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A57377	Clavis Bibliorum The key of the Bible, unlocking the richest treasury of the Holy Scriptures : whereby the 1 order, 2 names, 3 times, 4 penmen, 5 occasion, 6 scope, and 7 principall parts, containing the subject-matter of every book of Old and New Testament, are familiarly and briefly opened : for the help of the weakest capacity in the understanding of the whole Bible / by Francis Roberts ...	Roberts, Francis, 1609-1675.; Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666.	1648 (1648)	Wing R1583; ESTC R20707	139,238	403

some things are hard to be understood 2 Partly through the obscure and mysterious manner of Scriptures revealing many things whereby the Lord would exe●cise the sharpest and deepest apprehensions of men 3 Partly through defect of some familiar Manu-duction into the whole Bible and the severall Books of Old and New Testament therein contained which might like a Clew of thread conduct into these sacred Treasuryes and like a Key unlock this Cabinet of Christs richest Jewels Whereupon after much deliberation how this might be best effected apprehending that some briefe and solid Discovery of the 1 Order 2 Names 3 Times 4 Penmen 5 Occasion 6 Scope 7 Principall parts of the Books in the Bible would much conduce o ripen Christians in Bible-knowledge spreading before their eyes in A Generall view the current of the whole Scriptures I entred upon this Task and finished it by divine assistance in such sort as is represented in the ensueing Treatise It was immediately intended for the help and benefit of some speciall godly friends whom I shall ever highly respect and honour but through importunity is now made publike for the good I hope of many The Lord make it as usefull as it was intended and is desired By way of Preface be pleased to pause a little with me upon the serious consideration of 1. The worth of Scripture-knowledge 2. The way how to attaine to it That will quicken Christians to Scripture-study This will help them to Scripture-understanding Scripture-knowledge is of great worth and consequence to every Christian. Or The Holy Scriptures are most worthy of all Christians constant study and utmost endeavours to understand them For 1. The Author inventing and inditing the Holy Scriptures is God blessed for ever Father Sonne and Holy Ghost all Scripture is divinely inspired Hence called the Oracles of God The word of Christ. And the Saying of the Holy Ghost For the Prophecy came not at any time by the will of man but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost We are apt to value desire to study and understand the books of godly learned judicious mens making How much more should we to the utmost indeavour to understand the Scriptures which are the only Books of Gods making Mens writings are too much mingled with vanity ignorance folly mistakes imperfections infirmities and corruptions savouring much of a carnall spirit when most spiritual But Gods word is satisfactorily full without all vanity most wise faithfull and true without all falshood or folly Compleatly perfect beyond all imperfection most pure and exceedingly refined without all corruption and without all carnall mixtures wholly spirituall sweetly resembling that most spirituall spirit that did indite them 2. The Amanuenses or Penmen of the Holy Ghost for the Scriptures were not contemptible or ordinary but incomparable and extraordinary persons As Moses the meekest man on earth the peculiar favourite of God with whom God talked face to face the None-such of all the Prophets in Israel Samuel that mighty man in prayer David the King that man after Gods own heart King Solomon that wisest of all the Kings whom God honoured with the building of the Temple Daniel in whom was found an excellent spirit and great dexterity in expounding secrets and mysteries Iohn the disciple whom Iesus loved above all the rest who leaned on Iesus breast Paul who was caught up into the third heavens whose writings saith Chrysostome like a wall of adamant compasse about or surround all the Churches In a word all of them holy men of God moved by the Holy Ghost These being the Penmen how incomparable and extraordinary must their writings needs be who would not study them and earnestly pry into them 3. The matter of the Scripture is most invi●ing able to allure the hearts of men and Angels to the study of them yea to transport and ravish their spirits in the understanding of them Herein are revealed most profound and inexplicable mysteries The nature of the blessed God Simple without composition Al-sufficient without any externall addition immutable without all shadow of alteration Eternall