor profitable and sette out their bablyng with vaine descriptions no goodnesse at all But our moste profitable historie truelie declareth the ordre of times seuering the kingdomes one froÌ„ another speaketh of nothing without a good reason It maie best also be called the messenger of antiquitie For beginnyng at the creation of the worlde it holdeth on to the Monarchie of the Persians euen vnto Xerxes Iosephus writyng against Appion of Alexandria saieth thus The Greke historiens as Acusilaus and those that folowed him aboute the time of Cadmus Milesius were but a little before the warres of the Persians as witnesseth Hellanicus So the Greke historians there began where ours left of The Latines be moche later Now then it is plaine whether our historie or theirs mai rather be called the messenger of Antiquitie Finallie as the holie writers in learnyng and varietie farre passe the prophane so in glorie and renoume through al kingdomes froÌ„ the beginning of the world thei excel all other so that to saie that Philosophie is therfore most commendable because it hath alwaies bene had in moste price is a thing to no purpose The kingdomes of Egypt and Assyria were of all the world most auncient In how great estimation Ioseph Moses were in that one it is well knowen In the other how shone our Philosophie Esai xxxviii when as Esaie Prophecied in one night about the walles of Hierusalem were slaine an hundred foure score and v. M. men To speake nothing of the high aucthoritie of Samuel Iosue and Dauid Dooe we not reade of king Solomon how he was magnified aboue all the kinges of th earth as well in riches as wisedome And as in the monarchie of BabiloÌ„ dominioÌ„ was geuen to our Daniel so did Mardocheus rule the whole kingdome of the Medes By the mightiest kinges of Persia Cyrus and Darius great Priuilegies were graunted to our Philosophers This is euident in Iosua Esdras and Nehemias whiche by fauoure of the princes of Persia built vp againe both temple citie In thempire of the Macedoniens at the request of Ptolomeus Philadelphus king of Egipt whiche sent also giftes of incomperable value to the temple of Hierusalem our lawe was translated into the Greke tonge But in the monarchie of the Romains the Bible now dispersed through the whole worlde so willinglie was receiued of all men that al whiche had witte and knowlege moste gladlie badde your deceiptful Philosophie farewell Why then go you now about to call it vp againe being ones dead and buried Or what remaineth els then all lies quite forsaken to geue our selues wholie to be instructed in the moste auncient certaine and moste holesome Philosophie of the Bible FINIS Londini in aedibus Richardi Graftoni Reginae a typographia excusum Anno Domini M.D.LIII. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum VERSVTVS CELAT SCIENTIAM PRO. 12. GRAM MVSIC ASTRO LOG GEoMET RETHOR ARITHM

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