THE HISTORY OF THE BIBLE, BRIEFly collected by way of Question and answer.  
Read and corrected by the Author.  Deut. 11. v. 18. 19 20. 21. 
Ye shall lay up these my words in your heart & in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as a frontlet between your eyes.  
And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them, when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.  
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thine house, and upon thy gates.  
That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, etc.  
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To the Christian Reader.  
CHristian Reader, this book was lately published in print, and given forth to be mine, wherein they have injured both thee and me. Thee in publishing a Pamphlet so faulty and with so many wants. The injury to me is, because that was given forth to be mine, which I did never write, nor read over written by others, until I saw it in print. When my children first began to speak for the furtherance of them and my servants in the knowledge of the History of the Bible, after a Chapter read at our meals, at dinner out of the old Testament, at supper out of the new: I gave them by word of mouth only, such observations as I thought fit for their capacity & understanding, and by their answers to my questions, I daily took an account how they understood and retained the same in memory. After 26. years continuance in this exercise, by some unadvised youth, or undiscreet servant of mine, some Printer gate it: whereof when I had an inkling, I traveled to some in authority, and by labouring with them got it stayed not to be printed in London: yet it coming forth, they printing it otherwhere without my knowledge or liking: I thought it my duty being thereto entreated also by others, to read it over, and in some sort to redress the abuse offered unto thee by the former Impression. And I beseech the Lord to bless this and all other my labours in some measure to be profitable to thee & his church.  
From my house at Deptford the 9 of August. 1602. The L. unprofitable Minister, lame Eusebius Pagit.   

GENESIS.  
Question.  
WHat is Religion?  
Answer.  
A knitting of us again to God.  
Q. How felt we from God?  
A. By the sins of Adam and Eva.  
Q. How are we reconc●… unto God?  
A. By the righteousness of jesus Christ, which is the new and second Adam.  
Q. Where find you this?  
A. In the Bible.  
Q. How is the Bible divided?  
A. Into the old Testament and the new.  
Q. How is the old Testament divided?  
A. Into the Law and the Prophets.  
Q. Who writ the law?  
A. Moses.  
Q. In how many books?  
A. In five.  
Q. What call 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 divided?  
A. Into three parts: the creation of the world: the decay of the world: and the repair of it again.  
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 days?  
A. In six.  
Q. What did God make the first day?  
A. Heaven, 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 dry land to appear; he made herbs and trees.  
Q. What did God make the fourth day?  
A. Sun, Moon, and stars.  
Q. What made he the fift day?  
A. Birds and fishes.  
Q. What made he the sixth day?  
A. Creeping things, beasts, and man..  
chapter 2 Q. What did God the seventh day?  
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, receiving the Sacraments, and meditating upon God's creatures.  
Q. Whereof was Adam made?  
A. Of the dust of the earth.  
Q. Whereof was Eva made?  
A. Of the rib 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 eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.  
Q. Did they obey God or not?  
A. No: they did eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.  
chapter 3 
The decay of the world.  Q. What did God with them for breaking his commandment?  
A. He cursed them.  
Q. Whom did God curse?  
A. Adam, Eva, and the serpent.  
Q. Why did God curse the serpent, seeing the serpent did not eat of it?  
A. Because he provoked them.  
Q. Did all the world remain under this curse or no?  
A. No: God promised that the seed of the woman should break the head of the serpent.  
Q. Who was that seed of the woman?  
A. jesus Christ.  
Q. What is the efficient cause of man's salvation?  
A. The love of God.  
Q. What is the material cause?  
A. The death and passion of jesus Christ.  
Q. What is the instrumental cause?  
A. Faith.  
Q. What is the final cause?  
A. To glorify God.  
Q. How in this world?  
A. By serving him.  
Q. How in the world to come?  
A. By being glorified with him.  
Q. After that Adam & Eva 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 up?  
A. In the fear of God.  
Q. Did they both serve God?  
A. Yes.  
Q. Did they both serve God rightly?  
A. No: Cain served God in hypocrisy.  
Q. What hindrance was there then to religion?  
A. The devil provoked 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 posterity, as well as the graces of adoption?  
A. No: Cain was the first builder of cities. jubal the first player of instruments. Tubal the first inventor of smith's craft. And jabal the first dweller in tents.  
Q. Cain being cursed, and Abel killed, whom did God raise up to serve 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 ever lived?  
A. Methusnelah.  
Q. How long lived he?  
A. Nine hundred sixty and nine years.  
Q. What became of Henoch?  
A. He was taken up both body and soul to walk with God.  
Q. How many were so taken up beside him?  
A. Two: Eliah, and jesus Christ.  
Q. In what time were these taken up?  
A. Henoch, before the law: Eliah, in the law: and jesus Christ in the Gospel.  
Q. Why were they thus taken up?  
A. That they might be three figures of our resurrection, that we shall rise again both body and soul to walk with God.  
chapter 6 Q. Did religion continue in the posterity of Sheth?  
A. N●… 〈…〉  
Q. In whose days decayed it?  
A. In the days of Enoch.  
Q. What sign or show was there of the decay of religion?  
A. When the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair, they took them wives of whom soever they liked.  
Q. Who were the sons of God?  
A. The posterity of Sheth.  
Q. Who were these daughters of men?  
A. The posterity of Cain.  
Q. What fruit came of these marriages?  
A. Giants, monstrous men in conditions.  
Q. What did God with the world being thus replenished?  
A. He drowned it.  
Q. Was all the world drowned?  
A. No.  
Q. Who were saved?  
A. Noan, 〈◊〉, his sons, and their wives.  
Q. Wherein were they preserved?  
A. In the Ark.  
Q. Did the Ark preserve them?  
A. No, God did shut it.  
Q. How long reigned it?  
A. Forty days and forty nights.  
Q. How long did the waters prevail upon the face of the earth?  
A. One hundred and fifty days.  
chapter 8 Q. When the waters were decreased, what messengers did Noah send forth?  
A. A Raven and a Dove.  
Q. Whether brought the better news?  
A. The Dove brought an Olive leaf in her mouth.  
Q. When the waters were gone, did Noah come forth of the Ark?  
A. No: he tarried seven days: for he said, as he went in at God's commandment, so he would come forth.  
Q. When God commanded him to come forth, what was the first thing he did?  
A. He offered sacrifice unto God.  
Q. Did God accept his sacrifice?  
A. Yes.  
Q. How know you?  
A. Because he promised that he would never drown the world again.  
chapter 7 
The repair of the world.  Q. What assurance gave God of this promise?  
A. He sealed it up with the sign of the Rainbow.  
Q. What did Noah after this?  
A. He planted a vineyard and was drunk.  
Q. What did his sons unto him in his drunkenness?  
A. Ham made a mock at his father's nakedness: Shem and japheth took a garment & covered their father's nakedness.  
Q. What said Noah when he awoke and knew what his sons had done unto him?  
A. He said, Cursed be Ham, and blessed be Shem and japheth.  
Q. What nations came of these three sons of Noah?  
A. Of Shem, came the Israelites. Of Ham, came the Canaanites. Of japheth came the Centiles.  
chapter 11 Q. Did the posterity of the world take any warning by the flood or not?  
A. No: they built them a city and a tower that should reach up to heaven.  
Q. Who was the chief in this building?  
A. Nimrod, a mighty hunter and spoiler of men.  
Q. What did they seek in their building?  
A. A name, and that they might not be scattered upon the face of the earth.  
Q. Did God like of their building?  
A. No: he scattered them upon the face of the earth, and confounded their language.  
Q. What name got they?  
A. Babel, which is confusion.  
Q. They being thus scattered, what became of them?  
A. The tenth chapter showeth the places and countries where they dwelled, 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 up to serve 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 Abraham's journeys?  
A. Haran, Haai, Egypt, Bethel: 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 serve God in.  
Q. What befell to him at Haran?  
A. He loitered 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 them?  
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 wickedness with her?  
A. No: the Lord would not suffer him.  
Q. Had Abraham his wife again?  
A. Yes.  
Q. Whither went he then?  
A. To Bethel.  
Q. What befell there?  
A. There was a quarrel between Abraham's servants & Lots.  
Q. How was the quarrel 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 Sodom.  
Q. What manner of place was Sodom?  
A. A pleasant place, but the people were wicked.  
Q. Whither went Abraham then?  
chapter 14 A. To the plain of Mamre.  
Q. What befell to Lot for dwelling in such a wicked place among so wicked people?  
A. He was taken prisoner by four kings.  
Q. Did he continue prisoner?  
A. No: the Lord delivered him by the hand of Abraham.  
Q. When Abraham came from the battle, who met him?  
A. Melchizedeck king of Salem, and the king of Sodom.  
Q. Why came Melchizedeck?  
A. To bring bread & wine for Abraham's army.  
Q. Why came the king of Sodom?  
chapter 15 A. For his men again.  
Q. Abraham having overcome the four kings, and fearing least the whole country would rise up against him, how did God comfort him?  
A. He promised him a son.  
Q. How would Sarah abraham's wife have this promise performed?  
chapter 16 A. By a handmaid, named Hagar.  
Q. Had Araham a son by her?  
A. Yes.  
Q. What was his name?  
A. Ishmael.  
Q. Did God like this devise of Sarah, that she would have his promise performed by sin?  
A. No: she was the first that sinarted for it: for she was despised of her maid Hagar.  
Q. These troubles being in Abraham's house, how was his faith strengthened?  
chapter 17 A. God promised him a son by his wife Sarah.  
Q. What assurance gave he of this promise?  
A. He sealed it up with the Sacrament of circumcision.  
Q. Did the Sodomites continue in their wickedness?  
chapter 18 A. Yes: they waxed worse and worse.  
Q. What did the Lord then?  
A. He came down to see their wickedness, and revealed unto Abraham the destruction thereof.  
Q. What did Abraham?  
A. He prayed for them.  
Q. What said the Lord?  
A. He said he would spare them, if there were only ten righteous persons found in Sodom.  
Q. What did the Lord when he could not find ten righteous persons in that sinful city?  
chapter 19 A. He sent down fire and brimstone from heaven and consumed them.  
Q. Were all the inhabitants of Sodom defiroyed.  
A. No: Lot, his wife, and his two daughters were preserved.  
Q. What became of his sons in law?  
They were destroyed with the rest of the city, be cause they made a mock at their father's warning.  
