6+ e rt of ~Pp eeying. . \ facred fongs ro b,ce firred for,euery condition A a1jetb,In•.,hichlfuff•rtrou6/•.u •••nil/doer •;, ;, both of the Churchand rhe particular mem- <1<tntmtobondtr,:,Tim.z.9. bersrhereof,and~lfoto be fung withgraceib The new Teflamentconrainerh partly Hithehcarr,Col.3.t'6. . flories, and partly !!.pi!lies. The Hiflori<s z The booke ofProuerb.,,which isa rrea• are: 8 h rife ofChriflian planners, reaching picric to· 1 The foure Gofpcls ofM•tth"•·M"~'· ~ardes God, and iuflice rowardesourNeighLuk•, and!ohn: which are an biflorieofrhe bour. 'life, deedes,and dothine ofChrifl e~hibited :~ Ecddi~ 3 The(a)bookeofthe Prt•ch.r,which dif. vnrorheworld,cC>ntinuingfrom his concepdlcs, clofethrhevanille of all humane things, fo non euenYnlillhisafcenfion into heauen. farre forth as they are vled wilhout the feare And tHereare foure writers: two iharwere ofGod, . hearers,and rwothar were eye-wirnetfcs, that bThcbook 4 Tht(b)So•g•[Songr,which[peakcrhof they might giue greater alfurance of the fCantithemuruall commumon of Chrifl with the truth ofrhehillorie. lcs. Church, vnder an allegoric of a(c)Bride. The difference betwixt theEuangcliOsis '0rlms. !J::nd and groome and his Bride. B on this wife: Matrhn• layerh open the do. poufc:. TheProphcricall bookes arc Preditlions, tlrines which·Chrifl dcliuercd. M.r~fcts either of the iudgemcnts of God for the down thehiflory bricfly:yet did he not make llnnes ofrhe pcoplc,or of the deliuerance of anabridgement of the Gofpell ·which M••· the Church, which isto bee perfitted atrhe thn• wrore,as Himmt fuppofed. For bee becomming of ChrHl. ginnes his difcourfe in adiuers manner, and h~~;:~i~, Bur with rhcfe preditlions (d) they doe proceedcs in another order,parrly inrreatmg mingle rhe dotlrinc ofrepentance, and doe ofrhingo ruordargely,and partlyinterlacing he:s, a!nlofl alwaies vfe confolation in Chrifi ro ofnew matters. Luk;aimcrh at or frarnerh a them tbar.doe rcpenr. perfetl hiflorie, and dcfcribed in accrraine · ftlstheircuflomcalfo forrhe helping of order.lohnis almoflwholly taken ''P in laytheir heorers m·emorieand vnderflanding,to ing open the Godhead& bcnefite of Chrifl, propbund rheirfermono briefly, which they which is deriued from hi3 Godhead vnro vs. 1 niadc ar large.Efa 8.1. Mm•utr rht!.Ardfaid Himrne dillinguinJeth the EuangeMls by vnto mt:, tak.t: t.het: 11 greatroUe, ;md write in it their beginnings or entrance, He fairh Mat- , iritbamanspm. Hab. :.1. Wriutht:TJijim,And the,. is like a man, becaufche beginswiththc mali!it pl11int: vprmtAblu,thlft he fi1Al nmntth_lll Man-hood ofChrifl. Hclrkeps .ll.f.r~ to aLJ· re11dethJI, , . c on,becau(ehebeginnes with the preaching of Propheciesareeither greater '(>r letTer, /oh•, which waslike rhc roaringofaLyon.He Greater arc fuch, as doe more plentifully comparesL•k•to an Oxt, becaufehc begindeliucr all rhofe things rhilt are foretold; as nerhwiihZacharie the Priell offering hisfarheprophecicofE[il),lntmie, Ez-tkfd, D•· crificr. He compareth John ro anE•g(e, benid. · cau[e he dorh (as it were) foare\'p alotr and · Hitherto belongthe Lammtationrof 1&•· begin with rhe qodh••dofChrill. mit,rouching the mrferyofrhe people ofrhe • Th• A£1"•ftht Apopt.,, ..,hich iun orIewes about the rime ofrhe death of lo/i•h. detly hiflory,fpecially relating rhedeedcs of LetTer prophecies are thofe, which intrear Ptttrand Pau/:rhartheremight bean enfammore fparingly or bricAy ofall rhofe things pie ofgouerning the Church exram. z. Tim. ' rharare foretold,or at leall offome of rhem; 3·10,11: . as the prophecieofHo(ta,lod,.AmoJ,Ob,diab, 3 The Rtut!mionwhich is a prophericall lon.u, Michah, Nahum, Habai<!'k., Zephanit, hillory concerning the condition of the Ha~ge,ZACbarie,MaiAchie. Church from rheagein whlch IohnrheApo- ·Thus much forrheoldTeflament. fllcliued vnro the end oftheworld. ' TheNewTeflamentisthefecondparrof • TheEpiflles follow. r.thirttmEpif!lcs of the Scripture written in the Greeke rongue PaHI, · by the Apoflles,orat IeaRapproued of them, r· To theRomao.,,oftuflificatlon,fanC!ifi. propounding plainely rhe dotlrlne of rhe cation, and the duties of Chrifliao life. • I newcouenanr. Eph.z.zo. AndATe Built vp•n z Tlrefirflto rhe Corinth", concernir.g tlufou.dationefrhtProphtiJ ••a Ap•f/1". the reforming of the iabufes of rhc Church Pmrapprooued the Gofpell of Marke,at o( Corinth. -. ' · whofe motion and appointment it was writ- · 3 Theftco•d to the Corinthcr, containing ten byMarke, as ir plcaferh Nicephorus to chiefly the defence ofhimfe!Ccandof his A· aucrrc,ub.z.c.p.4S· And /o/m,that wrote the pofllelbip againfl his aduerfaries. G ofpcl,approoued the Gofpel ofLu~. Iti~ 4 Torhe G•l•tianJ about iuflificarion by offmall moment, which is reporiea by Eu(•·· fai•h without theworke,ofthelaw. bim; ro wit, rhar iris apparent by rlvo places 5 To~he C•lof!ia•r, ~Whic/1 con6rme I (z.Tim.:. 8. and Ram. 1. r6.)'that Paulwai 6 Tothe PhiltppianJ the Churche• in rhe aurhorof rhot Gofpell, which is called 7 To rheEphe(i••t , dodrmc, and in Lu~'· For Pa•l cloth not here fpcake of any 8 Ther.ro theThrj.EdJedulleoo! Chri-/ one booke,but ofhis whole minifierie: for' he.~ 9 Thez.rothe Th•f. llianllfc, 10 The/
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