in this booke beside those two sins afore spoken of For nication and Idolatry An. Foure other Qu. Which be they An. Murmuring against God distrust in his promises breach of his Sabboth rebelliō against his magistrates Quest How many times did they murmure An. Foure times Qu. When first An. Three daies after they departed from Sinai Que. How were they punished Ans The Lord consumed with fire the vtmost part of the host chap. 11. 1. Quest How the second time Ans They were weary of Manna lusted after flesh Quest How were they punished Ans They had flesh while they surfeted their surfet brought a greeuous plague vpon them insomuch as they dyed with meate in their mouthes chap 11.20 33. Quest How the third time Ans For water Quest Where Ans At Kadesh in the desert of Zin chap. 20. Quest How the fourth time Ans For bread and water Quest How were they punished Ans God sentfiery serpents that stung them to death chap 21.6 Qu. What caused the mercy of God at al times to put an end to their punishment An. Two things Qu. Which be they An. Their owne repentance first then the prayer of Moses Qu. How was this plague of fiery serpents remedied An. God commanded Moses to make a brasen Serpent and hand it vpon a ctosse and whosoeuer beeing stung lookt vp to it was cured Qu. VVhat was this a figure of An. The vertue of Christ whose hanging on the crosse is a soueraigne medicine for the sicknes of our soules if wee looke vp to him with the eies of faith Qu. How did they distrust Gods promise Ans In being come to the land of Canaan and desiring to goe backe to Aegypt or to bee buried in the wildernesle Qu. VVhat was the ground of that desire An. Their faintnesse of heart Qu VVherein An. In that though god had diuers times before sworne to giue them the land of Canaan for an euerlasting Inheritauce yet they feared to goe forward when they heard the land was inhabited with Giants Quest Os wheme did they heare that newes Ans Of the spies that were sent to search the land and bring of the fruite chap. 13 34. Qu. Who incouraged the people against this feare Ans Caleb and Ioshua Quest What would the people haue done to them for crossing their humour Ans Haue stoned them to death Quest How did God punish this distrust Ans Hee would haue quite destroyed them but for the prayer of Moses Quest How did hee then pacifie his wrath Ans Even with the iudgemente of their owne mouthes Quest How was that Ans As they desired rather to bee buried in the wildernes then to enter into the land of Promise euen so it came to passe for all that then liued from 20 yeares old and vpward died and were buried in the wildernes excepting Caleb and Ioshua Qu. What was the reason that the like punishment fell vpon Moses An. For his distrust too as appeares chap. 11.13 and chap. 20.10 Qu. What do we learne by that Ans That no man is so righteous but hee may fall Qu. By vvhome was the Saboth broke An. By an old man Qu. Wherein An. In gathering stickes to make him fire chap. 15 32.36 Qu How was he punished An. He was stoned to death Qu. What may vve learne by this An. If God were so seuere for gathering a few stickes on the Sabaoth hee will be farre more seuere to such as prophane his Sabbaoth by swearing drinking gaming whooring other lewd excrcises Qu. How many times did Israell murmure and rebell onely against Gods Magistrates Ans Twice Qu. Who were the first that rebelled An. Myriam and Aaron Qu. Against vvhom An. Against Moses Qu. What was the punishment An. Miriam was strucken with a leprosie Qu. How was she cured An. By the praier of Moses Qu. VVhat learne vve by that An. The vertue of meeknesse to pray for our enemies as Moses did chap. 12.13 Qu. VVhe rebelled the second time An. Korah Dathan Abiram and their accomplices Qu. VVhat vvas their rebellion An. They vsurped vpon the Priestes office and compared for worthinesse with Moses and Aaron Qu. VVhat became of them An. The earth opened and swallowed them vp aliue ch 16.31.32 Qu. How did God punish the people that tooke their parts after their death An. Fourteen thousand and seauen hundred died of the pestilence Qu. How did he yet further conuict their yebellion An. By prouing the house of Leui only chosen for the priesthood Qu. Hovv An. By a miracle Qu In vvhat manner Ans Aarons rod amongst the twelue that were put into the Tabernacle for the twelue Tribes of Israel did blossom and beare ripe Amonds Qu. VVhat is the inference of this example Ans How odious a thing it is in the sight of God to grudge against Magistrates and Rulers Quest How manie waies is a man subiect to sinne Ans Two manner of waies Quest Which be they Ans Of ignorance or presumption Quest What deserueth the first Ans Fauour Qu. What the second Ans Death chap. 15 27.30 Quest By how many witnesses ought a man by the law of God be conuicted in a case touching a mans life Ans By two and not vnder chap. 35.30 Qu. How long did God