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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95065	An exposition with practicall observations upon the three first chapters of the proverbs: grammaticall rhetoricall, logicall, and theologicall. As they were delivered in severall expository lectures at Christ-church in Canterbury. / By Francis Taylor, B. in D.	Taylor, Francis, 1590-1656.	1655 (1655)	Wing T273; Thomason E847_1; ESTC R207317	415,752	563

AN EXPOSITION WITH Practicall Observations UPON The three first Chapters of the PROVERBS Grammaticall Rhetoricall Logicall and Theologicall As they were delivered in severall EXPOSITORY LECTURES at Christ-Church in Canterbury By FRANCIS TAYLOR B. in D. LONDON Printed by E. C. for Henry Eversden and are to be sold at his shop at the Grey-hound in St. Paul's Church-yard 1655. To the Honourable Trustees for MAINTENANCE of MINISTERS And other Pious uses c. William Steele Esq Serjeant at Law late Recorder of the City of London now Lord Chief Baron Sir John Thorowgood of Kensington Knight George Cooper Richard Young John Pocock Ralph Hall Rich. Sidenham Edward Hopkins John Humfries and Edward Cresset Esquires Honorable Gentlemen WHat the Sun is to the world that the Scripture is to the Church No man can see the Sun it selfe nor any thing in the world but by the light of the Sun No man can know God nor any of his creatures aright but by the Scripture The Rabbins tell us 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 There is no glory but the Law Aboth cap. 4. And Rab. Chija in the Jerusalem Talmud in Peah tells us that in his account 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 All the world wholly is not of equall value with one word out of the Law The labour then of those men of God whom God hath fitted for interpretation of Scripture is not lightly to be esteemed The rather because of the difficulty and profitablenesse of the work The difficulty Augustin sets out well Lib. 11. super Gen. ad literam Major est hujus Scripturae autoritas quàm omnis humani ingenii perspicacitas Greater is the ●uthority of this Scripture then the perspicacity of all humane wit The profit of it is as well set out by Hierom. ad Eph. lib. 1. Non putemus in verbis Scripturarum esse Evangelium sed in sensu non in superficie sed in medulla non in sermonum foliis sed in radice rationis Let us not think the Gospel is in the words of the Scriptures but in the sense not in the outside but in the marrow not in the leaves of words but in the root of reason Among many other Books of the Scripture this of the Proverbs excels in height of matter and expressions It needs therefore a carefull Interpreter The method used by me is new and never formerly exactly followed in every Verse by any Writer Protestant or Papist that ever I read 1. Ye have the Grammatical sense in the various significations of every Hebrew word throughout the Old Testament which gives light to many other texts 2. Ye have the Rhetoricall sense in the Tropes and Figures 3. The Logicall in the severall arguments 4. The Theologicall in divine observations If it be objected that there are many Comments already on other Books of Scripture and on this in particular I confesse it is a truth I my self have made use of forty Writers on this Book of the Proverbs as will appear by the Catalogue of Authors added Yet every one sees not so many nor cannot understand them all nor have means to buy them or time to read them Will it hurt any man to have the marrow of them all in one Book Will it not save him much time money labour Besides the Reader will find something new that is not in any of them Gods hand is not shortened He can as well manifest his truth by us as by former Writers And the rather because we have their help A dwarf standing on a gaints shoulders may see further then the giant I have made choyce of you Worthy Gentlemen for Patrons of this Work not doubting but if any shall oppose the truth manifested in it ye will stand up with me for the defence of it A more particular engagement to prefix your honorable names is that great trust the State hath put in you to take care of the maintenance of many godly Ministers upon whom many thousand souls depend in this Nation I have found you faithfull and carefull So have many other godly Ministers The great God that hath laid great a charge upon you make you still faithfull dischargers that so your names may be honorable to posterity and your souls saved eternally So I shall never cease to pray and ever remain At your Honors service in the Lord Francis Taylor Advertisements for the Reader Christian and courteous Reader BE pleased to observe a few things which may help thee much in the perusing of this Book I. Be not offended that the places cited in it are not set down at large but onely some part of the Verses quoted For 1. The Reader may hereby perceive in what words the strength of the proof lies to wit in those words he findes here This I learned of the Jewish Rabbins who use not to transcribe the whole Verse cited but onely those words wherein the strength of the proof is Indeed the Masorites do otherwise They set down only the beginning of the sentence and leave the Reader to seck for the word in the text quoted But this breeds trouble and confusion 2. Writing thus concisely will make men minde the better what they read 3. It will make them look into their Bibles for further satisfaction 4. It makes this Book the shorter and so the cheaper II. Complain not that many things are taken out of other Writers and Commenters For 1. Here is no wrong to them God gave those notions to them they to us and why may not we give them to others 2. No wrong to thee who hath the pith and marrow of forty Translations and Comments in this Book It would have cost thee as it hath done me much more money to buy them much more time and labour to read them 3. Thou wilt finde many things added that God hath given in to me that are not in any of them for all mine and theirs is from him alone and to him is due all the glory III. Object not to me that for the various significations of the Hebrew words I borrow much out of the last Edition of the Annotations on the Bible out of the Notes upon Job For 1. It cannot be called borrowing for a man to take his owne and none of my partners in that great Work went that way but my selfe And having taken much pains there why should I take more about the same words 2. There I give onely figures for chap. and vers So that if the figures be false printed as they are too often the Reader is to seek for the place Here I set down the words also that he cannot mistake 3. The figures are here also corrected by me in all I make use of from thence 4. Some significations are added in some words 5. Some are left out that were mistaken 6. All have not money to buy nor time to read those large Annotations IV. Where thou findest other texts in this Book quoted for words or proofs of doctrines there look for the like matter