Immense Incomprehensible Omnipresent and wholly Infinite without all limitation c. The Vnity of essence The Trinity of Persons The father not being the Son nor either of them the Holy Ghost yet all of them the Holy God The Secrets of Gods eternall counsels especially touching the electing of his owne in Christ predestinating them to the adoption of children when all others are passed by The curious Order of the Creation to bring his purposes to passe The Permission of mans fall from the Pinacle of his naturall integrity that thereby he might take occasion to glorify the height of justice and mercy in raising him up by Christ to a farre higher pitch of supernaturall felicity The Person and office of Iesus Christ the Mediatour and both altogether wonderfull God and man united in one person to unite God and man in one Covenant The Son of God became the Son of man to make the sons of men sons of God A King to subdue all our enemies to us and us to himselfe A Prophet to unveyle the bosome secrets of his father unto us A Priest offering up himselfe upon himselfe by himselfe offering up himselfe the sacrifice as man upon himselfe the Alta● as God by himselfe the Priest as God-man Christ was humbled and thereby we exalted Christ wounded we healed Christ accused we cleared Christ condemned we justified and acquitted Christ accursed we blessed Christ slaine and we live and Christ conquered that so we might be more then Conquerours through Christ that loves us What shall I say In Scripture is revealed how enemies are reconciled Sinners justified Aliens adopted Beggars made Heirs and co-heirs with Christ and how dust and ashes shall be glorified for evermore Here are unfolded the Covenant of grace wholly made up of heavenly cordials The Promises of the life that now is and that which is to ●ome exceeding great and previous The comforts of God able to counterpoise the deepest disconsolations and Commands surpassing all the lawes in the world in holinesse Iustice and goodnesse Here are discovered The miseries of all that a●e in the first Adam the felicities of all that are in the second Adam and the way how poore soules are translated from those miseries to these felicities Here you shall find God descending to man In preparing all Spirituall priviledges for sinners in Jesus Christ our Saviour In tendering richest Grace by Covenant-Promises and Ordinances and In applying these preparations and tenders actually to the Soule by the Spirit 2 Man ascending unto God by the Spiritualizing of his Nature Acting of his Faith Aspiring of his desires Fervency of his prayers and Holy tendency of his Conversation Yea both God and man

only or 3 both words and matter be cited This would give wonderfull light to many hundreds of passages in the Bible And for this end I have with much care and diligence compiled a Parallel of the Places of the Old Testament any way alledged in the New and had once resolved to have inserted it in this place But to avoid prolixity I must now forbeare it least the Porch prove too big for the building IX Rule The last Direction I shall commend to the Reader for the improvement of heavenly dexterity in and understanding of the holy Scriptures is Endeavour sincerely to practise Scripture and you shall solidly understand Scripture Bernard said truely He rightly reads the Scriptures that turne●s Words into workes Knowing into Doing The mightiest man in practise will in the end prove the mightiest man in Scripture Theory is the guide of Practice Practise the Life of Theory Where Scripture-contemplation and experience meet both together in the same person true Scripture understanding must needs be heightned and doubled To this effect is Christs promise My Doctrine is not mine but his that sent me If any man will do his will he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God To like purpose subscribes the experience of David Thou through thy Commandements hast made me wiser then mine enemies for they are ever with me I have more understanding then all my Teachers for thy testimonies are my meditation I understand more then the Antients because I keep thy Precepts These things Christian Reader I thought fit to commend to thee by way of Preface But shall detaine thee no longer from the Perusall of the Book it selfe The Lord that teacheth his people to profit advance thy spiritual profiting abundantly by both So prayeth He who earnestly desires to be serviceable to Iesus Christ and usefull to his Church and people Fran. Roberts Augustine's London Aug. 26 1647 Aug. 21 1648 CLAVIS BIBLIORVM THE KEY OF THE BIBLE Unlocking The richest Treasury of the Holy Scriptures THE HOLY SCRIPTURES Rom. 1.2 were written by