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A14282 Ten introductions how to read, and in reading, how to vnderstand; and in vnderstanding, how to beare in mind all the bookes, chapters, and verses, contained in the holie Bible. With an answer for lawyers. Physitions. Ministers. Vaughan, Edward, preacher at St. Mary Woolnoth. 1594 (1594) STC 24599; ESTC S119031 61,414 222

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the sonne of Leui was borne 2430 yeares after the creation when he was full 40 yeares old he was called of God to be the leader of his people Israel by a large measure of Gods spirit he spake of sundrie things which were done 2414 yeares before he was borne and also profoundly of manie other things that should befall the people of Israel euen vnto the birth of Christ He wrote this booke neere about 850 yeares after the floud At Iosephs death it had a kind of ceasing This booke comprehends principally foure rhings 1 Creation by the word which was made flesh 2 Destruction by the ouer-running of waters 3 Multiplication of the world by Noah 4 Election of some as of Abraham Isaake c. The Argument of Exodus the second booke of Moses IT is called of the Hebrues Shemoth which is names but of the Graecians later writers it is called Exodus which signifieth a departing and going of Israel out of Aegypt by cōputation it amounteth neerly to a storie of 405 yeres from the death of Ioseph to the lifting vp of the tabernacle in Siloh this booke comprehends principally three things 1 The Deliuerance of Israel out of Aegypt 2 Their Iourney towards Canaan 3 An Order for the seruing of God The Argument of Leuiticus IT is called in Hebrue Vaicrah but the Graeciās later writers Leuiticus because it retaineth a memory of some notable acts which were done frō the beginning of the second yere after the release from Aegypt vnto the beginning of the eleuenth moneth of the 40 yeare which is in some account thirty yeares and partlie because it debateth of ceremonies and such like which were ended in their time This booke containes foure principall thinges 1 Sundry sorts of ofsrings concerning Christ 2 Ciuill orders for the practise of religion 3 Ciuill orders concerning life and maners 4 Diuerse feasts dedicated for religion The Argument of Numbers THis booke is called of the Hebrues Vaied●bber of the Latines Numeri because in the beginning of it Moses numbred the people Israel by their tribes It continueth the storie from the beginning of the second moneth of the second yeare after the deliuerance of Israel out of Aegypt vnto the beginning of the eleuenth moneth of the forteeth yeare of thirty eight yeares and odde It containeth foure things 1 The mustring of men and orders for the preseruation of the Arke 2 Constitutions and lawes for religion 3 Constitutions and lawes for life and maners 4 Particular lawes for reformation The Argument of Deutronomium THis booke is called in Hebrue Ellehaddebarim in Greeke it is called Deut. signifying a Remembrance of things past with an exhortation to the perfourmance of the law from the beginning of the twelfth moneth of the fourteeth yeare vnto the twelfth day of the same moneth after their departure from Pharaoes kingdome This booke breefly repeats the greatest matters that were spoken and laid downe in the former bookes The Argument of Ioshua HE was called Iesus the Emperour of Israel he ruled them victoriously seuenteene yeares he was borne fiftie and three yeares before their going out of Aegypt he died when he was one hundred and ten yeares old 2570 of the world He and Eleazar the high priest is thought to haue penned this booke It approueth the performance of Gods promises and that he neuer saileth by length of time nor by distance of place to remember his ellect as is shewed vs by Ioshua who did conquer the land of Canaan and deuided it among them euen as the Lord had spoken The land for the fertilitie thereof farre beyond all other lands did represent the kingdome of heauen and in regard of the power therof it might well resemble the kingdome of Antechrist Ioshua the conquerour was a figure of Iesus who subdued all things to himselfe The Argument of Iudges IT is called in Hebrue Sophetim according to the Hebrue Greeke and Latine it is called Iudicium because it conneth the gouernment and religion of Gods people from the death of Ioshua vnto Hely the priest about 299 yeres it is supposed that Samuel is the penner thereof it sheweth how God detesteth ingratitude by the great oppressions which was inflicted vpon the people for the same they were of all people in the world most victoriously possessed of all the ioyes in the world and yet they were a people worse than those whose carcases fell in the wildernesse therefore God appointed tyrants ouer them as their gouernours Here is also a perfect president of pardon vpon repentance for when they cried vnto the Lord he destroyed those tirants and gaue them godly rulers The Argument of Ruth SHe is said to liue when Deborah ruled Israel it is thought that the writer of Iudges is the author of this booke because that the Hebrues doe reckon it with the booke of Iudges hir nation and kindred whence she came doth well approue the calling of the Gentiles by Iesus Christ who was to come lineally euen from hir body This booke doth arme all Christians with patience as with the whole armour of God who in the end will get the fame and report of the world The Argument of the first and second of Samuel 1. Chron. 