THE HISTORIE OF THE BIBLE, BRIEFly collected by way of Question and ansvver.
Read and corrected by the Author.
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That your daies may be multiplied, and the daies of your children, &c.
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To the Christian Reader.
CHristian Reader, this booke was lately published in print, and giuen forth to be mine, wherein they haue iniured both thee and me. Thee in publishing a Pamphlet so faultie and with so many wants. The iniurie to me is, because that was giuen forth to be mine, which I did neuer write, nor read ouer written by others, vntill I saw it in print. When my children first began to speake for the furtherance of them and my seruants in the knowledge of the Historie of the Bible, after a Chapter read at our meales, at dinner out of the old Testament, at supper out of the new: I gaue thē by word of mouth onely, such obseruations as I thought fit for their capacitie & vnderstanding, and by their answers to my questions, I daily tooke an account how they vnderstood and retained the [Page]same in memorie. After 26. yeares continuance in this exercise, by some vnaduised youth, or vndiscreete seruant of mine, some Printer gate it: wherof whē I had an inckling, I trauelled to some in authoritie, and by labouring with them gat it staied not to be printed in Londō: yet it comming forth, they printing it otherwhere without my knowledge or liking: I thought it my dutie beeing thereto intreated also by others, to read it ouer, and in some sort to redresse the abuse offered vnto thee by the former Impression. And I beseech the Lord to blesse this and all other my labours in some measure to be profitable to thee & his church.
GENESIS.
Question.
VVHat is Religion?
Answer.
A knitting of vs againe to God.
Q. How felt we from God?
A. By the sinnes of Adam and Euah.
Q. How are we reconc [...] vnto God?
A. By the righteousnes of Iesus Christ, which is the new and second Adam.
Q. Where find you this?
A. In the Bible.
Q. How is the Bible diuided?
A. Into the old Testament and the new.
Q. How is the old Testament diuided?
A. Into the Lawe and the [Page 2]Prophets.
Q. Who writ the law?
A. Moses.
Q. In how many bookes?
A. In fiue.
Q. What cal you the first book?
A. Genesis.
Q. Why is it so called?
A. Because it containeth the first generation of all creatures.
Q. How is Genesis diuided?
A. Into three parts: the creation of the world: the decay of the world: and the repaire of it againe.
chapter 1 The creation of the world.Q. Who made the world?
A. God.
Q. Whereof?
A. Of nothing.
Q. Wherewith?
A. With his word.
Q. In how many daies?
A. In sixe.
Q. VVhat did God make the [Page 3]first day?
A. Heauen, earth, and light.
Q. What did he make the second day?
A. The firmament, and separated the waters.
Q. What did he the third day?
A. He gathered the waters into one place: he made drie land to appeare; he made herbs and trees.
Q. What did God make the fourth day?
A. Sunne, Moone, and starres.
Q. What made he the fift day?
A. Birds and fishes.
Q. VVhat made he the sixt day?
A. Creeping things, beasts, and Man.
chapter 2 Q. What did God the seauenth day?
[Page 4]A. He rested and sanctified it to be a Sabbath.
Q. What is a Sabbath?
A. A rest.
Q. What must we do on the Sabbath day?
A. Holy things.
Q. What are those holy things?
A. Hearing and learning the word of God preached, praying, receiuing the Sacraments, and meditating vpon Gods creatures.
Q. Wherof was Adam made?
A. Of the dust of the earth.
Q. Wherof was Euah made?
A. Of the ribbe of Adam.
Q. Where were they set to dwell?
A. In the garden of Eden.
Q. What were they forbidden to do?
A. That they should not eate of the fruite of the tree of [Page 5]knowledge of good and euil.
Q. Did they obey God or not?
A. No: they did eate of the fruite of the tree of knowledge of good and euill.
chapter 3 The decay of the world. Q. What did God with them for breaking his commandement?
A. He cursed them.
Q. Whom did God curse?
A. Adam, Euah, and the serpent.
Q. Why did God curse the serpent, seeing the serpent did not eate of it?
A. Because he prouoked thē.
Q. Did all the world remaine vnder this curse or no?
A. No: God promised that the seede of the woman should breake the head of the serpent.
Q. Who was that seed of the woman?
A. Iesus Christ.
Q. What is the efficient cause [Page 6]of mans saluation?
A. The loue of God.
Q. What is the materiall cause?
A. The death and passion of Iesus Christ.
Q. What is the instrumentall cause?
A. Faith.
Q. What is the finall cause?
A. To glorifie God.
Q. How in this world?
A. By seruing him.
Q. How in the world to come?
A. By beeing glorified with him.
Q. After that Adam & Euah were accursed, where were they set to dwell?
A. Abroad in the world.
Q. What children had they?
A. Cain and Abel.
Q. How were they brought vp?
A. In the feare of God.
Q. Did they both serue God?
[Page 7] A. Yes.
Q. Did they both serue God rightly?
A. No: Cain serued God in hypocrisie.
Q. What hinderance was there then to religion?
A. The deuill prouoked Cain to kill his brother Abel.
Q. Did Cain kill Abel?
A. Yes.
Q. What did God with Cain for killing his brother?
A. He cursed him.
Q. Did God with this curse take away all graces from Cain and his posteritie, as well as the graces of adoption?
A. No: Cain was the first builder of cities. Iubal the first player of instruments. Tubal the first inuenter of smiths craft. And Iabal the first dweller in tents.
[Page 8] Q. Cain beeing cursed, and Abel killed, whom did God raise vp to serue him?
chapter 5 A. Sheth.
Q. Rehearse the Fathers before the flood?
A. Adam, Sheth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalaleel, Iered, Henoch, Methushelah, Lamech, and Noah.
Q. Who was the oldest man that euer liued?
A. Methusnelah.
Q. How long liued he?
A. Nine hundred sixtie and nine yeares.
Q. What became of Henoch?
A. He was taken vp both bodie and soule to walke with God.
Q. How many were so taken vp beside him?
A. Two: Eliah, and Iesus Christ.
[Page 9] Q. In what time were these taken vp?
A. Henoch, before the law: Eliah, in the law: and Iesus Christ in the Gospell.
Q. Why were they thus takē vp?
A. That they might be three figures of our resurrection, that we shall rise againe both body and soule to walke with God.
chapter 6 Q. Did religion continue in the posteritie of Sheth?
A. N [...] [...]
Q. In whose daies decayed it?
A. In the daies of Enoch.
Q. What signe or shew was there of the decay of religion?
A. When the sonnes of God saw that the daughters of men were faire, they tooke thē wiues of whom soeuer they liked.
Q. Who were the sons of God?
A. The posterity of Sheth.
Q. Who were these daughters [Page 10]of men?
A. The posterity of Cain.
Q. What fruit came of these marriages?
A. Gyants, monstrous men in conditions.
Q. What did God with the world beeing thus replenished?
A. He drowned it.
Q. Was all the world drowned?
A. No.
Q. Who were saued?
A. Noan, [...], his sons, and their wiues.
Q. Wherein were they preserued?
A. In the Arke.
Q. Did the Arke preserue thē?
A. No, God did shut it.
Q. How long rained it?
A. Fourtie daies and fourty nights.
Q. How long did the waters preuaile vpon the face of the earth?
[Page 11] A. One hundred and fiftie daies.
chapter 8 Q. When the waters were decreased, what messengers did Noah send foorth?
A. A Rauen and a Doue.
Q. Whether brought the better newes?
A. The Doue brought an Oliue leafe in her mouth.
Q. When the waters were gone, did Noah come forth of the Arke?
A. No: he tarried seauen daies: for he said, as he went in at Gods commandement, so he would come forth.
Q. When God commaunded him to come forth, what was the first thing he did?
A. He offered sacrifice vnto God.
Q. Did God accept his sacrifice?
A. Yes.
Q. How know you?
[Page 12] A. Because he promised that he would neuer drown the world againe.
chapter 7 The repaire of the world.Q. What assurance gaue God of this promise?
A. He sealed it vp with the figne of the Rainebow.
Q. What did Noah after this?
A. He planted a vineyard and was drunke.
Q. What did his sonnes vnto him in his drunkennesse?
A. Ham made a mocke at his fathers nakednes: Shem and Iapheth took a garment & couered their fathers nakednes.
Q. What said Noah when hee awoke and knew what his sons had done vnto him?
A. He said, Cursed be Ham, and blessed be Shem and Iapheth.
Q. What nations came of these three sonnes of Noah?
[Page 13] A. Of Shem, came the Israelites. Of Ham, came the Cananites. Of Iapheth came the Centiles.
chapter 11 Q. Did the posteritie of the world take any warning by the flood or not?
A. No: they built them a citie and a tower that should reach vp to heauen.
Q. Who was the chiefe in this building?
A. Nimrod, a mightie hunter and spoiler of men.
Q. What did they seeke in their building?
A. A name, and that they might not be scattered vpon the face of the earth.
Q. Did God like of their building?
A. No: he scattered them vpon the face of the earth, and confounded their language.
Q. What name got they?
[Page 14] A. Babel, which is confusiō.
Q. They being thus scattered, what became of them?
A. The tenth chapter sheweth the places and countries where they dwelt, some cities which they built, and the people which came of them.
Q. Rehearse the fathers after the flood?
A. Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, and Abraham.
chapter 12 Q. After the confusion of languages, whom did God raise vp to serue him.
A. Abraham.
Q. Whence had he him?
A. Out of the land of Vr.
Q. Whither had he him?
A. Into the land of Canaan.
Q. Rehearse Abrahams iourneyes?
A. Haran, Haai, Egypt, Bethel: [Page 15]the vale of Mamre. Gerar, Moriah, and Hebron.
Q. What was the first thing that Abraham did when he came to any place?
A. He sought a place to serue God in.
Q. What befel to him at Harā?
A. He loytered by the way, and his father Terah died.
Q. What befell to Abraham at Haai?
A. There was a famine.
Q. Whither went he to dwell thē?
A. Into the land of Egypt.
Q. What befell to him there?
A. His wife was taken away by proud king Pharaoh.
Q. Did Pharaoh commit wickednesse with her?
A. No: the Lord would not suffer him.
Q. Had Abraham his wife againe?
[Page 16] A. Yes.
Q. Whither went he then?
A. To Bethel.
Q. What befell there?
A. There was a quarrel betweene Abrahams seruants & Lots.
Q. How was the quarrell ended?
A. Abraham said to Lot, If thou wilt go on the left hand, I will go on the right: or, if thou wilt go on the right hand, I will go on the left.
Q. Whither went Lot then?
A. To Sodome.
Q. What manner of place was Sodome?
A. A pleasant place, but the people were wicked.
Q. Whither went Abraham then?
chapter 14 A. To the plaine of Mamre.
Q. What befell to Lot for [Page 17]dwelling in such a wicked place among so wicked people?
A. He was taken prisoner by foure kings.
Q. Did he continue prisoner?
A. No: the Lord deliuered him by the hand of Abraham.
Q. When Abraham came frō the battell, who met him?
A. Melchizedeck king of Salem, and the king of Sodom.
Q. Why came Melchizedeck?
A. To bring bread & wine for Abrahams armie.
Q. Why came the king of Sodome?
chapter 15 A. For his men againe.
Q. Abraham hauing ouercome the foure kings, and fearing least the whole countrie would rise vp against him, how did God comfort him?
A. He promised him a sonne.
Q. How would Sarah Abrahams [Page 18]wife haue this promise performed?
chapter 16 A. By a handmaid, named Hagar.
Q. Had Araham a sonne by her?
A. Yes.
Q. What was his name?
A. Ishmael.
Q. Did God like this deuise of Sarah, that shee would haue his promise performed by sinne?
A. No: shee was the first that sinarted for it: for shee was despised of her maid Hagar.
Q. These troubles beeing in Abrahams house, how was his faith streng thened?
chapter 17 A. God promised him a sonne by his wife Sarah.
Q. What assurance gaue he of this promise?
A. He sealed it vp with the Sacrament of circumcision.
[Page 19]Q. Did the Sodomites continue in their wickednesse?
chapter 18 A. Yes: they waxed worse and worse.
Q. What did the Lord then?
A. He came downe to see their wickednesse, and reuealed vnto Abraham the destruction thereof.
Q. What did Abraham?
A. He prayed for them.
Q. What said the Lord?
A. He said he would spare thē, if there were only ten righteous persons found in Sodom.
Q. What did the Lord when he could not finde tenne righteous persons in that sinfull citie?
chapter 19 A. He sent downe fire and brimstone from heauen and consumed them.
Q. Were all the inhabitants of Sodome defiroyed.
A. No: Lot, his wife, and [Page 20]his two daughters were preserued.
Q. What became of his sonnes in law?
They were destroyed with the rest of the city, be cause they made a mocke at their fathers warning.
Q. What became of Lots wife?
A. Shee looked backe, and was turned into a pillar of salt.
Q. Whather wont Lot to dwell then?
A. To a litle citie called Zoar.
Q. Whither went he thence?
A. Into the mountaines.
Q. What befell to him there?
A. His two daughters made him drunke, and lay with him.
Q. What fruite came of that incestuous act?
A. There were two childrē borne, Moab, and Ben-ammi, the fathers of two cursed nations, [Page 21]the Moabites, & the Ammonites.
Q. In the euening before Sodome was destroyed, how did it appeare vnto Abraham?
A. Like a paradise of God.
Q. How did it appeare in the next morning?
A. Like the smoke of a furnace, vers. 28.
chapter 20 Q. Whither went Abraham to dwell then?
A. To the land of Gerar.
Q. What befell to him there?
A. His wile was taken away by king Abimclech.
Q. Did he commit wickednes with her?
A. No, the Lord would not suffer him.
Q. Had Abraham his wife againe?
A. Yes.
Q. Had he a sonne according [Page 22]to promise?
A. Yes.
Q. How called he his name?
A. Isaac.
Q. VVho nurced him?
A. His mother Sarah.
Q. What did Abraham when he was weaned?
A. He made a feast.
Q. What befell at the feast?
A. Ishmael mocked Isaac.
Q. What befell to Ishmael for mocking Isaac?
A. He and his mother were banished.
chapter 22 Q. How did God prooue Abrahams faith?
A. He bad him offer his sonne Isaac in sacrifice.
Q. Did he offer him?
A. Yes.
Q. Did he kill him?
A. No: the Angell of the Lord appeared vnto him and [Page 23]said, Abraham, Abraham, stay thy hand.
Q. What did Abraham then offer in stead of his sonne?
A. A Ram, which was tyed by the hornes in a bush.
Q. Where was it that Abraham did offer his sonne?
A. At Moriah.
Q. What possession did Abraham buy in the land of Canaan?
A. He bought a field to burie his dead in.
Q. Whom did he burie there?
A. His wife Sarah.
Q. How long liued she?
A. One hundred twenty & seuen yeares.
Q. How was Isaac brought vp?
A. In the feare of God.
Q. How was he married forth?
A. To a woman named Rebecca.
chapter 25 Q. Had Abrahā another wife?
[Page 24] A. Yea, Keturah.
Q. How many children had he by her?
A. Sixe sonnes.
Q. Rehearse their names.
A. Zimran, Iockshan, Medan, Midian, Ishback, and Shuah.
Q. Had these any inheritance with Isaac?
A. No: he gaue all his goods to Isaac, and gaue gifts to his other sonnes, & sent them away into the East frō his son Isaac.
Q. How long liued Abraham?
A. One hundred scuentie and fiue yeares.
Q. Where was Abraham buried?
A. His two Sonnes Isaac & Ismael buried him in the caue of Machpelah by his wife Sarah
Q. Had Isaac any children by Rebecca?
A. Yes: 2. sons, Esau & Iacob.
[Page 25] Q. Whether of them was the elder?
A. Esau.
Q. How lost he his birthright?
A. He sold it to Iacob for a messe of pottage.
Q. What befell in the daies of Isaac?
chapter 26 A. There was a famine.
Q. Whether went he then?
A. Into the land of Gerar.
Q. What befell to him there?
A. The Lord appeared vuto him, and promised to giue the land of Canaan to his seede.
Q. What befell there more?
A. He denied his wife: the Lord made him to prosper, in so much that the inhabitants of the countrie ennied him and slopped his wels.
Q. Whether went he then?
A. To Beer-sheba.
Q. What befell there?
A. The Lord appeared vnto [Page 26]to him and comfort him.
Q. What was the first thing he did there?
A. He offered facrifice vnto God.
Q. Whilst he was there who came vnto him?
A. Abimelech, Abuzzath, & Pichol the chiefe captaine of his armie.
Q. Wherefore came they?
A. To make a league with them.
Q. How did Esau loose the blessing?
chapter 27 A. Iacob came first, and brought kids dressed like venison, and said that he was his first borne, and so got the blessing.
Q. What said Esau when Iacob had goiten both birth-right and blossing from him?
A. He said, The daies of [Page 27]mourning for my father will come shortly, then wil I slay my brother Iacob.
Q. To preuent this, whither did Isaac & Rebecca send Iacob?
chapter 28 A. To Padan Aram to marrie a wife.
Q. What company had he?
A. His staffe in his hand.
Q. What lodging had he that night?
A. Hee laid him downe on the ground, and a stone vnder his head.
Q. What appeared to him there?
A. A ladder standing at his head, the top whereof reached vp to heauen, the Angels of God went vp and downe by it, and God aboue it.
Q. Who was that ladder?
A. Iesus Christ, who is the way, the truth, and the life, Ioh. 4
[Page 28]Q. What did he learne thereby?
A. That the angels of the Lord were continually ready to bring downe comfort and succour to the faithfull: but to the wicked, plagues and punishments.
Q. What did he in the morning?
A. He tooke the stone and set it vp as a pillar, & powred oyle on it, and said: if God will bee with me, and keepe me in this lourney, which I goe, and giue me bread to eate, & cloathes to put on; so that I may returne to my fathers house in safety, then shall the Lord bee my God, and this stone shal be his house, and I will come and serue him heere.
Q. Did the Lord prosper his iourney?
chapters 25,30 A. Yes: for he had wiues, children, and substance.
[Page 29]Q. How many wiues had hee?
A. Two: Leah and Rahel.
Q. How many children had he in Padan Aram?
A. Eleuen sonnes and one daughter.
Q. Rehearse their names?
A. Reuben, Simeon, Leui, Iuda, Issachar, Zebulon, Dan, Gad, Asher, Nepthali, Ioseph, and Dinah, his daughter.
Q VVhat substance had hee?
A. Hee had men seruants, maid seruants, flocks ossheepe, heards of cattel, & great riches.
Q. How long serued he in Padan Aram?
chapter 30 A. Twentie yeares: viz. seauen yeres for Leah; seuen yeres for Rahel; & sixe for his riches.
Q. VVhy did hee not remaine with Laban?
A. Because the Lord commanded him to returne into his [Page 30]countrey.
Q. When he returned, with whom had he controuersie?
A. With Laban, with God, and with his brother Esau.
Q. How was the controuersie ended with Laban?
A. God charged Laban in a dreame that he shouldspeake nothing but good to Iacob.
Q. How was the controuersie endedwith God?
A. He wrestled with God, who gaue him a pinch in the thigh, that he halted euer after; but he left not wrestling vntill he obtained the blessing.
Q. How was the controuersie ended with Esau?
A. With faire words.
Q. Whither went Iacob then?
chapters 33,34 A. Vnto Sechem: and there he bought a parcell of ground of Hamor Shechems father, for [Page 31]an hundred pieces of siluer.
Q. Why went he not to Bethel according to the vow and promise he had made?
A. He was so rich he had forgotten his promise made when he was poore.
Q. How did God punish him?
A. His daughter Dinah was rauished: Simeon and Leui became murtherers, and he stanke before all the countrey.
Q. Whither went he then?
chapter 35 A. To Bethel.
Q. What charge gaue he vnto his houshold?
A. He charged them to put away their straunge gods, to clense their hearts, and change their garments.
Q. What did the Lord for the confirmation and strengthning of his faith?
A. He changed his name [Page 32]from Iacob to Israel. ch. 32.28.
Q. What befell as hee parted from Bethel?
A. Rahel died in childbirth.
Q. What called shee the childs name?
A. Ben-oni: the sonne of mine affliction.
Q. What did his fathers call him?
A. Beniamin.
Q. Whether went he then?
A. Beyond Migdal-eder.
Q. What befell to him there?
A. Beuben lay with his fathers concubine.
Q. How old was Isaac when he died?
A. One hundred and fourescore yeares.
Q. Who buried him?
A. His two sonnes Esau and Iacob.
Q. Where went Iacob when his father Isane died?
[Page 33] chapter 17 A. In the land of Canaan.
Q. What befell to Ioseph?
A. His brethren hated him: because his father loued him best; because of his dreames, & because he told his father of their euill sayings.
Q. What would they haue done with him?
A. They would haue killed him.
Q. Who saued him?
A. Ruben and Iudah said vnto the rest, he is our brother, let vs not shed his blood.
Q. What did they with him?
A. They put him in a pit.
Q. What did they then?
A. They made a feast.
Q. Were all present at the feast?
A. No: Ruben was absent.
Q. What did they then with Ioseph.
[Page 34] A. They sold him to the Ishmalitish marchants for twentie peeces of siluer.
