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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29671	The sacred and most mysterious history of mans redemption wherein is set forth the gracious administration of Gods covenant with man-kind, at all times, from the beginning of the world unto the end : historically digested into three books : the first setteth down the history from Adam to the blessed incarnation of Christ, the second continueth it to the end of the fourth year after his baptisme ..., the third, from thence till his glorious coming to judgement / by Matthew Brookes ...	Brookes, Matthew, fl. 1626-1657.	1657 (1657)	Wing B4918; ESTC R11708	321,484	292

AND MOST MYSTERIOUS HISTORY OF Mans Redemption WHEREIN Is set forth the gracious administration of Gods Covenant with Man-kind at all times from the beginning of the World unto the End Historically digested into three Books The first setteth down the History from Adam to the blessed Incarnation of Christ The second continueth it to the end of the fourth year after his Baptisme which was the three and thirtieth year of his age The third from thence till his glorious comming to Judgement BY MATTHEW BROOKES D. of Divinity Gen. 3.15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heele St. Joh. 3.16 For God so loved the world that he gave his onely begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life St. Joh. 19.30 It is finished LONDON Printed by William Wilson for the Author Anno Dom. 1657. TO HIS MOST HONOURED FRIEND FRANCIS BVRWELL Esq SIR IT is not unusuall to those who write bookes to make choice of some noble friends to whom to dedicate them My ambition is to present you with the Dedication of this The great respects which I had from your dear Father to the last gasp of his breath continued and augmented by you have put me forwards to retribute to his memory to your owne merits in such a way as I am able Sr. There is great profit in reading of books if a good choice be made of them Historicall books will accomplish a gentleman for an history is not improperly defined to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a commemoration containing an exposition of some matter or thing which hath been acted or done upon the stage of the world So that by history we do as it were live and have lived at all times and in all places conversing with all sorts of people knowing the manners and severall constitutions of all nations and are present in all the occurrences of times by-past as if they were now in action But a Christian hath his unum necessarium and that is to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings being made conformable unto his death No historicall knowledge therefore more pertinent unto him then that whereby according to the Scriptures of the Divine canon he shall know the gratious administration of Gods covenant with mankinde shall see Christ in the Originall promise and in all the promises sacraments sacrifices and sacred ceremonies visibly set forth and represented in the legall worship and by persons ordained to minister in the same together with sacred places and functions till his coming in the flesh to fulfill all that which was promised and mystically shewed concerning himselfe And then shall behold him in the flesh as he was by divine dispensation shall hear his heavenly doctrine see his wonderfull works and miracles and how he abolished the old testament instituted the great and mysterious sacraments of the new And how having done all those things which were first requisite for him to do he suffered was buried descended into hell rose again the third day from the dead and having been conversant with his disciples for the space of forty daies after his resurrection he transferred the keyes of the kingdome of heaven from the Legall to the Evangelicall priesthood giving ample commission to his Apostles to go into all the world and to teach and baptize all nations and then ascended into heaven where he sitteth on the right hand of God and maketh intercession for his Church A sound faith requireth a right understanding for the things which we do not rightly understand we cannot rightly believe Therefore though to believe and to apply the great and most mysterious work of mans redemption to our selves effectually that we may be saved is the gift of God by the holy Ghost through faith yet to inform the understanding the history opened and cleared according to the Scriptures is most necessary This is that which I have endeavoured to do in such a method as I conceive most proper for the subject so transcendently mysterious and divine carefully observing the periods of the times and with what brevity and perspicuity I could to remember the learned of those things which they know and to teach the unlearned some things which they do not know avoyding in all things curiosity and ostentation of language Vpon the principall matters concurring with the history the explication whereof is more requisite I have insisted more largely And as for those things which cannot positively be defined or stated because not clearly evidenced in the Scriptures Ut potui explicavi nec tamen ut Pythius Apollo certa ut sint fixa quae dixi sed ut homunculus probabilia conjecturâ sequens Therefore must I apologize with the author of the Macchabaean history for If I have done well and as is fitting the story it is that which I desired but if slenderly and meanly it is that which I could attain unto 2 Mac. 15.38 Sir you have the devotions of Your much obliged and most observant friend MATTH BROOKES Reader IT cannot be but thou shalt meet with some faults in this Impression which I beseech thee to correct upon thine own observation principally these following fol. 17. Sect. 28. for invisible Church read visible Church f. 54. sect 78. for vessells r. ves●'s fol. 54. 79. for Scuttetus r. Scultetus f. 73. 10. for had paid it r. hath paid it f. 135. 75. for verietie r. verity f. 223. 24. for ingregrity integrity and in the same sect for St Peter Lombard saith Peter Lombard f. 225. 26. for emptitius emptitias every where for Sanhedrim Sanhedrin f. 240. 43. for degisereris dejicereris for stanti standi f. 244. 48. for Num Nunc. f. 249. 53. Quadripartitae Quadripartita f. 261. 67. for pdrmits permits f. 264. 69. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 r. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and in the same section for wherewith he was buried was chre r. where with he was buried were left in the Sepulchre f. 168. and 169. for Not to them as to St Thomas Not to say unto them as to St Thomas f. 271. 74. for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 r. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vale. THE FIRST BOOK OF THE SACRED AND MOST MYSTERIOVS HISTORY OF MANS REDEMPTION GOD made Man in his Image after his likenesse And Man being made in the Image and Similitude of God had free-will Man made in the Image of God which made him capeable of a speciall positive law according to which hee should live in all due obedience to his Creator preserving himselfe and all his posterity in that good condition in which he was created as well thereby to avoid both sin and death as also to render himselfe by his obedience a fit subject of a more cleare and perfect vision and fruition of God Aug. Enchir. cap. 25. Gen. 2.16 The law which God