Q. What became of Lot's wife?  
A. She looked back, and was turned into a pillar of salt.  
Q. Whither wont Lot to dwell then?  
A. To a little city called Zoar.  
Q. Whither went he thence?  
A. Into the mountains.  
Q. What befell to him there?  
A. His two daughters made him drunk, and lay with him.  
Q. What fruit came of that incestuous act?  
A. There were two children borne, Moab, and Ben-ammi, the fathers of two cursed nations, the Moabites, & the Ammonites.  
Q. In the evening before Sodom was destroyed, how did it appear unto Abraham?  
A. Like a paradise of God.  
Q. How did it appear 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 wickedness with her?  
A. No, the Lord would not suffer him.  
Q. Had Abraham his wife again?  
A. Yes.  
Q. Had he a son according to promise?  
A. Yes.  
Q. How called he his name?  
A. Isaac.  
Q. Who 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 prove Abraham's faith?  
A. He bade him offer his son Isaac in sacrifice.  
Q. Did he offer him?  
A. Yes.  
Q. Did he kill him?  
A. No: the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him and said, Abraham, Abraham, stay thy hand.  
Q. What did Abraham then offer in stead of his son?  
A. A Ram, which was tied by the horns in a bush.  
Q. Where was it that Abraham did offer his son?  
A. At Moriah.  
Q. What possession did Abraham buy in the land of Canaan?  
A. He bought a field to bury his dead in.  
Q. Whom did he bury there?  
A. His wife Sarah.  
Q. How long lived she?  
A. One hundred twenty & seven years.  
Q. How was Isaac brought up?  
A. In the fear of God.  
Q. How was he married forth?  
A. To a woman named Rebecca.  
chapter 25 Q. Had Abraham another wife?  
A. Yea, Keturah.  
Q. How many children had he by her?  
A. Six sons.  
Q. Rehearse their names.  
A. Zimran, jockshan, Medan, Midian, Ishback, and Shuah.  
Q. Had these any inheritance with Isaac?  
A. No: he gave all his goods to Isaac, and gave gifts to his other sons, & sent them away into the East from his son Isaac.  
Q. How long lived Abraham?  
A. One hundred scuentie and five years.  
Q. Where was Abraham buried?  
A. His two Sons Isaac & Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah by his wife Sarah  
Q. Had Isaac any children by Rebecca?  
A. Yes: 2. sons, Esau & jacob.  
Q. Whether of them was the elder?  
A. Esau.  
Q. How lost he his birthright?  
A. He sold it to jacob for a mess of pottage.  
Q. What befell in the days 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 give the land of Canaan to his seed.  
Q. What befell there more?  
A. He denied his wife: the Lord made him to prosper, in so much that the inhabitants of the country ennied him and slopped his wells.  
Q. Whether went he then?  
A. To Beersheba.  
Q. What befell there?  
A. The Lord appeared unto to him and comfort him.  
Q. What was the first thing he did there?  
A. He offered sacrifice unto God.  
Q. Whilst he was there who came unto him?  
A. Abimelech, Abuzzath, & Pichol the chief captain of his army.  
Q. Wherefore came they?  
A. To make a league with them.  
Q. How did Esau lose the blessing?  
chapter 27 A. jacob 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 jacob had goiten both birthright and blossing from him?  
A. He said, The days of mourning for my father will come shortly, then will I slay my brother jacob.  
Q. To prevent this, whither did Isaac & Rebecca send jacob?  
chapter 28 A. To Padan Aram to marry a wife.  
Q. What company had he?  
A. His staff in his hand.  
Q. What lodging had he that night?  
A. He laid him down on the ground, and a stone under his head.  
Q. What appeared to him there?  
A. A ladder standing at his head, the top whereof reached up to heaven, the Angels of God went up and down by it, and God above it.  
Q. Who was that ladder?  
A. jesus Christ, who is the way, the truth, and the life, joh. 4  
Q. What did he learn thereby?  
A. That the angels of the Lord were continually ready to bring down comfort and secure to the faithful: but to the wicked, plagues and punishments.  
Q. What did he in the morning?  
A. He took the stone and set it up as a pillar, & powered oil on it, and said: if God will be with me, and keep me in this lourney, which I go, and give me bread to eat, & clothes to put on; so that I may return to my father's house in safety, then shall the Lord be my God, and this stone shall be his house, and I will come and serve him here.  
Q. Did the Lord prosper his journey?  
chapters 25,30 A. Yes: for he had wives, children, and substance.  
Q. How many wives had he?  
A. Two: Leah and Rahel.  
Q. How many children had he in Padan Aram?  
A. Eleven sons and one daughter.  
Q. Rehearse their names?  
A. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, juda, Issachar, Zebulon, Dan, Gad, Asher, Nepthali, joseph, and Dinah, his daughter.  
Q What substance had he?  
A. He had men servants, maid servants, flocks ossheepe, herds of cattle, & great riches.  
Q. How long served he in Padan Aram?  
chapter 30 A. Twenty years: viz. seven years for Leah; seven years for Rahel; & six for his riches.  
Q. Why did he not remain with Laban?  
A. Because the Lord commanded him to return into his country.  
Q. When he returned, with whom had he controversy?  
A. With Laban, with God, and with his brother Esau.  
Q. How was the controversy ended with Laban?  
A. God charged Laban in a dream that he shouldspeake nothing but good to jacob.  
Q. How was the controversy endedwith God?  
A. He wrestled with God, who gave him a pinch in the thigh, that he halted ever after; but he left not wrestling until he obtained the blessing.  
Q. How was the controversy ended with Esau?  
A. With fair words.  
Q. Whither went jacob then?  
chapters 33,34 A. Unto Sechem: and there he bought a parcel of ground of Hamor shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of silver.  
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 poor.  
Q. How did God punish him?  
A. His daughter Dinah was ravished: Simeon and Levi became murderers, and he stank before all the country.  
Q. Whither went he then?  
chapter 35 A. To Bethel.  
Q. What charge gave he unto his household?  
A. He charged them to put away their strange gods, to cleanse their hearts, and change their garments.  
Q. What did the Lord for the confirmation and strengthening of his faith?  
A. He changed his name from jacob to Israel. ch. 32.28.  
Q. What befell as he parted from Bethel?  
A. Rahel died in childbirth.  
Q. What called she the child's name?  
A. Ben-oni: the son of mine affliction.  
Q. What did his fathers call him?  
A. Benjamin.  
Q. Whether went he then?  
A. Beyond Migdal-eder.  
Q. What befell to him there?  
A. Beuben lay with his father's concubine.  
Q. How old was Isaac when he died?  
A. One hundred and fourscore years.  
Q. Who buried him?  
A. His two sons Esau and jacob.  
Q. Where went jacob when his father Isane died?  
chapter 17 A. In the land of Canaan.  
Q. What befell to joseph?  
A. His brethren hated him: because his father loved him best; because of his dreams, & because he told his father of their evil sayings.  
Q. What would they have done with him?  
A. They would have killed him.  
Q. Who saved him?  
A. Reuben and judah said unto the rest, he is our brother, let us 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: Reuben was absent.  
Q. What did they then with joseph.  
A. They sold him to the Ishmalitish merchants for twenty pieces of silver.  
Q. When Reuben came to the pit and found not joseph there, what did he?  
A. He rend his clothes, and went to his brethren, and said, The child is not yonder, and I, whither shall I go?  
Q. What did the Isomalitish merchants with him?  
A. They carried him into Egypt, and sold him to Potiphar an cunuch of Pharaohs.  
Q. Who was judah his wife?  
chapter 38 A. The daughter of Shuah a Cananite.  
Q. How many sons had he by her?  
A. Three: Er, Onan, and Shelah.  
Q. What became of Er, & Onan?  
A. The Lord slew them because of their wickedness.  
Q. What is set down of judah?  
A. He lay with Thamar his daughter in law.  
Q. What said judah when it was told him that Thamar his daughter in law had played the harlot and was with child?  
A. He had them bring her forth and burn her.  
Q. What learn you from hence?  
A. That the law which was written in man's heart, taught them that who redome should be punished with death: for as yet the law was not given.  
Q. When Potithar had brought joseph into Egypt, what did he with him?  
A. He made him ruler over his house.  
Q. What did he with him afterward?  
A. He put him in prison because his wife slandered him, & said that he would have lain with her.  
Q. What did joseph being in prison?  
chapter 40 A. He received mercy at the hands of the Lord, & found favour at the master of the prison.  
Q. What is set down besides whilst he continued in prison?  
A. He expounded the chief butler's & chief bakers dreams, being prisoners with him.  
Q. Who then delivered joseph out of prison?  
chapter 41 A. Pharaoh; because he expounded his dreams.  
Q. What did Pharaoh with him after this?  
A. He made him ruler over all Egypt, taking the ring from his own finger, and putting it on joseph's, he arrayed joseph in garments of fine linen, and put a golden chain about his neck.  
Q. When joseph was ruler over Egypt what did he?  
A. He gathered corn, in the seven years of plenty, to serve in the seven years of famine, according to the interpretation of Pharaohs dreams.  
Q. What happened then?  
chapter 42 A. The famine was so great in the land of Canaan, that jacob was enforced to send his sons into Egypt for corn.  
Q. Did joseph know his brethren?  
A. Yes.  
Q. How did he use 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 Benjamin.  
Q. Did he this of malice, because they had used him so cruelly?  
A. No; he did it to try their repentance for their former sins, and their love to their brother Benjamin.  
Q. How aften came joseph's brethren?  
chapter 45 A. Twice.  
Q. Came Benjamin?  
A. Yes.  
Q. What reason had joseph to try their love towards Benjamin, rather than to any of the rest?  
A. Because Rahel had no more children but himself and Benjamin.  
Q. What did joseph after this?  
chapter 46 A. He made himself known unto his brethren, and fent for his father.  
Q. How long was it from that time that he was sold by his brethren, until the time that he made himself known unto them?  
A. It was 22. years: at 17. he was sold: at 30. he stood before Pharaoh: then seven years of plenty were passed, & in the second year of the famine he made himself known.  
Q. Came jacob?  
A. Yes.  
Q. How many souls came with jacob into Egypt?  
chapter 47 A. seventy.  