Q. When Reuben came to the pitte and found not Ioseph there, what did he?
A. He rent his cloathes, and went to his brethren, and said, The childe is not yonder, and I, whither shall I goe?
Q. What did the Isomalitish marchants with him?
A. They carried him into Egypt, and sold him to Potiphar an cunuch of Pharaohs.
Q. Who was Iudah his wife?
chapter 38 A. The daughter of Shuah a Cananite.
Q. How many sonnes had he by her?
A. Three: Er, Onan, and Shelah.
Q. What became of Er, & Onan?
A. The Lord slewe them [Page 35]because of their wickednesse.
Q. What is set downe of Iudah?
A. He lay with Thamar his daughter in law.
Q. What said Iudah when it was told him that Thamar his daughter in lawe had plaied the harlot and was with child?
A. He had them bring her forth and burne her.
Q. What learne you from hence?
A. That the law which was written in mans heart, taught them that who redome should be punished with death: for as yet the law was not giuen.
Q. When Potithar had brought Ioseph into Egypt, what did hee with him?
A. He made him ruler ouer his house.
Q. What did he with him afterward?
[Page 36] A. He put him in prison because his wife slandered him, & said that he would haue lien with her.
Q. What did Ioseph beeing in prison?
chapter 40 A. He receiued mercie at the hands of the Lord, & found fauour at the master of the prisō.
Q. What is set downe besides whilest he continued in prison?
A. He expounded the chiefe butlers & chiefe bakers dreams, beeing prisoners with him.
Q. Who then deliuered Ioseph out of prison?
chapter 41 A. Pharaoh; because he expounded his dreames.
Q. What did Pharaoh with him after this?
A. He made him ruler ouer all Egypt, taking the ring from his owne finger, and putting it on Iosephs, he arraied Ioseph [Page 37]in garments of fine linnen, and put a golden chaine about his necke.
Q. When Ioseph was ruler ouer Egypt what did he?
A. He gathered corne, in the seauen years of plentie, to serue in the seauen yeares of famine, according to the interpretation of Pharaohs dreames.
Q. What hapned then?
chapter 42 A. The famine was so great in the land of Canaan, that Iacob was enforced to send his sonnes into Egypt for corne.
Q. Did Ioseph know his brethren?
A. Yes.
Q. How did he vse them?
A. Roughly both in word and deed, for he called them spies, he accused them of theft, he imprisoned them, and sent them for Beniamin.
[Page 38]Q. Did he this of malice, because they had vsed him so cruelly?
A. No; he did it to trie their repentance for their former sins, and their loue to their brother Beniamin.
Q. How aften came Iosephs brethren?
chapter 45 A. Twise.
Q. Came Beniamin?
A. Yes.
Q. What reason had Ioseph to trie their loue towards Beniamin, rather then to any of the rest?
A. Because Rahel had no more children but himselfe and Beniamin.
Q. What did Ioseph after this?
chapter 46 A. He made himselfe known vnto his brethren, and fent for his father.
Q. How long was it from that time that he was sold by his brethren, [Page 39]vntill the time that he made himselfe knowne vnto them?
A. It was 22. yeares: at 17. he was sold: at 30. he stood before Pharaoh: then seauen years of plentie were past, & in the second yeare of the famine he made himselfe knowne.
Q. Came Iacob?
A. Yes.
Q. How many soules came with Iacob into Egypt?
chapter 47 A. Seauentie.
Q. What said Ioseph vnto Pharaoh concerning his father and his brethren?
A. He said they were poore Shepheards in the land of Canaan.
Q. How old was Iacob then?
A. One hundreth and thirtie yeares.
Q. Where dwelt Iacob then?
A. In the land of Goshen.
[Page 40] Q. When Iacob was sicke who came to visite him?
chapter 48 A. Ioseph with his two sons Manasseth and Ephraim.
Q. What said Iacob to Ioseph?
A. Hee commanded and made him to sweare that hee would carrie him out of Egypt, and burie him in the land of Canaan.
Q. How long lined Iacob in Egypt?
A. Seuenteene yeares, and 130. before: in all he liued 147. yeares.
Q. Did Iacob make a will before his death?
A. Yes.
Q. To whome gaue he the kingdome?
A. To Iudah; because Reuben lay with his fathers concubine, and Simcon and Leui had bloodie hands.
[Page 41]Q. Who had the Priesthood?
A. Leui.
Q. How fell it out that he had the priesthood?
A. Because his hands were sanctified with the slaughter of the idolaters. Exod. 32.28.
Q. Who had the double portion?
A. Ioseph, because he had more afflictions, then his brethren.
Q. How many things did belong to Reuben as to the elder?
A. Three: the kingdome: the priest-hood: and the double portion.
Q. Rehearse Iacobs twelue sons?
A. They were rehearsed before all sauing Beniamin.
Q. Rehearse the twelue tribes?
A. Reuben, Simeon, Iudah, Issachar, Zebulon, Dan, Gad, Asher, Nepthali, Beniamin, [Page 42]Ephraim, and Manesseth.
Q. Which of Iacobs sonnes are left forth?
A. Leui and Ioseph: Leui, because he had bloodie hands; and Ioseph, because he had the double portion, more afflictions then his brethren.
Q. Whowere placed in their stead?
A. Ephraim and Manasseth.
Q. What armes did Iacob giue vnto his sonnes?
A. Ruben water.
Simeon and Leui, instruments of crueltie.
Iudah, a Lyon.
Issachar, an asse.
Zabulon, a hauen for ships.
Dan, a Serpent.
Gad, an hoast of men.
Asher, dainties for a King.
Nepthali, a hinde.
Ioseph, a fruitefull bough ouer a wall.
[Page 43]Beniamin, a wolfe.
Q. When Iacob died where was he buried?
chapter 50 A. In the caue of Machpelaph, which Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite.
Q. Why was he buried in the land of Canaan?
A. That it might be a signe to his posteritie, that they should returne into the land of Canaan.
Q. How long did Ioseph beare rule ouer the land of Egypt?
A. Fourescore yeares.
Q. How long liued he in all?
A. One hundred and tenne yeares.
Q. When he died where was he buried?
A. He was embalmed to be carried into the land of Canaan at his brethrens returne.
Exodus.
Q. VVhat call you the second booke of Moses?
A. Exodus.
Q. Ʋ Ʋhy is it so called?
A. Because it containeth the going of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
Q. VVhat is the substance of this booke?
A. The estate of the children of Israel from the death of Ioseph, vntill the establishing of the Tabernacle in the wildernesse.
Q. Into how many parts is it deuided?
A. Into two parts: part 1 Their estate in the Land of Egypt after the death of Ioseph vntill their departure: part 2 and their estate in the wildernes vntill the establishing of the Tabernacle.
[Page 45] Q. How were the children of Israel vsed after the death of Ioseth?
A. They had burdens and afflictions laid vpon them.
chapter 1 Q. Were they overwhelmed with these burthens?
A. No: the more they were afflicted, the mightier they grew.
Q. What lawes did Pharaoh make against them?
A. That the midwiues should flay their men children: afterward he commanded them to be cast into the riuer.
Q. Did the Midwiues obey the King?
A. No.
Q. Did they well in disobeying him?
A. Yes: because he commanded them an euill worke.
Q. Did the Lord like it?
[Page 46] A. Yes: for he built their houses and blessed them.
Q. These lawes beeing made, how escaped Moses?
chapter 2 A. His mother hidde him three moneths, and when she could hide him no longer, shee made a basket of reedes, shme and pitch, and laid him among the bulrushes, by the riuers side.
Q. How escaped he drowning?
A. Pharaohs daughter came to wash her self, and found him there.
Q. What did she with him?
A. She put him to nurse to his owne mother.
Q. What did his mother when she had weined him?
A. She brought him to Pharaohs daughter againe.
Q. What did shee with him?
A. She brought him vp in Pharaohs court.
[Page 47]Q. What was the cause of his departure from the court?
A. Pharaoh would haue killed him, because he had slaine an Egyptian, and buried him in the lands.
Q. How long liued Moses in Pharaohs court?
A. Fourtie yeares.
Q. Whither went he then?
A. Into Midian.
Q. What did he there?
A. He kept Iethros sheepe, and married Zipporah his daughter.
Q. Had Moses, any children by her?
A. Yes: a sonne called Gershom.
Q. What befell to him then in Midian?
chapter 3 A. The Lord appeared in a flame of fire out of a bush, and bad him goe and deliuer his [Page 48]brethren the children of Israel out of Egypt.
Q. Was he willing to goe?
A. No: for he propounded fiue obiections.
1. First his owne basenesse.
2. Secondly, his ignorance of Gods name.
3. Thirdly, that they would not heare him.
4. Fourthly, his slow speech.
5. Fiftly, he desired him to send another.
Q. How did the Lord answer them?
A. To the first he said: I will be with thee.
2. Secondly, he told him his name.
3. Thirdly, he gaue him signes.
4. Fourthly, he said I will bee with thy mouth, and teach thee what to say.
[Page 49]5. He was angrie.
chapter 4 Q. What signes did God giue Moses to assure him, that he beeing a poore shepheard should deliuer them out of the hands of so mighty a king?
A. First, he bad him cast his rod on the ground, and it was turned into a serpent, and hee bad him take it by the tayle, and it was turned into a rodde againe.
Secondly, he bad him put his hand into his bosome, & it was leaprous, and he bad him pull it out againe, and it was as his other hand.
Thirdly, he bad him take water and sprinkle it on the ground, and it was turned into blood.
Q. Whom did God send with Moses to helpe him?
A. Aaron his brother.
[Page 50] Q. Did he then goe?
A. Yes.
Q. Who met him by the way?
A. The Angel of the Lord, who would baue slaine him, because he neglected the circumcision of his sonne.
Q. Who did circumcise him?
A. His mother Zipporah tooke a sharpe knife and cutte the fore-skinne of her sonne, & cast it at her husbands feet, saying, thou art indeede a bloodie husband vnto me.
Q. VVho met him then?
A. Aaron his brother.
Q. Did they their message vnto Pharaoh?
A. Yes.
chapter 5 Q. VVould Phraoh let the people goe?
A. No: hee said, who is the Lord that I should obey him? [...] people are [...].
[Page 51] Q. What commandement gaue he then?
chapter 6 A. He commaunded them to make the whole tale of brick, & to gather straw themselues.
Q. What did the people then?
A. They murmured against Moses and Aaron.
Q. What did Moses?
A. He complained vnto the Lord.
Q. What did the Lord then?
A. He renueth his promise concerning their deliuerance & sendeth Moses and Aaron againe vnto Pharaoh.
Q. Did Pharaoh then let them goe?
chapter 7 A. No: the Lord had hardned his heart, and he would not let them goe.
Q. Did Moses and Aaron their miracles before Pharaoh?
[Page 52] A. Yes.
Q. Why then would he not let them go?
A. Because his Sorcerers did the like.
Q. How many plagues did God send vpon Pharach and the Egyptians before he would let them goe?
A. Tenne.
chapter 8 Q. Rehearse them?
A. He turned water into blood, fishes died.
2 Frogges ouer the land of Egypt.
3 Lyce.
4 Swarmes of Flies.
5 Murraine amongst beasts.
chapter 9 6 Scabs and blisters.
7 Thunder, lightning, and haile.
chapter 10 8 Grashoppers.
9 Darknesse.
chapter 11 10. All the first borne of Egypt were slaine.
[Page 53] Q. Did the Sorcerers of Egypt the like?
A. Yes, vntill lice; then they said, Surely it is the finger of God.
Q. Would Pharaoh then let them goe?
A. Yes, at darknesse, all sauing their cattell.
Q. What said Moses?
A. He said he would not leaue a hoofe behind him.
Q. Did any of these plagues hurt the Israelites?
A. No.
Q. What did they at their departure?
A. They borrowed of their neighbours the Egyptians, iewels of siluer, & iewels of gold.
Q. What assurance did God giue them that the last and greatest plague should not hurt the Israelites?
[Page 54] chapter 12 A. He instituted the Passeouer.
Q. What was the Passe-ouer?
A. A male lambe of a yeere old, without spot or blemish.
Q. How should it be dressed?
A. They should roast it.
Q. How should it be eaten?
A. With their loines girded, their shooes on their feet, their staues in their hands readie for a iourney, and they must eate it in hast.
Q. What should be done with the blood?
A. They should strike it on their doore posts, that the Angell seeing it, might passe ouer them.
Did he let them goe at the last plague?
A. Yes.
Q. How many were they that departed?
[Page 55] A. About sixe hundred thousand men besides children.
Q. How long were they in Egypt?
A. Foure hundred and thirtie yeares.
Q. What did the Israelites the?
chapter A. They sanctified all their first borne vnto the Lord.
Q. What did they at their departure?
A. They tooke the bones of Ioseph with them.
Q. How many yeares were they going out of Egypt into Canaan?
A. Fourtie yeares.
Q. How many iourneys had they?
A. Fourty and two.
Q. How many principall iourneys?
A. Twelue: Piha-hiroth, Marah, the wildernesse of Sin, Rephidim, mount Si [...]i, Kibroth, Hetaauah, Hazeroth, Rithmah in Parā, Cadesh barnea, [Page 56]Mount Hor, Punā in Zalmonie, and the plaine of Moab.
Q. How many of them are set downe in this booke?
A. The first fiue, Piha-hiroth, Marah, the wildernesse of Sin, Rephidim, and mount Sinai.
Q. How were they conducted into the land of Canaan?
A. The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud to leade them the way, & by night in a pillar of fire to giue thē light, that they might goe both by day and by night. chap. 13. vers. 21.
Q. What befell at Pi-hahiroth?
chapter 14 A. They murmured against Moses, because the redde sea was before thē the mountaines on either side of them, & Pharaoh with all his hoast behind them.
[Page 57] Q. What did Meses?
A. He prayed vnto the Lord, and the Lord bad him strike the fea with his rodde; and he did so: and the sea was deuided, so that the children of Israel passed through drie-shod: But Pharaoh and all his hoast following them, were drowned.
Q. What did the children of Israel then?
chapter 15 A. They sang a song of thanks-giuing for their deliuerance.
Q. Whether went they then?
A. To Marah.
Q. What befell there?
A. They murmured against Moses, because the waters were bitter.
Q. What did Moses?
A. He prayed vnto the Lord, and the Lord badde him [Page 58]cut downe boughes, & caft the into the waters, and they were made sweet.
Q. Whither went they then?
A. To Elim, where were 12. fountaines of water, and seuentie palme trees.
Q. Whither went they then?
chapter 16 A. To the wildernesse of Sin.
Q. What befell there?
A. They murmured against Moses and Aaron for bread, and the Lord send them downe Manna.
Q. What did they else?
A. They sanctified the sabbath.
Q. What did Moses command them?
A. To keepe a pot full of Manna, for a remembrance to their posternie.
Q. How long did they eat Māna?
A. Fourtie yeares, till they [Page 59]came to the borders of Canaan.
Q. VVhither went they then?
A. To Rephidim.
Q. What did they there?
chapter 17 A. They murmured against Moses for water; and the Lord bad him strike the rocke, and there gushed out water.
Q. What befell there else?
A. They fought a battel with the Amalekits, and builded an altar.
Q. Who had the victorie?
A. When Moses held vp his hands, Israel preuailed, but when he held them down, the Amalekits ouercame.
Q. What besell after this?
chapter 18 A. Iethro Moses father in lawe came to see him, and gaue him counsell for the choosing of Magistrates.
Q. What maner of men ought they to be?
[Page 60] A. Men of courage, fearing God, hating couetousnes, and louing the truth.
Q. What must these Magistrates doe?
A. They must bring the hard causes vnto Moses, and iudge small matters themselues.
Q. Whither went they then?
A. To Mount Sinai.
Q. What befell there?
chapter 19 A. Israel is chosen from among all other nations: The people promised to obey God: He that toucheth the hil dieth: The Lord appeared vnto Moses, and gaue the law in thunder and lightening.
Q. Why was the lawe so giuen?
A. That it might compell them to obey and follow it with feare and trembling.
Q. Why was the Gospell giuen [Page 61]in triumph and ioy?
A. That it might entice men to follow it ioyfully and willingly.
Q. In how many tables was the law giuen?
A. In two tables of stone.
Q. Why were they written in stone?
A. Because it was more easie to write them in stone then in mans heart.
Q. How many commandements doth the first table containe?
chapter 20 A. Foure; wherein is set downe our dutie towards God.
Q. How many commandements doth the second table containe?
A. Sixe; wherein is set down our dutie towards our neighbour.
Q. Who writ this law?
A. God.
Q. Were there no more lawes [Page 62]nen but the ten commandements?
A. Yes, but those are the summe of all: for there were iudiciall and ceremoniall lawes giuen also.
Q. VVhat did the 21. chap. containe?
A. Certaine lawes for the preseruation of mans bodie, which were giuen to bridle our corrupt nature.
Q. What doth the 22. cha. containe?
A. Certaine iudiciall lawes concerning buying and selling, vsurie, reuerence to Magistrates, &c.
Q. What doth the 23. chapt. containe?
A. Certaine ceremoniall lawes of feasts.
Q. What did the Lord promise them that would obey and keepe his commandements?
[Page 63] A. He said, I will be an enemie to thine enemies, and I will afflict them that afflict thee, &c. vers. 22.23.
Q. What doth the 24. chap. containe?
A. The confirmation of the law.
Q. How long was Moses in the Mount?
A. Fourtie daies and fortie nights.
Q. How many things did the Lord appoint Moses to make?
A. Nine.
Q. Which be they?
chapter 25 A. 1. The Tabernacle. 2. Arke. 3. Mercie feate. 4. Table of shewbread. 5. Candlesticke. 6. Altar of burnt offering. 7. Altar of perfume. 8. Lauar. 9. Priests garments.
Q. Who should make them?
chapter 31 A. Aholiab and Bezaleel,
[Page 64] Q. Whereof should they make them?
A. Of those things which the people brought, viz. of gold, siluer, brasse, blew silke, purple, skarlet, fine linnē, goates haire, rammes skins died redde, badgers skinnes, and Shittim wood.
Q. Whilest Moses was in the Mount, what did the people?
chapter 32 A. They made a Calfe and worshipped it.
Q. What did the Lord then?
A. He bad Moses go down to them.
Q. What did he when he came downe?
A. He cast the two tables out of his hands, & brake them beneath the Mount, and hee tooke the Calfe, and burned it in the fire, and grounded it vnto powder, and strewed it vpon [Page 65]the water, and made the children of Israel to drinke of it.
Q. What did Moses then?
A. He went and stood in the gate of the camp, and said, who pertaineth to the Lord, let him come to me.
Q. Who came then vnto him?
A. The Leuites.
Q. What said he to them?
A. Put euery man his sword by his side, and go to and fro from gate to gate through the hoast, and slay euery man his brother, and euery man his cō panion, & euery man his neighbour: and they did so; for which their hands were sanctified.
Q. How many were slaine that day?
A. About 3. thousand men.
Q. What befell after this?
A. The Lord was angry & denied to go with them.
[Page 66] Q. What did Moses then?
A. He prayed vnto the Lord, and he promised to goe with them.
Q. What did Moses else?
A. He desired to see the glorie of the Lord.
Q. Did the Lord graunt his request?
A. Yes: for he couered him in the cleft of a rocke whilst he passed by.
Q. What did the Lord after this?
A. He bad Moses hew two tables of stone like to the former, and to come vp to the top of the Mount.
Q. Did he so?
A. Yes.
Q. How long stayed he in the mount?
A. Fourty daies and fourty nights.
Q. Whence should they haue [Page 67]their prouision to make those things which were appointed?
A. From the people.
chapter 33 Q. Did they bring enough?
A. Yes, they brought so much, that they were bidden to stay.
LEVIT.
Q. What call you the third booke of Moses?
A. Leuiticus.
Q. Why is it called so?
A. Because it containeth the office of the Leuites, and those things which appertaine vnto them.
Q. How is it diuided?
A. Into two parts: the sacrifice which they were to offer, and the persons which should offer.
Q. By whome was this lawe [Page 68]of sacrifices giuen?
A. By the Lord.
Q. Where?
A. In the tabernacle by Mount Sinai.
Q. How many kinds of sacrifices were appointed?
A. Fiue: the offering, chap. 1. the meat-offering, cha. 2. the peace-offering, cha. 3. the sinne-offering, chap. 4. the trespasse-offering, chap. 5.
Q. How many things are to be obserued in these sacrifices?
A. Two: the matter or things wherof they were, & the maner how they should be offered.
Q. What manner of things were appointed to be offered?
A. They were of two sorts, either of creatures which haue life; or of creatures without life.
Q. What things are appointed [Page 69]which haue life?
A. Of the heard, bullockes, a red cow: of the flocke, rams, ewes, lambes, goates, both male and female. Of foules, Turtle doues, pigeons, and sparrowes.
Q. What are those things without life?
A. Oyle, fine floure, incense, cakes, and wafers vnleauened, salt, eares of corn, Cedar wood, a skarlet lace, and hysope.