29.29 THe acts of Dauid are they not written in the booke of Samuel the Seer and in the booke of Nathan the prophet and in the booke of Gad the Seer by which wordes it is plaine that Samuel Nathan and Gad did write these bookes In the first of Samuel is shewed the miserie of the people vnder king Saul which was a token of Gods wrath because they were not content with their estate Saul himselfe is set foorth for an example of vnthankefulnes he was hated of God he was hated of the people he was possessed of a deuil Dauid is made heire apparant to the crowne In the second of Samuel is declared the magnanimitie of Dauid who ouercame all the enemies of Gods people wherin he was a figure of Christ The Argument of the first and second of the kings BOth these are in the Hebrue as one The Authours were these 2. Chron. 19.29 seuerallie a part or potion Nathan Ahiah the Silonite Iddo the Seer Iohn and Semeia The first Booke of Kings sheweth vs the vncertaine state of Gods people in this life as by the example of the people vnder diuerse kings vnto the death of wicked Achab who for a little ioy had great annoy God also plagued them because sinne was fauoured and vertue was discountenanced their kingdome was deuided into two parts presently vpon the death of Salamon the one became open enimie to the other for the space of 350 yeares one kingdome was called the kingdome of Iudah whose seat was at Ierusalem the other was called the kingdome of Israel whose seat was at Samaria the one gaue themselues to serue the true God the other to idols Here also is the perfect genealogie of Christ lineally descending from Dauid The second
339. 450 years accounting the years of the oppressors Their storie serues very well to shew the iudgement of God against obstinat sinners and his mercies to the penitent There are many waightie things therein and well worth the perfecting Othoniell Iudg Of the Tribe of Iudah Ehud 3 Beniamin Deborah Barack 6 Nepthali Gedeon 6 Ephraim Ahimelech 8 Ephraim Tola 10 Isachar Iair 10 Manasses Iepthe 11 Ephraim Abelane 12 Iudah Eglon. 12 Zabulon Abden 12 Manasses Sampson 13 Dan. Holy 1. Sā 1 Leui. Oppressours or enemies after the death of Ioshua when the people became secure and carelesse Philistims Iud. 3 These were stirred vp as rods as scourges for the people when they neglected the holy worship and seruice of the highest Canaanites Sidonians Heuits Chusan Eglon. Iudg. 3.   Iabin 4 Madianites 6 Amalakites 6 Philistims 10 Amonites 13 Philistimes Here you may proue ar large the assurance of Gods loue and fauour where good men doe beare rule and are obaied and on the contrarie his iustice where wicked men doe beare rule and the people rebellious in his seruice I haue distinguished the good from the bad as they succeeded so are you to learne them perfectly Read the booke The particulars of the seuenth storie Wherein consider well three kings before the kingdome of Israell was deuided Saule Dauid Salomon Saul Signifieth Desired of the people He was of the tribe of Beniamin which thing was a great prerogatine to that tribe being the least and the last Because the people dispaired in the mercies of God and distrusted his power hauing giuen them manifest assurance of the same he gaue them such a one as they deserued to weet an Hipocrite and an open enemie to all truth and sinceritie who slew all that did weare an Ephod 1. Sam. 10 13 18.19.20.17 and tooke an oth of the people to betray harmelesse and guiltlesse Dauid and the rest Dauid Beleeued God and his kingdome was reckoned when the Ark was recouered to Iudah at Easter so Christ at Easter was proclaimed king He was of the tribe of Iudah of the roote of Iesse he killed a Beare and a great outragious Philistine that defied Israell wherein he was a figure of Christ He had many enemies and infinite distresses therein he was a figure of the church 1 Sam. 16 17 Dauid was vpright exept in this 1. King 15 5. Salomon Signifieth peace so was his kingdome For his wisdome and order in religiō he might wel be a figure of Christ Kin. 11 4.5 2 Sam. 13 14 2 Chro. 3 1. 1 King 12 1 Kin. 11 1 Ezech 37 16.17.18 He fell to extreame sinnes yet he was saued He laid the foundation of the temple in Moriah His kingdome was diuided into two parts according to the words of the Lord vnto him but after 490 yeares were expired it was throwne together againe Immediatly after the death of Salomon the great and entire kingdome of Israel was deuided into two parts whereof one was called the kingdome of Iudah whose seat was at Ierusalem the other was called the kingdome of Israel whose seat was at Samaria The kings of Israel were open and professed enemies to the kings of Iudah Israel was stronger than Iudah for the one had tenne tribes the other onely two that held and tooke part When you read the booke of Samuel or the booke of the Kings marke diligentlie