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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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dicente me ad impium Ars artium regimen animarum Greg. in Past In Arca erant Tabulae Virga Manna Sit discretio virgae quae seriat Greg. 3. Sit consolatio baculi quae sustentet Multo consilio prudentia opus est Pastori mille vt dicitur occulis ad speculandum vndique hebitudinem earum quas gubernat animarum Chrisost in dialog lib. 2. Eadem sepius inculcanda Non est fidelis ministri prurietibus auditorum suorum auribus seruire singulis conscionibus noui aliquid adferre in medium sed diligenter obseruare quid illis immineat mali quod vigilantur sit precauendum deque illo fideliter iterum atque iterum praemonere etiamsi non omnibus saepe iterata admonitio arrideat Decies repetita placebunt Horat. eadem scribere vobis Phil. 3.1 me quidem non grauat vos autem tutos vel cautos reddit Eadem scribere mihi quidem non pigrum vobis autem necessarium eadem scribere vobis me quidem haud piget vobis autem tutum est Quapropter haud negligam vos semper commonere de his tam etsi sciatis confirmati sitis in praesenti veritate etsi periti Hem. 2. Pet. 1 12. Bis ter gloria Dimosth Bis ter idem Cicero in oratione Non vnum hodie cras aliud Chrisost in Ioh. 13. sed semper idem NOw concerning the pride and arrogancie of Preachers I would not willingly leaue you in any thing vnanswered if happely it please God by your repulse shame others may walke more warely wisely in their owne profession and not to busie themselues in other mens callings Let there be an inquisition had and a proclamation made If there be any minister that is a gentleman either in regard of his birth or in respect of his degrees in learning or els in consideration of his publicke place in the common-weale that doth seeke his owne profit and not the Lords praise that doth desire his owne gaine and not the Lords glorie or that doth exalt himselfe aboue the lowest of the poore members of Christ by vertue thereof when they should be humble or that of enuie or malice doth for his reuenge draw the sword of Gods word against any man by priuat or publique administration then let him be bound faithfully to doe the seruice of Christ Phil. 1 1.2 2. Tim. 2 1 Ki n. 19 19. Mat. 9.9 as S. Paule was Let him be presently commaunded to serue the Lord as Elisha was and then let him be enforced to forsake his accounts as Mathew was and if he be not content to doe this and withall to be a Iew 1. Cor. 9 19.20.21 to win the Iewes to be meeke to winne them that are meeke and to vse all means to winne some vnto Christ 1. Sam. 15 8.9 to 26. then let Gods spirit depart from him as it did from Saul and then let his place be giuen to another Mat. 28 3.4.5.6 Acts 1.15 to 26. as it was from Iudas let him be choked and strangled to death as a theefe and a murtherer and let his bowels be drawne and his body be quartered for the fouls of the aire as a traitor cōspirator 2. Tim. 3 1.2 3. Phil. 2.5.6 Christ made himselfe of no reputation although worthy to be taken and esteemed among the worthiest yet he abased himselfe c. as he said Mat 20 28. I came not to be serued but to serue He washed his disciples feet whē they should haue washed his He paied tribute to Caesar when Caesar should haue paied him tribute Christ did it not to be praised of men his praise was of God he did it not to augment his owne glorie for he had alreadie the fulnesse of the Godhead but to throw down the pride of al men especially of the ministers He cared not what he did so he might win a soule He thought his time wel spent and his life well bestowed if at the least he might winne some Let there another proclamation be made and an inquisition had If there be any lawfull Preacher how poore soeuer that doth derogate from the worthinesse of his calling the reuerence the duety the aestimation the fauor the loue and the honor that is due vnto him for feare of men or for loue of mony or doth submit himselfe to my Lord or to my Lady in any seruice that is not beseeming and meet for so great and so stately a professor then after the first and second admonition let him be shut out from the society of the Saints Mat. 18 15. to 19. Let him haue no vse of the word and sacrament Let his goods be confiscated to the vse of the poore and let his body be buried amōg the beasts of the field A minister is not a man basely to demean himselfe so great is the maiesty of his message A minister is not meet for the company of mean men so great is his calling and a minister is not to be seruant to a king that will make him seruile As the words of a lord Chancellor are said to be great because it comes from the King so the words of a minister are said to be great Exod. 4 because it coms from God Thence the Preachers are said to be the mouth of God and