Q. In offering of sacrifices what is forbidden?
A. Leauen, hony, fat, blood, the inwards of beasts, and the maw of birds.
Q. What is thereby figured?
A. By leauen and hony, corruption of doctrine and life: by fat and blood are figured, sensualitie and crueltie.
Q. What things are principally [Page 70]commanded to be vsed in the sacrifices?
A. Salt, and fire, the one eating away, and the other purging corruptions.
Q. Thus much of the matter, now of the manner and rites to be obserued in offering the sacrifice, what they were?
A. They were diuerse, and are set downe in diuerse places of this booke, but especially in the 6. and 7. chapters.
Q. Now we are come to the second part of the booke, which concerneth the persons of the Leuites and sacrificers, what doth the holy Ghost set downe concerning them?
A. Two things: the first is speciall to them alone: the second is common to them with others, namely, sanctification.
Q. What is that which is proper [Page 71]to them alone?
A. so offer the sacrifices which was appointed to Aaron & his sonnes: their consecration, and the execution of their function, chap. 8.9.
Q. VVith what fire?
A. With such fire as came from the Lord.
Q. Did any offer with other fire?
A. Yes, Nadab and Abihu, for which, fire came frō before the Lord and consumed them, chap. 10.
Q. VVhat is that which is common to the Leunes with the rest of the people?
A. Sanctification, and that is prescribed first, in forbidding that which is euill: secondly, in commanding that which is good.
Q. VVhat are those things forbidden?
[Page 72] A. They are either ceremoniall or morall.
Q. What are the lawes ceremoniall?
A The distinction of creatures cleane or vncleane, chap. 11. touching of things accounted vncleane, vncleanesse after child-birth, chap. 12. or for certaine diseases of the body, cha. 13.14. and 15. and purification from vncleannesse, chap. 16. and 17.
Q. What are those morall things forbidden?
A. Adulterie, fornication, incest, and all such vncleannes chap. 18. and in part of the 20, and 21. chap.
Q. Now to come to things which are commanded, what are they?
A. They are either priuate to our selues; or in performance of our dutie to our neigbour, [Page 75]or else to God, as followet [...] the residue of the booke.
Q. What times or feasts are principally appointed?
A. The times and feastes appointed in this booke, are either weekely, as the Sabbath, or yearely as the passeouer, the feast of vnleauened bread, of the first fruites of Whitsontide, of trumpets, and of Tabernacles.
Q. Is there no other time appointed for the seruice of God but these?
A. Yes, he hath appointed to be serued euery day with a morning and euening sacrifice, Numb. 28.4.
Q. How did Moses conclude this booke?
A. He sealed vp these former lawes with the promises and threatnings of God. Chap. [Page 74]26. and the last chapter concerneth vowes.
Numbers.
Q. What call you the fourth booke of Moses?
A. Numbers.
Q. Why is it so called?
A. Because it principally consisteth of numbring.
Q. What is the substance of it?
A. The historie of the children of Israel after their departure from Mount Sinai, vntill they came to the plaine of Moab, vpon the confines and borders of the land of Canaan.
Q. How is this booke deuided?
A. Into two parts: the first containeth the numbring of the children of Israel, prepared for the iourney: the second, the number of their iourneyes [Page 75]from Mount Sinai to the borders of Canaan, and at their last station they are again numbred.
Q. What was the number of the people here numbred?
A. Sixe hundred and three thousand, fiue hundred and fiftie.
Q. How often were the children of Israel numbred in this their trauell?
A. Thrice, the first and second times at Mount Sinai, the third at their last station, when they were to enter into the land.
Q. Why were they thus often numbred?
A. The first time they were nūbred, that towards the building of the tabernacle, euery man might giue a price for the redemption of his life.
The second time they were [Page 76]numbred for disposing of thē in order for iourneying about the Tabernacle, and pitching their tents at the end of their iourney.
The third time they were numbred, that the diuision and disposing of the land might be to euery tribe according to the number.
Q. Why were the Leuites numbred the first time?
A. To shew that they haue need of a redeemer, & redemption as well as any other men.
Q. Why were not the Leuites nū bred the second nor third time?
A. They were not numbred the second time, because they were to attend vpon the tabernacle, and not to go to warre.
And they were not numbred the third time, because they had no lot of inheritance amōg [Page 77]their brethren.
Q. At what age were the Leuites taken to the Lord?
A. At a moneth old they were dedicated to the Lord, Num. 3.15. at 28. they were to labour and to do seruice in the tabernacle, Num. 8.28. at thirtie to enter into the more inward works of the Sanctuary, Numb. 4.3. and at fiftie to leaue the hard labours, and to take charge to guide, to ouer-see, & to prescribe by counsell and instruction what others should do. Num. 8. [...].5.
Q. How many of the twelue principall iourneys are set downe in this booke?
A. Seauen: Kibroth Hattavah, Hazeroth, Rithma in Paran, Kadesh-Barnea, Mount Hor, Punon in Zalmona, and the plaine of Moab.
[Page 78]Q. How many things do you obserue in these iourneys?
A. Two: either such as are common to them all, or peculiar to either, seuerally considered by it selfe.
Q. How many things are there cōmon to euery of these iourneys?
A. Three: the peoples murmuring, Moses prayer, & Gods mercies.
Q. Did the people murmure at euery iourney?
A. Yes, in seauen iourneyes they murmured eight times.
Q. Against whom did they murmure?
A. Vpon euery dislike they did murmure against Moses & against God.
Q. What did Moses when they murmured at him?
A. Hee as a most mild man prayed, yet once hee shewed a [Page 79]passion of imperfection, for which the Lord was angrie, and would not sfufer him to enter into the land of Canaan. chap. 20.11.
Q. Did the Lord beare with their continuall grudgings and murmurings?
A. Yes, he gaue eare to Moses prayers, and continued his mercies towards them.
Q. Now shew me those things which are peculiar to each iourney: and first to Kibroth Hattavah?
A. First, as wearie of their iourney, they murmured. The Lord sent fire and consumed the vtmost parts, but Moses praying, the fire was quenched.
Secondly, they loathed Manna the heauenly bread: lusted for flesh: 70. Elders are ioyned to Moses to assist him in gouerning [Page 80]this vnruly people: Quailes are sent, and the people die with the flesh betweene their teeth. chap. 11.
Q. What is peculiar to the station at Hazeroth?
A. Aaron and Miriam murmured against Moses.
Q. For what cause?
A. They pretended one cause, his matriage with a Midianitish woman, but their ambition was the very cause, chap. 12.2. Miriam is striken with leprosie: Moses praieth and God healeth her.
Q. What is peculiar to Rithma in Paran?
A. Twelue men are sent to search the land of Canaan. Vpon the false report of tenne the people murmure, as if God could not performe his promise to giue them the Land. [Page 81]They would haue stoned Caleb and Ioshua for reporting the truth.
Q. How were they deliuered from stoning?
A. By the hand of the Lord: who told them that none of thē should enter into the land of promise, saue Caleb & Ioshua: and they which enterprised to enter into the land contrarie to Gods appointment, are slaine by their enemies.
Q. Did the people remayning, (tasting his mercies and seeing his iudgements) loue, feare, and serue him?
A. No: there was one found vpon the Sabbath day gathering of sticks.
Q. What was done with him?
A. He was by the Lords commādement stoned to death chap. 15.36.
[Page 82]Q. That was but the act of one, what did the rest?
A. Others did not take heede, for first Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and On, with 250. captaines rebelled against Moses and Aaron, and the earth opening, swallowed vp them and theirs.
Secondly, the people not taking warning thereby, did all murmure against Moses & Aaron, wherefore there were destroyed, 14700. of them.
Q. What did Moses and Aaron?
A. They sought an attonement with God for them.
Q. How was the matter ended?
A. God set order, first, for the Priesthood, secondly, for a sacrifice for their sinnes.
Q. What order was taken for [Page 83]the Priesthood?
A. The Lord bad Moses take for euery tribe a rod, and write euery mans name vpon their rodde, and Aarons name vpon Leuies rod, and lay them in the tabernacle before the arke, and the mans rod which budded would the Lord chuse.
Q. Whose rod did bud?
A. Aarons did budde and blossome, and he had the priesthood.
Q. What order was taken for their sinnes?
A. God appointed the sacrifice of the red cow, chap. 19. for the cleansing of these their sinnes, and the asnes of purifying of the vnclean by touching the dead.
Q. When they departed from Rithma in Paran, whither went they?
[Page 84] A. To Kadesh-Barnea.
Q. What things are peculiar to that iourney?
A. Foure: first, the death of Miriam.
Secondly, the Israelites murmure for water.
Thirdly, Moses and Aaron are charged with incredulitie, and receiue iudgement to dy in the wildernesse.
Fourthly, Edom denieth Israel passage through his country.
Q. The next iourney beeing Mount Hor, what befell there?
A. Aaron dieth: Eleazer his sonne succeedeth him. Arad the King of Canaan commeth forth against Israel and is vanquished.
Q. To their iourney frō mount Hor, to Punon in Zalmona, what things are peculiar?
A. In their iourney about [Page 85]the land of Edom, they murmure at the hardnesse of the way, and for bread and water loathing Manna.
They are destroyed by fierie serpents, and are remedied by the brazen serpent.
They ouerthrow two kings, Sihon and Og, & destroy their countries.
Q. In their iourney to the plain of Moab, what is principally to be considered?
A. The estate of them, when some of them entred into their portions, and others were readie to enter.
Q. How many things are herein to be considered?
A. Two: first, the hinderances, secondly, the reconciliation of the people.
Q. How were they hindred?
A. Partly by others, but especially [Page 86]specially by their owne sinnes.
Q. Who were those others?
A. Balak the king of Moab, who sent for Balaam to curse the people. Balaam the false Prophet, who could not curse them, but gaue counsell to allure them to sinne: and the Midianitish women, who enticed them to fornication and idolatrie.
Q. Did the Lord suffer these sinnes to go vnpunished?
A. No: he began first with his owne people, & by a plague destroyed of them 24000.
Q. What did he with his enemies?
A. When he was reconciled to his people, he powred out his wrath vpon them.
Q. In what sort?
A. Balakand the 5. Kings of Midian were slaine. Balaam [Page 87]the false Prophet was controlled by his asse, and also slaine. All the males of Midian, and the women who had lyen by man, were slaine.
Q. How was God reconciled to his people?
A. By the zeale of Phineas, who slew Zimri and Cosbi committing fornication.
Q. What testimonie did God giue of his reconciliation?
A. First, he made a couenant with Phineas. Secondly, he appointed Ioshua to be gouernour in Moses stead. Thirdly, he gaue to Reuben, Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manasseth, their portions on that side of Iordan in the Land of Moab. Fourthly, twelue men are assigned to deuide the land of Canaan. Lastly, their lawes giuen for sacrifices, obseruation of [Page 88]feasts, vowes, cities of refuge, and inheritances.
Deuteron.
Q. VVhat call you the fifth booke of Moses?
A. Deuteronomie.
Q. VVhy is it so called?
A. Because it containeth a second rehersall of the law.
Q. VVhat doth he in the beginning of this booke?
A. He repeateth the actes which God had done for them in peace and warre: because they were dead to whom the Law was giuen in mount Sinai: and to make them more attentiue to the lawe, from the first chapter to the fift.
Q. VVhat doth he then?
A. He repeateth the lawe more particularly, he exhorteth [Page 89]and perswadeth them to obserue and keepe the Lawe, from the 5. chap. to the 31. In the 31. Chapter he prepareth himselfe to die, and resigneth vp his office.
In the 32. chap. he singeth a Psalme: and in the 33. chap. he blesseth the Tribes of Israel.
Q. Why did Moses blesse Leui otherwise then Iacob did?
A. Because of the zeale that the Leuites shewed at Mount Sinai, the curses of Iacob vpon Leui, were turned into blessings.
Q. Where died Moses?
A. In the land of Moab.
Q. Why did he not enter into the land of Canaan?
A. Because he murmured at the waters of Miribah, saying: Heare now ye rebels: shall wee giue you water out of the [Page 90]rocke? Numb. 20.10.
Q. Did he see the land of Canaan?
A. Yes, he went vp into mount Nebo, vnto the toppe of Pisgah, and the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead vnto Dan.
Q. Vhom did he appoint in his stead?
A. Ioshua the sonne of Nun?
Q. How long liued Moses?
A. One hundred and twentie yeares.
Q. Where was he buried?
A. In a valley in the Land of Moab, ouer against Bethpeor, but no man knoweth of his sepulchre vnto this day.
Q. By whom was he buried?
A. By an angel of the Lord: least the Israelites knowing of his graue, should go a whoring after it.
IOSHVA.
Q. What gouernour had the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt?
A. Captaines.
Q. How many captaines had they?
A. Two: Moses and Ioshua.
Q. What did Moses?
A. He brought them out of Egypt into the wildernesse.
Q. What did Ioshua?
A. He brought them out of the wildernesse into the land of Canaan.
Q. What called you this booke?
A. Ioshua.
Q. Why is it so called?
A. Because it containeth the gouernment of Ioshua.
Q. What is the substance of this booke?
A. The estate of the children [Page 92]of Israel after the death of Moses, til they were established in the land of Canaan.
Q. How many things must we consider in this booke?
A. Three, Ioshua his calling, his acts, and his death.
Q. Who called him?
chapter 1 A. God.
Q. What to do?
A. To gouerne his people.
Q. What charge gaue he him?
A. To do all things which he commanded, and only those.
Q. Did he so?
A. Yes.
Q. How did God blesse them?
A. chapter 2 The people obeyed him. chapter 3 They passed Iordan dri-shod. chapter 4 The people beeing sore with circumcisiō, their enemies durst not stirre against them. chapter 5 The wals of Iericho fell downe, no man touching them.
[Page 93]Q. How are his acts diuided?
A. Into his acts of warre, and his acts of peace.
chapter 2 Q. What were his acts of war?
A. He sent out two men to spie Iericho, and as they were spying, the men of the citie sought to kill them.
Q. How escaped they?
A. By the meanes of an harlot named Rahab.
Q. When they departed what did they?
A. She made them sweare that they would spare her and all her houshold at the destrustruction of the citie.
Q. How did they get out of the citie?
A. She let them downe by a cord through a window.
Q. What signe did they giue her of her deliuerance?
A. They bidde her bind a [Page 94]cord of red threed in the window, through which shee let them downe.
Q. Whither went they then?
A. They returned to Ioshua.
Q. What newes brought they?
A. That all the inhabitants of the Land fainted because of Israel.
Q. What did Ioshua then?
chapter 4 A. Hee bad them set vp 12. stones in Iordan, and as many in Gilgal, for a memoriall to their posteritie.
Q. What did the Lord then?
A. He commanded Ioshua to circumcise euery man childe of the children of Israel.
Q. What did Ioshua then?
chapter 5 A. Hee made him sharpe kniues as he was commaunded, and circumcised all the men children that were borne in the [Page 95]wildernes since their comming out of Egypt, for they did not circumcise any by the way.
Q. Where were the children of Israel when they were circumcised?
A. At Gilgal.
Q. What befell there else?
A. Manna ceased, and they did eate of the fruite of the land of Canaan.
Q. What Did Ioshua then?
chapter 6 A. He ouerthrewe Iericho, and burnt it with fire, onely the gold and siluer, with brasse and yron, were consecrated to the Lord.
Q. After what manner was Iericho taken?
A. The arke of God compassed it sixe daies, euery day once, and the seauenth day the Priests carried it about the citie seauen times, and the men of [Page 96]warre went before the arke, & all the hoast followed, & when they had compassed the citie seauen times, and the Priests had blowne with their trumpers of Rammes hornes seauen times, the people shouted with a loud voice, & then the walles of the citie fell down flatte, and they went vp into the citie, and slew the inhabitants with the edge of the sword.
Q. Were all the inhabitants destroycd?
A. No: Rahab, her father, mother, and children, with all that she had were preserued.
Q. Whither went they then?
chapter 7 A. Ioshua sent three thousand men to take Ai.
Q. Did they take it?
A. No: for the men of Ai slew 36. of them, and put the rest to flight.
[Page 97] Q. What was the cause they slew them and put them to flight?
A. Because Achan tooke of the Excommunicate things, therefore the Lord was angrie, and suffered their men not to haue the victorie.
Q. What had he taken?
A. A Babilonish garment, 200. shekels of siluer, and a wedge of gold of 50. shekels weight.
Q. How was he punished for it?
A. All the children of Israel stoned him to death.
Q. What did Ioshua then?
chapter 8 A. He went to Ai, and tooke all the men of warre with him.
Q. What did he when he came thither?
A. He sent 500. men to lie in wait on the back side of the citie, and hee and all the rest [Page 98]of the people came before the citie.
Q. What did Ioshua and his people in the battell?
A. They fled before them as they did at first, which they perceiuing came all out of the citie and pursued.
Q. What did Ioshua then?
A. He stretched out his speare that was in his hand towards Ai, according as he had giuen notice to them that lay on the backe-side of the citie, and they arose and came to the citie & set it on fire: and when the men of the citie looked backe and sawe their citie on fire, they were greatly afraid: then Ioshua and the children of Israel which fledde, returned and slewe the men of Ai. Also the other issued out of the citie against them on [Page 99]the other side, and let none of them escape.
Q. What was the number of those that were slaine?
A. Twelue thousand, euen all the men of Ai.
Q. What did he with the cattell and spoyle thereof?
A. They tooke it to themfelues for a pray.
Q. What did Ioshua then to the citie?
A. He burnt it, & made it an heape for euer, and a wildernesse to this daie.
Q. What did he with the king thereof?
A. He hanged him on a tree.
Q. VVhat did Ioshuah then?
A. Hee built an altar to the Lord, and wrote a rehearsall of the Law, and read it in the presence of all the children of Israel.
[Page 100] Q. What befell then?
chapter 9 A. Many kings assembled together to fight against Ioshua.
Q. Did none of the inhabitants of the land make peace with them?
A. Yes: the Gibeonites.
Q. What did they?
A. They tooke old bottles and wine, and mouldie bread, and put on old shooes, and old raiment, and came to Ioshua, and said, they were come from a far countrie to make a league with them, and Ioshua made a league with them.
Q. What did Ioshua when he knew their craft?
A. He commanded them to perpetuall slauerie.
Q. What did the fiue kings of the Amorites when they heard that the Gibeonites had made a [Page 101]league with them?
chapter 10 A. They gathered themselues together and made war against them.
Q. What did the Gibeonites?
A. They sent to Ioshua to pray him to come and deliuer them.
Q. What did Ioshua?
A. He ascended from Gilgal all that night, and all the men of war with him, & came vpon them suddenly, and discomfited them, and they fledde towards Bethoron.
Q. What did the Lord then?
A. He did cast downe great stones vpon them from heauen vntill Azekah, and there were more slain with hailstones then with the sword.
Q. What did Ioshua then?
A. He badde the Sun stand [Page 102]still in Gibeon, and the Moone in the valley of Ailon vntil they had auenged thēselues on their enemies, and that was the longest day that euer was.
Q. What became of the fiue kings of the Amorites?
A. They fledde to Makkedah and hid themselues in a caue.
Q. What did Ioshuah when he knew it?
A. He bad men roule great stones to the mouth of the Caue, and he set men to keepe them, and hee bad the rest followe after their enemies, and not suffer them to enter into their cities, and they smote them with an exceeding great slaughter: then they returned to Gilgal.
Q. What was done when they returned?
[Page 103] A. The fiue Kings were brought out of the caue.
Q. What did Ioshua to them?
A. Hee commaunded his chiefe men of warre to come and set their feete vpon them, and they did so: Afterwards hee slewe them, and hanged them on fiue seuerall trees vntill the Sunne went downe, then hee tooke them downe, and cast them into the caue, and laid greate stones vpon the caues mouth, which remaine till this day.
Q. What did Ioshua then?
A. Hee ouercame many cities, and destroyed three kings more, and he slew the inhabitants, thē he returned to Gilgal.
Q. What did the rest of the kings when they heard of this?
A. They gathered themselues together, and came and [Page 104]pitched at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.
Q. What did the Lord then?
A. He bad Ioshua not bee afraid of them, hee would deliuer them all slaine before him, and he should hough their horses and burne their Chariots with fire.
Q. VVhat did Ioshua then?
A. He and all the men of war came suddenly out and smote them, vntill there were none of them remaining.
Q. Did Ioshua destroy their cities?
A. No, he destroyed none of the cities saue onely Hazor: which he burnt with fire, but he houghed their horses, and Surnt their chariots with fire, as the Lord had told him.
Q. Did the inhabitants of Canaan make peace with the Children of Israel & the Gibeonites?
[Page 105] A. No.
Q. Why did they not make peace with them?
A. Because the Lord hardened their hearts to the end they should come to battell against the children of Israel, and they might vtterly destroy them.
Q. What did Ioshua then?
A. He destroyed the Anakims out of the land of Israel, onely in Azzah, Gath, and Asndod they were left.
Q. How many kingdomes did the children of Israel ouercome in all?
chapter 12 A. Thirtie and one.
Q. When the children of Israel had ouercome their enemies, what did Ioshua?
chapters 13,14,&c. A. He denided the land by lots: he appointed cities of refuge: he gaue cities to Leuites. [Page 106]He sent back Ruben, Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manasses.