Q. What said joseph unto Pharaoh concerning his father and his brethren?  
A. He said they were poor Shepherds in the land of Canaan.  
Q. How old was jacob then?  
A. One hundredth and thirty years.  
Q. Where dwelled jacob then?  
A. In the land of Goshen.  
Q. When jacob was sick who came to visit him?  
chapter 48 A. joseph with his two sons Manasseth and Ephraim.  
Q. What said jacob to joseph?  
A. He commanded and made him to swear that he would carry him out of Egypt, and bury him in the land of Canaan.  
Q. How long lined jacob in Egypt?  
A. Seventeen years, and 130. before: in all he lived 147. years.  
Q. Did jacob make a will before his death?  
A. Yes.  
Q. To whom gave he the kingdom?  
A. To judah; because Reuben lay with his father's concubine, and Simcon and Levi had bloody hands.  
Q. Who had the Priesthood?  
A. Levi.  
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. joseph, because he had more afflictions, than his brethren.  
Q. How many things did belong to Reuben as to the elder?  
A. Three: the kingdom: the priesthood: and the double portion.  
Q. Rehearse jacobs twelve sons?  
A. They were rehearsed before all saving Benjamin.  
Q. Rehearse the twelve tribes?  
A. Reuben, Simeon, judah, Issachar, Zebulon, Dan, Gad, Asher, Nepthali, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manesseth.  
Q. Which of jacobs' sons are left forth?  
A. Levi and joseph: Levi, because he had bloody hands; and joseph, because he had the double portion, more afflictions than his brethren.  
Q. Whowere placed in their stead?  
A. Ephraim and Manasseth.  
Q. What arms did jacob give unto his sons?  
A. Reuben water.  
Simeon and Levi, instruments of cruelty.  
judah, a Lyon.  
Issachar, an ass.  
Zabulon, a haven for ships.  
Dan, a Serpent.  
Gad, an host of men.  
Asher, dainties for a King.  
Nepthali, a hind.  
joseph, a fruitful bough over a wall.  
Benjamin, a wolf.  
Q. When jacob died where was he buried?  
chapter 50 A. In the cave 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 sign to his posterity, that they should return into the land of Canaan.  
Q. How long did joseph bear rule over the land of Egypt?  
A. Fourscore years.  
Q. How long lived he in all?  
A. One hundred and ten years.  
Q. When he died where was he buried?  
A. He was embalmed to be carried into the land of Canaan at his brethren's return.  
Geneseos finis.   

Exodus.  
Q. What call you the second book of Moses?  
A. Exodus.  
Q. Why is it so called?  
A. Because it containeth the going of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.  
Q. What is the substance of this book?  
A. The estate of the children of Israel from the death of joseph, until the establishing of the Tabernacle in the wilderness.  
Q. Into how many parts is it divided?  
A. Into two parts: part 1 Their estate in the Land of Egypt after the death of joseph until their departure: part 2 and their estate in the wilderness until the establishing of the Tabernacle.  
Q. How were the children of Israel used after the death of joseth?  
A. They had burdens and afflictions laid upon them.  
chapter 1 Q. Were they overwhelmed with these burdens?  
A. No: the more they were afflicted, the mightier they grew.  
Q. What laws did Pharaoh make against them?  
A. That the midwives should flay their men children: afterward he commanded them to be cast into the river.  
Q. Did the Midwives obey the King?  
A. No.  
Q. Did they well in disobeying him?  
A. Yes: because he commanded them an evil work.  
Q. Did the Lord like it?  
A. Yes: for he built their houses and blessed them.  
Q. These laws being made, how escaped Moses?  
chapter 2 A. His mother hid him three months, and when she could hide him no longer, she made a basket of reeds, shme and pitch, and laid him among the bulrushes, by the rivers side.  
Q. How escaped he drowning?  
A. Pharaohs daughter came to wash herself, and found him there.  
Q. What did she with him?  
A. She put him to nurse to his own mother.  
Q. What did his mother when she had weaned him?  
A. She brought him to Pharaohs daughter again.  
Q. What did she with him?  
A. She brought him up in Pharaohs court.  
Q. What was the cause of his departure from the court?  
A. Pharaoh would have killed him, because he had slain an Egyptian, and buried him in the lands.  
Q. How long lived Moses in Pharaohs court?  
A. Forty years.  
Q. Whither went he then?  
A. Into Midian.  
Q. What did he there?  
A. He kept jethros sheep, and married Zipporah his daughter.  
Q. Had Moses, any children by her?  
A. Yes: a son 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 bade him go and deliver his brethren the children of Israel out of Egypt.  
Q. Was he willing to go?  
A. No: for he propounded five objections.  
1. First his own baseness.  
2. Secondly, his ignorance of God's name.  
3. Thirdly, that they would not hear 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 gave him signs.  
4. Fourthly, he said I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what to say.  
5. He was angry.  
chapter 4 Q. What signs did God give Moses to assure him, that he being a poor shepherd should deliver them out of the hands of so mighty a king?  
A. First, he bade him cast his rod on the ground, and it was turned into a serpent, and he bade him take it by the tail, and it was turned into a rod again.  
Secondly, he bade him put his hand into his bosom, & it was leprous, and he bade him pull it out again, and it was as his other hand.  
Thirdly, he bade him take water and sprinkle it on the ground, and it was turned into blood.  
Q. Whom did God send with Moses to help him?  
A. Aaron his brother.  
Q. Did he then go?  
A. Yes.  
Q. Who met him by the way?  
A. The Angel of the Lord, who would have slain him, because he neglected the circumcision of his son.  
Q. Who did circumcise him?  
A. His mother Zipporah took a sharp knife and cut the foreskin of her son, & cast it at her husband's feet, saying, thou art indeed a bloody husband unto me.  
Q. Who met him then?  
A. Aaron his brother.  
Q. Did they their message unto Pharaoh?  
A. Yes.  
chapter 5 Q. Would Phraoh let the people go?  
A. No: he said, who is the Lord that I should obey him? 〈◊〉 people are 〈◊〉.  
Q. What commandment gave he then?  
chapter 6 A. He commanded them to make the whole tale of brick, & to gather straw themselves.  
Q. What did the people then?  
A. They murmured against Moses and Aaron.  
Q. What did Moses?  
A. He complained unto the Lord.  
Q. What did the Lord then?  
A. He reneweth his promise concerning their deliverance & sendeth Moses and Aaron again unto Pharaoh.  
Q. Did Pharaoh then let them go?  
chapter 7 A. No: the Lord had hardened his heart, and he would not let them go.  
Q. Did Moses and Aaron their miracles before Pharaoh?  
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 upon Pharach and the Egyptians before he would let them go?  
A. Ten.  
chapter 8 Q. Rehearse them?  
A. He turned water into blood, fishes died.  
2 Frogs over the land of Egypt.  
3 Lice.  
4 Swarms of Flies.  
5 Murrain amongst beasts.  
chapter 9 6 Scabs and blisters.  
7 Thunder, lightning, and hail.  
chapter 10 8 Grasshoppers.  
9 Darkness.  
chapter 11 10. All the first borne of Egypt were slain.  
Q. Did the Sorcerers of Egypt the like?  
A. Yes, until lice; then they said, Surely it is the finger of God.  
Q. Would Pharaoh then let them go?  
A. Yes, at darkness, all saving their cattle.  
Q. What said Moses?  
A. He said he would not leave a hoof 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, jewels of silver, & jewels of gold.  
Q. What assurance did God give them that the last and greatest plague should not hurt the Israelites?  
chapter 12 A. He instituted the Passeover.  
Q. What was the passover?  
A. A male lamb of a year 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 loins girded, their shoes on their feet, their staves in their hands ready for a journey, and they must eat it in haste.  
Q. What should be done with the blood?  
A. They should strike it on their door posts, that the Angel seeing it, might pass over them.  
Did he let them go at the last plague?  
A. Yes.  
Q. How many were they that departed?  
A. About six hundred thousand men besides children.  
Q. How long were they in Egypt?  
A. Four hundred and thirty years.  
Q. What did the Israelites the?  
chapter A. They sanctified all their first borne unto the Lord.  
Q. What did they at their departure?  
A. They took the bones of joseph with them.  
Q. How many years were they going out of Egypt into Canaan?  
A. Forty years.  
Q. How many journeys had they?  
A. Forty and two.  
Q. How many principal journeys?  
A. Twelve: Pihahiroth, Marah, the wilderness of Sin, Rephidim, mount Si●…i, Kibroth, Hetaavah, Hazeroth, Rithmah in Paran, Cadesh barnea, Mount Hor, Punan in Zalmonie, and the plain of Moab.  
Q. How many of them are set down in this book?  
A. The first five, Pihahiroth, Marah, the wilderness 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 lead them the way, & by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might go 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 red sea was before them the mountains on either side of them, & Pharaoh with all his host behind them.  
Q. What did Meses?  
A. He prayed unto the Lord, and the Lord bade him strike the sea with his rod; and he did so: and the sea was divided, so that the children of Israel passed through dry-shod: But Pharaoh and all his host following them, were drowned.  
Q. What did the children of Israel then?  
chapter 15 A. They sang a song of thanksgiving for their deliverance.  
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 unto the Lord, and the Lord bad him cut down boughs, & caft the into the waters, and they were made sweet.  
Q. Whither went they then?  
A. To Elim, where were 12. fountains of water, and seventy palm trees.  
Q. Whither went they then?  
chapter 16 A. To the wilderness of Sin.  
Q. What befell there?  
A. They murmured against Moses and Aaron for bread, and the Lord send them down Manna.  
Q. What did they else?  
A. They sanctified the sabbath.  
Q. What did Moses command them?  
A. To keep a pot full of Manna, for a remembrance to their posternie.  
Q. How long did they eat Mamna?  
A. Forty years, till they came to the borders of Canaan.  
Q. Wither went they then?  
A. To Rephidim.  
Q. What did they there?  
chapter 17 A. They murmured against Moses for water; and the Lord bade him strike the rock, and there gushed out water.  
Q. What befell there else?  
A. They fought a battle with the Amalekits, and builded an altar.  
Q. Who had the victory?  
A. When Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed, but when he held them down, the Amalekits overcame.  
Q. What befell after this?  
chapter 18 A. jethro Moses father in law came to see him, and gave him counsel for the choosing of Magistrates.  