lead the Israelites to and fro in the wildernesse Ans Forty yeares Quest Why did he detaine them so long from their promised happinesse Ans To try their faith and by continuall exercising of them sometime with crosses sometime with blessinges to make them learne onely to trust in him and so in the end to appeare worthy heires of so blessed an inheritance The end of Numeri Deuteronomy Question WHat is contained in this booke of Deuteronomie An. An other repetition of the law Qu. VVhy An. Because they were dead to whom the law was first giuen Qu. How many things were they to obserue in reading the law An. Two things Qu. VVhich be they An. First neither to adde to it nor take from it chap 4 2. Secondly not only to learn it themselues but to teach it also to their posteritie chap. 4.9 Qu. In what manner did God admonish this new generation to be carefull of his law An. By the remembrance of two things Qu. Which be they An. The ingratitude of their Fathers who had prouoked his wrath and were dead and the wonderfull miracles and victories which he had brought to passe amongst them to assure them of his loue and protection Qu. Amongst the rest which is one of the speciall fauours God bestowed vpon them mentioned in this booke An. That in forty yeares space the garmentes of their forefathers neuer waxed old chap. 8.4 Qu. How doth he encourage them not to be afraid to enter into the land of Canaan An. Three manner of waies Qu. Which be they Ans First in that he was God and would be true of his promise for hee had sworne they should possesse it Secondly by telling them it was a most pleasant
37.32 Qu. What was the fruit of these sins An. They procured disquiet of conscience in themeselues teares to their olde father whom they ought rather to haue comforted 37.34 Qu. Did this policy of theirs ere the more preuent the subiection which they feared An. No God prospered Joseph and gaue him fauour in the Court of Egypt Qu. With whom An. VVith Potiphars Pharaobs chiefe Steward Qu. How did Ioseph shew himselfe there to be the seruant of God An. In resisting the lust of Poptiphars wife Qu. What is the nature of lust being esisted An. It growes impudent and outragious chap. 39.14 Qu. Shew an instance An. Potiphars wife when she sawe Ioseph would not yeeld to her accused him that he would haue rauished her Quest Did God suffer her accusation to take effect An. Yes Ioseph was imprisoned Qu. He being guiltles why would God suffer that wrong to be laid vpon him An. For two causes Qu. Which be they An. First that by his strange de liuerance he might haue greater cause to glorifie his name and secondly to make his lewde disgrace a cause of higher promotion Qu. How was Ioseph deliuered An. By interpreting the Kinges dreame Qu. How was he aduanced An. Hee was made Ruler ouer all Egypt Qu. What was the plague God laide vpon his brethren for selling him An. They were oppressed with a mightie famine chap. 41.54 Qu. Whither came they for succour An. To their brother vnknowne Qu. What reuerence did they shewe vnto him An. They kneeled vnto him and called him Lord chap. 44.16 Qu. What vertue doe we learne by the example of Ioseph in this his high authoritie An. Three Qu. Which be they An. Charity clemency and humility Qu. How was he charitable An. He relieued his father and brohers with corne freely and without rempence chap. 42.25 Qu. How was he gentle An. In pardoning the wrongs that his broughers had done him chap. 45.5 Qu. Wherein was he humble An. In not despising his father and brothers poore Sheepheerds of Canaan though himselfe were the second person in Aegypt and in sending for his father to bee partaker of his happinesse Qu. Did Iqacob come thither An. Yes and died there Qu. What do we learne by his death Answ To desire of God to die as he did Qu. How was that An. Praying blessing and rehearsing the gracious benefits of God chap. 48 3.4.9 Qu. What zeale had Pharaoh being an Infidel towards his Idolatrous priests more then many Christians now-adaies haue toward the true Ministers of the eternall God An. Hee did not diminish their Church-liuings chap. 47.22 The end of Genesis Exodus Chap. 1. to 14. Question VVHy did God bring the house of Israel into Aegypt An. For two causes Qu. Which be they An. First to shew the trueth of his word for hee had said to Abraham they should be straungers from the land of Canaan the speace of foure hundred yeeres and suffer much oppression Gen. 14.15 Secondly to haue fit occasion to shew his loue toward them and the better to traine them vp in the knowledge and feare of him Qu. How came it to passe they were opprest here in Aegypt considering the good entertainement which they had at the first An. The continuance of time had worne out the fame and remembrance of Ioseph by reason that many Kings had raigned since the first Pharaoh and now the children of Israel were mightily encreased Qu. How were they encreased An. From seuenty persons for that was the whole number of them at their first comming to many hundred thousands Qu. Did that make the king repine against them An. Yes Qu. Why An. For two causes Qu. Which be they An. First in regard of their religion and next fearing least their multitudes should indanger his gouernment chap. 1. 