Q. VVhat did Ioshua at his death?
chapter 13 A. He gathered the children of Israel together, and exhorted them not to ioyne with the Gentiles, vowing that whatsoeuer they did, he & his house would serue the Lord.
Q. What became of Ioshua then?
A. He died.
Q. How old was he when he died?
A. One hundred and tenne yeares.
IVDGES.
Q. After the death of Ioshua what gouernement had the children of Israel?
[Page 107] A. Iudges.
Q. What is the substance of this booke?
A. The estate of the children of Israel in the land of Canaan, after the death of Ioshua.
Q. How is it deuided?
A. Into three parts: their sinnes; their oppressours; and their deliuerers.
Q. What were their sinnes?
A. Contempt of religion, Idolatrie, theft, and whoredome.
Q. Who were their oppressours?
A. The Aramites, Philistims, Midianites, Moabites, Cananites, and Ammonites.
Q. How long were they oppressed?
A. One hundred and eleuen yeare.
Q. What did they beeing oppressed?
[Page 108] A. They cried vnto the Lord, and he sent them deliuerers.
Q. Rehearse their names?
A. Otheniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Barack, Gedeon, Abimeleck, Tola, Iaer, Iptah, Ibsau, Elon, Abdon, Sampson, Eli, and Samuel.
Q. How many yeares did God giue them Iudges?
A. Three hundred & thirtie nine yeares vntill Samuel.
Q. Why then doth Paul in the thirteenth of the Acts say, that God gaue them Iudges 450. yeares?
A. He reckeneth the Iudges and oppressours together whose yeares added together make 450.
Q. Out of whose hands did Otheniel deliuer them?
A. The Aramites, ch. 3.10.
[Page 109]Q. Out of whose hands did Ehud deliuer them?
A. The Moabites.
Q. Out of whose handes did Shamgar deliuer them?
A. The Philistims.
Q. Out of whose hands did Dehora and Barack deliuer them?
A. The Cananites, chap. 4.
Q. Out of whose hands did Gideon deliuer them?
A. The Midianites, chap. 6.7.8.
Q. What is recorded of Abimeleck?
A. He vsurped the kingdom, and slue 70. of his brethren vpō a stone, chap. 9.
Q. What befell to him then?
A. A woman with a peece of a milstone brake his brainepanne.
Q. What did he then?
A. He commanded his page, [Page 110]his armour-bearer to thrust him through, that it might not bee saide that a woman had killed him.
Q. What is recorded of Tola and laer?
A. There is no mention of any notable acts done by them, cap. 10.
Q. Out of whose handes did Iphtah deliuer them?
A. The Ammorites: he offered his daughter in sacrifice to God, and ouercame 42000. Ephramites. cap. 11.12.
Q. What did Ibsan, Elon, and Abdon?
A. They gouerned quietly.
Q. Out of whose handes did Sampson deliuer them?
A. The Philistims. ca. 13.14.
Q. Rehearse Sampsons acts?
A. He slue a Lyon, hee slue 30. Philistims for 30. charge [Page 111]of garmēts: he burnt their corn: he slue four thousand men with the iaw bone of anasse: he carried away the gates of Azzah: he slew moe at his death, then he did in all his life.
Q. By what small meanes did God bring these things to passe?
A. Ehud beeing lame of his right hand, slue Eglon the fatte King with a Dagger of a cubit long. Shamgar slue fixe hundred Philistims with an Oxe goad: Iael a woman killed Sisera with a hammer and a pin: Gedeon ouercame an hoast of men with broken Pot-sheardes and Rams hornes. There is no mention made of Eli and Samuel in this booke, but in the booke of Samuel.
Ruth.
Q. What call you the next booke?
A Ruth.
Q. Why is it so called?
A. Because she is the person that is principally handled there.
Q. How is it deuided?
A. Into two parts: Naomies and Ruths afflictions, and their prosperitie.
Q. Of what countrie was Ruth?
chapter 1 A. Of Moab.
Q. Who was her husband?
A. Chilion of Bethlem in Iudah.
Q. How came he into Moab?
A. There was a famine in Israel, and so his father Elimeleck tooke his two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, and Naomie his wife, and went and soiourned [Page 113]in the countrie of Moab, where Elimeleck died: then his sonnes took them wiues, the name of Mahlons wife was Orpah, and the name of Chilions wife was Ruth.
Q. What befell to them in the land of Moab?
A. Elimeleck and his two sonnes died.
Q. What did Naomie then?
A. She returned into the land of Iudah.
Q. Why did she returne?
A. Because she heard say that the Lord had visited her people in plentie and giuen them bread.
Q. What companie had she with her?
A. Her two daughters in law, Orpah and Ruth, but Orpah went back againe.
Q. Why did not Ruth returne [Page 114]with her sister?
A. Shee would not leaue her mother in law, but said, Whither thou goest thither wil I go, and where thou dwellest, there will I dwell; thy people shal be my people, and thy God my God.
chapter 5 Q. How did God blesse her?
A. Shee was married to a rich man named Booz: of him came Christ.
1. SAMVEL.
Q. What doe you call the next booke?
A. Samuel.
Q. How many things must we consider in this booke?
Q. Two: the gouernment of the two last Iudges, and the two first Kings.
Q. Which are the Iudges which [Page 115]are mentioned in this booke?
A. Eli and Samuel.
Q. How are the acts of Eli deuided?
A. Into his good and bad acts.
Q. What were his good acts?
A. His diligēce in his calling.
Q. What were his bad acts?
A. His negligence in not looking to his sonnes, and not correcting them, chap. 2.
Q. How was hee punished for his negligence?
A. The Arke of God was taken: his two sonnes Hophni and Phineas were both slaine in one day: he hearing of it, fell downe backward and brake his necke. chap. 4.
Q. What became of his daughter in law?
A. Shee died in child-birth, for shee said, the glorie is departed [Page 116]from Israel.
Q. What became of the Arkthen?
A. The Philistims brought it to Ashdod, and set in the house of Dagon their god.
Q. How were they plagued?
A. Dagon fell downe before the arke of God, his head and the palmes of his hands were broken, and the inhabitants were smittē with emrods.
Q. What did they with the arke of God?
A. They carried it to Gath.
Q. Did it continue there?
chapter 6 A. No: for the Lord smote them with Emrods, and they caried it to Ekron, and the Ekronites were smitten with Emrods also.
Q. How long did the Philistems keepe the arke?
A. Seauen moneths.
Q. What did they then with [Page 117]the arke?
A. They sent it home with gifts.
Q. What were the gifts which they sent with it?
A. Fiue golden Emrods, & fiue golden Mice.
Q. How did they send the arke home?
A. They laid it in a new cart, they tooke two milch kine and shut their calues at home, then they tyed the kine to the cart, and they went straight to Bethshemesh, and kept one path till they came to the field of Ioshua at Bethshemesh, where they stood still.
Q. What did the inhabitants of Bethshemesh?
A. They reioyced, and the Leuites tooke downe the arke, and the chest wherein the iewels of gold were, and set them [Page 118]vpon a great stone, and claue the wood of the cart, and offered the kine for a burnt offering vnto the Lord.
Q What befell then?
A. The Lord slew fifty thousand threescore and ten men of the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, because they had looked in the arke of God.
Q What became of the arke then?
chapter 7 A. The men of Kiriathiearim came and tooke it.
Q. What did they with it?
A. They brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar to keepe the arke.
Q. How long abode the arke in the house of Abinadab?
A. Twentie yeare.
Q. When Eli was dead, who succeeded him?
A. Samuel.
[Page 119] Q. How many things must be considered of him?
A. His birth, education, calling, and his acts.
Q. What doth the Holy Ghost set downe concerning his birth?
A. He was borne of a barren woman, who begged him of the Lord by prayer. chap. 1.
Q. Who was his father?
A. Elkanah?
Q. Who was his mother?
A. Hannah.
Q. Where was he brought vp?
A. In the tabernacle.
Q. Who called him.
A. God called him thrice in one night. chap. 3.4.
Q. How many offices hed he?
A. Three: for as he was called thrice, so he had three offices: a iudge, a priest, and a prophet.
Q. VVhat chiefe things are [Page 120]recorded of him?
A. He annointed Saul, cap. 10. he caused him to slay Agag the King of Ameleck. c. 15. hee annointed Dauid, cap. 16. and these are his acts of peace.
Q. What were his acts of war?
A. He ouercame the Philistims. chap. 7.
Q. What gouernement had the children of Israel after Iudges?
chapter 8 A. Kings.
Q. How fell it out that they had kings?
chapter 10 A. Because Samuels sonnes, Ioel and Abiah walked not in their fathers waies, but peruerted iudgement, therefore they desired a king.
Q. How many yeares did Samuel iudge Israel?
A. Twentie yeares.
Q. How many kings raignes are set downe in this booke?
[Page 121] A. Two: Sauls, and Dauids.
Q. Who was first King?
A. Saul.
Q. Who annointed him?
A. Samuel, for thither he wēt to seeke his fathers asses.
Q. How many signes had he to confirme his annointing?
A. Three: 1. at Rahels sepulcher: 2. at the plaine of Tabor: 3. at the hill of God: where finding a company of Prophets he prophesied, cha. 9.10. & 19. chap.
Q. Where was he chosen?
A. At Mispah by lot, chap. 10.
Q. How many principall things must we consider in Sauls raigne?
A. Two: his good and his bad deedes.
Q. What were his good deeds?
chapter 11 A. He fought the Lords bartell: he deliuered the inhabitants [Page 122]of Iabesh frō the Ammonites: he ouerthrew the Amalekites and Philistims.
Q. What were his euill deeds?
chapter 15 A. He tooke on him the Pricsts office: he spared Agag and the best things: he persecuted Dauid. 18. he slew the Lords priests. 21. and he consnlted with witches, chap. 28.
Q. How was he plagued?
A. He was reiected and Dauid elected: he was vexed with an euill spirit: his two sonnes were slaine by the Philistims, & he slew himselfe, chap. 31.
Q. Who was high Priest?
A. Abimeleck the sonne of Ahitub.
Q. Who succeeded Saul in the kingdome?
A. Dauid.
Q. What principall things are to be considered of him?
[Page 123]A. His calling and his acts.
Q. How many things must we consider in his calling?
chapter 16 A. Three: 1. who called him? God: 2. by whom was hee called? by Samuel. 3. frō whence was he called? from keeping his fathers sheepe.
Q. How are the acts of Dauid deuided?
A. Into his actes in Sauls time, and his acts after Sauls death.
Q. Whatwere his acts in Sauls time?
A. He slew a Lyon and a Beare: he mitigated Sauls furie with his harpe: he slew Gokah, chapter 17. he slewe 300. Philistims for 200. fore-skinnes, for which he was made the Kings sonne in lawe. He was preferred before Saul of the Virgins: he was persecuted by Saul, 18. [Page 124]chap. He fled to Nob and did eate the shewbread: 21. chapt. He fled to Gath and there hee did counterfeit himselfe mad. 21. c. he cut off the lap of Sauls garment: he tooke away the speare and a pot of water that stood at Sauls head. chap, 26. he destroed the Amalekites. chap. 30.
II. SAMVEL.
Q. What must we consider of Dauid after Sauls death?
A. His acts after he was made king of Israel, and his acts when he ruled ouer Iudah onely.
Q. What were his acts when he ruled ouer Iudah?
chapter 1 A. He slew the man that said he had slaine Saul: he waged [Page 125]warre seauen yeares with Ishbosheth. chap. 2.
Q. Who was captaine ouer Ishbosheths armie?
A. Abner.
Q. What became of him?
A. He was slaine cowardly by loab, because he slew Asacl his brother, chap. 3.
Q. What did Dauid after the death of Abner?
A. He lamented for him.
Q. What befell to Ishbosheth after the death of Abner?
chapter 4 A. Baanah and Rechab, two of his captaines, slew him as he slept on his bed, and cut off his head and brought it to Dauid in Hebron.
Q. Who then raigned ouer Israel?
A. Dauid. chap. 5.
Q. How many things must we obserue in his gouernement beeing [Page 126]king ouer Israels
A. Two things: wherin he behaued himselfe well; wherin ill.
Q. VVherein did he behaue himselfe well?
chapters 6,7,8,9,10 A. He fought the Lords battels: he slew Baanah & Rechab: hee ouercame the Philistims twice: he tooke the fort of Sion: he restored the arke, he prepared for the building of the temple: he ouerthrewe the Philistims, the Ammorites, and all his enemies. chap. 8.
Q. Who was captam of his hoast?
A. Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah.
Q. What were Dauids euill deeds?
chapter 11 A. He brought the the Arke in a new cart when it should haue beene borne on the Leuites shoulders: he committed adulterie with Bethsheba, and caused Vriah her husband to bee slaine, and caused the people [Page 127]to be numbred, chap. 24.
Q. How was he plagued for carrying the arke in a cart?
A. The oxen stumbled, the arke shooke, Vzzah put vp his hand, and was striken dead.
Q. How for his adulterie?
A. chapter 13 The child conceiued in adulterie died: chapter 15 Amnon defiled Tamar: chapter 17 Absalon slue Amnon, and lay with his fathers concubines: lastly, Sheba rebelled. chap. 20.
Q. What became of Absolon?
A. He was hanged on an oake by the haire of the head, and slaine by Ioab, chap. 18.
Q. How did the Lord plague him for numbring the people?
A. God sent a plague for 3. daies, whereof died feauentie thousand men, chap. 44.
Q. How was the plague ceased?
A. Dauid repenting & praying, [Page 128]God bad the Augell hold his hand.
Q. What did Dauid then?
A. He builded an altar, and offered sacrifice vnto the Lord, chap. 24.
Q. What Prophets were in Dauids time?
A. Nathan and Gad.
Q. Who were high Priests?
A. A biathar and Zadock.
Q. Who was Scribe?
A. Shuah.
Q. Who was Recorder?
A. Iehoshaphat.
Q. Who was ouer the tribute?
A. Adoram.
Q. Who was captaine ouer the Cherethites and Perezites?
A. Benaiah.
Q. How long raigned Dauid ouer Israel?
A. Seauen yeares in Hebron: 33. yeares ouer all Israel: [Page 129]in all 40. yeares.
KINGS.
Q. What call you the next booke to Samuel?
A. Kings.
Q. How many bookes of Kings are there?
A. Two.
Q. How many things are principally to be considered in these two bookes?
A. Two: the rest of the kingdome of Israel before the diuision, and after the diuision.
Q. How many kings were there before the kingdom was diuided?
A. Three: Saul, Dauid, and Salomon.
Q. How many of these were mentioned in the first booke?
A. Two: Dauid & Salomon.
Q. What is recorded of Dauid [Page 130]in this booke?
A. He caused his sonne Salomon to be annointed King: & the charge that he gaue him at his death.
Q. What notable things are recorded of Salomon?
A. He flew Adoniah, Ioab, and Shemei.
chapter 1 He prayed for wifedome and obtained it.
chapter 5 He prepareth for the building of the Temple.
chapter 7 He builded the Temple in 7. yeares.
Hee receiued the Queene of Sheba very honorably, 1. King. 10.
Q. What were his sinnes?
A. Idolatrie and adulterie, 1. king. 11.
Q. How was he punished?
A. The Lord stirred vp enemies against him: Hadad, [Page 131]Rezin, and Ieroboam. chap. 11.
Q. How long raigned Salomon?
A. Fourtie yeares. 1. kin. 11.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Rehoboam. 12. chap.
Q. How old was Salomon when he begate Rehoboam?
A. Eleuen yeares: for Rehoboam was 40. yeares old when he beganne to raigne, 1. King. 24. Salomon was 52. yeares olde when he died. Hee was but 12. yeares old when he began to raigne, 1. King. 2. and he raigned onely 40. yeares 1. King. 11.
Q. What became of the kingdome after the death of Salomon?
A. It was deuided.
Q. Why?
A. Because of Salomons finnes.
Q. What call you the two kingdomes?
[Page 132] A. Israel and Iudah.
Q. How many tribes were in the kingdome of Iudah?
A. Two Iudah & Beniamin.
Q. How many were in the kingdome of Israel?
A. Ten: Reuben, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulon, Dan, Gad, Asher, Neptali, Ephraim, and Manasses.
Q. How many kings?
A. Twentie: Rehoboam, Abiam, Asa, Iehosaphat, Iehoram, Ahasiah, Athaliah, Ioab, Amasiah, Azariah, Iothan, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasses, Amon, Iosiah, Iehoahaz, Iehoiakim, Iehoiakin, Zedekiah.
Q How many things must we consider in the historie of euery one of these kings?
A. Two: their acts of Peace, and their acts of warre.
Q. How many things must we [Page 133]consider in their acts of peace?
A. Two: what they did for religion: and what for the common wealth.
Q. Who was the first king of Iudah?
A. Rehoboam. 1. king. 12.1.
Q. What is set downe of him?
A. He did euill in the sight of the Lord.
Q. How was he plagued?
A. Shishack king of Egypt came vp against him, and spoiled him of his riches.
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Eighteene yeares.
Q. Who was high Priest in his time?
A. Zadock.
Q. Who succeded him?
A. Abiam, chap. 15.
Q. What is mentioned of him?
A. He committed wickednesse in the sight of the Lord.
[Page 134]Q. How long raigned he?
A. Three yeares.
Q. What were his acts of war?
A. He put Ieroboam to flight.
Q. What Prophets were in his time?
A. Iddo.
Q. Who was high Priest?
A. Ahimaaz.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Asa.
Q. What were his good deedes?
A. He put the Sodomites out of the land.
He suppressed the stewes.
He destroied all the Idols.
He put his mother from her estate, for making an idol in a groue.
He put Maacha from her regencie.
He fought with Baash.
Q. What were his euil deedes?
[Page 135] A. He made a couenant with Benhadad.
He forsooke God, 1. Kin. 16. chap.
Q. How was he punished?
A. He died of the gout after he had raigned 41. yeares, 1. King. 15.3.
Q. What Prophets were in his time?
A. Azariah, Iehu, and Hanani.
Q. Who were high Priests?
A. Ahimaaz, and Azariah.
Q. Who succeeded Asa?
A. Iehoshaphat, 1. King. 15.
Q. What is set downe of him?
A. He did that which was good in the sight of the Lord: he receiued comfort after the inuasion of his enemies, of Oziel.
His shippes were broken at Ozion-Gaber, chap. 2.
[Page 136]Q. What did he for Religion?
A. He abolished idolatrie, & caused the people to be taught. eodem.
Q. What did he for the commonwealth?
A. He builded cities, and placed garrisons in them.
Q. What were his acts of war?
A. He ouercame the Moabites, the Ammonites, and the inhabitants of Mount Seir.
He made affinity with Ahab, chap. 18.
He went with him to warre against Ramoth Gilead, cha. 22.
He ioyned himselfe with Ahaziah to make ships to go to Tarshish eod.
Q. What befell to him for these things?
A. The Lord sent Iehu the Prophet to reprooue him; and his ships were broken, so that [Page 137]he could not go to Tarshish.
Q. What Prophets were in his time?
A. Iehu, Azariah, and Eliazar.
Q. What high Priests?
A. Ahimaaz and Azariah.
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Twenty fiue yeares.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Iehoram, 1. King. 22.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the fight of the Lord: he married Ahabs daughter. 2. King 8. he committed idolatrie, eod. he slew seauen of his brethren.
Q. What became of him?
A. He died of an incurable disease, after he had raigned 8. yeares.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Ahaziah.
Q. What is recorded of him?
[Page 138] A. He did euill in the sight of the Lord.
Q. What became of him?
A. He was slain at Ram oth-Gilead hauing raigned one yeare, and also 42. of his brethren were slaine by Iehu. 2. Chr. 22.
Q. Who was high Priest?
A. Iehoidah.
Q. Who were Prophets?
A. Eliah, who was taken vp into heauen.
Q. Who succeeded Ahaziah?
A. Atholiah his mother 2. King. 11.
Q. What is recorded of her?
A. She put to death all the kings seede, except Ioash the sonne of Ahaziah.
Q. How escaped he?
A. Iehoshebah the daughter to king Ioram, and sister to Ahaziah hid him sixe yeares.
[Page 139] Q. What became of Athalia?
A. Shee was slaine at the commandement of Iehoidah, hauing raigned 7. yeares, 2. king. 11.
Q. Who succeeded her?
A. Ioash.
Q. VVhat is recorded of him?
A. He did that which was good in the sight of the Lord, all the time that Ichoida taught him.
Q. What were his good deeds?
A. He made prouision for the repaire of the Temple. 2. Kin. 12.
Q. What were his sinnes?
A. He committed idolatrie, he slew Zachariah the priest, he tooke on him the honour of God. 2. King. 12.
Q. VVhat became of him?
A. He was slaine by his seruants, hauing raigned fourtie [Page 140]yeares, eod.
Q. What Prophets were in his time?
A. Iehoidah and Zacharie.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Amasiah.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did that which was good in the sight of the Lord. 2. king. 14.