Q. What manner of men ought they to be?  
A. Men of courage, fearing God, hating covetousness, and loving the truth.  
Q. What must these Magistrates do?  
A. They must bring the hard causes unto Moses, and judge small matters themselves.  
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 hill dieth: The Lord appeared unto Moses, and gave the law in thunder and lightning.  
Q. Why was the law so given?  
A. That it might compel them to obey and follow it with fear and trembling.  
Q. Why was the Gospel given in triumph and joy?  
A. That it might entice men to follow it joyfully and willingly.  
Q. In how many tables was the law given?  
A. In two tables of stone.  
Q. Why were they written in stone?  
A. Because it was more easy to write them in stone then in man's heart.  
Q. How many commandments doth the first table contain?  
chapter 20 A. Four; wherein is set down our duty towards God.  
Q. How many commandments doth the second table contain?  
A. Six; wherein is set down our duty towards our neighbour.  
Q. Who writ this law?  
A. God.  
Q. Were there no more laws nen but the ten commandments?  
A. Yes, but those are the sum of all: for there were judicial and ceremonial laws given also.  
Q. What did the 21. chap. contain?  
A. Certain laws for the preservation of man's body, which were given to bridle our corrupt nature.  
Q. What doth the 22. cha. contain?  
A. Certain judicial laws concerning buying and selling, usury, reverence to Magistrates, etc.  
Q. What doth the 23. chapped. contain?  
A. Certain ceremonial laws of feasts.  
Q. What did the Lord promise them that would obey and keep his commandments?  
A. He said, I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and I will afflict them that afflict thee, etc. vers. 22.23.  
Q. What doth the 24. chap. contain?  
A. The confirmation of the law.  
Q. How long was Moses in the Mount?  
A. Forty days and forty 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. Ark. 3. Mercy feat. 4. Table of showbread. 5. Candlestick. 6. Altar of  offering. 7. Altar of perfume. 8. Lavar. 9 Priest's garments.  
Q. Who should make them?  
chapter 31 A. Aholiab and Bezaleel,  
Q. Whereof should they make them?  
A. Of those things which the people brought, viz. of gold, silver, brass, blue silk, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats hair, rams skins died red, badgers skins, and Shittim wood.  
Q. Whilst Moses was in the Mount, what did the people?  
chapter 32 A. They made a Calf and worshipped it.  
Q. What did the Lord then?  
A. He bad Moses go down to them.  
Q. What did he when he came down?  
A. He cast the two tables out of his hands, & broke them beneath the Mount, and he took the Calf, and burned it in the fire, and grounded it unto powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel to drink 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 unto him?  
A. The Levites.  
Q. What said he to them?  
A. Put every man his sword by his side, and go to and fro from gate to gate through the host, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, & every man his neighbour: and they did so; for which their hands were sanctified.  
Q. How many were slain that day?  
A. About 3. thousand men.  
Q. What befell after this?  
A. The Lord was angry & denied to go with them.  
Q. What did Moses then?  
A. He prayed unto the Lord, and he promised to go with them.  
Q. What did Moses else?  
A. He desired to see the glory of the Lord.  
Q. Did the Lord grant his request?  
A. Yes: for he covered him in the cloven of a rock whilst he passed by.  
Q. What did the Lord after this?  
A. He bad Moses hue two tables of stone like to the former, and to come up to the top of the Mount.  
Q. Did he so?  
A. Yes.  
Q. How long stayed he in the mount?  
A. Forty days and forty nights.  
Q. Whence should they have their provision 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.  
Finis Exodi.   

LEVIT.  
Q. What call you the third book of Moses?  
A. Leviticus.  
Q. Why is it called so?  
A. Because it containeth the office of the Levites, and those things which appertain unto them.  
Q. How is it divided?  
A. Into two parts: the sacrifice which they were to offer, and the persons which should offer.  
Q. By whom was this law of sacrifices given?  
A. By the Lord.  
Q. Where?  
A. In the tabernacle by Mount Sinai.  
Q. How many kinds of sacrifices were appointed?  
A. Five: the offering, chap. 1. the meat-offering, cha. 2. the peace-offering, cha. 3. the sin-offering, chap. 4. the trespasse-offering, chap. 5.  
Q. How many things are to be observed in these sacrifices?  
A. Two: the matter or things whereof they were, & the manner 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 have life; or of creatures without life.  
Q. What things are appointed which have life?  
A. Of the herd, bullocks, a red cow: of the flock, rams, ewes, lambs, goats, both male and female. Of fowls, Turtle doves, pigeons, and sparrows.  
Q. What are those things without life?  
A. Oil, fine flower, incense, cakes, and wafers unleavened, salt, ears of corn, Cedar wood, a scarlet lace, and hyssop.  
Q. In offering of sacrifices what is forbidden?  
A. Leaven, honey, fat, blood, the inwards of beasts, and the maw of birds.  
Q. What is thereby figured?  
A. By leaven and honey, corruption of doctrine and life: by fat and blood are figured, sensuality and cruelty.  
Q. What things are principally commanded to be used 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 observed in offering the sacrifice, what they were?  
A. They were diverse, and are set down in diverse places of this book, but especially in the 6. and 7. chapters.  
Q. Now we are come to the second part of the book, which concerneth the persons of the Levites and sacrificers, what doth the holy Ghost set down concerning them?  
A. Two things: the first is special to them alone: the second is common to them with others, namely, sanctification.  
Q. What is that which is proper to them alone?  
A. so offer the sacrifices which was appointed to Aaron & his sons: their consecration, and the execution of their function, chap. 8.9.  
Q. With 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 from before the Lord and consumed them, chap. 10.  
Q. What 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 evil: secondly, in commanding that which is good.  
Q. What are those things forbidden?  
A. They are either ceremonial or moral.  
Q. What are the laws ceremonial?  
A The distinction of creatures clean or unclean, chap. 11. touching of things accounted unclean, uncleanness after childbirth, chap. 12. or for certain diseases of the body, cha. 13.14. and 15. and purification from uncleanness, chap. 16. and 17.  
Q. What are those moral things forbidden?  
A. Adultery, fornication, incest, and all such uncleanness 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 private to ourselves; or in performance of our duty to our neighbour, or else to God, as followet●… the residue of the book.  
Q. What times or feasts are principally appointed?  
A. The times and feasts appointed in this book, are either weekly, as the Sabbath, or yearly as the passover, the feast of unleavened bread, of the first fruits of Whitsuntide, of trumpets, and of Tabernacles.  
Q. Is there no other time appointed for the service of God but these?  
A. Yes, he hath appointed to be served every day with a morning and evening sacrifice, Numb. 28.4.  
Q. How did Moses conclude this book?  
A. He sealed up these former laws with the promises and threatenings of God. Chap. 26. and the last chapter concerneth vows.  
Finis Levitici.   

Numbers.  
Q. What call you the fourth book of Moses?  
A. Numbers.  
Q. Why is it so called?  
A. Because it principally consisteth of numbering.  
Q. What is the substance of it?  
A. The history of the children of Israel after their departure from Mount Sinai, until they came to the plain of Moab, upon the confines and borders of the land of Canaan.  
Q. How is this book divided?  
A. Into two parts: the first containeth the numbering of the children of Israel, prepared for the journey: the second, the number of their journeys from Mount Sinai to the borders of Canaan, and at their last station they are again numbered.  
Q. What was the number of the people here numbered?  
A. Six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.  
Q. How often were the children of Israel numbered in this their travel?  
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 numbered?  
A. The first time they were numbered, that towards the building of the tabernacle, every man might give a price for the redemption of his life.  
The second time they were numbered for disposing of them in order for journeying about the Tabernacle, and pitching their tents at the end of their journey.  
The third time they were numbered, that the division and disposing of the land might be to every tribe according to the number.  
Q. Why were the Levites numbered the first time?  
A. To show that they have need of a redeemer, & redemption as well as any other men.  
Q. Why were not the Levites numbered the second nor third time?  
A. They were not numbered the second time, because they were to attend upon the tabernacle, and not to go to war.  
And they were not numbered the third time, because they had no lot of inheritance among their brethren.  
Q. At what age were the Levites taken to the Lord?  
A. At a month old they were dedicated to the Lord, Num. 3.15. at 28. they were to labour and to do service in the tabernacle, Num. 8.28. at thirty to enter into the more inward works of the Sanctuary, Numb. 4.3. and at fifty to leave the hard labours, and to take charge to guide, to oversee, & to prescribe by counsel and instruction what others should do. Num. 8. ●. 5.  
Q. How many of the twelve principal journeys are set down in this book?  
A. Seven: Kibroth Hattavah, Hazeroth, Rithma in Paran, Kadeshbarnea, Mount Hor, Punon in Zalmona, and the plain of Moab.  
Q. How many things do you observe in these journeys?  
A. Two: either such as are common to them all, or peculiar to either, severally considered by itself.  
Q. How many things are there common to every of these journeys?  
A. Three: the people's murmuring, Moses prayer, & God's mercies.  
Q. Did the people murmur at every journey?  
A. Yes, in seven journeys they murmured eight times.  
Q. Against whom did they murmur?  
A. Upon every dislike they did murmur against Moses & against God.  
Q. What did Moses when they murmured at him?  
A. He as a most mild man prayed, yet once he showed a passion of imperfection, for which the Lord was angry, and would not sfufer him to enter into the land of Canaan. chap. 20.11.  
Q. Did the Lord bear with their continual grudge and murmurings?  
A. Yes, he gave ear to Moses prayers, and continued his mercies towards them.  
Q. Now show me those things which are peculiar to each journey: and first to Kibroth Hattavah?  
A. First, as weary of their journey, they murmured. The Lord sent fire and consumed the utmost parts, but Moses praying, the fire was quenched.  
Secondly, they loathed Manna the heavenly bread: lusted for flesh: 70. Elders are joined to Moses to assist him in governing this unruly people: Quails are sent, and the people die with the flesh between 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 stricken with leprosy: Moses prayeth and God healeth her.  
Q. What is peculiar to Rithma in Paran?  
A. Twelve men are sent to search the land of Canaan. Upon the false report of ten the people murmur, as if God could not perform his promise to give them the Land. They would have stoned Caleb and joshua for reporting the truth.  