10. Qu. How did hee seeke to suppresse them An. Foure manner of waies Qu. VVhich be they Answ First in making slaues of them and next in going about to murder their men children Qu. Wherein consisted their seruitudes An. In making of bricke carrying of burdens and all other slauerie cha 1.14 Qu. How did Pharaoh goe about to murder their men children An. Two manner of waies Qu. Which be they An. First secretly in commanding the Midwiues at their hower of birth to destroy them but they not obeying his commaund he fell secondly into a more open and violent practise Qu. How was that An. He commanded his own people that whensoeuer they heard of the birth of and Hebrew man childe they should take it from the mother and cast it into the riuer chap. 1.22 Qu. How durst the Midwiues disobey the kings Edict An. Because as all Gods seruants ought to do they feared him more thā any earthly person Qu. Were the number of the people by these cruel proceeding lessened and diminished An. No the more they vext them the more they multiplied chapt 1. vers 12. Qu. What doe we learne by that An. That no tyranny can extinguish the Church of God Qu. How did God diuide the malice of Pharaoh An. In causing him to cherish and bring vp euen in his owne court that Hebtew child which afterward proued to be his destruction and the deliuerance of the children of Israel Qu. Who was that An. Moses Qu. How was he preserued An. When his mother had hid him three moneths from the tyrannie of the King and could hide him no longer she put him into a basket made of reedes and set it by the riuer side Qu. What became of him there An. King Pharaohs daughter walkeing that way found him put him to be nursed of his owne mother cha 2.3 Qu. VVhat appeareth in this An. The prouidence of God Qu. Wherein An. In that no humane pollicie can hinder that which he hath once deter mined Qu. What was the first crosse that God laid vpon Moses when he came to age An. The killing of an Aegyptian for which fact he was forced to flye Qu. Whither An. Into the land of Midian Qu. Who succoured him there An. Iethro and gaue him his daughter in mariage Qu. What trade of life did Moses vse An. Keeping of sheepe Qu. How did God appeare to Moses An. In a fiery bush chap. 3.2 Qu. Did the bush burne An. Yes but did not consume Qu. In that sense what doth it represent vnto vs An. The Church of God which should suffer persecution but neuer subuersion Qu. Wherefore did God appeare vnto Moses An. To send him forth for the deliuerance of his people Qu. What mooued him thereunto Ans Two things Qu. Which be they An. The remembrance of his couenant made to Abraham and the sighes and cries of the poore Israelites that daily pearced the gates of heauen ch 2.23 Qu. What comfort do we receiue from thence An. An assurance that GOD will heare our prayers in time of our affliction if we call to him Qu. Did Moses obey the commaundement of God about his returne to Aegypt An. At the first he was
call you true loue An. Not onelye to helpe our brother with all we haue but if need require to offer our life for him chap. 3.16 Qu. VVhich call you fained loue An. To loue in word and not in deed chap. 3.11 Qu. What saith Saint Iohn as touching true louers An. That they dwell in God God in them chap. 4.16 Qu. What is it to dvvell in God An. To be partakers of his grace to the mortification of the flesh and liuely demonstration of our faith Qu. How shal we know that god dwelleth in vs An. If wee see our brother want this worlds good and doe not shut vp our compassion from him but willingly relieue him chap. 3.17 Q. What is said of him that hateth his brother An. That hee walketh in darknesse chap. 2.11 Is the child of the diuel ch 3 10 abideth in death chap 3 14. Is a manstayer barred from eternall life chap. 3 15. 2. and 3. Epistle of Iohn Question TO whom were these tvvo last Epistle written An. The one to a certain zealous Lady the other to Gains a professour of the Gospell Quest What doth hee commend in the Ladie An. The vertuous bringing vp of her children Qu. What in Gaius An. His testimonie of faith and hospitality toward strangers Qu. VVhat doth hee admonish them of An. To beware of deceiuers Qu. Who are those An. Such as would not confesse that Christ was come in the flesh Qu. How must they intertaine them An They must not receiue them into their house nor bid them Good speed Qu. VVhy An. Because in so doing they should be partakers of their euill deeds The Epistle of Iude. Question TO whome is this Epistle written An. To all Christian