Q. What were his good acts?
A. He put them to death which slewe his father, and hee ouercame the Edomires. eod.
Q. Did he continue in the seruice of God?
A. No, he fell to idolatrie 2. Chro. 25.
Q. How was he plagued?
A. He was ouercome by Ioash king of Israel, because he was not warned by the parable of the thistle. The citie was taken and the temple spoiled, [Page 141]and he was slaine by his seruants hauing raigned 29. yeares, eod.
Q. Who was high priest in his time?
A. Azariah.
Q. What Prophet liued in his time?
A. Isaiah.
Q. Who succeeded Amasiah?
A. Vzziah, alias Azariah. 2. King. 15.2. Chro. 36.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did that which was good in the sight of the Lord, all the daies of Zachariah, and the Lord prospered him: he loued tilling.
Q. Did he continue still in the seruice of God?
A. No: he tooke on him the priests office.
Q. How was he plagued?
A. He was smitten with a [Page 142]leprosie, and continued a leper vnto his death.
Q. What prophets were in his time?
A. Isaiah, Ioel, Hosea, and Obadia.
Q. Who were high Priests?
A. Zachariah and Azariah.
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Fiftie two yeares.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Iothan, 2. King. 15.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did vprightly in the sight of the Lord: he built the gate of the Temple called Beutifull: he ouercame the Amorites, eod.
Q. What prophets were in his time?
A. Isaiah, Nahum, and Michah.
Q. What Priests?
[Page 143] A. Ahitub and Zadock.
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Sixteene yeares.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Achaz, 2. King. 15.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the sight of the Lord, hee drew his sonnes through the fire: he was besieged by Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah king of Iudah; he refused the counsell of Isaiah: he forsooke God: he destroyed the ornaments of the Temple.
Q. Who was high Priest?
A. Vriah.
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Sixteene yeares.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Hezechiah, 2. King. 16.
Q. How old was Achaz when he begat Ezechias?
A. Tenne yeares: for when [Page 144]he was twenty yeares old, he began to raigne, and raigned sixteene yeares, 2. King. 16. so he dyed in the thirtie sixe yeare of his age: Now Ezechias succeeded his father whē he was fiue and twentie yeares of age, 2. King. 18.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did vprightly in the sight of the Lord.
Q. How are his acts diuided?
A. Into his good & bad acts.
Q. What were his good acts?
chapters 18,19 A. He repaired the Temple, and restored religion which his father had ouerthrowne: hee brake in peeces the brasen Serpent which Moses had made: he hearing the reuiling wordes of Rabshakeh, humbled himselfe before the Lord, and the Augel of the Lord destroyed in the campe of Asher, an hundred [Page 145]foure score and fiue thousand.
Q. What befell to him then?
A. He was sicke, and the Lord sent Isaiah vnto him, to bidde him set his house in order, for hee should die, chap. 20. lib. 2.
Q. What did Hezekiah?
A. He prayed to the Lord, and he restored him to health againe, and added fifteene yeares to his daies, eod.
Q. What signe did God giue him that he should recouer?
A. The Sunne went backe tenne degrees, eod.
Q. What was his sinne?
A. He shewed the treasure of the temple to the Babylonian Embassadours, eod.
Q. What did the Lord then?
A. He sent Isaiah the Prophet to reprooue him. c. 20. l. 3.
[Page 146]Q. What Prophets were in his time?
A. Isaiah, Ieremiah, and Huldah.
Q. Who was high Priest?
A. Azariah.
Q. How long raigned Hezechiah?
A. Twentie nine yeares.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Manasses.
Q. What is recorded of him?
chapters A. He restored idolatrie: he made his sonnes passe through the fire: he cut Isaiah asunder with a wooden saw.
Q. How was he punished?
A. He was carried captiue into Babylon.
Q. What did he there?
A. He prayed vnto the Lord, and he heard him, and restored his kingdome vnto him again 2. Chro. 33.
[Page 147]Q. What did he then?
A. He took away the strange gods and restored religion, eod.
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Fiftie yeares.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Amon, cap. 21. lib. 2.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the sight of the Lord.
Q. What became of him?
A. He was slaine by his seruants, hauing raigned 2. yeares, 2. Chr. 33.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Iosiah.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did vprightly in the fight of the Lord: 2. King. 22.
Q. What were his acts?
A. He found the booke of the law, and read it in the eares of all the people: he destroyed [Page 148]idolatrie & repaired the tē ple: he kept a great passe-ouer. 2. King. 22.23.
Q. What became of him?
A. He was slaine with an arrow at Megiddo, hauing raigued 31. yeares, eod.
Q. What Prophets were in his time?
A. Ieremiah, Zephaniah, & Haldah a Prophetesse.
Q. Who was high Priest?
A. Hilchiah.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Iehoahaz his sonne, ca. 23. lib. 2.
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Two yeares.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the sight of the Lord.
Q. How was he plagued?
A. Pharaoh Necoh King of Egypt came vp against [Page 149]him, and put him in bonds, & put the land to tribute of an hundred talents of siluer, and a talent of gold. And Ehakim the brother of Iehoahaz raigned in his stead, and chaunged his name to Iehoiakim. cha. 23. lib. 2.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the sight of the Lord, eod.
Q. What were his acts?
A. He paid tribute to Pharaoh, ca 23. lib. 2. He imprisoned Ieremiah: Ier. 36. he cut the Prophet Habacuk in peeces, and burnt Baracks prophesies.
Q. What became of him?
A. He was carried captiue by Nabuchadnezzar, hauing raigned 11. yeares.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Iehoiakin his sonne, ca. 24. lib. 2.
[Page 150] Q. VVhat is recorded of him?
chapter 24 A. He deliuered himselfe into the hands of Nabuchadnezzar by the counsell of Ieremie, in which captiuitie were Ezechiel, Daniel, and the three children.
Q How long raigned he?
A. Three moneths.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Mattaniah his vncle, whom the king of Babel called Zedechiah.
Q. What is recorded of him?
chapter 24 A. He did euill in the sight of the Lord, for which he and the kingdom of Iudah were carried into captiuitie by Nabuchadnezzar king of Babel.
Q. How long had he raigned before he was carried captiue?
A. Eleuen yeares.
Q. What Prophets were in his [...]?
[Page 151] A. Baruck, Ezechiel, and Ieremiah.
Q. What did they to Zedekiah when they had taken him?
2. King. 25. A. They slewe his sonnes before his eyes, then they put out his eyes, and bounde him in chaines, and carried him to Babel.
Q. Who was high Priest in his time?
A. Seraiah.
Q. What prophets?
A. Baruck and Ezechiel.
Q. Rehearse the chiefe Prophets that prophesied in these kings times?
A. Iddo, Shemiah, Iehu, Zachariah, Eliah, Ioel, Isaiah, Nahum, Michab, Zephaniah, Ieremiah, Huldah, Vziah, Baruck, Ezechiel.
Q. Rehearse the Priests?
A. Ahiah, Azariah, Ichoidah, [Page 152]Zachariah, Amaziah, Ahitub, Zadock, Shallum, Hilkiah, and Seraiah.
Q. Rehearse the chiefe Kings of Babel?
A. Berodach Baladan, who honoured Hezechiah; Nabuchadnezzar, who was cast into a Wood, nourished by a goate, bewrayed by an Owle, found out by a Leopard. His name ariseth of Nabn a Goate, Chad, an Owle, and nazor, a Leopard. He ouercame the Assyrians: he carried Iudah captiue. He was proud, & became as a beast: afterward he was restored to his kingdome. Nabuchadnezzar the lesse, who beautified the Temple. Euilmeradock who gaue his father vnto 300. vultures to be deuoured, Balthaser, to whom the hand writing appeared.
[Page 153]Q. Which was the chiefe citte of Israel?
A. Samaria.
Q. Which was the chiefe citie of Iudah?
A. Ierusalem.
Q. Which was the chiefe city of Assyria?
A. Nini [...]e.
Q. Which was the chiefe citie of the Babylonians?
A. Babylon.
Q. Rehearse the Kings of Israel?
A. Ieroboam, Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri, Ahab, Ahaziah, Iehoram, Iehu, Iehoahaz, Ioash, Ieroboam, Zachariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, Hoshea.
Q. How many kings raigned ouer Israel?
A. Nineteene, and none of them good. 1. King. 12.
[Page 154] Q. What is recorded of Ieroboam?
A. The prophet Ahiah rent his garment in 12. peeces, and gaue him tenne. He foretold him that he should bee king ouer Israel. He made two golden calues for the Israelites to worship, setting one of them in Dan, and the other in Bethel: for which he being reprooued by the Prophet, stretched out his hand to lay hold on him, and it withered, so that hee could not pull it to him againe, vntill the Prophet prayed for him.
He caused his wife to disguise her selfe, and to goe to the Prophet. 2. King. 15
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Twentie two yeares.
Q. What Prophets were in his time?
[Page 155] A. Ahiah, Iddo, and Shemaiah.
Q. Who succeeded Ieroboam?
A. Nadab. 1. king. 14.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the sight of the Lord.
Q. What became of him?
chapter 14 A. He was slaine by Baasha at Gybbethon, hauing raigned two yeares.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Baasha, 1. King. 15.
Q. What did he?
A. He did euill in the sight of the Lord.
Q. What were his acts?
A. He fought with Asa, and built Ramah.
Q. VVhat became of him?
A. He died hauing raigned 24. yeares.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Elah his son, 1. king. 16.
[Page 156] Q. What did he?
A. He did euill in the sight of the Lord.
Q. What became of him?
A. He was slaine by Zimri in Tirzai being drunke, hauing raigned two yeares.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Zimri, eod.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He slue all the house of Baasha.
Q. What became of him?
A. He burnt Tirzai & himselfe in the middest of it, beeing besieged by Omri, hauing raigned 7. daies.
Q. What became of the kingdome then?
A. Halfe the people followed Tibni to make him king, & the other halfe followed Omri to make him.
Q. How was this controuersie [Page 157] ended?
A. Tibni was slaine and Omri raigned.
Q. What is recorded of Omri?
A. He built Samaria, and died hauing raigned 12. years.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Ahab his sonne, 1. king 16.28.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He worshipped Baal, and built him a temple. 19. he killed the Prophets of the Lord: hee ouercame the Ammonites: he slue Naboth for his vineyard, and prisoned Michaiah. 1. king. 21.22.
Q. What became of him?
A. He was slaine at Ramoth-Gilead, hauing raigned 22. yeares, eod.
Q. What Prophets were in his time?
A. Eliah, Michaiah, and [Page 158]Obadiah.
Q. What is recorded of Eliah?
A. He foretold the famine: he was fed of Rauens: he restored his hostesse sonne to life: he slew Baals Prophets, ls. 1. ca. 18.
He fled from Iesabel and was nourished by the angell of the Lord, chap. 19.
He reprooued Ahab for slaying Naboth.
He reprooued Ahaziah for sending to aske counsell of Baalzebub, cap. 1. lib. 2.
He prayed to the Lord and fire came downe from heauen & consumed an hundred men.
He diuided the waters of Iordan with his cloake, ca. 2. l. 2. and afterwards he was taken vp into heauen.
Q. When Eliah was taken vp into heauen, who was Prophet in his roome?
[Page 159] A. Elisha.
Q. What things are recorded of him?
A. He deuided the waters of Iordan with the cloke of Eliah. 2. king. 2.
He healed the venemous and bitter waters, eod.
As he was going to Bethel litle children mocked him, and he cursed them, and two Beares came out of the forrest and deuoured them, euen 42. of them, cap. 2.
He gaue water to three kings hoasts. cap. 3.
He increased the oyle of the widow.
chapter 4 He raised the Shunamites sonne to life.
chapter 5 He healed Naaman of his Leprosie.
He maketh iron to swimme. chapter 6 He discloseth the king of Arams [Page 160]counsel to the king of Israel.
He prophesieth plentie to Samaria.
He prophesied the dearth of 7. yeares to the Shunamite.
And lastly, he prophesied to Hazael that he should be king in Syria.
Q. Who succeeded Ahab?
A. Ahaziah, 1. king 22.40.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the sight of the Lord, and raigned two yeares. 1. king. 22.
Q. How was he plagued?
A. Moab rebelled, and he fell through the Lattise window of his vpper chamber, and fell sicke. 2. king. 1.
Q. What did he then?
A. He sent to aske counsell of Baalzebub whether hee should die or no? eod.
Q. What did the Lord then?
[Page 161] A. He sent Eliah to him, saying, because he had sent to Baalzebub, he should not come from the bed whereon he was, but should die the death.
Q. What became of him?
A. He dyed, and hauing no sonne, Iehoram raigned in his stead, which Iehoram was sonne to Ahab, eod.
Q. What things are recorded of him?
A. He did euil in the sight of the Lord: he fought with the Moabites: he fought against Hazael King of Aram at Ramoth Gilead, & was wounded. And lastly, he was slaine by Iehu after he had raigned twelue yeares. c. 9. lib. 2.
Q. What Prophets were in his time?
A. Elisha, and Michaiah.
Q. Who succeeded him?
[Page 162] A. Iehu.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He slew Iehoram and Ahaziah, he caused Iesobel to be cast out of a window, c. 9. l. 2.
He slew 70. of Ahabs sons, & 42. of Ahaziahs brethren, c. 10. lib. 2.
He slew Baals priests and destroyed Baal and his house, and turned it into a lakes, hauing raigned 28. yeares, c. 10. l. 2.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Iehoahaz, c. 10. l. 2.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the sight of the Lord.
Q. How was he plagued?
A. The Lord deliuered him into the hands of the Syrians. 2. king. 13.
Q. Did he continue so?
A. No, he prayed vnto the Lord, and he deliuered him. eod.
[Page 163]Q. Did he take any warning by his troubles?
A. No: he returned to his former wickednesse.
Q. What became of him then?
A. He died hauing raigned 17. yeares.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Ioash his sonne, 2. king. 13.9.
Q. What things are recorded of him?
A. He ouercame Benhadad the son of Hazael three times: he tooke Amaziah king of Iudah: he brake downe the wals of Ierusalem, and spoiled the Temple. 2. king. 14.
Q. What became of him?
A. He died hauing raigned 16. yeares.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Ieroboam his son, eod.
Q. What is recorded of him?
[Page 164] A. He did euill in the sight of the Lord.
Q. What were his acts?
A. He restored the coasts of Israel, eod.
Q. What became of him?
A. He died hauing raigned 41. yeares, 23. verse.
Q. What Prophets were in his time?
A. Hosea, Amos, and Ionah.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Zachariah, 2. king. 14.
Q What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the sight of the Lord.
Q. What became of him?
A. Shallum slew him after he had raigned sixe moneths, 15. ch. and raigned in his stead.
Q. What became of Shallum?
A. Menahem slew him after he had raigned one moneth, ca. 15.13. and raigned in his stead.
[Page 165] Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the sight of the Lord.
Q. How was he plagued?
A. The king of Ashur came vp against him, and Menahem gaue him a 1000. talents of siluer to depart from him.
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Tenne yeares.
Q. What became of him?
A. He dyed.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Pekahiah his sonne, cap. 15. lib. 2.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the sight of the Lord.
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Two yeares.
Q. What became of him?
A. Pekah slue him and raigned in his stead.
Q. What is recorded of Pekah?
[Page 166]A. He did euill in the sight of the Lord.
Q. How was he plagued?
A. Tiglath-Pileser came against him, and caried many away captiue, cap. 15. lib. 2.
Q. What became of Pekah?
A. He was slaine by Hoshea, hauing raigned 20. yeares.
Q. Who succeeded him?
A. Hoshea, cap. 15.30.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He gaue licence to the Iewes to go to Ierusalem three times a yeare: he and the kingdom of Israel were caried capriue by Shalmanazer king of Ashur, cap. 17.2.
Q. What prophets were in his time?
A. Ahiah, Iehu, Eliah, Michaiah, Elishah, Obadiah, Hosea, Amos, Ionas, Ioel.
Q. Who were the kings of [Page 167]Syria that vexed Israel?
A. Benhadad, Rezin, & Hazael.
Q. Which is the chiefe citie of Syria?
A. Damascus.
Q. Which are the kings of Affyria?
A. Pul, Tiglath-Pileser, Salmanaser, Shenacherib, and Ishardon.
Q. Which is the chiefe citie of Assyria?
A. Niniue.
CHRONICLES.
Q. What call you this booke?
A. Chronicles, or booke of daies
Q. Why is it so called?
A. Because it containeth some times and ages of the world.
[Page 168]Q. How many ages are there of the world?
A. Eight.
1. From Adam to Noah.
2. From Noah to Abraham.
3. From Abrahams departing from Vr in Chalde, vnto the departing of Israel from Egypt.
4. From the departing of Israel out of Egyyt, vnto the first building of the Temple.
5. From the first building of the Temple vnto the captiuitie of Babylon.
6. From the captiuitie of Babylon to the reedifying of Ierusalem.
7. From the reedifying of Ierusalem vnto the comming of Christ.
8. From the comming of Christ to the iudgement.
Q. What notable things haue [Page 169]beene and shall be in these ages?
A. The creation of the world, the floud, the circumcision, the annointing of Kings, the transmigration of Babylon: the incarnation of Christ: the opening of heauen by the preaching of the Gospel, and the resurrection of bodies to iudgment.
Q. How many of these ages are in this booke?
A. Sixe: from the first creation, to the reedifying of Ierusalem.
Q. Rehearse the fathers of the first age?
A. Adam, Sheth, Enoch, Kenan, &c. vt in Genes. which age containeth 1656. yeares.
Q. Rehearse the Patriar [...]s of the second age?
A. Shem, Arpacshad, Shalah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, vt in Gones: [Page 170]which age containeth 363. yeares and ten daies.
The third age containeth 430. yeares.
The fourth age containeth 480. yeares.
The fift age containeth 419. yeares.
The sixt age containeth 143. yeares.
The seauenth age containeth 483. yeares.
Q. Howe many of the last age are alreadie expired?
A. One thousand sixe hundred and seauen yeares.
Q. Who was Abrahams sonne according to promise?
A. Isaack.
Q. Who Isaaks?
A. Iacob.
Q. Which of Iacobs 12. sonnes had the Kingdome?
A. Iudah, and of him came Christ.
[Page 171] Q. Who had the Priesthood?
A. Leui.
Q. What goruernmēt had the first?
A. Captaines, Moses and Ioshua.
Q. What gouernours had they then?
A. Iudges, as before in that booke.
Q. Rehearse the genalogie from Iudah to Dauid?
A. Phares, Esrom, Aram, Aminadab, Naasson, Salomon, Boos, Obed, Iesse, and Dauid.
Q. Who succeeded Dauid?
A. Salomon.
Q. Who succeeded Salomon?
A. Rehoboam.
Q. Rehearse the priests from Aaron to Ahnub?
A. Eleazar, Phineas, Abishua, Bucci, Vzzi, Zeraiah, Meraioh, Amasiab, Ahitub.
Q. Why is Iehosaphat called [Page 172]king of Israel?
A. Because God was called the God of Israel, by reason of Iacob to whome he promised. Therefore Israel is sometime taken for Iudah, because Iudah was the chiefe people.
Q. Rehearse the fathers to Christ?
A. Peruse the third chapter of Luke.
EZRA.
Q. Why is this booke called Ezra?
A. It is so called of the name of him that writ it, by that trope of Rhetoricke called Metonymia, as when the author and writer is put for the writing.
Q. What is the substance of this booke?
[Page 173]A. The estate of the children of Israel from the first yeare of Cyrus to the nineteenth yeare of Darius Longimanus.
Q. How is this booke deuided?
A. Into two parts: the first containeth the returne of the children of Israel from the captiuitie of Babylon, in the first and second chap.
The second, the establishing of them in their owne land, in the rest of the booke.
Q. At what time did they returne?
chapter 1 A. The first yeare of Cyrus, which met with the 70. yeare of their captiuitie, as Ieremie had prophesied.
Q. Who were the causes of their returne?
A. The first and principal cause was the Holy Ghost, moouing the heart of Cyrus to [Page 174]giue them libertie to returne.
The second and instrumentall cause was Cyrus the King of Persia.
Q. What did Cyrus for them?
A. Of captiues he made them free, and beeing poore he furnished them for their voyage.
Q. How was this deelared?
A. First, by proclamation, then by writing.
Q. Israel was carried into captiuitie by Salmanasar King of Assyria. 1. king. 17.6. and Iuda was carried into captiuitie by Nebuchadnezzer King of Babel. 2. kin. 25.21. how then could Cyrus King of Persia send them home?
A. Berodach Baladan King of Babel ouerthrew Essaraddan King of Assur the grandchilde of Salmanasar, and ioyned to the Assyrians to the Monarchie [Page 175]of the Chaldeans, and so had vnder him the captiued Israelites seauentie yeares after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel had carried Iuda into captiuitie. Cyrus king of Persia with his vncle Darius King of the Medes, suddenly slue Balthasar king of Babel, Dan. 5. and so had authoritie to set them free, and to send them home to Ierusalem.
Q. To what end did he send them home?
A. To build the house of God, who had giuen him so large an Empire.
Q. How were those poore men furnished for so great a worke?
A. The king gaue them vessels and plate of gold and siluer which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from thence.
Q. How many were they which [Page 176]then returned?
chapter 2 A. Two and fortie thousand three hundred threescore, and of seruants, 7337.