Q. How were they delivered from stoning?  
A. By the hand of the Lord: who told them that none of them should enter into the land of promise, save Caleb & joshua: and they which enterprised to enter into the land contrary to God's appointment, are slain by their enemies.  
Q. Did the people remaining, (tasting his mercies and seeing his judgements) love, fear, and serve him?  
A. No: there was one found upon the Sabbath day gathering of sticks.  
Q. What was done with him?  
A. He was by the Lord's commandment stoned to death chap. 15.36.  
Q. That was but the act of one, what did the rest?  
A. Others did not take heed, for first Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and On, with 250. captains rebelled against Moses and Aaron, and the earth opening, swallowed up them and theirs.  
Secondly, the people not taking warning thereby, did all murmur against Moses & Aaron, wherefore there were destroyed, 14700. of them.  
Q. What did Moses and Aaron?  
A. They sought an atonement with God for them.  
Q. How was the matter ended?  
A. God set order, first, for the Priesthood, secondly, for a sacrifice for their sins.  
Q. What order was taken for the Priesthood?  
A. The Lord bad Moses take for every tribe a rod, and write every man's name upon their rod, and Aaron's name upon Levies rod, and lay them in the tabernacle before the ark, and the man's rod which budded would the Lord choose.  
Q. Whose rod did bud?  
A. Aaron's did bud and blossom, and he had the priesthood.  
Q. What order was taken for their sins?  
A. God appointed the sacrifice of the red cow, chap. 19 for the cleansing of these their sins, and the asnes of purifying of the unclean by touching the dead.  
Q. When they departed from Rithma in Paran, whither went they?  
A. To Kadeshbarnea.  
Q. What things are peculiar to that journey?  
A. Four: first, the death of Miriam.  
Secondly, the Israelites murmur for water.  
Thirdly, Moses and Aaron are charged with incredulity, and receive judgement to die in the wilderness.  
Fourthly, Edom denieth Israel passage through his country.  
Q. The next journey being Mount Hor, what befell there?  
A. Aaron dieth: Eleazar his son succeed him. Arad the King of Canaan cometh forth against Israel and is vanquished.  
Q. To their journey from mount Hor, to Punon in Zalmona, what things are peculiar?  
A. In their journey about the land of Edom, they murmur at the hardness of the way, and for bread and water loathing Manna.  
They are destroyed by fiery serpents, and are remedied by the brazen serpent.  
They overthrow two kings, Sihon and Og, & destroy their countries.  
Q. In their journey to the plain of Moab, what is principally to be considered?  
A. The estate of them, when some of them entered into their portions, and others were ready to enter.  
Q. How many things are herein to be considered?  
A. Two: first, the hindrances, secondly, the reconciliation of the people.  
Q. How were they hindered?  
A. Partly by others, but especially specially by their own sins.  
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 gave counsel to allure them to sin: and the Midianitish women, who enticed them to fornication and idolatry.  
Q. Did the Lord suffer these sins to go unpunished?  
A. No: he began first with his own people, & by a plague destroyed of them 24000.  
Q. What did he with his enemies?  
A. When he was reconciled to his people, he powered out his wrath upon them.  
Q. In what sort?  
A. Balakand the 5. Kings of Midian were slain. Balaam the false Prophet was controlled by his ass, and also slain. All the males of Midian, and the women who had lain by man, were slain.  
Q. How was God reconciled to his people?  
A. By the zeal of Phineas, who slew Zimri and Cosbi committing fornication.  
Q. What testimony did God give of his reconciliation?  
A. First, he made a covenant with Phineas. Secondly, he appointed joshua to be governor in Moses stead. Thirdly, he gave to Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseth, their portions on that side of jordan in the Land of Moab. Fourthly, twelve men are assigned to divide the land of Canaan. Lastly, their laws given for sacrifices, observation of feasts, vows, cities of refuge, and inheritances.  
Finis Numb.   

Deuteron.  
Q. What call you the fifth book of Moses?  
A. Deuteronomie.  
Q. Why is it so called?  
A. Because it containeth a second rehearsal of the law.  
Q. What doth he in the beginning of this book?  
A. He repeateth the acts which God had done for them in peace and war: because they were dead to whom the Law was given in mount Sinai: and to make them more attentive to the law, from the first chapter to the fift.  
Q. What doth he then?  
A. He repeateth the law more particularly, he exhorteth and persuadeth them to observe and keep the Law, from the 5. chap. to the 31. In the 31. Chapter he prepareth himself to die, and resigneth up his office.  
In the 32. chap. he singeth a Psalm: and in the 33. chap. he blesseth the Tribes of Israel.  
Q. Why did Moses bless Levi otherwise then jacob did?  
A. Because of the zeal that the Levites showed at Mount Sinai, the curses of jacob upon Levi, 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: Hear now ye rebels: shall we give you water out of the rock? Numb. 20.10.  
Q. Did he see the land of Canaan?  
A. Yes, he went up into mount Nebo, unto the top of Pisgah, and the Lord showed him all the land of Gilead unto Dan.  
Q. Vhom did he appoint in his stead?  
A. joshua the son of Nun?  
Q. How long lived Moses?  
A. One hundred and twenty years.  
Q. Where was he buried?  
A. In a valley in the Land of Moab, over against Bethpeor, but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.  
Q. By whom was he buried?  
A. By an angel of the Lord: lest the Israelites knowing of his grave, should go a whoring after it.  
Finis Deuteronomii.   

JOSHVA.  
Q. What governor had the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt?  
A. Captains.  
Q. How many captains had they?  
A. Two: Moses and joshua.  
Q. What did Moses?  
A. He brought them out of Egypt into the wilderness.  
Q. What did joshua?  
A. He brought them out of the wilderness into the land of Canaan.  
Q. What called you this book?  
A. joshua.  
Q. Why is it so called?  
A. Because it containeth the government of joshua.  
Q. What is the substance of this book?  
A. The estate of the children of Israel after the death of Moses, till they were established in the land of Canaan.  
Q. How many things must we consider in this book?  
A. Three, joshua his calling, his acts, and his death.  
Q. Who called him?  
chapter 1 A. God.  
Q. What to do?  
A. To govern his people.  
Q. What charge gave he him?  
A. To do all things which he commanded, and only those.  
Q. Did he so?  
A. Yes.  
Q. How did God bless them?  
A. chapter 2 The people obeyed him. chapter 3 They passed jordan drishod. chapter 4 The people being sore with circumcision, their enemies durst not stir against them. chapter 5 The walls of jericho fell down, no man touching them.  
Q. How are his acts divided?  
A. Into his acts of war, and his acts of peace.  
chapter 2 Q. What were his acts of war?  
A. He sent out two men to spy jericho, and as they were spying, the men of the city sought to kill them.  
Q. How escaped they?  
A. By the means of an harlot named Rahab.  
Q. When they departed what did they?  
A. She made them swear that they would spare her and all her household at the destrustruction of the city.  
Q. How did they get out of the city?  
A. She let them down by a cord through a window.  
Q. What sign did they give her of her deliverance?  
A. They bid her bind a cord of red thread in the window, through which she let them down.  
Q. Whither went they then?  
A. They returned to joshua.  
Q. What news brought they?  
A. That all the inhabitants of the Land fainted because of Israel.  
Q. What did joshua then?  
chapter 4 A. He bade them set up 12. stones in jordan, and as many in Gilgal, for a memorial to their posterity.  
Q. What did the Lord then?  
A. He commanded joshua to circumcise every man child of the children of Israel.  
Q. What did joshua then?  
chapter 5 A. He made him sharp knives as he was commanded, and circumcised all the men children that were borne in the wilderness since their coming 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 eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan.  
Q. What Did joshua then?  
chapter 6 A. He overthrew jericho, and burned it with fire, only the gold and silver, with brass and iron, were consecrated to the Lord.  
Q. After what manner was jericho taken?  
A. The ark of God compassed it six days, every day once, and the seventh day the Priests carried it about the city seven times, and the men of war went before the ark, & all the host followed, & when they had compassed the city seven times, and the Priests had blown with their trumpers of Rams horns seven times, the people shouted with a loud voice, & then the walls of the city fell down flat, and they went up into the city, 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 preserved.  
Q. Whither went they then?  
chapter 7 A. joshua 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.  
Q. What was the cause they slew them and put them to flight?  
A. Because Achan took of the Excommunicate things, therefore the Lord was angry, and suffered their men not to have the victory.  
Q. What had he taken?  
A. A Babylonish garment, 200. shekels of silver, 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 joshua then?  
chapter 8 A. He went to Ai, and took all the men of war 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 city, and he and all the rest of the people came before the city.  
Q. What did joshua and his people in the battle?  
A. They fled before them as they did at first, which they perceiving came all out of the city and pursued.  
Q. What did joshua then?  
A. He stretched out his spear that was in his hand towards Ai, according as he had given notice to them that lay on the backside of the city, and they arose and came to the city & set it on fire: and when the men of the city looked back and saw their city on fire, they were greatly afraid: then joshua and the children of Israel which fled, returned and slew the men of Ai. Also the other issued out of the city against them on the other side, and let none of them escape.  
Q. What was the number of those that were slain?  
A. Twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.  
Q. What did he with the cattle and spoil thereof?  
A. They took it to themselves for a pray.  
Q. What did joshua then to the city?  
A. He burned it, & made it an heap for ever, and a wilderness to this day.  
Q. What did he with the king thereof?  
A. He hanged him on a tree.  
Q. What did joshuah then?  
A. He built an altar to the Lord, and wrote a rehearsal of the Law, and read it in the presence of all the children of Israel.  
Q. What befell then?  
chapter 9 A. Many kings assembled together to fight against joshua.  
Q. Did none of the inhabitants of the land make peace with them?  
A. Yes: the Gibeonites.  
Q. What did they?  
A. They took old bottles and wine, and mouldy bread, and put on old shoes, and old raiment, and came to joshua, and said, they were come from a far country to make a league with them, and joshua made a league with them.  
Q. What did joshua when he knew their craft?  
A. He commanded them to perpetual slavery.  
Q. What did the five kings of the Amorites when they heard that the Gibeonites had made a league with them?  
chapter 10 A. They gathered themselves together and made war against them.  
Q. What did the Gibeonites?  
A. They sent to joshua to pray him to come and deliver them.  
Q. What did joshua?  
A. He ascended from Gilgal all that night, and all the men of war with him, & came upon them suddenly, and discomfited them, and they fled towards Bethoron.  