Moses the Prophets the Apostles and other holy men of God Luk. 16.29.31 Eph. 2.20 and 3.5 and 2 Pet. 1.21 The Covenant of God with man in Christ the Mediatour that substantiall or begotten WORD Iohn 1.1 is the Principall Subject Revealed and explained in the whole Scripturall or written WORD Gods COVENANT with man in Christ is represented to us in Holy Scripture principally two wayes viz. 1. As Promised fore-prophecied and typified In Christ to be manifested afterwards in the flesh Hence called the Covenants of Promise Eph. 2.10 Covenants not Covenant because of the severall Publications of the Covenant with more and more Augmentations in severall Points or Periods of time Thus the Covenant is made known in all the Bookes of Scripture written before Christs comming which are therefore called the OLD-COVENANT Heb. 8.13 or the OLD-TESTAMENT 2 Cor. 3.14 2. As performed fulfilled and actually accomplished in Christ already come and manifested in our flesh in fulnesse of time Gal. 4.4 5. Heb. 9. Heb. 10. Thus the Covenant is most clearly and fully unveyled to us in all the Books of Scripture written since Christs coming which are therefore stiled the NEW COVENANT or the NEW TESTAMENT Heb. 8.8 Matth. 26.28 Heb. 9.15 Thus the whole BIBLE is distributed into the 1 Old and 2 New Testament THE OLD TESTAMENT THE OLD TESTAMENT revealing the Covenants of promise in respect of the Penmen whom the Holy Ghost imployed to write the Books thereof is disparted by the Holy Ghost himselfe into two generall heads viz. 1 Moses and 2 the Prophets Luk. 16.29.31 and 24.27 Iohn 1.45 or The Law of Moses and the Prophets Act. 28.23 J. MOSES MOSES the man of God Psal. 90.1 The first Penman of Scripture was an Ebrew borne in Egypt after the worlds creation about 2432 years before Christ about 1496. years The seventh from Abraham the father of the faithfull 1 Chron. 6.1 2 3. and 2.1 and 1.34 As Enoch was the seventh from Adam the father of the world Iude 14. When Moses was borne he was very fair Act. 7.20 21 22. He was marvellously saved from death being drawne out of the water whence his name MOSES i. e. Drawn-forth was given to him Exod. 2 10 He was nourished by King Pharao●s daughter for her own sonne Ex. 2.9 10. Act. 7.21 Learned in all the wisedome of the Egyptians and mighty in words and in deeds Act. 7.22 He lived in Pharaohs Court 40. years and then left the Court choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God c Act. 7.23 Heb. 11.24 25 26. He was a stranger a shepheard in the land of Madian 40. years Act. 7.29.30 Exod. 3. thence God called him to feed Iacob his people and Israel his inheritance He fed Israel most faithfully 40. years Numb 12.7 Heb. 3.2.5 being in the Church in the wildernesse Act. 7.38 with the Angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai and with our fathers where he received the lively Oracles to give unto us and commanded us a law which is the inheritance of the Church of Iacob Deut. 33.4 Of all the Prophets that arose in Israel there was none like Moses whom God knew face to face Deut. 34.10 He dyed 120. years old his eye not being dimme nor his naturall strength abated and was buried of God no man knowing of his sepulcher to this day Deut. 34.5.6.7 MOSES wrote the Law of God in the five first Bookes called in Greek the Pentateuch i. e. The five-fold-volume At first it seemes to be written in one volume or Roll there being such a continued connection of Book with Book Exod. 1.1 Levit. 1.1 Num. 1.1 Deut. 1.1 But was afterwards according to the several subject matters therin contained divided into five severall Books Containing 1 An History of things past 2 A Covenant between God and his Church then present 3 And a Prophecy of further grace to come now exhibited by Iesus Christ Deut. 18.15 c. Iohn 5.46 and 1.17 In Propounding of which things as Ainsworth observes Moses hath a veile upon his glorious face for in the Histories are implied Allegories Gal. 2.24 And in the Lawes are types and shadows of good things to come the body whereof is of Christ Heb. 9.9 and 10.1 Col. 2.17 In Genesis which History endeth with Israels going downe into Egypt we have the image of a naturall man fallen from God into the bondage of sin In Exodus is the type of our Regeneration and State renewed by Iesus Christ. In Leviticus the shadow of our mortification whilst we are made sacrifices unto God In Numbers our spirituall warfare whereunto we are mustered and armed to ●ight the good fight of faith In Deuteronomie the Doctrine of our sanctification and Preparation to enter into our heavenly Canaan after Moses death by the conduct of Iesus the son of God So H. Ainsworth in his Preface before his Annotat. on Gen.