Q. Vnder whose gouernment did they returne?
A. Vnder Zorabbabel the captaine, and Ieshua the priest.
Q. They beeing thus returned, which is the first part of this booke: how were they established?
Q. Ezra in setting downe the second part of this booke sheweth, first how they were established for religion in the 3, 4, 5, and 6. chapters.
Secondly their commonwealth, in the 7, 8, 9, and 10. chapters.
Q. In the establishing of religion, how many things are to bee considered?
A. Foure: the beginning of the work: 2. the hinderances [Page 177]of the worke: 3. the remoouing of those hinderances: 4. the performance and finishing of the worke.
Q. For the beginning of the worke, what doth Ezra set downe!
chapter 3 A. Two things: the preparation, and the laying of the foundation.
Q. Who prepared it?
A. All the people came to Ierusalem as one man.
Q. What did they?
A. First they began with the exercises of religion, namely offering of sacrifice, and obseruing the feast of Tabernacles,
Secondly, they gathered money, workemen, and matter for the worke.
Q. Who set forward the worke for laying the foundation?
A. Prince, Priests, and people.
[Page 178] Q. When the builders laid the foundation, what did the people?
chapter 4 A. They sang a psalme of praise to God, yet many mourned doubting the glorie of this house would not be like the first
Q. VVas this so excellent a worke hindred?
A. Yea, the better worke the more hindrances,
Q. By whom?
A. By the enemies of Iuda and Beniamin.
Q. VVhat did they?
A. First, craftily they pretend to worke with them. Secondly, not beeing admitted, they terrifie and trouble the builders. chapter 5 Thirdly, they accusing thē by letters to the king, they procure a prohibition & cause them to cease from building.
Q. How were these lets and hinderances remooued, and they [Page 179]set to the worke againe?
A. First, the Lord stirred them vp by his prophets, Haggia and Zechariah. Secondly, by humble letters to the King▪ and finding the order of Cyrus they obtaine a decree for the furtherance of their worke.
chapter 6 Q. Ʋpon how many points doth this decree consist?
A. Vpon three.
1. A restraint that none should hinder the worke.
2. A commaundement to furnish them with all things necessarie for the building and sacrifices.
3 An order that whosoeuer should hinder it, his house should be pulled downe and made a dunghill: of the wood of it a gallowes should be set vp and he hanged thereon.
Q. Beeing thus stirred vp by [Page 180]the Prophets, allowed and furnished by the King, did they returne to the worke?
A. Yes: they builded it, finished, and kept the feast of dedication with great ioy.
chapter 7 Q. Thus much for the establishing of the estate of religion, now wee are come to the establishing of the common-wealth: how many things are we therein to consider?
A. Three: first who did it, chap. 7.
Secondly, his iourney to doe it, chap. 8.
Thirdly, his acts how he did it, chap. 9. & 10.
Q. Who had most to doe in this worke?
A. The man is described by his name, his ancestors, his learning, his fauour, authoritie, and religion.
[Page 181]Q. What was his name?
A. Ezra.
Q. Of what kindred came he?
A. From Aaron the high priest.
Q. What was his learning?
A. He was a Scribe prompt in the law of God.
Q. What fauour had he?
A. He was in fauour with the king of Persia. cha. 7.6. with the people of the Iewes. vers. 6. and with God, vers. 9.
Q. What authoritie had he?
A. By patent from Artashashe the king of Persia he had libertie with all the Iewes that would returne to Hierusalem, to carrie with him siluer, gold, & vessels: to place Iudges that know the lawe of God: and to punish offendours by death, banishment, confiscation of goods, or imprisonement.
[Page 182]Q. What was his religion?
A. According to the lawe of God: and he gaue himselfe to the exercise of the same.
chapter 8 Q. Now to come to the iourney in the 8. chapter what is to be obserued?
A. First, his company: secondly, the aide and strength hee craued for conducting of them in the iourney.
Q. What were obserued of the companie?
A. The people were forward and readie, but the priests were carelesse and negligent, vntill by commandement they were brought forward.
Q. What power had they to conduct them?
A. Ezra was ashamed to aske ayd of the king, and therefore he proclaimed a fast, and did aske aid of God by prayer.
[Page 183] Q. Now he beeing come to his iourneies end to Ierusalem, what were his acts?
A. First, he deliuered the treasure.
Secondly, they offered a facrifice.
Thirdly, he deliuered his cōmission to the Kings officers to be executed for the good of the people and the house of God.
chapter 9 Fourthly, in an assemblie of the rulers, complaints of disorders are deliuered.
Q How are the same redressed?
A. First, they prayed to God.
Secondly, they made a couenant to doe according to the word of the Lord.
chapter 10 Thirdly, they put away their strange wiues, and offered sacrifies for their finnes.
NEHEMIAH.
Q. Why is this booke called Nehemiah?
A. Because hee is a principall doer in the work, set down in this booke.
Q. What is the substance of it?
A. The repaire of Ierusalem decaied.
Q. Into how many parts is it deuided?
A. Into two: the cause of the worke, and the worke.
Q. Who was the efficient cause?
A. God by the hand of Nehemiah.
Q. Who was this Nehemiah, and how is he described?
chapter 1 A. By kindred a Iew, by trade of life a courtier, by office the kings butler, and by the place where he was, which was the [Page 185]kings court at Shushan, which whas the chiefe citie of Persia, builded by Darius.
Q. How was he mooued to this worke?
A. By hearing of the miserie of the people and citie of God.
Q By whome?
A. By Hanani and other men of Iudah.
Q. What heard he of the miserie of the peoples
A. That they were in great affliction and reproch.
Q. What of the citie of Ierusalem?
A. That the wals were broken down, and the gates burnt with fire.
Q. How procured he meanes to helpe them?
A. Two waies: first to God, next to man.
[Page 186] Q. How to God?
A. First hee humbled himselfe by fasting, confessing their sins: next hee prayeth for his gratious assistance.
Q. How prepared hee meanes of man?
chapter 2 A. He made his suire to the king and queene for leaue to goe, for letters of safe conduct, & for matter to help to repaire the gates and walles.
Q. What was the euent of his suite?
A. God heard his prayer, inclined the king to grant his request and so he went safe to Hierusalem.
Q. Concerning the second part, which is the worke of the repaire of Ierusalem, how is it deuided?
A. Into two parts: first the repaire of the citie walles, cha. [Page 187]3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. The second, the repaire of the peoples manners in the residue of the booke.
Q. In the repaire of the walles how many things are to be obserued?
A. Three: first the entrance into the worke.
2. The hinderances of the worke.
3. The finishing of it.
Q. In the entrance into the worke, how many things are set downe,
A. Three: first a view and suruey is taken of the wants, c. 2.13.
Secondly, a consultation with the rulers vers. 17.
Thirdly, the appointing of the people what to doe, and where they should build. ca. 3,
Q. What were the hinderances of this building?
[Page 188] A. First, they were derided by enemies, chap. 2.19. Secondly, Sanballat, Tobias, and Geshem, conspired against them by battell to hinder the worke, chap. 4. Thirdly, a ciuill dissention amongst themselues, because they were oppressed by the great men, chapter 5. Fourthly; false prophets were hyred by fearing them to discourage them from the worke. chap. 6.10.
Q. How were these hinderances withstood?
A. The principall refuge he had, was prayer to God, who gaue him courage to despise their skornes, wisedome to auoide their subtilties, strength to withstand their forces, and power to performe the worke, labouring with the one hand, and holding their weapon with [Page 189]the other, and so the work was finished. chap. 6.15.
Q. How was this working of repairing the wall ended?
A. First, there was a watch set to keepe the citie, chap. 7. Secondly, there was a folemne assembly to heare the word which Ezraread out of a pulpit of wood.
Thirdly, the feast of Tabernacles was kept with thank sgiuing, and great ioy, cap. 8.
Q. How was the word read?
A. They read it distinctly, gaue the sense, and caused them to vnderstand the reading.
Q. Concerning the second part of the worke which was the repaire of the manners of the people, what is set downe of it?
A. Foure things: 1. they repent their former corruption of life.
[Page 190]Q. What shew was of their repentance?
A. They assembled with publike fasting, sack-cloath and earth vpon them, chap. 9.
Q. What were the exercises of their fast?
A. They praied foure times a day, confessing their sinnes, & the word was read out of a pulpit foure times.
Q. What was the second thing done for the repaire of their manners.
A. They made a couenant with God, writ it, and the Princes and Priests did seale to it.
Q. What did they promife in their couenant?
A. First, not to make strange marriages.
Secondly, to sanctifie the Sabbath.
Thirdly, to giue allowance [Page 191]for the maintenance of the Priests and the sacrifices.
Q. What was the third thing that was done?
A. That Ierusalem should not lie wast, but bee inhabited, for the better maintenance of the citie, for the preseruation of the house of God, and for the performance of the exercises of religion, c. 11.
Q. What was the fourth?
A. Nehemiahpunisheth the polluters of the house of God, the prophaners of the Sabbath, and them that married straunge women, breaking the couenant which they had made with God.
ESTER.
Q. Why is this booke called Ester?
[Page 292] A. Because that a woman of that name is principally mentioned in it.
Q. What is the summe and substance of this booke?
A. A great danger whereinto the Iewes were brought by the wicked, and mercifully deliuered by the Lord.
Q. What is the end of it?
A. That wee through patience and comfort of the Scripture might haue hope.
Q. How is this booke deuided?
A. It may bee deuided according to the estate, either of one particular person, that is of Ester: or of all the Iewes vnder the iurisdiction of Ahashuerosh.
Q. How may it be deuided according to the estate of Hester?
A. Into two parts: first the promoting of her from a mean [Page 193]damsel to be a Queene, wife to so great a Monarch.
Secondly, her actes after she was Queene.
Q. How may it bee deuided according to the estate of the Iewes?
A. Into two parts: first, the afflictions and dangers whereinto they were brought. Secondly, their deliuerance out of these dangers.
Q. In setting forth the dangers, what things are to be obserued?
A. 1. First, that God prepared a meanes for their deiinerance. Secondly, the partie that brought them into dangers, & what those dangers were.
Q. VVho was this partie propared by God to be the meanes of their deliuerances?
A. Ester, a poore damsell exalted to be a Queene.
[Page 194]Q. In this promotion of Ester, what is to be obserued?
A. First, the occasions: secondly, her marriage.
Q. What were the occasions?
A. First, the remoouing of Vashtie the former Queene.
Secondly, the aduise of the kings officers.
Thirdly, the graces of Ester.
Q. When was Vashtie remooued?
A. At a great feast kept at Shushan in the third yeare of the raigne of Ahashuerosh.
Q. Who made it, and to whome was it made?
A. Ahashuerosh who raigned ouer 127. prouinces, made it; first to all his princes, capraines, & gouernours: and afterward to the people of Snushan: and Vashtie feasted the women likewise.
[Page 195] Q. What things are principally to be condemned in this feast?
A. Two: first, that he sought his owne glorie and maiestie. Secondly, that he continued it so long, seasting euery day for an hundred and fourescore daies.
Q. What is principally to bee commended in it?
A. The holy Ghost notes there was no quaffing, and that no man should bee compelled to drinke more then was for his good.
Q. Why was Vashtie remooued?
A. Because shee disobeyed her busband, and disdained to come when he sent for her.
Q. By whom was shee remooned?
A. By the seauen Princes [Page 196]of Persia the chiefe of his counsell, who also decreed that wiues should honour and obey their husbands.
Q. Ʋashtie beeing thus remooued, what was the aduise of the kings officers?
A. That all the beautifull virgins in all his dominions should bee brought into his Pallace, and shee that pleased the king, should be Queene; and amongest them was Ester brought.
Q. What was Ester?
A. A poore young damsel, borne and bredde a captiue, by kindred a Iewe, fatherlesse and motherlesse, brought vp by Mordecai her kinsman.
Q. What were the graces wherefore shee was preferred?
A. Shee was dutifull, beautifull, modest, and humble: and [Page 197]therefore found fauour in the eyes of all, and was belooued of the king aboue all.
Q. Did he keepe her as a concubine?
A. No, he tooke her to wife and made her Queeue.
Q. With what solemnitie?
A. 1. He set the crowne of the kingdome vpon her head.
2 He made a feast to his princes and seruants.
3. He gaue rest to his prouinces and gifts according to the power of a king.
Q. Did Mordecai her gardian, when shee was taken into the kings house, leaue to take care for her?
A. No: for although she was taken from him, yet hee would euery day resort to the court, and sit in the kings gate to heare of her.
[Page 198]Q. What befell while he continued that course?
A. Two things fell out: the first, he discouered a practise of treason against the King: the traitours were found and hanged, and the preuention of it was recorded in the Chronicles as done by Mordecai.
Q. What was the second?
A. A mischieuous practise of the confusion of the Iewes.
Q. By whom was it deuised?
A. By Haman a proud man, a great courtier, and highly in fauour with the King.
Q. Why did he enuie the Iewes so much as to seeke to bring them into such danger?
A. Because that Mordecai did not bow the knee to him, nor reuerence him.
Q. Why did not Mordecai yeeld th [...] reuerence to Haman, it [Page 199]beeing the kings commandement?
A. Because that Haman was an Agagite of the stocke of the Amalechites, a people hated, forsaken, and cursed of God, because they came first out to fight against Israel in the wildernesse, Exod. 17.8.1. Sam. 15.3.
Q. Was his pride such, that for enuie to one man, he sought to destroy the whole kindred of the Iewes?
A. Yea.
Q. By what meanes did hee bring them into this danger?
A. He vsed two reasons against them: the first was, that they were troublesome, not keeping the kings law. The second, it should be for the kings profit, for there should be ten thousand talents of siluer paid to the king to destroy them.
[Page 200] Q. Did Haman preuaile by these reasons?
A. Yea, the King gaue consent to Haman to doe as he pleased: the edict was written, sealed with the kings ring, sent by posts into al his prouinces, to kill and destroy all the Iewes in one day, and especially he prepared a paire of gallowes for Mordecai.
Q. This beeing concluded, how is it regarded?
A. It is taken diuersly: The King and Haman sit feasting and drinking. The people fall to mourning and crying.
Q. Thus wee haue gone thorough the first part of the booke, and haue seene the danger deuised, concluded and appointed to be executed, and we are come to the second part of the booke concerning the auoiding of the danger. [Page 101]How many things haue we in this part of the booke to consider?
A. Two: first the meanes vsed to preuent this danger: secoudly the euent, and successe of the same.
Q. For the first, who are the parties who doe seeke meanes?
A. The parties who first heard of it, as Mordecai and Ester specially; or the people of the Iewes generally.
Q. VVhat doth Mordecai?
A. Hee doth first humble himself before the Lord by fasting, and seeketh helpe of him.
Secondly, he maketh the cause knowne to Ester, that she might be an intercessour to the king for them.
Q. Doth Ester follow the cause?
A. At the first shee is feareful, doubteth the kings fauour, and maketh excuses.
[Page 202] Q. How are these remooued?
A. Mordecai with an inuincible faith in Gods promises, assureth himselfe of the deliuerance of Gods people: but threatneth destruction to her & to her fathers house, for destituting the cause and the people of God.
Q. What meanes doth shee and the people then vse?
A. First, shee commandeth a fast to all the Iewes three daies and three nights: secondly, she promiseth that she and her maides wil doe the like: thirdly, thus prepared, she resolueth to goe to the king, saying: If I perish, I perish.
Q. These meanes beeing vsed to God, what meanes doth shee vse to the king?
A. Shee banketted the king and Haman day after day, because [Page 203]she knew that he delighted in bankets, and in his company.
Then she deliuered her petition, laying open her danger, and crauing ayd.
Q. What successe and euent follweth hereof?
A. God turneth all to the best, for hee bringeth shame and confusion to his enemies, and deliuerance to his people.
Q. How is this brought to passe?
A. God causeth the King to remember how hee was deliuered from treason by Mordecaies meanes, and therefore commanded that in royall rayment vpon the Kings horse with a crowne vpon his head, Haman should lead him about the citie.
[Page 204]And this was the beginning of Hamans shame and Mordecaies honour.
Q. What doth afterward succeede?
A. Ester hath her petition graunted, and Haman is hanged vpon the gallowes which he had prepared for Mordecai.
Q. Doth this satisfie Ester to see Mordecai thus honoured, and Haman shamed and hanged?
A. No, shee obtaineth letters from the king into all his prouinces, for the comfort & freedome of the Iewes, and for the destructiō of their enemies, amongst whome the tenne sonnes of Haman were hanged.
Q. How many of their enemies were executed.
A. In Shusnan 3000. in all [Page 205]the prouinces, 75000.
Q. The Iewes hauing receiued this mercie from God, how doe they shew themselues?
A. By Mordecai a feast was appointed to testifie a remembrance of Gods mercies, and their thankfulnesse to God for their deliuerance, and the people made acouenant to obserue the same.
Q. What became of Mordecai?
A. He was set ouer the house of Haman, was second in the kingdome to the king, and procured the wealth of his people.
IOB.
Q. What doth this booke containe?
A. The historie of Iob, [Page 206]which setteth forth the inconstant estate of mā in this life, either in his body, soule, friends, or wealth of the world.
Q. VVhat is the principal scope and purpose of this booke?
A. To teach man patience, to know the mercies of God, and to trust in them, Iam. 5.11.
Q. How is this booke diuided?
A. Into two parts, the first is an historie, the second a disputation betweene Iob and his friends.
Q. In reading this historie, how many things haue we principally to consider?
A. Foure, which are also to be considered for the knoweledge and vnderstanding of all histories.
The time, the place, the parties, and the matter.
Q. In what time were these [Page 207]things done?
A. I cannot define the time certain, but I suppose it was before the law was giuen, about the time the children of Israel were in the land of Egypt.
Q. What reasons haue you for this?
A. Two reasons. First, his friends. Secondly, his exercise of religion.
Q. How gather you it by his friends?
A. Some were from Esau, some from Keturah Abrahams wife.
Q. How gather you it by the exercise of religion?
A. Because if that the lawe had been then giuen, he should according to the lawe not haue offered sacrifice any other where, but before the Arke, or the Tabernacle of God, without [Page 208]an especiall commandement.
Q. In what place or countrie did this befall?
A. In the land of Vz.
Some thinke so called of Vz the sonne of Aram, the sonne of Shem, Gen. 10.33.
Others thinke of Sishan the sonne of S [...]er. 1. Chr. 38.42.
Q. In what place of the world lieth it?
A. In Asia the great, East from Canaan, West from Chalde, North from Sabea, or Arabia deserta, and South from Armenia.
Q. What persons are mentioned in this historie?
A. The persons are indeede either celestiall, as God, and his holy angels, or else they are terrestriall, as Iob, his wife, children, seruants, friends, and enemies, [Page 209]as the Sabees & the Chaldees, or els they are infernall, as Sathan and his angels.
Q. Now for the fourth point, the matter of the historie, how is that deuided?
A. Into two parts: first, his decay and alteration from such great prosperitie to most extreame aduersitie, to the latter end of the second chapter. The second, the restoring of him to his estate againe, chap. 42.10.
Q. What was his estate in prosperitie?
A. He had a wife, ten children very obedient vnto him, louing and kinde one to an other: also he had many sheepe, oxen, asses, camels, a great familie, large possessions, many friends, great authoritie and power, health of bodie, and aboue all quietnes of minde.
[Page 210] Q. Into what aduersitie was he brought?
A. Hee lost his cattle, his goods, his seruants, his childrē, the health of his bodie: he was smitten with sore and grieuous boyles from the very sole of his foote, to the crowne of his head: his wife and his friends vexed him, his soule was full of trouble and anguish.
Q. What brought him to this aduersitie?
A. God was the principall cause, who did it onely to trie him. Sathan as a seruant, of malice & hatred onely to destroy him: the Sabees and Chaldees to satisfie their crueltie and couetousnesse, killed his seruants, and stole away his cattell: the fire from heauen burnt his sheepe, the winde blew downe the house & killed his children, [Page 211]and the contemptuous skornes of many entred into his soule.
Q. How many things obserue you in this disputation?
A. Three: the parties, the occasion, and the matter.
Q. Who were the parties?
A. The opponents were Iobs friends, Eliphas, Bildad, and Zophar. Iob was defendant and answerer: the moderatours of the disputation were Elihu, and God.
Q. What were the occasions they entred into disputation with him?
A. The occasions were two: first, the beholding of his miserie: the second, the hearing of his bitter complaint which he deliuered from the anguish of his heart.
Q. What is the matter disputed of betweene them?
[Page 212] A. Whether these afflictions were laid vpon Iob for his sinnes, or no.
Q. What part doth his freinds take?
A. They vnwisely iudgeing of his estate, affirme that he is smitten for his sinnes, and so they doe not comfort him, but rather adde affliction to his affliction.
Q. What doth Iob in his answer?
A. He defended the contrarie with many passions, proceeding from the conflicts & combates betweene the flesh & the spirit; trust and distrust, hope & despaire. And this disputation beginneth at the 4. chap. and continueth to the 32.
Q. How doe the moderators conclude this disputation?
A. Elihu is angrie with both [Page 213]parties, and refuted them: God findeth fault with Iob for desiring to plead with him, shewing he is not able to contend with his creature, especially Behemoth and Leuiathan, much lesse with him.