Q. What did the Lord then?  
A. He did cast down great stones upon them from heaven until Azekah, and there were more slain with hailstones then with the sword.  
Q. What did joshua then?  
A. He bad the Sun stand still in Gibeon, and the Moon in the valley of Ailon until they had avenged themselves on their enemies, and that was the longest day that ever was.  
Q. What became of the five kings of the Amorites?  
A. They fled to Makkedah and hid themselves in a cave.  
Q. What did joshuah when he knew it?  
A. He bad men roll great stones to the mouth of the Cave, and he set men to keep them, and he bade the rest follow 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?  
A. The five Kings were brought out of the cave.  
Q. What did joshua to them?  
A. He commanded his chief men of war to come and set their feet upon them, and they did so: Afterwards he slew them, and hanged them on five several trees until the Sun went down, than he took them down, and cast them into the cave, and laid great stones upon the caves mouth, which remain till this day.  
Q. What did joshua then?  
A. He overcame many cities, and destroyed three kings more, and he slew the inhabitants, them he returned to Gilgal.  
Q. What did the rest of the kings when they heard of this?  
A. They gathered themselves together, and came and pitched at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.  
Q. What did the Lord then?  
A. He bad joshua not be afraid of them, he would deliver them all slain before him, and he should hough their horses and burn their Chariots with fire.  
Q. What did joshua then?  
A. He and all the men of war came suddenly out and smote them, until there were none of them remaining.  
Q. Did joshua destroy their cities?  
A. No, he destroyed none of the cities save only Hazor: which he burned 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?  
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 battle against the children of Israel, and they might utterly destroy them.  
Q. What did joshua then?  
A. He destroyed the Anakims' out of the land of Israel, only in Azzah, Gath, and Asndod they were left.  
Q. How many kingdoms did the children of Israel overcome in all?  
chapter 12 A. Thirty and one.  
Q. When the children of Israel had overcome their enemies, what did joshua?  
chapters 13,14, etc. A. He denided the land by lots: he appointed cities of refuge: he gave cities to Levites. He sent back Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasses.  
Q. What did joshua at his death?  
chapter 13 A. He gathered the children of Israel together, and exhorted them not to join with the Gentiles, vowing that whatsoever they did, he & his house would serve the Lord.  
Q. What became of joshua then?  
A. He died.  
Q. How old was he when he died?  
A. One hundred and ten years.  
Finis joshuae.   

JUDGES.  
Q. After the death of joshua what government had the children of Israel?  
A. judges.  
Q. What is the substance of this book?  
A. The estate of the children of Israel in the land of Canaan, after the death of joshua.  
Q. How is it divided?  
A. Into three parts: their sins; their oppressors; and their deliverers.  
Q. What were their sins?  
A. Contempt of religion, Idolatry, theft, and whoredom.  
Q. Who were their oppressors?  
A. The Aramites, Philistims, Midianites, Moabites, Canaanites, and Ammonites.  
Q. How long were they oppressed?  
A. One hundred and eleven year.  
Q. What did they being oppressed?  
A. They cried unto the Lord, and he sent them deliverers.  
Q. Rehearse their names?  
A. Otheniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Barack, Gedeon, Abimeleck, Tola, jaer, Iptah, Ibsau, Elon, Abdon, Samson, Eli, and Samuel.  
Q. How many years did God give them judges?  
A. Three hundred & thirty nine years until Samuel.  
Q. Why then doth Paul in the thirteenth of the Acts say, that God gave them judges 450. years?  
A. He reckoneth the judges and oppressors together whose years added together make 450.  
Q. Out of whose hands did Otheniel deliver them?  
A. The Aramites, ch. 3.10.  
Q. Out of whose hands did Ehud deliver them?  
A. The Moabites.  
Q. Out of whose hands did Shamgar deliver them?  
A. The Philistims.  
Q. Out of whose hands did Dehora and Barack deliver them?  
A. The Canaanites, chap. 4.  
Q. Out of whose hands did Gideon deliver them?  
A. The Midianites, chap. 6.7.8.  
Q. What is recorded of Abimeleck?  
A. He usurped the kingdom, and slew 70. of his brethren upon a stone, chap. 9  
Q. What befell to him then?  
A. A woman with a piece of a millstone broke his brainpan.  
Q. What did he then?  
A. He commanded his page, his armour-bearer to thrust him through, that it might not be said 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 hands did Jephtha deliver them?  
A. The Ammorites: he offered his daughter in sacrifice to God, and overcame 42000. Ephramites. cap. 11.12.  
Q. What did Ibsan, Elon, and Abdon?  
A. They governed quietly.  
Q. Out of whose hands did Samson deliver them?  
A. The Philistims. ca 13.14.  
Q. Rehearse Sampsons' acts?  
A. He slew a Lion, he slew 30. Philistims for 30. charge of garments: he burned their corn: he slew four thousand men with the jaw bone of anasse: he carried away the gates of Azzah: he slew more at his death, than he did in all his life.  
Q. By what small means did God bring these things to pass?  
A. Ehud being lame of his right hand, slew Eglon the fat King with a Dagger of a cubit long. Shamgar slew fix hundred Philistims with an Ox goad: jael a woman killed Sisera with a hammer and a pin: Gedeon overcame an host of men with broken Potsheardes and Rams horns. There is no mention made of Eli and Samuel in this book, but in the book of Samuel.  
Finis jud.   

Ruth.  
Q. What call you the next book?  
A Ruth.  
Q. Why is it so called?  
A. Because she is the person that is principally handled there.  
Q. How is it divided?  
A. Into two parts: Naomi's and ruth's afflictions, and their prosperity.  
Q. Of what country was Ruth?  
chapter 1 A. Of Moab.  
Q. Who was her husband?  
A. Chilion of Bethlem in judah.  
Q. How came he into Moab?  
A. There was a famine in Israel, and so his father Elimeleck took his two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, and Naomie his wife, and went and sojourned in the country of Moab, where Elimeleck died: then his sons took them wives, the name of Mahlons' wife was Orpah, and the name of chilion's wife was Ruth.  
Q. What befell to them in the land of Moab?  
A. Elimeleck and his two sons died.  
Q. What did Naomie then?  
A. She returned into the land of judah.  
Q. Why did she return?  
A. Because she heard say that the Lord had visited her people in plenty and given them bread.  
Q. What company had she with her?  
A. Her two daughters in law, Orpah and Ruth, but Orpah went back again.  
Q. Why did not Ruth return with her sister?  
A. She would not leave her mother in law, but said, Wither thou goest thither will I go, and where thou dwellest, there will I dwell; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.  
chapter 5 Q. How did God bless her?  
A. She was married to a rich man named Booz: of him came Christ.  
Finis Ruth.   

1. SAMVEL.  
Q. What do you call the next book?  
A. Samuel.  
Q. How many things must we consider in this book?  
Q. Two: the government of the two last judges, and the two first Kings.  
Q. Which are the judges which are mentioned in this book?  
A. Eli and Samuel.  
Q. How are the acts of Eli divided?  
A. Into his good and bad acts.  
Q. What were his good acts?  
A. His diligence in his calling.  
Q. What were his bad acts?  
A. His negligence in not looking to his sons, and not correcting them, chap. 2.  
Q. How was he punished for his negligence?  
A. The Ark of God was taken: his two sons Hophni and Phineas were both slain in one day: he hearing of it, fell down backward and broke his neck. chap. 4.  
Q. What became of his daughter in law?  
A. She died in childbirth, for she said, the glory is departed 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 down before the ark of God, his head and the palms of his hands were broken, and the inhabitants were smitten with emrods.  
Q. What did they with the ark of God?  
A. They carried it to Gath.  
Q. Did it continue there?  
chapter 6 A. No: for the Lord smote them with emrod's, and they carried it to Ekron, and the Ekronites were smitten with emrod's also.  
Q. How long did the Philistems keep the ark?  
A. Seven months.  
Q. What did they then with the ark?  
A. They sent it home with gifts.  
Q. What were the gifts which they sent with it?  
A. Five golden emrod's, & five golden Mice.  
Q. How did they send the ark home?  
A. They laid it in a new cart, they took two milk kine and shut their calves at home, than they tied the kine to the cart, and they went strait to Bethshemesh, and kept one path till they came to the field of joshua at Bethshemesh, where they stood still.  
Q. What did the inhabitants of Bethshemesh?  
A. They rejoiced, and the Levites took down the ark, and the chest wherein the jewels of gold were, and set them upon a great stone, and clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine for a  offering unto 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 ark of God.  
Q What became of the ark then?  
chapter 7 A. The men of Kiriathiearim came and took it.  
Q. What did they with it?  
A. They brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar to keep the ark.  
Q. How long abode the ark in the house of Abinadab?  
A. Twenty year.  
Q. When Eli was dead, who succeeded him?  
A. Samuel.  
Q. How many things must be considered of him?  
A. His birth, education, calling, and his acts.  
Q. What doth the Holy Ghost set down 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 up?  
A. In the tabernacle.  
Q. Who called him.  
A. God called him thrice in one night. chap. 3.4.  
Q. How many offices head he?  
A. Three: for as he was called thrice, so he had three offices: a judge, a priest, and a prophet.  
Q. What chief things are recorded of him?  
A. He anointed Saul, cap. 10. he caused him to slay Agag the King of Ameleck. c. 15. he anointed David, cap. 16. and these are his acts of peace.  
Q. What were his acts of war?  
A. He overcame the Philistims. chap. 7.  
Q. What government had the children of Israel after judges?  
chapter 8 A. Kings.  
Q. How fell it out that they had kings?  
chapter 10 A. Because samuel's sons, joel and Abiah walked not in their father's ways, but perverted judgement, therefore they desired a king.  
Q. How many years did Samuel judge Israel?  
A. Twenty years.  
Q. How many kings reigns are set down in this book?  
A. Two: saul's, and David's.  
Q. Who was first King?  
A. Saul.  
Q. Who anointed him?  
A. Samuel, for thither he went to seek his father's asses.  
Q. How many signs had he to confirm his anointing?  
A. Three: 1. at rahel's sepulchre: 2. at the plain 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 principal things must we consider in saul's reign?  
