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A11616	Omnibus & singulis Affording matter profitable for all men, necessarie for euery man; alluding to a fathers aduice or last will to his sonne. Now published for the vse of all men, and particularly of those that doe inhabit Great Brittaine and Ireland.	Scot, Patrick.	1619 (1619)	STC 21858.5; ESTC S119563	36,236	124

onely inducement to the exercise of your dutie towards him so the Religious practice of that dutie is the only rule whereby you may liue reposedly and dye cheerefully In this Exercise I doe commend foure things vnto you Heare Pray Meditate and Doc. SECT III. THis hearing whereof I speak consisteth a 1. Tim. 3.16 in the reading of Gods sacred word contained in the Bookes of the old and new Testament and hearing it from Preachers for the whole Scripture is the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 giuen by inspiration of God and is profitable to teach to improue to correct and to instruct in righteousnesse that the mā of God may be made perfit in all good workes The Scriptures are deuided in the old and new Testament b Dicitur vetus testamentum quia priore hoc autem nouum quia posteriore tempore reuelatum est August l. 3. ad Bonifac. Reuelationes eorum considerantur in his nominibus non institutiones Idem ibidem the first is called old because it was reuealed in the former time the other new because it was reuealed in the latter time The difference betwixt the old and new Testament is only in certain c Aliud illi aliud nos sed specie visibili quod tamen idem significaret virtute spirituali Aug. Tom. 3. de spirit lit cap. 20. accidents Ceremonies and dispensation of things in externall forme difference of time but in substance all one and tending to one effect in vertue and efficacie In the old the new is d In veteri nouum latet in nouo vetus patet figured and shadowed in the new is the declaration and manifestation of the old By Moses was the old Testament reuealed and the Law giuen being holy iust and good e Propter veteris hominis noxiā in qua per literam iubentem minitantem minimè sanabatur dicitur vetus testamentū nouum autem propter nouitatem spiritus quae hominem nouum sanat à vitio vetustatis August Tom. 3. ad Marcell cap. 20. seruing rather to bring vs to the knowledge of our owne insufficiencie to fulfill the same then for laying vpon the corrupted sons of Adam that which they were not able to vndergoe The new Testament was reuealed by Christ when he was manifested in the flesh in whom did appeare the righteousnesse of God or the goodnes that comes frō God to vs witnessed by the Law and Prophets In the Euangelical dispensation of the Gospell is the deliuerance of Gods people not from an earthly but from a spirituall bondage of sinne and Satan Heere is a triumph ouer the suppressed enemie not Pharaoh but Satan himselfe Heere is an introduction to possesse not earthly Canaan but heauenly Ierusalem Heere is a Law giuen not in Sina but in Sion not by Angelicall ministerie but by the presence of the Lord himselfe not after a fearefull sort but with wonderfull lenitie and gentlenesse not grauen in stonie Tables but effectually printed in the hearts of the Elect. In the old Testament was bondage and feare in the new libertie glad tidings the ministrie not of death but of life not a rigorous exacter but a mercifull Sauiour not the sacraments of Circumcision and the Passeouer the administration whereof was bloudie but Baptisme the Lords Supper both 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vnbloudie In the new Testament is a Priesthood not Aaronicall not externall not tyed to any one Nation Tribe but spirituall and common to all the faithfull throughout the world In it is a Sacrifice and that bloudie but not of Beasts but the sweet smelling Sacrifice of the precious body and bloud of our Lord and Sauiour Christ Iesus not iterated but finished once for all vpon the Crosse In the new Testament are Ceremonies few and easie to wit the Word Sacraments and Prayers In one word in the old Testament were figures shadowes and promises in the new the fulfilling accomplishment of them all this new Couenant of Grace shal continue to the worlds end and shall giue place to no other but to the eternall fruition of the Kingdome of Heauen Heereby the excellencie of the new Testament is manifest and that both the old and new differing in accidents and circumstances are in substance truth all one and that the one is contained in the other making vp an absolute body f Cū credimus nihil desideramus vltra credere Hoc enim priùs credimus non esse quod vltra credere debemus Tertull lib. de praescript aduers H●ret Scrut mini Scripturas Ioh. 5.39 containing perfit sufficiencie to saluation and whereto we must neither adde nor diminish neither seeke for Christ and saluation elsewhere for this cause we are commanded to search the Scriptures Therefore wouldest thou know what sinne is and the punishment thereof by the Law a Gen. 50. Exod. 90. Leuit. 29. Numb 36. Deut. 39. The fiue Bookes of Moses shall teach thee the Historicall partes of these b Iosua 29. Iudges 21.1 2. Sam. 55.1 2. Kings 97.1 2. Chron. 65. Ezra 10. Nehem. 13. Ester 10. Iob 42. the Books of the Prophets Prouerbs of Salomon and Ecclesiastes will let you see the Reward of the Godly and punishment of the wicked and furnish you with a rich Store-house of Golden sentences and diuine Morall Precepts c Psal 150. Prouerb 31. Eccles 12. Esai 66. Iere. 2.52 Lam. 5. Eze. 48. Daniel 11. Hos 14. Ioel 3. Amos 9. Obe 1. Ionah 4. Micah 5. Nahum 3. Abacu●k 3. Zephania 3. Hagaij 2. Zecha 14. Mal. 4. The Kingly Psalmes of Dauid shall plentifully administer vnto you Heauenly Physicke for all Spirituall diseases d Mat. 28. Mar. 16. Lu. 24. Ioh. 21. The 4. Euangelists shall teach you the Life Doctrine and Death of our Sauiour e Acts 28. The Acts of the Apostles shall acquaint you with the practice of CHRISTS Doctrine in the Primitiue Church f Rom. 16.1 2. Corin. 2.9 Galat. 6. Ephes 6. Philip. 4. Col. 4.1 2. Thes 8.1 2. Tim. 10. Tit. 3. Phile. 1. Heb. 13. Iames 5.1 2. Peter 8.1 2. Iohn 5. Iude 1. Reuel 22. The Epistles of the Apostles shall traine you vp particularly in Christ his Schoole Make vse of the rest of the Bookes called * 3. Esdras 4. Esdras Tob. Iudith Ester Wisdome Eccles Bar. The Song of the three Children S●sanna The Historie of Bell and the Dragon The Prayer of Manastes 1. Mac. 2. Mac. Apocrypha so far as they agree with the Scripture and no further Read the Scriptures with a sanctified and chast heart for vnlesse they be read by the inspiration of GODS Spirit by the which they were written with humilitie and desire to know they remaine as a dead letter in the efficacie thereof as I did aduise you before Admire reuerently such obscure places as by your weake capacity you cannot vnderstand neuer going further in the curious search of diuine Mysteries then either by conferring some other