these six necessarie questions 1 Whether the king of Iudah or of Israel 2 Whether he were good or euill 3 What prophet one or more 4 The religion of the people 5 Their manners and conuersation 6 Their prosperitie or aduersitie The particulars of the eight storie Daniel In this booke is set forth a true proportion of Antechrists earthly glorie which for a time reached vnto heauen and mounted ouer all nations the end was as a tree cut downe by the roots with an axe And who sees not herein the prouidence of God in the fulnesse of time shining vpon his sanctuarie which so long had laine waste To make this plaine and to direct your memorie sure I canne deuise no better instruction short and plaine than that which is in my former booke of method Two things must be well marked The one what kings raigned in Babilon during the captiuitie The other what kings raigned and ruled after the captiuitie vntill Christ Three kings during the captiuitie Nabucadnezer Euilmeredech Baltasher Dan. 12 3.4 2. King 25 27. Dan. 5 8. What is to be said of them Nabucadnezer Saw a vision A great Image Dan. 2 31. whose glorie was excellent and very terrible bearing these 5 parts and proportions His Head was as fine gold Breasts and armes of siluer Bellie and thighs of Brasse Legges of yron Feet part of yron and part of clay The true exposition of this image according to the parts thereof as the holy Ghost sets it downe signifieth Nabucadnezer who for his greatnesse is compared to a tree reaching to the heauens that which he saw as a most goodly and glorious image Dan. 4.16 Daniel saw it in a vision verie fierce and terrible as a lion with Eagles wings chopt off It was lifted vp and set vpon his feet as a man and a mans heart was giuen vnto him The other two kings to weet Euilmeredech and Baltashar are referred in comparison to the first who raigned iust 45 yeares as appeareth thus He tooke Iehoiachim king of Iudah in the eight yeare of his raigne Euilmeredech his sonne who succeeded him lifted vp Iehoiachim out of prison where he had lain seuen and thirty yeares in which Iehoiachim was raised vp that makes iust fiue and forty yeres being the whole raigne of this first king Euilmeredech raigned 22 yeares Baltashar raigned 3 yeares Thus you may see plainly the seuenty yeares were fully ended in the particular raigne of these three kings Iere. 25 12. according to a prophesie Now the head of gold is gon off and quite taken away the kings of Babel are extinquished and the seuentie yeares expired In this age the church was exiled vnder rulers of cruell and beastly affections The particulars of the ninth storie WHen the seuentie years were accōplished Leui. 26 40. 1. Kin. 8 46. which were foretold Daniel praied vnto the Lord for the restoring of the desolation of Ierusalem which so long had beene exiled and in disgrace whiles he yet spake and praied the Angell of the Lord came in hast about the euening sacrifice who vttered these words Seuenty yeares are determined vpon thy people and vpon thy holy citie Dan. 9 24 to bring in euerlasting righteousnesse Here is an euen reckoning and a iust account cast out of all the times from Daniels vision at the Edict 9 21. vnto the death of Christ the prince of peace Euerie weeke hath seuen daies the Angel means for euerie day in a weeke a yeare seuen daies seuen yeares Leuit. 29 8.9.10 after the reckoning of the Iubile yeare
The Argument of the Prouerbs Ecclesiastes Canticles 1. King 4.32.11 SAlomon was the writer of these three bookes as appeares by their Titles and maner of writing after his conuersion In the first he teacheth all people the true wisdome in the vsing of Temporall things In the second he teacheth a contempt of all earthly glorie in regard of ioies in the Lord Iesus In the third he sets out the incomprehensible fauor of God towards all such by their marriage in Christ representing a spirituall and an inseperable coniunction vnder metaphors similitudes and comparisons The Argument of Esaie HE was Amos sonne taken of manie for an Euangelist he spake and taught vnder Vziah Ioatham Ahaz Ezechia and Manasses This booke was written by him a little before his death it contains the doctrine of reconciliation more clearely than the rest It is full of reprehensions and consolations the comming of the Messiah is prooued and the vniting of the Iewes and Gentiles The Argument of Ieremie HE was sonne to Helchia the Priest he wrot this booke and prophesied vnder Iosias Ioiachim and Zedechia at that time as Hierusalem was ransacked and the people captiuated whome Ieremie lamenteth Baruck was his secretarie This booke shewes the captiuitie of Hierusalem and hir people for hir manifold sinnes The Argument of Ezechiel HE was a priest in Babylon fiue yeres of Ichoiachims captiuity This booke doth shew the murmuring of the wicked against the Prophets because they yeelded to Nabuchadnezar Therefore in the first part of this booke he laboureth to confirme his former doctrine that they did well in yeelding for it was decreed by the mouth of God that they should be captiuated then he laboureth with doctrine to assure them of deliuerance againe from this their seruitude and captiuitie