A. Two: his good and his bad deeds.  
Q. What were his good deeds?  
chapter 11 A. He fought the Lords bartell: he delivered the inhabitants of jabesh from the Ammonites: he overthrew the Amalekites and Philistims.  
Q. What were his evil deeds?  
chapter 15 A. He took on him the Pricsts office: he spared Agag and the best things: he persecuted David. 18. he slew the Lords priests. 21. and he consnlted with witches, chap. 28.  
Q. How was he plagued?  
A. He was rejected and David elected: he was vexed with an evil spirit: his two sons were slain by the Philistims, & he slew himself, chap. 31.  
Q. Who was high Priest?  
A. Abimeleck the son of Ahitub.  
Q. Who succeeded Saul in the kingdom?  
A. David.  
Q. What principal things are to be considered of him?  
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 he called? by Samuel. 3. from whence was he called? from keeping his father's sheep.  
Q. How are the acts of David divided?  
A. Into his acts in saul's time, and his acts after saul's death.  
Q. Whatwere his acts in saul's time?  
A. He slew a Lion and a Bear: he mitigated saul's fury with his harp: he slew Gokah, chapter 17. he slew 300. Philistims for 200. foreskinnes, for which he was made the King's son in law. He was preferred before Saul of the Virgins: he was persecuted by Saul, 18. chap. He fled to Nob and did eat the showbread: 21. chapped. He fled to Gath and there he did counterfeit himself mad. 21. c. he cut off the lap of saul's garment: he took away the spear and a pot of water that stood at saul's head. chap, 26. he destroed the Amalekites. chap. 30.  
Libri primi Samuelis finis.   

II. SAMVEL.  
Q. What must we consider of David after saul's death?  
A. His acts after he was made king of Israel, and his acts when he ruled over judah only.  
Q. What were his acts when he ruled over judah?  
chapter 1 A. He slew the man that said he had slain Saul: he waged war seven years with Ishbosheth. chap. 2.  
Q. Who was captain over ishbosheth's army?  
A. Abner.  
Q. What became of him?  
A. He was slain cowardly by loab, because he slew Asacl his brother, chap. 3.  
Q. What did David 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 captains, slew him as he slept on his bed, and cut off his head and brought it to David in Hebron.  
Q. Who then reigned over Israel?  
A. David. chap. 5.  
Q. How many things must we observe in his government being king over Israel's  
A. Two things: wherein he behaved himself well; wherein ill.  
Q. Wherein did he behave himself well?  
chapters 6,7,8,9,10 A. He fought the Lords battles: he slew Baanah & Rechab: he overcame the Philistims twice: he took the fort of Zion: he restored the ark, he prepared for the building of the temple: he overthrew the Philistims, the Ammorites, and all his enemies. chap. 8.  
Q. Who was captam of his host?  
A. joab the son of Zeruiah.  
Q. What were David's evil deeds?  
chapter 11 A. He brought the the Ark in a new cart when it should have been borne on the Levites shoulders: he committed adultery with Bethsheba, and caused Vriah her husband to be slain, and caused the people to be numbered, chap. 24.  
Q. How was he plagued for carrying the ark in a cart?  
A. The oxen stumbled, the ark shook, Vzzah put up his hand, and was stricken dead.  
Q. How for his adultery?  
A. chapter 13 The child conceived in adultery died: chapter 15 Amnon defiled Tamar: chapter 17 Absalon slew Amnon, and lay with his father's concubines: lastly, Sheba rebelled. chap. 20.  
Q. What became of Absalon?  
A. He was hanged on an oak by the hair of the head, and slain by joab, chap. 18.  
Q. How did the Lord plague him for numbering the people?  
A. God sent a plague for 3. days, whereof died feaventie thousand men, chap. 44.  
Q. How was the plague ceased?  
A. David repenting & praying, God bade the Augell hold his hand.  
Q. What did David then?  
A. He builded an altar, and offered sacrifice unto the Lord, chap. 24.  
Q. What Prophets were in David's 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. jehoshaphat.  
Q. Who was over the tribute?  
A. Adoram.  
Q. Who was captain over the Cherethites and Perezites?  
A. Benaiah.  
Q. How long reigned David over Israel?  
A. Seven years in Hebron: 33. years over all Israel: in all 40. years.  
Lib. 2. Sam finis.   

KINGS.  
Q. What call you the next book to Samuel?  
A. Kings.  
Q. How many books of Kings are there?  
A. Two.  
Q. How many things are principally to be considered in these two books?  
A. Two: the rest of the kingdom of Israel before the division, and after the division.  
Q. How many kings were there before the kingdom was divided?  
A. Three: Saul, David, and Solomon.  
Q. How many of these were mentioned in the first book?  
A. Two: David & Solomon.  
Q. What is recorded of David in this book?  
A. He caused his son Solomon to be anointed King: & the charge that he gave him at his death.  
Q. What notable things are recorded of Solomon?  
A. He flew Adoniah, joab, 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. years.  
He received the Queen of Sheba very honourably, 1. King. 10.  
Q. What were his sins?  
A. Idolatry and adultery, 1. king. 11.  
Q. How was he punished?  
A. The Lord stirred up enemies against him: Hadad, Rezin, and jeroboam. chap. 11.  
Q. How long reigned Solomon?  
A. Forty years. 1. kin. 11.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. Rehoboam. 12. chap.  
Q. How old was Solomon when he begat Rehoboam?  
A. Eleven years: for Rehoboam was 40. years old when he began to reign, 1. King. 24. Solomon was 52. years old when he died. He was but 12. years old when he began to reign, 1. King. 2. and he reigned only 40. years 1. King. 11.  
Q. What became of the kingdom after the death of Solomon?  
A. It was divided.  
Q. Why?  
A. Because of salomon's fins.  
Q. What call you the two kingdoms?  
A. Israel and judah.  
Q. How many tribes were in the kingdom of judah?  
A. Two judah & Benjamin.  
Q. How many were in the kingdom of Israel?  
A. Ten: Reuben, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulon, Dan, Gad, Asher, Neptali, Ephraim, and Manasses.  
Q. How many kings?  
A. Twenty: Rehoboam, Abiam, Asa, jehosaphat, jehoram, Ahasiah, Athaliah, joab, Amasiah, Azariah, jothan, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasses, Amon, josiah, jehoahaz, jehoiakim, jehoiakin, Zedekiah.  
Q How many things must we consider in the history of every one of these kings?  
A. Two: their acts of Peace, and their acts of war.  
Q. How many things must we 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 judah?  
A. Rehoboam. 1. king. 12.1.  
Q. What is set down of him?  
A. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.  
Q. How was he plagued?  
A. Shishack king of Egypt came up against him, and spoiled him of his riches.  
Q. How long reigned he?  
A. Eighteen years.  
Q. Who was high Priest in his time?  
A. Zadock.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. Abiam, chap. 15.  
Q. What is mentioned of him?  
A. He committed wickedness in the sight of the Lord.  
Q. How long reigned he?  
A. Three years.  
Q. What were his acts of war?  
A. He put jeroboam 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 deeds?  
A. He put the Sodomites out of the land.  
He suppressed the stews.  
He destroyed all the Idols.  
He put his mother from her estate, for making an idol in a grove.  
He put Maacha from her regency.  
He fought with Baash.  
Q. What were his evil deeds?  
A. He made a covenant with Benhadad.  
He forsook God, 1. Kin. 16. chap.  
Q. How was he punished?  
A. He died of the gout after he had reigned 41. years, 1. King. 15.3.  
Q. What Prophets were in his time?  
A. Azariah, jehu, and Hanani.  
Q. Who were high Priests?  
A. Ahimaaz, and Azariah.  
Q. Who succeeded Asa?  
A. jehoshaphat, 1. King. 15.  
Q. What is set down of him?  
A. He did that which was good in the sight of the Lord: he received comfort after the invasion of his enemies, of Oziel.  
His ships were broken at Ozion-Gaber, chap. 2.  
Q. What did he for Religion?  
A. He abolished idolatry, & 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 overcame the Moabites, the Ammonites, and the inhabitants of Mount Seir.  
He made affinity with Ahab, chap. 18.  
He went with him to war against Ramoth Gilead, cha. 22.  
He joined himself with Ahaziah to make ships to go to Tarshish eod.  
Q. What befell to him for these things?  
A. The Lord sent jehu the Prophet to reprove him; and his ships were broken, so that he could not go to Tarshish.  
Q. What Prophets were in his time?  
A. jehu, Azariah, and Eliazar.  
Q. What high Priests?  
A. Ahimaaz and Azariah.  
Q. How long reigned he?  
A. Twenty five years.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. jehoram, 1. King. 22.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
A. He did evil in the fight of the Lord: he married Ahabs' daughter. 2. King 8. he committed idolatry, eod. he slew seven of his brethren.  
Q. What became of him?  
A. He died of an incurable disease, after he had reigned 8. years.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. Ahaziah.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
A. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.  
Q. What became of him?  
A. He was slain at Ram oth-Gilead having reigned one year, and also 42. of his brethren were slain by jehu. 2. Chr. 22.  
Q. Who was high Priest?  
A. jehoidah.  
Q. Who were Prophets?  
A. Eliah, who was taken up into heaven.  
Q. Who succeeded Ahaziah?  
A. Atholiah his mother 2. King. 11.  
Q. What is recorded of her?  
A. She put to death all the king's seed, except joash the son of Ahaziah.  
Q. How escaped he?  
A. jehoshebah the daughter to king joram, and sister to Ahaziah hide him six years.  
Q. What became of Athalia?  
A. She was slain at the commandment of jehoidah, having reigned 7. years, 2. king. 11.  
Q. Who succeeded her?  
A. joash.  
Q. What 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 provision for the repair of the Temple. 2. Kin. 12.  
Q. What were his sins?  
A. He committed idolatry, he slew Zachariah the priest, he took on him the honour of God. 2. King. 12.  
Q. What became of him?  
A. He was slain by his servants, having reigned forty years, eod.  
Q. What Prophets were in his time?  
A. jehoidah 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 slew his father, and he overcame the Edomires. eod.  
Q. Did he continue in the service of God?  
A. No, he fell to idolatry 2. Chro. 25.  
Q. How was he plagued?  
A. He was overcome by joash king of Israel, because he was not warned by the parable of the thistle. The city was taken and the temple spoiled, and he was slain by his servants having reigned 29. years, eod.  