Q. What effect tooke this?
A. Iob repented, serued God and prayed, and so God iustified him, and condemned his friends.
Q. Wee are come to the last part, which is his restoring againe: who restored him?
A. God, the gluer of euery good gift.
Q. How did he restore him?
A. First, with the fauour of his kindred, friends, & acquaintance. Secondly, hee doubled his wealth. Thirdly, with tenne children mo, and to see his posteritie to the fourth generation. [Page 214]Fourthly, with a long life and blessed end.
THE FOVRE EVANgelists.
Q. What doth the now Testament teach vs?
A. The Gospel.
Q. What is the Gospell?
A. Glad tidings of our saluation in Iesus Christ.
Q. How is this new Testament deuided?
A. Into two parts: historie, and doctrine.
Q. How is this historie deuided?
A. Into the historie of Christ, & the historie of his Apostles.
Q. How is the historie of Christ deuided?
[Page 215] A. Into three parts: his estate before his ministerie, his estate in his ministerie, and his passion.
Q. What doe the Euangelists set downe before they come to the office of Christs ministerie?
A. The conception of Iohn, Luk. 24.
The conception of Christ, Matth. 1.18.
The natiuitie of Iohn, Luk. 1.57.
The circumcision, Luk. 1.59.
The certifying of Ioseph, Mat. 1.25.
The natiuitie of Christ, Math. 1.
He was reuealed by Angels and shepheards, Luk. 2.
His circumcision. eod.
The comming of the wise men, Math. 2.1.
His first iourney to Ierusalem [Page 216]to be presēted to the Lord, and Marie to be purified, Luk. 2.22.
He was receiued by Simeon and Hannah, Luk. 2.
His flight into Egypt, Math. 2.14.
His returne into Nazareth, Math. 2.23.
His second iourney to Ierusalem beeing 12. yeares of age, Luk. 2.46.
Q. Who was Iohns father?
A. Zachariah.
Q. Ʋ Ʋho was his mother?
A. Elizabeth, Luk. 2.
Q. What befell to Zachariah for not beleeuing the Angel Gabriel in foretelling him the birth of his sonne?
A. Hee was stricken dumb vntill the circumcision of his sonne, Luk. 1.
Q. VVho circumcised him?
[Page 217] A. Zachariah his father the eight day, Luk. 1.59.
Q. By whom was Christ conceiued?
A. By the holy Ghost, Mat. 1. Luk. 1.
Q. Why was Ioseph certified?
A. Because he thought to put away his wife, Mat. 1.
Q. By whom was he certified?
A. By an Angel, Mat. 1.20.
Q. Who was Christs mother?
A. Marie, Math. 1.16.
Q. Where was he borne?
A. At Bethlem, Math. 2.1.
Q. Why was he borne there?
A. That the Prophesies might be fulfilled, Math. 2.6.
Q. Why went Ioseph to Bethlem?
A. That he might be taxed according to the edict of Aug. [Page 218]Caesar, Luk. 2.4.
Q. By whome was Christs birth reuealed?
A. By Angels and shepeheards, Luk. 3.8.9.
Q. From whence came the wise men?
A. From the East, Mat. 2.
Q. Why came they?
A. To see Christ, Math. 2.
Q. What did Herod?
A. He badde them goe to Bethlem, and when they had worshipped, returne to him, that he might goe and worshipalso, eod.
Q. Did they returne?
A. No, for they were warned of God in a dreame, that they should not returne againe to Herod, but returne an other way into their owne countrey.
Q. Why went he first to Ierusalem?
[Page 219]A. To be presented vnto the Lord, vt supra.
Q. By whom was he receiued?
A. By Simeon and Hannah, Luk. 2.
Q. Why did he she into Egypt
A. 1. Because he was so warned of God in a dreame: 2. that the prophesie might be fulfilled, saying: Out of Egypt, &c. Mat. 2.
Q. When returned he out of Egypt?
A. After the death of Herod, Mat. 2.19.
Q. Whither returned he?
A. To Galile, to a citie called Nazareth, Mat. 2.
Q. Why did he make a second iourney to Ierusalem at 12. yeares of age?
A. To dispute with the Doctours, Luk. 2.46.
Q. What doth the holy Ghost [Page 220]set downe of Iohn Baptist?
A. The maner of his life, kis doctrine, his sacrament, and his troubles.
Q. Whers preached he?
A. In the wildernesse.
Q. What was his meate?
A. Locusts and wild hony, Mat. 3.
Q. What his apparell?
A. A garment of Cammels haire, and a girdle of skin about his loines, eod.
Q. What was his doctrine?
A. Repentance.
Q. What was his Sacrament?
A. Baptisme, Mat. 3.
Q. What were his troubles?
A. He was put in prison & beheaded; Mat. 14.4.
Q. Why?
A. Because he told Herod it was not lawfull for him to haue his brothers wife, Mat. 14.
[Page 221]Q. How was Christ prepared to his ministerie?
A. He was baptized of Iohn beeing thirtie yeares of age, Math. 3. he fasted, chap. 4. he chose his Apostles, Mat. 10. & purged the temple, Mat. 31.
Q. What befell at his baptism?
A. The H. Ghost came down in likenesse of a Doue, and a voyce from heauen was heard, saying, This is my beloued sonne, &c. Mat. 4.
Q. How long fasted Christ?
A. Fourtie daies and fourtie nights, and then came the tempter, Mat. 5.
Q. In how many things was he tempted?
A. In three: first that hee would make stones bread: secondly, that hee would cast himselfe downe from the Pinacle of the temple: Thirdly, [Page 222]that he would fall downe and worship him, eod.
Q. What did Christ answer him?
A. To the first, Man liueth not by bread onely, &c.
To the second, Thou shalt not tempt, &c.
To the third he said, Auoide Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, &c. eod.
Q. When the tempter left him who came vnto him?
A. The angels, and ministred vnto him.
Q. How many Apostles had he?
A. Twelue, Luk. 6.14. Mat. 10.
Q. How oft did he purge the temple?
A. Twice: at his entrance into his ministerie, and at his going out, Ioh. 2. Mat. 21. Mar. 11. Luk. 19.
[Page 223] Q. What was the substance of his doctrine?
A. Repentance.
Q. What taught he at Nazareth?
A. He expounded the Prophet Isaias, and applyed it, and they would haue stoned him. Luk. 4.
Q. What befell to him at Capernaum?
A. As he was preaching the deuill interrupted him. eod.
Q. What taught he in the Mount?
A. True blessednesse: the office of his ministerie: he expounded the commandements: some exercises of a Christian life, and the way to saluation. Math. 5.
Q. How doth Christ describe the office of the minesterie?
A. By the parable of salt, light, citie.
Q. What Christian exercise [Page 224]doth he teach? Mat. 9. &c.
A. Almes, prayer, and fasting, eod.
Q. Did Christ teach all things plainely?
A. No, he taught some in parables.
Q. Why did he teach in parables?
A. For three causes: 1. that some might not vnderstand.
2. That others might more diligently enquire after them.
3. That men might better carrie it away.
Q. How many kindes of parables did Christ vse?
A. Two: parables drawne from things that haue life, and parables drawne from things that haue no life.
Q. Rehearse the parables drawn from things that haue life?
A. 1. Bridegrome. Math. [Page 225]9.15. 25.1.
2. Builders, Math. 7.24. Luk. 14.28.
3. Children. Math. 11.16. Luk. 15.12. Mat. 10.15. Luk. 12.
4. Friend borrowing a loafe in the night. Luk. 11. Man that gathered much fruite. Luk. 12.16. Neighbour. Luk. 10.33. Samaritan, Publican, and Pharisie. Luk. 18.9.
5. Seruants. Math. 6.24. No man can serue two masters. Merciful seruant. Mat. 18.28. Vnfaithfull seruants, Mat. 24.45. Vniust steward. Luk. 16.
6. Shepheard. Mat. 9.36. for ministers, Luk. 15.4. he that sought. Ioh. 10.11. Christ. Mat. 25.43. parting sheepe from goates.
7. Theefe. Ioh. 10. bad ministers. Mat. 24. Christs comming.
8. Vncleane spirits. Mat. 12.
[Page 226]9. Woman, Mat. 25. the virgins, Luk. 18.3. the importunate widdow, Luk. 15.8. the woman that lost the groat. Matth. 24.4. women grinding.
10. Birds, Mat. 6.36. foules of heauen, Mat. 10.16. be innocēt as doues, eod 29. Sparrows sold. Mat. 23.37. Hen gathering her, &c. Mat. 24.28. the Eagles resort.
Q. Rehearse the parables drawne from things without life?
A. 1. Bread. Ioh. 48. Christ.
2. Feast. Mat. 22.2. of the marriage feast. Luk. 14.8. sitting in the highest roomes.
3. Leauen. Luk. 13.33.
4. Light. Mat. 5.14. Ministers. Ioh. 8.12. Christ. mat. 5.16. good ministers. 6.23. holy Ghost. eod. the word.
5. Net. Mat. 13.47.
6. New cloath, new wine. [Page 227]Mat. 9.16.
7. Salt, Mat. 5.13. ministers, Mar. 9.49. the word.
8. Seed, Mat. 13.3. sowne in foure grounds, Mat. 13.27. darnell, eod. a graine of mustardseed, Mat. 6. seed growing and increasing.
9. Trees, Mat. 3.10. the axe put to the roote, Mat. 7.18. do men gather grapes? Mat. 24.32. fig-tree, Luk. 13.6.
10. Treasure, Mat. 13. hid in the field. Mat. 7.6. pearles, Mat. 25.15. talent.
11. Vineyard, Matth. 20.2. worke-men sent thereto, Mat. 21.28. The sonne bid to labour: the vineyard hired foorth, Ioh. 15.1. Christ is the true vine.
Q. How did Christ confirme his doctrine?
A. 1. By miracles that God [Page 228]might be glorified. Mat. 9.8.
2 That Christ might bee knowne to be the true Messias, Mat. 11.3.
3 To confirme this doctrine and our faith, Ioh. 20.3.
Q. What miracles did hee worke?
A. 1. He turned water into wine, Ioh. 2.
2 He fed 5000. with fiue loaues, Mat. 14. and 4000. with seauen loaues, Mat. 15
3 He gaue sight to the blind at Bethesda, Mark. 8. as he wēt out of Ierusalem, to two blind men as he went to Iericho, Mat. 20.29. one that was born so at Ierusalem, Ioh. 9.1.
4 He gaue hearing to the deafe, and speech to the dumb. Mar. 7.32.
5. He restored the withered hand, Mat. 1 [...].9.
[Page 229]6. He healed the man that was lame 38. yeares, Ioh. 5.5.
7. He healed the leprosie, Mat. 8.
8. The feauer, eod. Mar. 1.31.
9. The palsie, Mat. 9.1. Mar. 1.1.
10. The bloodie issue, Mat. 9.20.
And the dropsie, Luk. 14.2.
11. He calmed the seas beeing in the ship, Mat. 8.29. walked on the waters. Mat. 14.25.
12. He raised from the dead the rulers daughter, Mark. 9. the widowes sonne, Luk. 7.14. Lazarus Ioh. 11.12.
13. He deliuered from the possession of the deuill, at Capernaum, Marie, Luk. 14. Gadarah, Mat. 8.28. Mark. 1. The coastes of Tyre and Sydon. the womans son of Canaan: mount Thabor.
[Page 230]Q. With whom had Christ controuersie?
A. With Satan, with Peter, with Iames, with Iohn, and with all his Apostles.
With Iohns disciples, Mat. 9.
With his kinsfolkes, countrimen, Nichodemus, Ioh. 3.
With the woman of Samaria, Ioh. 4.
With the Iewes for healing, Ioh. 5. and for doctrine of good shepheards, Ioh. 10.
With the Capernites, Ioh. 6.
With the Herodians for tribute, Mat. 22.
With the Sadduces about refurrection, eod.
With the Doctours of the law, eod.
VVith the rulers of the Synagogue for healing on the Sabbath, Luk. 13.14.
VVith Scribes and Pharisies [Page 231]about forgiuenesse of sinnes Mat. 9.3.
For eating with Publicanes. Mat. 9.1.
For plucking eares of corne. Mat. 12.
For casting out a deuill. eod.
For healing the man with the withered hand. Math. 12.
For his disciples eating with vnwashed hands. Mat. 15.
About diuorcement. Mat. 9. whose sonne Christ should be. Mat. 22.
About a woman taken in adulterie. Ioh. 8.
Q. What controuersie had he with the high priests.
A. For purging the temple. Luk. 20.1.
They sent fouldiours to take him. Iohn. 7. For raising Lazarus they would haue killed him, Ioh. 11. they brought him [Page 232]to his passion.
Q. When Christ came to Ierusalem, what did he?
A. He purged the temple, the high Priests examine him. Luk. 20.2. He fore-told their destruction in the parables of the father that bad his sonnes goe into his vineyard. Matth. 21.28. And of the housholder that let out his vineyard: and in the parable of the kings feast. Math. 22.
Q. What did they then?
Q. They quarrelled with him.
Q. Who quarrelled?
A. The Herodians, Saduces, and Pharises.
Q. What did he then?
A. He shewed them plainly their destruction: the destruction of Ierusalem: his second comming: the last iudgement, [Page 233]Math. 24.
Q. What doth the Euangelists set down of his passion.
A. The counsell holden, Mat. 26.
The feast of Bethania, eod.
The institution of the Lords supper.
His iourney to the garden.
His first arraignement before the high Priests.
The storie of Peter and Iudas, Math. 26.27.
His second arraignement before Pilate.
How he was vsed of the soldiours.
His iourney to the place of execution.
What befell at the place of execution.
His death, burial, and resurrection.
Q. Where was the counsell holden?
[Page 234] A. In the high preists hall, Math. 26.
Q. What was concluded?
A. Christs death, eod.
Q. In whose house was the feast kept?
A. In Simons, Mat. 26.26.
Q. What notable things are there recorded?
A. The deed of Marie. The fall of Iudas. Mat. 26.
Q. By whome was the Lords supper instituted?
A. By Christ, Mat. 26.26.
Q. When?
A. After the Passeouer in bread and wine, eod.
Q. Whither went he then?
A. Into the garden, Math. 26.36.
Q. Whom tooke he with him?
A. Peter, Iames and Iohn the two sonnes of Zebedie.
Q. What were they commanded [Page 235]to doe?
A. To watch.
Q. What did Christ?
A. He prayed, Mat. 26.39.
Q. How found he his Apostles?
A. Sleeping.
Q. By whome was he betrayed?
A. By Iudas.
Q. What befell at his apprehension?
A. Peter cut off one of the high Priests seruants eares, Mat. 26.
Q. Whither went they then with him?
Q. Before the high Priests.
Q. What did they?
A. They brought false witnesses against him, but they could not agree.
Q. What did they else?
[Page 236] A. They accused him of blasphemie.
Q. How did they vse him?
A. They spitte vpon him, they mocked him, and beate him, Mat. 26.27.
Q. What is set downe of Peter?
A. He denied Christ, Math. 26. his repentance, eod.
Q. Whether had they Christ then?
A. Before Pilate.
Q What is set downe of Iudas?
A. He hanged himselfe, Mat. 27.
Q. What would Pilate haue done with Christ?
A. He would haue set him at libertie, and therefore scourged him, but at the request of the high Priest, hee deliuered him to the souldiers. Mat. 27.
[Page 237]Q. What did the souldiers with him?
A. They stript him, they put a crowne of thornes vpon his head, and a reed in his hand, they mocked him; they carried him to the place of execution.
Q. Who carried his crosse?
A. Himselfe, and Simon of Cyren did helpe him: the women also beholding him wept.
Q. Whither had they him?
A. To Golgotha, Mat. 27.
Q. What gaue they him to drinke?
A. Vineger mixt with gall.
Q. What did they with his garments?
A. They cast lots for them.
Q. What writ they ouer his head?
A. This is Iesus of Nazareth, King of the Iewes.
Q. Who were crucified with him?
[Page 238]A. Two thecues.
Q. What did the passers by?
A. They mocked him, Mat. 27.31.
Q. What did the high Priests?
Q. They moked him.
Q. What did Christ?
A. He cried out, Eli, Eli, lamasabacthani, Mat. 27.31.
Q. What befell at his passion?
A. The gates of the temple claue, the earth trembled, the rockes rent, 27.51. the sepulchres opened, and the bodies of the Saints arose.
Q. Who buried Christ?
A. Ioseph of Arimathea.
Q. Wherein?
A. In a new sepulchre, Mat. 27.60.
Q. Who were present?
A. Marie Magdalen and the other Marie, Mat. 27.66.
Q. When did Christ arise?
[Page 239] A. On the third day.
Q. Ʋnto whome did he appeare?
A. Vnto the women, to the Disciples, and his Apostles, Mat. 28.8.
Q. What charge gaue he his Disciples?
A. To preach to all nations, and baptize them in the name of the Father, of the Sonne, and of the holy Ghost. Math. 28.19.
THE ACTS OF THE Apostles.
Quest.
HOw are the acts of the Apastles deuided?
[Page 140] A. Into the acts of the Apostles generally, and into the acts of Paul and Barnabas particularly.
Q. What is set downe of all the Apostles generally?
A. Their acts whilest the Church was in bounds of Ierusalem, and when it was scattered on the face of the earth.
Q. What is set downe of the Church whilst it was in the bounds of Ierusalem?
A. The conuersation of Christ among his Apostles. The counsell holden. The comming of the holy Ghost. The healing of the lame man. The storie of Ananias and Zaphira. The choosing of Deacons, and the storie of Steuen.
Q. How long was Christ conuersant among his Apostles?
A. Fourtie daies, chap. 1.
[Page 241] Q. What did he in those fourtie daies?
A. He taught them things belonging to the Kingdome of God.
Q. What befell at his ascention?
A. As they were looking after him, two Angels appeared vnto them, saying. Ye men of Galile, why stand ye gazing vp to heauen? &c.
Q. What did the Apostles then?
A. They went to Ierusalem.
Q. What did they there?
A. They held a Councel.
Q. What was decreed?
A. The choosing of an Apostle.
Q. Where was the counsell kept?
A. In a chamber.
Q. What exercise did they vse?
[Page 242] A. Ordinarie and extr [...]ordinarie.
Q. What was the ordinarie?
A. Preaching and praier.
Q. What were the extraordinarie?
A. Casting of lots.
Q. Who was chosen?
A. Matthias.
Q. When came the holy Ghost?
A. Vpon the day of Pentecost. chap. 2.
Q. In what likenesse?
A. In the likenesse of fierie and clouen tongues.
Q. What was the effect of it?
A. They were filled with the holy Ghost, and spake with diuers tongues and languages.
Q. What said the lewes and the people?
A. Some were astonished, [Page 243]and some said they were full of new wine.
Q. What said the Apostles?
A. Peter made an apologie.
Q. What did he in his sermon?
A. He preached Christ, and defeuded himselfe.
Q. How many were wonne [...] his sermon?
A. About three thousand men.
Q. Who healed the lame man?
A. Peter and Iohn, cap. 3.
Q. Where?
A. At the gate of the Temple called Beautifull.
Q. How long had he beene lame?
A. From his mothers womb.
Q. What did the people?
A. They ranne together astonished.
[Page 244]Q. What said the high Priests.
A. They laid handes on them, and cast them in prison, chap. 4.
Q. VVhat did they then?
A. They asked them in whose name they did these things.
Q. VVhat did the Apostles?
A. Peter made an apologie.
Q. VVhat did the high Priests then?
A. They let them go, charging them to preach no more in that name.
Q. VVhat said they?
A. They asked them whether it was better to obey God or man.
Q. Ʋ Ʋhat did the Apostles then?
A. They praysed God.
Q. VVhat was set downe of Ananias and Zaphirah?
A. They sold their possessions, [Page 245]& brought part, and laid it downe at the Apostles feet.
Q. What became of them?
A. They both fell downe dead.
Q. What troubles were then in the Church?
A. The Apostles were put in prison by the high priests.
Q. Who deliuered them?
A. The angel, who bad thē preach in the temple.
Q What counsell tooke the high priests against them?
A. They would haue killed them.
Q. How were they deliuered?
A. By the counsell of Gamaliel.
Q. VVhat troubles were then?
A. The Grecians murmured because their widowes were [Page 246]neglected in the daily ministring.
Q. What did the Apostles thē?
A. They chose Deacons.
Q. What manner of men were they?
A. Men of good report, full of the holy Ghost and wisdome.
Q. Who were they?
A. Steuen, Philip, Prochorus, Nichanor, Timon, Parmenias, and Nicholas.
Q. What is set downe of Steuen?
A. He was full of the holy Ghost, and prooued by Scripture, that Christ was the true Messias.
Q. What did the Iewes?
A. They brought false witnesses against him, and accused him of blasphemie.
Q. What did Steuen?
[Page 247] A. He defended himselfe, and preached Christ. chap. 7.