The Argument of Daniel HE was in Babilon with Ananias Misael Azarius in Iehoiachims time and he thus prophesied vnder Nabuchadnezer Euilmeredec Baltazar In this book is shewed what hapned to their king and the people during the 70 yeares captiuitie what kings raigned how the people were vsed what should be happen them after their captiuitie vntill Christ The Argument of Hosea IN the daies of Osiah Ioathan Ahas Ezechias kings of Iudah he wrote and prphesied This booke shewes the Idolatrie of the people vnder Ieroboam and their sins by many particulars This prophet was amōg them 70 yeres and they despised him and others The Argument of Ioel. HE prophesied in the daies of Osia and Ieroboam concerning Samaria and wrote the same Herin is shewed the famine and extreame misery that they of Iudah endured because of their idolatrie and obstinacie The Argument of Amos. IN the daies of Osiah and Ieroboam he wrote this he was a poore and a simple shepheard stirred vp of speciall purpose to set foorth Gods glorie by calling the people to repent The Argument of Obadiah HE spake against Edom at which time the pallace of the temple and the citie was set on fire this booke shewes how the Idumeans vexed Israel most cruelly and continually in the highest pitch of their pride God sends this Obadiah to denounce his vengeance against them and good successe vpon his owne inheritance The Argument of Ionah HE spake vnder Amaziah and Ieroboam he controled Phulbelocus of Niniuie who succeeded Sardanapalus This booke sheweth how little his preaching auailed in Israel and how much few words preuailed in Niniuie to the shame of all Israell here is the distruction first of the kingdome of Israel then of Iudah chiefly because they contemned the prophets The Argument of Nahum HE prophesied vnder Ezechia king of Iudah Hosea king of Israel and Salmanazer king of the Assyrians This booke shewes the reuolting of Niniuie from the true profession which they had taken from Ionah they became persecuters of all that professed godlinesse therefore their citie was destroied by Nabucadnezer among whom there was some godly whom God remembreth with his comforts sent by the prophets The Argument of Abacuk HE wrote this booke about the same time and he lamenteth the desolation of the godly and the prosperitie of the wicked who in the end should be captiuated by the Chaldeans The Argument of Sophoniah HE prophesied in the daies of Iosiah the sonne of Ammon king of Iudah The Moabits the Assirians and others who were enemies to Gods people shall come themselues to confusion but the godly by patience shall possesse their soules The Argument of Agge THis prophet Zacharie and Malachie were especially appointed after the captiuitie to cōfort the people to set them forward to the building of the temple at Ierusalem which was a sight of the spirituall Ierusalem This prophet shewes the cause of their captiuitie and exhorteth to repentance The Argument of Zacharie THis prophet wrote the second yeare of Darius in the eight moneth the same matter The Argument of Malachie THis prophet was the last and the next to Iohn Babtist He spake of the captiuitie of the building of Salomons temple and the storie of Esdras and Nehemias he reproues diuerse sinnes and speaks as the two former The Argument of Mathew HE wrote this Gospell in Hebrue eight yeares after the ascention of Christ All the foure Euangelists did write in efect one thing they al entitled their writing Gospell signifiing Good tidings or newes from heauen comprehending the incarnation death resurrection and ascention of Christ being the absolute summe of our redemption and adoption to eternall glorie This Title comprehends all the matter shadowed in the law and perfourmed in the gospell whatsoeuer one writes darkly the other more largely and plainly They varie not in any one thing though their writing be farre in distance for time and place which greatly argueth and augmenteth the trueth and dignitie thereof They entreat in some matters more exactly than in other Mathew laboreth to setfoorth an historicall narration of Christs body to weet of his incarnation his kinred how he was occupied in the time of his life teaching and working miracles to confirme the will of his father he spake of his death and resurrection with such circumstances as belong thereunto The Argument of Marke HE was the disciple and interpreter of Peter Vpō earnest request made to him at Roome he wrote this gospell in Greeke ten yeares after the Ascention of Christ He planted the faith at Alexandria where he died The Argument of Luke HE was a phisition at Antioch the follower of S. Paule who did write this gospell 15 yeares after Christs ascention he died at Constantinople This book most chiefly specifieth of ceremonies which were performed in Christ The Argument of Iohn HE was sonne to Zebedeus the brother of Iames whom Herod be headded at the request of some Bishops in Asia He chiefly handleth Christs diuinitie and wonderfull worke of our reconciliation He wrote this gospell 32 yeares after Christs ascention he died and was buried amongst the Ephesians The Argument of the Acts. THe same was written in Greeke