their wordes a two edged sword Reu. 19. As fire and smoke comes out of the mouths of Locusts so Gods iudgements doe come from the mouths of ministers by the preaching of the word Ioshua 1. As God said to Ioshua Whosoeuer will not obay the wordes of thy mouth shall die euen so he that obayeth not the words of Gods holy ministers shall surely die Almighty God hath constituted and ordained the saluation of all men to be receiued by the ministerie of the word therefore he hath sanctified it he hath beautified and adorned it with the vse of excellent creatures with the adoration of Kings with the seruice of all angels and with the continuall presence of his owne maiestie Cornelius was an excellent man a man full of morall vertues yet the angell told him that he wanted one thing the angell might haue told him that one thing Acts 10 1. to 48 had not Christ determined his perfectiō his instructiō saluation to be receiued by the preaching of the word The Eunuch was faine to admit of Philip to preach vnto him to baptize him Acts 8 28 to 40. O the might and maiesty royall of Gods most holy word How may the disposers thereof be lightly regarded nay by what reason conscience or law may they be abused Will any man that hath a sonne or a seruant that is profitable vnto him in great matters will he cast him off deface him and euilly intreat him no no but these men are profitable vnto you in all things both for this life and for the life to come much more then ought they to be accounted by how much the more they doe profite you and preferre you Naaman though a great lord of king Arams court with his horses and chariots and all his traine waited at the doore for poore Eliseus Obadiah a Lord of Achabs court 2 King 5 15. fell at Elias feet and said Art thou my Lord Elias The noble Shunamite fell at Elishaes feet and the great Lord of the Queene of Candaces court 1. King 18 7 King 4 37 thought poore Philip a fit a meet man to ride in his chariot This makes plaine the authoritie and the great worthinesse of the ministers Reu 25 8 If the Prophets had this aestimation and honor who were speakers of the law and of Christ to come much more now the ministers who are speakers of the Gospell and warranters that Christ Iesus is alreadie come As the Gospell is to be preferred before the law for the worthinesse of it so the ministers are to be preferred before the Prophets for their worthinesse Kings scorning the reproofe of the Prophets haue bin defaced to the face of the world 1. Chro. 18 19. The ministers haue names of greater Emphasis of greater accent and authoritie than Moses Aaron and the Prophets Here now my good Parishioner I make an end with my harty praier to Almightie God for you and for all such as wander out of the way that hencefoorth you may walke worthie in your owne calling and grounding your owne foundation sure least being troubled with other mens faults your selfe be sound guilty of slaundering Gods most holy word being the instrument of your saluation by slandering the ministers of the same to whose most mercifull direction I humbly recommend you now and hencefoorth Qui pergit que volt dicere que non volt audiet FINIS
and sacrifice for them 2 Mach. 2 5. It is said that Ieremie hid the Arke of the Tabernacle in a caue and that Salomon sanctified the place 2 Mach. 8 9.10 which thing Salomon could not doe because it was no part of his office and he neuer did it the same prophet did euen then reproue the seekers after such places least there shold be any monument or relick of Idolatrie further the death of Antiochus is not agreed vpon for in 1 Mach. 6 5.6 16. it is said That he died with sorrow in the 2. Mach. 9 6.7 the maner of his death is reckoned to be far otherwise It is said that Iudas Machabeus was slaine in Demetrius armie 1 Mach. 9 18. but in the 2 Mach. 1 10.11 he writeth a letter after his death 36 yeares vnto Aristobolus 2 Mach. 1.10.11 he doubteth of his well doing Let the feare of God withdraw you from all vnreuerent handling and iudging hereof The fourth Introduction THe Argument or sum of all the Bible by books and chapters as they ly comprehendeth ten histories or generall matters chaining the scriptures to the saluation of one people in the seruice of God and to the destruction of an another wilfullie nelegcting and obstinatly gainsaying the same whereby you shall see as it were it one view what was most notably done and spoken in euerie age what difference and change there was and vpon what occasion you shall not light into any one booke or chapter but hereby you shal be able to say This or that matter belongeth to such a storie This is the effect of euery booke chapter Here this or that beginneth and there it endeth I haue set before the particular matter of euerie storie seuerally according to the age and continuance thereof which being once perfectly learned