Q. What did they to him?
A. They stoned him and he slept.
Q. Why was the Church then planted? chap. 8.
A. Because of the persecution of Steuen.
Q. In what places was it then dispersed?
A. In Samaria, Aethiopia, Damascus, Lidda, Saron, Ioppa, Caesarea, Antioch.
Q. What was Samaria?
A. The chiefe citie of the kingdome of Israel.
Q. By whome was it builded?
A. By Omri.
Q. By whome was the Gospell planted there?
A. By Philip, to whom Peter and Iohn were sent.
Q. What notable thing is [Page 248] set downe of any man there?
A. The storie of Simon Magus.
Q. What is set downe of him?
A. He would haue bought the holy Ghost for money.
Q. What said Peter?
A. Thy money perish with thee.
Q. What is Aethiopia?
A. A countrie called in Hebrew Chush, of one of the sons of Cham.
Q. By whome was the Gospell planted there?
A. By an Eunuch of Candaces Queene of Aethiopia.
Q. Who conuerted the Eunuch?
A. Philip.
Q. What is Damascus?
A. A citie in Syria builded in that place where Caine slew Abel, as some write, and therefore [Page 249]call it Damaseck, that is, a bagge of blood.
Q. By whome was the Gospell preached?
A. By the dispersed Disciples.
Q. What persecution was there then?
A. Saul got letters and a commission, from the high Priests, to bring the disciples bound to Ierusalem.
Q. What befell by the way?
A. A light shone about him, and a voice was heard, saying, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard, for thee to kicke against the pricke.
Q. What became of him?
A. He was blind.
Q. How was he restored to sight?
A. Ananias was shewed him in a vision, who laid his hands [Page 250]on him, and he receiued sight.
Q. What did Paul then?
A. He preached Christ there.
Q. How escaped he persecution?
A. He was let through a wall in a basket.
Q. What was Lydda?
A. A citie called in Hebrew Lod, built by one Shemum of the tribe of Beniamin.
Q. Who planted the Gospell there?
A. Peter.
Q. What notable things were done there?
A. The curing of Aeneas who had kept his bed 8. yeares, and the raising of Tabitha to life at Ioppa.
Q. What were Lidda, Saron, and Ioppa?
A. Hauen townes.
Q. What was Caesarea?
[Page 251] A. A citie whereof there were two, one in Palestina, another in Phenicea.
Q. What was done there?
A. Cornelius was conuerted.
Q. How came Peter to Caesarea?
A. An angell appeared vnto Cornelius in a vision, and bad him send to Ioppa for Peter.
Q. How durst Peter come vnto him, he beeing a Gentile?
A. The choosing of the Gentiles was reuealed to him in a vision, cap. 10.
Q. What was Antioch?
A. A citie on the floud Orentine, it is now called Aleppo: there were sixteene of that name built by Seleucus sonne of Antiochus.
Q. By whom was the Gospell planted there?
[Page 252] A. By the dispersed disciples.
Q. What was done there?
A. There the disciples were first named Christians.
Q. What is set downe there else?
A. Agabus fortelleth a famine.
Q. What persecution followed then?
A. Herod slue Iames, and put Peter in prison.
Q. How was Peter deliuered?
A. By an angell.
Q. How was Herod punished?
A. The angell of the Lord smote him, and he was deuoured of worms, because he gaue not glorie vnto God.
Q. Rehearse Paules first iourney?
A. Saleucia, Cyprus, Perga, Antiochia, Iconium, Lystra, Derbe.
Q. Who went with Paule?
Q. Barnabas, cap. 13.
Q. What is Saleucia?
[Page 235]A. A citie of Syria, now called Solda.
Q. Whether went he then?
A. Vnto Cyprus an Island.
Q. Where landed they?
A. At Salamis.
Q. What did they there?
A. They preached and had Iohn their minister.
Q. VVhither went they then?
A. To Paphos the chiefe citie of the Iland.
Q. What did they there?
A. They conuerted Sergius Paulus, and confounded Elimas the sorcerer.
Q. VVhither went they then?
A. Vnto Perga, a citie in Pamphilia.
Q. VVhat befell there?
A. Iohn departed from thē.
Q. VVhither went they then?
A. Vnto Antioch in Pisidia.
Q. VVhat did they there?
[Page 254] A. They conuerted many Gentiles, and the Iewes raised persecution, and he shook the dust off his feet, and he went to Iconium.
Q. What did he there?
A. He wan many Iewes and Gentiles, chap. 14.
Q. Whither went he then?
A. Vnto Derbe and Lystra, cities of Iconium.
Q. What did Paul at Lystra?
A. He healed a lame man.
Q. What said the people?
A. They said, gods are come downe vnto vs in the likenesse of men: and the priest brought buls, and would haue sacrificed vnto them.
Q. What did Paul?
A. He preached, and the people stoned him, but he rose vp and went to Derbe.
Q. What did Paul then?
[Page 255] A. He visited the churches which he had taught, confirming them.
Q. Rehearse the places which Paul visited?
A. Derbe, Iconium, Lystra Antiochia, Perga, Attalia.
Q. What exercises vsed he in this visitation?
A. Three: prayer, preaching, and fasting.
Q. What did he betwixt his first and second iourney.
chapter 15 A. He went to the Councel at Ierusalem about the deciding of a controuersie.
Q. What was the controuersie?
A. Whether they could bee saued without the circumcisiō.
Q. What was concluded?
A. That the Gentiles should not bee troubled with ceremonies.
Q. Rehearse Pauls second [Page 256] [...]ournry?
A. Syria, Cilicia, Lystra, Derbe, Phrygia, Galatia, Misia, Troas, Samothracia, Neapolis, Philippi, Thessalonica, Beraea, Athens, Corinth, Cencrea, Ephesus, Caesarea, and Antioch.
Q. Whom did he take with him?
A. Sylas.
Syria, is a countrey, Cilicia a countrey now called Carmenia.
Q. What did he at Lystra?
A. He circumcised Timotheus a Grecian.
Misia, is a countrey of Natolia. Troas, a citie called Antigone.
Q. What befell there?
A. A man of Macedonia appeared vnto Paul in a vision, who said, Come and helpe vs.
Samothracia, is an Iland.
Neapolis, a hauen towne in [Page 257]the borders of Thracia, & Macedonia.
Philippi, a Citie of Macedonia, where Alexander the great was borne, now called Philippis.
Q. What did Paul there?
A. He conuerted Lidia, and deliuered a maid from the possession of the Deuil.
Q. What became of Paul then?
A. He was beaten and cast into prison.
Q. What did he then?
A. He conuerted the iaylour.
Q. By whom was he deliuered?
A. By the Magistrates, because he was a Romane.
Q. Whether went he then?
A. To Amphipolis and Apolloma.
Q. Whether went he then?
A. To Thessalonica.
[Page 258] Q. What did he there?
A. He conuerted many people.
Q. What did the Iewes?
A. They persecuted him.
Q. Whither went he then?
A. To Athens, the most flourishing Vniuersitie in the world, yet now there remaineth nothing of it, but a strong Castle, called, Sythum.
Q. What did Paul at Athens?
A. He disputed with the Philosophers, and conuerted Dionysius Areopagita, and a woman called Damaris, with others.
Q. Whither went Paul then?
chapter 18 A. To Corinth.
Q. What did he there?
A. He preached and conuerted Crispus the ruler of the Synagogue.
[Page 259] Q. Ʋ Ʋhither went he then?
A. To Cencrea, where hee shore his head.
Q. VVhither went he then?
A. To Ephesus.
Q VVhat did he there?
A. He preached: he bad them farewell, with a promise to returne: Apollos preached there.
Q. VVhither went he then?
A. To Caesarea Stratoris: and so to Ierusalem, and Antioch in Syria.
Q. Rehearse Paules third iourney?
A. Phrygia, Galatia, Ephesus, Grecia, Macedonia, Philippi, Troas, Assos, Miletene, Chios, Samos, Trogilium, Miletum: Choos, Bhodes, Patara, Phenicea, Tyrus, Ptolomais, Caesarea, and Ierusalem.
[Page 260]Galatia, is a countrey now called Galogrecia.
Q. What did he at Ephesus?
chapter 19 A. He preached, he burnt the coniurers bookes: and Demetrius raised a tumult, which was appeased by the towneclarke.
chapter 20 Q. Whether went Paul then?
A. Into Macedonia a part of Greece, called Eumathia.
Q. What did Paul at Troas?
A. He preached, and raised Eutichus to life.
Assos, a citie of Mysia: now Apollonia.
Mitelene, an Iland in the sea Aegaeum.
Chios, an Iland.
Samos, an Iland.
Trogillium, a citie of Lidia.
Miletum, a citie of Carea, where he sent for the Elders of Ephesus.
[Page 261]Q. What did he then?
A. He committed Christes flocke vnto them. He warned them of false teachers: he praied with them, and bad them farewel: and so went to Choos, Rhodes, Patara, Phenicea a countrey.
Ptolomias, a citie of Phenicea.
Tyrus a citie of Phenicea.
Q. Where did he lodge there?
A. In a house of Philip one of the seauen Deacons, who had 4. daughters which were prophetesses.
Q. What befell there?
A. Agabus foretold Paul of his bonds.
Q. Whither went Paul then?
chapter 2 A. To Ierusalem.
Q. What did he there?
A. He rehearsed the wonderful [Page 262]workes of God done by his hands.
Q. What counsell did they giue him?
A. To purifie him selfe.
Q. What befell to him as hee was purging himselfe?
A. The people would haue killed him.
Q. How escaped he?
A. The chiefe captaine Lysias deliuered him, and carried him into the Castle.
Q. What did he with him?
chapter 22 A. He let him yeeld an account of his doctrine before the Iewes.
Q. What would they haue done with him?
A. They would haue whipped him.
Q. How escaped he?
A. Because hee was a Romane.
[Page 263]Q. What was done with him then?
A. He brought him before a Councell.
Q. VVhat was done with him then?
chapter 23 A. He was smitten at the commandement of Ananias the high Priest.
Q. How was the councell dissolued?
A. The Sadduces and Pharisies contended about the resurrection.
Q. Whither went Paul then?
A. He was brought vnto Caesarea before Felix.
Q Why was he sent thither?
A. Because the Iewes sought to kill him.
Q. What did he at Caesarea?
A. He yeelded an account of his life and doctrine before Felix, Festus, and King Agrippa.
[Page 264] Q. Who were his accusers?
chapter 24 A. The high Priests and Tertullus an oratour.
Q. Why did not Felix loose him?
A. Because he looked for a bribe.
Q. Why did he leaue him in prison?
A. To pleasure the Iewes.
Q. Why did Paul appeale to Caesar.
chapter 25 A. Because Festus would haue carried him to Ierusalem.
Q. Who was with Agrippa?
A. Bernice.
Q. Rehearse Pauls fourth iourney?
A. Sydon, Cyprus, Cilieia, Pamphilia, Mira, Gnidum, Creta, Salmona, Faire hauens, Clauda, Malta, Syracuse, Rhegium, Puteoli, the market of Appius, three Tauerners, and Rome.
[Page 265] Q. Who went with Paul?
A. Iulius the Centurion, & Aristarchus of Macedonia.
Sydon a citie in Cilicia.
Cyprus, an Iland in the Mediterranean sea.
Cilicia, a countrey in Asia minor, binding the Mediterranean sea.
Mira, a citie in Licia.
Gnidum, a citie of Carea in Peloponnesus.
Creta, an Iland in the Mediterranean sea called Claudia.
Salmona, a promontorie in Candia.
Faire hauens, a place in [...] dia.
Clauda, an Iland by Creta.
Q. What befell to Paul then?
A. He was in great tempests.
Malta, is an Iland in the Mediterranean sea.
[Page 266]Q. What befell there?
A. Paul suffered shippewracke; a viper did hang on his hand, and he not hurt: he healed Publius of a feauer.
Syracuse, a hauen in Silicia, in times past called Sieania, Trinacria, Triquetra, because it was three cornerd.
Rhegium, a citie of Calabria in Italie, now called Rhegio.
Puteoli, a citie in Campania.
Q. What did Paul there?
A. He remained 7. daies with the brethren.
Appi [...]forum, is a way so called, made by the souldiers of Apprus Caecus, in which way were three tauernes.
Rome, the chiefe citie of Italie.
Q. What did the Centurion [Page 267]with him?
A. He deliuered the prisoners to the generall captaine, but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself, with a souldier that kept him.
Q. What did he then?
A. He assembled the Iewes and yeelded an account of his imprisonment.
Q. How long remained he in Rome?
A. Two yeares, preaching the word to all that came vnto him, and at length he was beheaded by Nero.
Reuelation.
Q. Why is this booke called the Reuelation?
A. Because it containeth [Page 268]things reuealed to Iohn.
Q. Where were they reuealed?
A. In Patmos, whither he was banished by Domitian the Emperour.
Q. What was Patmos?
A. An Iland in the sea called AEgaeū, one of those Ilands called Sporades.
Q. Where lyeth this sea Aegaeum.
A. It is betweene Greece and Asia the lesse, and in that place the diuision between Eucope and Asia.
Q. When was this reuealed?
A. On the Lords day?
Q. By whom?
A. By God the Father, who sent it by his Angell, Christ Iesu.
Q. What is the end of this booke?
[Page 269] A. The end is, that wee by reading, hearing, and keeping it, might become blessed.
Q. How is this booke diuided?
A. Into two parts, the first concerneth things present: the second, things to come.
Q. What are those things which concerned the present time?
A. The seauen Epistles to the seauen Churches of Asia the lesse, figured by the seuen candlestickes.
Q. What call you those seauen Churches?
A. Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamus, Thyatyra, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.
Q. How are those Epistles diuided?
A. Euery of those Epistles doe receiue a like diuision, that is, first an Exordium or entrance: the second, an Aduertisement: [Page 270]the third is the Conclusion.
Q. What is principally to bee obserued in the Exordium?
A. He taketh a speciall title to stirre vp them to whome he writeth, and to giue credit to the matter where of he writeth.
Q. What doth he in the second part of his Epistle?
A. First, he commendeth the good of euery Church. Secondly, he reprooueth the euill.
Q. What doth he in the Conclusion?
A. Euery Conclusion hath first an exhortation, secondly a promise.
Q. First, to begin with the Epistle to the church of Ephesus, in the entrance, what title taketh he?
A. Hee that holdeth the seuen starres in his right hande, and walketh in the middest of [Page 271]the seauen goldē candelesticks.
Q. What commendeth hee in that Church?
A. Their labour, patience, tryall of teachers, and hating the worke of Nicholaitans.
Q. What is reprooued?
A. The leauing their first loue.
Q. In the conclusion what is his exhortation?
A. Let him that hath eares to heare, heare: and it is one & the same to all Churches.
Q. What doth he promise?
A. The Paradise of God.
Q. In the Epistle to the Church of Smyrna, what is his title?
A. The first and last which was dead and is aliue.
Q. What is commended?
A. The workes of faith, patient bearing of tribulation, and pouertie.
[Page 272] Q. What is reprooued?
A. The blasphemie of hypocrites, which say they are Iewes, but are not, but the Synagogue of Sathan.
Q. What is his promise?
A. Not to be hurt of the second death.
Q. In the Epistle to the Church of Pergamus, what was his title?
A. He that hath the sharpe sword with two edges.
Q. What is commended?
A. Their constancie in the daies of tryall, and in a place dangerous.
Q. What is reprooued?
A. The doctrine of Balaam and of the Nicholaitans.
Q. What is his promise?
A. Manna hidden, and a white stone with a newe name in it.
Q. In the epistle to the [Page 273]Church of Thiatyra what is his title?
A. The sonne which hath his eies like a flame of fire, and his feete like fine brasse.
Q. What is commended in that Church?
A. Worke, loue, faith, patience, better at the last then at the first,
Q. What is reprooued?
A. Iesabel a false Prophetessete a ching fornication, and to eate things offered to Idols.
Q. What is the promise?
A. The morning starre.
Q. In the Epistle to the Church of Sardis, what is his title?
A. He that hath the seauen spirits of God, and the seauen starres.
Q. What is commended in that Church?
[Page 274] A. A few which haue not defiled their garments, but waiked in white.
Q. What is reprooued?
A. A name to liue, but are dead, workes vnperfect.
Q. What is the promise?
A. White array, their names to be put in the booke of life, & to be confessed before the Father and his Angels.
Q. In the epistle to the Church of Philadelphia, what is his title?
A. He that is holy and true, which hath the key of Dauid, which openeth and no man shutteth, which shutteth and no man openeth.
Q. What is commended in that Church?
A. A litle strength kept my word, not denied by name.
Q. What is reprooued?
A. The Synagogue of Sathan, [Page 275]which say they are Iewes and are not, but lie.
Q. What is the promise?
A. To be a pillar in the house of God, to haue written vpon him the name of God, and of the city of God, and to haue a new name.
Q. In the Epistle to the church of Laodicea, what is his title?
A. Amen, the faithful and true witnesse, that beginning of the creatures of God.
Q. What is commended in that Church?
A. Nothing, yet a Church and teacheth it.
Q. What is reprooued?
A. Neither hote nor cold, vaine-glorie, it is miserable, wretched, poore, blind, and naked.
Q. What is the promise?
A. To sit with Christ vpon [Page 276]his throne.
Q. What doth the second part of this booke containe?
A. Things that were to come afterward, chap. 5.1.
Q. How is the second part deuided?
A. Into two parts: first, the oration of the Reuelation, ch. 5. the second, the declaration of the same in the rest of the booke.
Q. Who was the occasion of this Reuelation?
A. God the Father, who is described, first, by his Throne, 5.2. Secondly, by his company attending vpon him, vers. 4. Thirdly, by the worship giuen to him, vers. 8.
Q. How is this Reuelation declared?
A. It is deliuered and declared in two bookes: of the first [Page 277]he speaketh here to the end of the 9. chap. of the second book he beginneth in the 10. chapter, & it continueth to the end of this booke.
Q. What is said of the first booke?
A. Three things: first of the booke it selfe: secondly, who should open the booke: thirdly of the matter in it.
Q. What is said of the booke it selfe?
A. Three things: first, that it was in the hand of God: secondly, that it was written within and without: thirdly, that it was sealed with seauen seales. chap. 5.7.
Q. What saith the holy Ghost of the opening of this booke?
A. First, an angell seekes for one to open it: vers. 2. secondly, Iohn weepes because [Page 778]there is not one sound to open it: thirdly, an Elder shewed that the Lion of the tribe of Iuda, the Lambe which was killed should open the booke.
Q. How is the matter of this booke set foorth?
A. The Lambe openeth the seauen seales, at the opening of euery seale a seuerall vision is shewed.
Q. What vision appeared when the first seale was opened?
A. A white horse, & he that sate on him had a bow and a crowne.
Q. What appeared when the second booke was opened?
A. A red horse, and he that sate on him had a great sword.
Q. What appeared when the third was opened?
A. A blacke horse, and he that sate on him had ballances.
[Page 279]Q. What appeared when the fourth was opened?
A. A pale horse, death sate on him, and hell followed him.
Q. What appeared when the fifth was opened?
A. The soules of them which were killed for the word of God.
Q. What appeared when the sixt was opened?
A. A great earth-quake, the sunne was blacke, & the moone like blood, an angel sealing Gods children, that the destroyers should not touch them.
Q. What appeared when the seauenth seale was opened?
A. Seauen Angels with seauen Trumpets, to fore warn the world of Gods vengeance.
Q. Hauing thus gone through the first booke, we are come to the little booke, what doth this see [Page 280]downe tovs?
A. First, the estate of the Church in this life, secondly, the glorie of it in the world to come.
Q. What doth he set downe of the Church in this world?
A. First, her comfort by the ministerie of the word in the 10. and 11. Chapters: secondly, her afflictions.
Q. What is said for the ministerie?
A. First, the booke is giuen to Iohn to eate, & he is commanded to prophesie. Secondly, it is confirmed and established by the two witnesses, two Oliue trees, and two candlesticks, and the same continued by reuiuing the two witnesses which were slaine.
Q. By whome was the Church afflicted?
A. First, by the beast out of [Page 281]the bottomlesse pitte: secondly by the red dragon that old Serpent: thirdly, with the beast with seauen heads & ten horns: fourthly, by the beast with two hornes like the Lambe: fiftly, the whore of Babylon: sixtly, the beast with the false Prophet: seauenthly, by Gog and Magog.
Q. Is the Church ouerwhelmed with these afflictions?
A. No, the Lord mixeth these troubles with comforts: first, the woman pursued by the dragon hath a place to rest in: secondly, the Lambe by the euerlasting Gospell comforteth his: thirdly, the seauen angels sing the song of Moses.
Q. What becommeth of the aduersaries?
A. Michael and his Angels fight against the dragon: secondly [Page 282]the seauen Angels powre out the seauen vialls of wrath vpon them: thirdly, the beast, the false prophet, the whore of Babylon, Gog and Magog, and the old serpent are al ouerthrowne, and Gods people freed from them.
Q. Hauing thus described the afflictions of the Church militane in this world, what saith he of the glorie of it.
A. In setting forth the Church tryumphant, he doth describe, first 'the making of all things new fitting for the bride: secondly, the glorie and excellencie of the lambes wife: thirdly, the earnest desire of the elect, saying: Come, Lord Iesus.