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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

the sting or the life of death the life of sinne is the law now take away the law take away sin take away sinne then death is dead death is gon and vtterly destroyed d Luke 7 and to conclude your husband sweete Lady is aliue he is not dead but liueth he was a knight on earth he is now a e Gal. 5 Re. 1 6. Cant. 5 1. king in heauen And since his chance was to make such an exchange good Madame be merrie though his companie was your comfort yet be not against his preferment and know this to be a common and a commendable saying Past cure past care Out of remedie out of remēbrance f 1. Sam. 12 20.21.22.23 Dauid whilst his sonne was aliue fasted and wept bitterly but when he was dead he was merrie and reioysed greatly As it is sure whilst your husband was aliue you did the one so now seing he is dead let it be surely seene for good example that you doe the other As Dauid said of his sonne I shall goe to him but he shall not come to me so say you good worshipfull Lady I shall goe to my husband my husband shal not returne to me Beare you the crosse valiantly which you haue taken vp zealously no manner of discōtentment is ioyous for the present time but grieuous neuerthelesse afterwards it bringeth quiet rest As fine Gold is wrought in flaming fire and white siluer in blacke pitch euen so glorie is to be gotten with the depth of danger and pleasure with the price of paine As the roots of a tree are bitter and the fruits sweete euen so of bitter annoy comes pleasant ioy and of an heauie sute happy successe That it may be a parcell of your ioy in heauē to see him which was your ioy in earth remēber the instruction he gaue you whilst he was liuing remēber the councell he gaue you whilst he was dying remember to keepe in practise seriously and sinceerely among your houshold the studie and the excercise of true religion according to the doctrine of Iesus Christ To whose holy tuition and mercifull prouidence I leaue your Ladiship with so many good desires for your godly deserts as miles hath seuered S. Iulian and S. Leonard Yours in the Lord Edw Vaughan Sir William Herberd knight his particulars vpon the tenth story to weet from the birth of Christ to the worlds end COnsider the times from the birth of Christ to the end of the world which by the doctrin of Elias amounteth to 2000 yeares the whole time may be deuided into seuen successiue ages according to the Seuen Churches Reuel 1 4. Seales 5 1. Trumpets 8 6. The two first are ascribed to the church of Ephesus and Smyrma which accomplished the first 300 yeares for it is manifest that the things spoken to those churches concerne the first 300 yeares after Christ that is to say The examination of false Apostles the hating of the Nicolaitans heresies the induring of the extreame malice of the Iews Reu. 2 10. and of the ten persecutions with patience and constancie is called the tribulation of ten daies The third deuision belongeth to the church of Pergamus to which as to each that follow we attribute 340 yeares which reacheth from the yeare of our Lord till the 640. That age is cōmended for constancie in the truth and because there were then some that doted vpon images and had ordained dedication to the Idols temple to the martyrs and vigils in their honour which was a spirituall fornication practised of the Nicolaitans this age was therefore thus reprooued I haue a few things to say to thee because thou hast maintained the doctrine of Balaam which taught Balac to put a stumbling blocke before the children of Israel and that they should eat things sacrificed to Idols and to commit fornication Reu. 2 14. The fourth deuision or age is appropriated to the church of Thiatira extending from the yeare 640 to the yeare 980. The church in this age is commended for hir great deuotion but because it permitted the church of Rome to vsurpe authoritie and to be another Iesabel in Samaria drawing people to Idolatrie it is therefore reproued the plagues that God would bring vpon the church of Rome are declared and the children of the true church exhorted to continue in the antient faith which they haue already receiued The fift deuision or age is the church of Sardic which beginneth at the yere 980 continued till the yeare 1332. In this age the spirit of Iesabel was growne so strong and hir Achab so wicked that the visible church bare onely the name of a church the doctrine generally corrupted and things reduced touching the publicke worshipping of the Almightie vnto that miserable estare that they resembled the raigne of Achab and Iesabel wherein Elias had so greatly complained yet God had then his secreat elect expressed in these wordes I know thy workes and where thou dwellest Reu. 2 13. euen where Sathans throne is thou keepest my name and hast not denied the faith The sixt deuision appertaineth to the church of Philodelphia which containes the times that we liue and all the yeares from 1320 till the yeare of our Lord 1660. In this age of the church the truth of the doctrine is replenished and the truth of the Gospell florished notwithstanding all indeuours against it the faithfull are endued with spirituall strength thus I haue set before thee an open doore and no man can shut it for thou hast a little strength and hast kept my works Reu. 3 8. and hast not denied my name The seuenth deuision or age is attributed to the yeare 2000 this age forgetting the mercie of God wil proue to be carelesse of heauenly things being neither hote nor cold Therefore God will loath and abhorre this age manifest in these wordes I know thy workes and tribulation and pouertie but thou art ritch and I know the blasphemie of those which say they are Iews and are not Reu. 2.8.9 but are the synagogue of Sathan Besides these mysteries of the seuen churches let vs receiue farther instruction in the opening of the seuen seales concerning those things from the birth of our sauiour vnto the end of the world THe first seale being opened is discouered the preaching of the Gospell and the victories of Christ in subduing multitudes to his truth I beheld and loe there was a while horse and he that sate on him had a bow and a crowne was giuen vnto him Reu. 6 1.2 and he went out conquering that he might ouercome Hereof speakes that princely prophet Dauid Psal 45. Good lucke haue thou with thine honour ride on because of the word of truth of meekenesse and righteousnesse thine arrowes are verie sharpe and the people shal be subdued vnto thee euen in the middest among the kings enemies thy seal O God endureth for euer the scepter of thy kingdome is a right scepter 1.