shall euer be remembred with the encrease of knowledge and with an admirable change in your selfe to your comfort and to Gods glorie Storie Bookes and Chapters Contents 1 From Gen. 1 To Gen. 7 The Flood 1656. years 2 Gen. 8 Gen. 12 The renouation of the creation 424. yea 3 Gen. 12 Exod. 19 The election in Abram and his seed 430. yea 4 Exod. 12. Ios 1 Their going out of Aegypt to Canaan 40. yea 5 Ios 1 Iudg. 1. Their quiet possession in the same 7. yea 6 Iudg. 1 1. Samuel Of Saul their first king 450. yea 7 1. Sam. Nehem. Their captiuitie in Babylon 490. yea 8 Nehem. Their restoring to libertie 70. yea Ezra Hester 9 Danie Their perpetuall libertie in Christ 490. ye 10 Reuel The birth of Christ to the worlds end by the computation of Elias 2000. ye NOw you must learne what euerie storie doth generally containe what is the sum or whole drift of the holy Ghost in the same which I haue set downe by particulars You must marke where and in what booke or chapter the substance of euerie storie lieth and how it is dispearsed in the Bible most principally note two things to weet what good men was in euerie age or in euerie such storie and what wicked men The particulars of the first storie Fathers Gen. 5. Adam Signifieth Earthly Seth. Setled Enos Sorrowfull Kenan Godly repentance Mahalalel Praise God Jared The lowly Henoch The Sabaoth keeper Methuselah Long life Lamech Heart wounded Noah The Comforter These were the tenne holy fathers before the floud which the holy ghost reckoneth in whom the religion and seruice of God was grounded these published ouer the world that thē was all such effectuall matters tending to religion as was deliuered afterward to Moses in two tables of stone to be continued and enlarged by sacraments and sacrifices by ceremonies and such like ordinances euen vnto the death of Christ there was nothing done in the time of Moses which might not wel be deriued from the law and profession of these men if you compare them by their special instances by them you shal finde true religion maintained and the false detected moreouer by them hard places are made plaine And if you reckon how long euerie of them liued the whole doth perfectly measure the age of that world from Adam to the floud 1656. And for these special causes I haue laid downe briefly their stories ADam was a passing and a most perfect creature disagreeing from all other creatures both in the magnanimitie of his soule and in the excellencie of his bodie in soule he was like to God himselfe for wisdome for innocencie and clearenes in bodie he did beare the fourme and fashion of the goodliest male and female kinde that was to be in the world He comprehended by the light of Gods spirite that the seede of the woman should restore him and all beleeuers into the fauor of God and therefore he called his wife Heua that is to say Life and he called his sonne Seth that is to say Setled and persuaded in the faith of Christ In the commemoration of which seed Adam offered continuall sacrifice the which in the allowance thereof was ordinarilie consumed by fire as was the sacrifice of Abraham in the time of the law By this he may well be called a king a prophet a priest or sacrificer As the original whence he came being earth had relation to what he should returne so the place where he was created being mount Moriah had relation to that place where Christ the high sacrificer should be crucified to the ioy of the world as by many other particulars afterwards was made plaine to be Ierusalem Gen. 22 2. where Isaac was offered as a figure of Christ where Sem or Melchisedech dwelt being the king of peace and iustice 14 18. where Noahs arke rested Gen. 8. where Salomon was commanded to build the temple in the honour of his name 2 Cron. 3 1. When God had chastned the woman and cursed the serpent he said vnto Adam The seed of the woman shall bruse the serpents head Gen 3 15. He liued to instruct Mathuselah in this promise concerning Christ 243 yeares Gen. 5 25.10 11. the rather because Methuselah was appointed of God to liue long and manie yeares after of purpose to teach others That Adam fell the day of his creation all must hold that loue not grosse ignorance our Lord telleth that Satan stood not in the truth Now his falling could not be knowne to vs to iudge of that speech but by the storie of the serpent which Moses ioined with the creation and it were irreligious boldnesse to thrust a practise of life betwixt in another kinde Moreouer our Lord telleth that satan was a murtherer from the beginning speaking vnto Hebrues They now his enemies not onelie graunt but proue by the testimony vniuersall of all their learned that the sixt day the serpent deceiued Eue. If Adam fell not same the day of his creation what did he then on the next seuenth day how bestowed he the sabaoth if he were idle then he gaue an ill president