Churches Quest What doth he exhort them vnto An. To contend for the maintenāce of their faith Qu. Against whom Ansvv Against Sectaries Qu. What is the condition of Sectaries Ans To murder complaine walke after their owne lusts Qu. Whom do they murmur against Ans Gouernours Qu. How doth he reproue them Ans By the example of Michael the Archangel who when hee stroue with the diuel about the body of Moses blamed him not with cursed speaking but only sayd The Lord rebuke thee Qu. VVhat doth he meane by this example Ans If it be not lawfull to rayle vpon the diuel much lesse vpon magistrates be they neuer so wicked Qu. What is it to walk after our owne lusts An. To be directed by carnall iudgement and not by the spirit of regeneration Reuelation Question FIrst tell mee what you vnderstand by Reuelation An. The word importeth a laying open or an vncouering of thinges that were before hid and shut vp in secrete which no liuing soule can know but so farre foorth as God shall please to disclose the same Qu. What is the authority of this Reuelation An. High and mighty as proceeding from the mouth of God by the mediation of Iesus Christ Qu. To whom was it giuen An. To the Apostle Saint Iohn and so consequently from him to the Church of God through all ages Q. Where was Iohn whē he receiued it An. In an Iland called Pathmas enuironed with the Aegean sea which sea diuides Europe from Asia Qu. What did he there An. He was banished thither by the tyrant Domitian about the year of our Lord God 96. which tyrante sought to suppres the light of the Gospel but the Lorde in mercy did the more aduance it as appeares by adding a further discouery of his will by this booke of the Reuelation Qu. VVhat is the fruit of this Reuelation An. Exceeding great as vve may gather by these words Blessed be they that reade heare and keepe in memory those things which are written in this prophecie chap. 1 3. Qu. To vvhom was Iohn commanded to send it An. To the seauen churches of Asia namely of Ephesus Smirna Pergamus Thiatira Sardis Philadelphia and Laodicea where after the destruction of Ierusalem Iohn did prosecute his holy calling in the Ministery Qu. What methode doth hee vse in the manner of his writing An. First a friendly salutation and then a briefe narration Qu. How doth he salute them An. By wishing vnto them grace and peace Qu. What vnderstand you by grace Ans The free loue affection which God beareth towards vs for his owne sake although indeed we deserue it not but are in our selues the children of wrath and perdition Qu. What by peace Ansvv All kind of benefits both spirituall and temporall which flow vnto vs from this fountaine of grace which God the father had opened to the world by the meanes of his sonne Qu. In whose name salutes he them An. In the name of the father the 7. spirits and of Iesus Christ chap 1. 4. 5. Qu. What is meant by the 7 spirits Ans The holie Ghost Qu. The holie Ghost being but one in person why doth he describe him by the number of 7. An. Although the holy Ghost be but one in diuine essence yet according to this seauen fold operation which it had in the Churches of Asia it is called by the name of seuen spirits not that it is in person diuerse but in power and vertue according to the diuersity of those subiects which it worketh Qu. But why is that placed in the second place whereas the vsuall order teacheth vs to say the Father Sonne and holy Ghost and not the Father Holy Ghosts so to put the Sonne last An. Iohn vseth this order not that there is any degree or dignitie in one person more then in an other For the Father is not greater then the Sonne nor the Sonne greater then the Holie Ghost they are all of the same power maiesty and glory nor is one before another but the reasō that mooued Iohn to set our Sauiour in the third place was because immediately the narration which is the second poynt of the writing chiefly concerneth Christ Qu. As how Ansvv In describing him Qu. How doth Iohn describe Christ An. Two manner of waies first as touching the excellencie of his glorie as he appeared vnto him in vision cha 1. from 12. to 17. Qu. What vvas his office An. It was three folde hee had the office of a Prophet of a Prince and of a Priest Qu. Hovv did he shew himselfe a Prophet An. In bearing witnesse of the trueth and reuealing the counsels of God vnto men Que. How a Prince An. Two manner of waies first by his victorie ouer death death is swallowed vp into victory 1. Cor. 15 And secondly because he hath dominion ouer all principalities and powers both in heauen and vpon the earth Ephes 1.21 Qu. How a Priest An In that he hath washed vs from our sinnes in his bloud by offering his body a sacrifice for vs vpon the crosse Qu. Did Christ heare these three offices onlie for himselfe An. No for the benefit of the faithfull that as hee was so they might bee both Prophets Kings and Priests Prophets in that he