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

yeare 1323. The next verse hath relation to the beginning of the times of the church of Philodelphia when as the truth began to be taught blessed is he that waiteth and commeth to 1335 dayes That extreame pollution of the spirituall temple was such as it hath an alogie with the vtter destruction of the temple at Ierusalem by Vaspatian and Titus It was prefigured in the yeare and halfe and odde daies of Antiochus horrible tiranny in Ierusalem from the fourth yeare and some moneths more of his raigne whereas he caused the law of Moses to be abolished the sacrifices to cease the temple to be defiled the abhominable idol of Iupiter Olimpius to be worshipped for the space of 1290 daies till the eight yeare that Iudas Machabeus clensed the temple and decked it with crownes and shields of Gold a figure of Christ Iesus The time of extreame darkenesse and tyranny of Antechrist by Achab and Iesabell had Elias been of this age he would haue so cried out as he did then but God would haue answered I haue a few names in Sardie that haue not defiled their garments The seale opened openeth vnto vs that in this age the soules of the Martirs crieth for vengance at the hands of God who lost their liues for the truths sake and for that they would not embrace falshood But it was told them that they should rest till the number of their bretheren were fulfilled who should also be slaine by Antechrist This trumpet telleth vs He had gotten the key of the bottomelesse pit and opened the gulfe of hell and hence produced an innumerable companie of Locusts that is to say of friers monkes and such like the smoke of whose errors darkened the bright sunne of the Gospell and the aire of mens minds but these haue not power ouer Gods elect The sixt trumpet comprehendeth the times of the church of Philodelphia and the opening of the sixt seale Reu. 9 8. in these the gospell is preached the Babylonians fallen the synagogue of sathan shal be subdued the elect of God are sealed Antechrist with his kings confederates shal be astonished At the iudgement of God they shall crie Mountaines fall vpon vs. This trumpet sheweth that not onely the spirituall temple shall be re-edified by the true Zorobabel Iesus Christ and the gospel preached generally but also many particulars touching the same which to auoid tediousnesse I must leaue The seuenth trumpet is agreeable to the euent of the church of Laodicia Reu. 5 ● whom the Lord as soone as he tasteth will spew out of his mouth It hath resemblance to the opening of the seuenth seale which doth intimate vnto vs the euerlasting sabaoth and rest for a mightie angell lifted vp his hand to heauen and sware by him that liueth for euermore which created all things that Time should be no more but in the daies of the voice of the seuenth angell when he shall begin to blow the trūpet And there were great voices in heauen saying The kingdome of this world are our Lords and his Christ and he shall raigne for euer Then the 24 elders which sate before God fell vpon their faces and worshipped God saying We giue thee thanks O Lord God almightie c. The fift Introduction YOu shall doe well to obserue this order and thereby you may be able to vnfold hard and intricate places and to expound all such parts or parcell of the scripture as doe come in question doubtfully The fiue books of Moses and the foure Euangelists doe comprehend generally and most principally the rules of iustice discerning betwixt good and euill which was in the beginning grafted in the soules of our first parents and afterwards in writing that we might the better know our creator and our selues with threats restraining vs from euill and with promises persuading vs to vertue which bookes in my method were called Laegall The twelue next books that are in the old and the acts in the new doth comprehend all those things that were either famously done or famously spoken in good or euil called historical For the reading and speedy vnderstanding thereof you must learne by heart these three particulars Principall 1 Times 2 Places 3 Persons If Time Whether Past Present To come If place Whether For warre For religion For worldly affaires If persons VVhether Politicke Religious Publique Priuate The sixt Jntroduction THese books following next in order to weet Iob Psal Pro. Ecclesiastes Cant. 14 Epistles of S. Paule and seuen other being catholicall Epistles doe comprehend the wisdome of God for the instruction of euerie member of Christ particularly as occasion by time and place is offred They are called Sapientall which are thus to be vnderstood 1 Consider the chapter or verses going before or following after any such matter taken in hand you shall finde that it helpeth much 2 By some quotation opposite in the margent 3 By some notes after this sort marked as a starre * at the beginning of some verses and sometimes at the end the one expounds the other if you compare them 4 By these notes ¶ shewing the end of one matter and the beginning of an other 5 These notes ‖ at the end in the middle or in the beginning pointeth you to the margent for some short definition of wordes desscription of places or aetymologie of names 6 To what Parable miracle or historie that doe pertaine which you haue in hand 7 The time whether houres daies weekes moneths or yeares night or day sunday or holyday Confer it with the like els where by marking what was done 8 If there be any thing spoken of God the creator as of his head his arme his hand or any part of his body c. By the head you must vnderstand his principallitie or gouernment by the arme his strength by the hand his giuing and helping and so throughout the rest of his members named in scripture The like is to be considered of all other creatures bearing life which are vsed in scriptures for the better explaining of hard places You are verie carefullie to consider the nature and propertie of euerie such thing and then make your comparison by a spirituall application 9 If there be a speech of the quantitie length breadth height depth c. or of the qualitie as hard soft bitter sweet gentle currish 10 If there be any thing spoken in one place that is not to be leueld and made plaine in another then take it not literally you must seeke for some other sence 11 If it be spoken by similitude phrase comparison figure parable c. then goe no further the interpretation thereof is easie marking well their manners properties and kinde 12 If there bemention made of these numbers 3 4 6 7 10 12 the matter adioyning will shew you whether it be good or euill then compare euerie such mumber with the like If there be any thing of faith of religion of life and conuersation then compare it with the