Q. Who was high priest in his time?  
A. Azariah.  
Q. What Prophet lived 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 days of Zachariah, and the Lord prospered him: he loved tilling.  
Q. Did he continue still in the service of God?  
A. No: he took on him the priest's office.  
Q. How was he plagued?  
A. He was smitten with a leprosy, and continued a leper unto his death.  
Q. What prophets were in his time?  
A. Isaiah, joel, Hosea, and Obadia.  
Q. Who were high Priests?  
A. Zachariah and Azariah.  
Q. How long reigned he?  
A. Fifty two years.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. jothan, 2. King. 15.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
A. He did uprightly in the sight of the Lord: he built the gate of the Temple called beautiful: he overcame the Amorites, eod.  
Q. What prophets were in his time?  
A. Isaiah, Nahum, and Michah.  
Q. What Priests?  
A. Ahitub and Zadock.  
Q. How long reigned he?  
A. Sixteen years.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. Achaz, 2. King. 15.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
A. He did evil in the sight of the Lord, he drew his sons through the fire: he was besieged by Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah king of judah; he refused the counsel of Isaiah: he forsook God: he destroyed the ornaments of the Temple.  
Q. Who was high Priest?  
A. Vriah.  
Q. How long reigned he?  
A. Sixteen years.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. Hezechiah, 2. King. 16.  
Q. How old was Achaz when he begat Ezechias?  
A. Ten years: for when he was twenty years old, he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years, 2. King. 16. so he died in the thirty six year of his age: Now Ezechias succeeded his father when he was five and twenty years of age, 2. King. 18.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
A. He did uprightly in the sight of the Lord.  
Q. How are his acts divided?  
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 overthrown: he broke in pieces the brazen Serpent which Moses had made: he hearing the reviling words of Rabshakeh, humbled himself before the Lord, and the Augel of the Lord destroyed in the camp of Asher, an hundred four score and five thousand.  
Q. What befell to him then?  
A. He was sick, and the Lord sent Isaiah unto him, to bid him set his house in order, for he should die, chap. 20. lib. 2.  
Q. What did Hezekiah?  
A. He prayed to the Lord, and he restored him to health again, and added fifteen years to his days, eod.  
Q. What sign did God give him that he should recover?  
A. The Sun went back ten degrees, eod.  
Q. What was his sin?  
A. He showed the treasure of the temple to the Babylonian Ambassadors, eod.  
Q. What did the Lord then?  
A. He sent Isaiah the Prophet to reprove him. c. 20. l. 3.  
Q. What Prophets were in his time?  
A. Isaiah, jeremiah, and Huldah.  
Q. Who was high Priest?  
A. Azariah.  
Q. How long reigned Hezechiah?  
A. Twenty nine years.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. Manasses.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
chapters A. He restored idolatry: he made his sons pass through the fire: he cut Isaiah asunder with a wooden saw.  
Q. How was he punished?  
A. He was carried captive into Babylon.  
Q. What did he there?  
A. He prayed unto the Lord, and he heard him, and restored his kingdom unto him again 2. Chro. 33.  
Q. What did he then?  
A. He took away the strange gods and restored religion, eod.  
Q. How long reigned he?  
A. Fifty years.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. Amon, cap. 21. lib. 2.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
A. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.  
Q. What became of him?  
A. He was slain by his servants, having reigned 2. years, 2. Chr. 33.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. josiah.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
A. He did uprightly in the fight of the Lord: 2. King. 22.  
Q. What were his acts?  
A. He found the book of the law, and read it in the ears of all the people: he destroyed idolatry & repaired the temple: he kept a great passover. 2. King. 22.23.  
Q. What became of him?  
A. He was slain with an arrow at Megiddo, having raigued 31. years, eod.  
Q. What Prophets were in his time?  
A. jeremiah, Zephaniah, & Haldah a Prophetess.  
Q. Who was high Priest?  
A. Hilchiah.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. jehoahaz his son, ca 23. lib. 2.  
Q. How long reigned he?  
A. Two years.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
A. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.  
Q. How was he plagued?  
A. Pharaoh Necoh King of Egypt came up against him, and put him in bonds, & put the land to tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talon of gold. And Ehakim the brother of jehoahaz reigned in his stead, and changed his name to jehoiakim. cha. 23. lib. 2.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
A. He did evil in the sight of the Lord, eod.  
Q. What were his acts?  
A. He paid tribute to Pharaoh, ca 23. lib. 2. He imprisoned jeremiah: 
jer. 36.  he cut the Prophet Habacuk in pieces, and burned Baracks' prophecies.  
Q. What became of him?  
A. He was carried captive by Nabuchadnezzar, having reigned 11. years.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. jehoiakin his son, ca 24. lib. 2.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
chapter 24 A. He delivered himself into the hands of Nabuchadnezzar by the counsel of jeremy, in which captivity were Ezechiel, Daniel, and the three children.  
Q How long reigned he?  
A. Three months.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. Mattaniah his uncle, whom the king of Babel called Zedechiah.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
chapter 24 A. He did evil in the sight of the Lord, for which he and the kingdom of judah were carried into captivity by Nabuchadnezzar king of Babel.  
Q. How long had he reigned before he was carried captive?  
A. Eleven years.  
Q. What Prophets were in his 〈◊〉?  
A. Baruck, Ezechiel, and jeremiah.  
Q. What did they to Zedekiah when they had taken him?  

2. King. 25.  A. They slew his sons before his eyes, than they put out his eyes, and bound him in chains, 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 chief Prophets that prophesied in these king's times?  
A. Iddo, Shemiah, jehu, Zachariah, Eliah, joel, Isaiah, Nahum, Michab, Zephaniah, jeremiah, Huldah, Vziah, Baruck, Ezechiel.  
Q. Rehearse the Priests?  
A. Ahiah, Azariah, Ichoidah, Zachariah, Amaziah, Ahitub, Zadock, Shallum, Hilkiah, and Seraiah.  
Q. Rehearse the chief Kings of Babel?  
A. Berodach Baladan, who honoured Hezechiah; Nabuchadnezzar, who was cast into a Wood, nourished by a goat, bewrayed by an Owl, found out by a Leopard. His name ariseth of Nabn a Goat, Chad, an Owl, and nazor, a Leopard. He overcame the Assyrians: he carried judah captive. He was proud, & became as a beast: afterward he was restored to his kingdom. Nabuchadnezzar the less, who beautified the Temple. Euilmeradock who gave his father unto 300. vultures to be devoured, Balthaser, to whom the hand writing appeared.  
Q. Which was the chief city of Israel?  
A. Samaria.  
Q. Which was the chief city of judah?  
A. jerusalem.  
Q. Which was the chief city of Assyria?  
A. Nini●…e.  
Q. Which was the chief city of the Babylonians?  
A. Babylon.  
Q. Rehearse the Kings of Israel?  
A. jeroboam, Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri, Ahab, Ahaziah, jehoram, jehu, jehoahaz, joash, jeroboam, Zachariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, Hoshea.  
Q. How many kings reigned over Israel?  
A. Nineteen, and none of them good. 1. King. 12.  
Q. What is recorded of jeroboam?  
A. The prophet Ahiah rend his garment in 12. pieces, and gave him ten. He foretold him that he should be king over Israel. He made two golden calves for the Israelites to worship, setting one of them in Dan, and the other in Bethel: for which he being reproved by the Prophet, stretched out his hand to lay hold on him, and it withered, so that he could not pull it to him again, until the Prophet prayed for him.  
He caused his wife to disguise herself, and to go to the Prophet. 
2. King. 15   
Q. How long reigned he?  
A. Twenty two years.  
Q. What Prophets were in his time?  
A. Ahiah, Iddo, and Shemaiah.  
Q. Who succeeded jeroboam?  
A. Nadab. 1. king. 14.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
A. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.  
Q. What became of him?  
chapter 14 A. He was slain by Baasha at Gybbethon, having reigned two years.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. Baasha, 1. King. 15.  
Q. What did he?  
A. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.  
Q. What were his acts?  
A. He fought with Asa, and built Ramah.  
Q. What became of him?  
A. He died having reigned 24. years.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. Elah his son, 1. king. 16.  
Q. What did he?  
A. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.  
Q. What became of him?  
A. He was slain by Zimri in Tirzai being drunk, having reigned two years.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. Zimri, eod.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
A. He slew all the house of Baasha.  
Q. What became of him?  
A. He burned Tirzai & himself in the midst of it, being besieged by Omri, having reigned 7. days.  
Q. What became of the kingdom then?  
A. Half the people followed Tibni to make him king, & the other half followed Omri to make him.  
Q. How was this controversy ended?  
A. Tibni was slain and Omri reigned.  
Q. What is recorded of Omri?  
A. He built Samaria, and died having reigned 12. years.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. Ahab his son, 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: he overcame the Ammonites: he slew Naboth for his vineyard, and prisoned Michaiah. 1. king. 21.22.  
Q. What became of him?  
A. He was slain at Ramoth-Gilead, having reigned 22. years, eod.  
Q. What Prophets were in his time?  
A. Eliah, Michaiah, and Obadiah.  
Q. What is recorded of Eliah?  
A. He foretold the famine: he was fed of Ravens: he restored his hostess son to life: he slew Baal's Prophets, ls. 1. ca 18.  
He fled from jesabel and was nourished by the angel of the Lord, chap. 19  
He reproved Ahab for slaying Naboth.  
He reproved Ahaziah for sending to ask counsel of Baalzebub, cap. 1. lib. 2.  
He prayed to the Lord and fire came down from heaven & consumed an hundred men.  
He divided the waters of jordan with his cloak, ca 2. l. 2. and afterwards he was taken up into heaven.  
Q. When Eliah was taken up into heaven, who was Prophet in his room?  
A. Elisha.  
Q. What things are recorded of him?  
A. He divided the waters of jordan with the cloak of Eliah. 2. king. 2.  
He healed the venomous and bitter waters, eod.  
As he was going to Bethel little children mocked him, and he cursed them, and two Bears came out of the forest and devoured them, even 42. of them, cap. 2.  
He gave water to three kings hosts. cap. 3.  
He increased the oil of the widow.  
chapter 4 He raised the Shunamites son to life.  
chapter 5 He healed Naaman of his Leprosy.  
He maketh iron to swim. chapter 6 He discloseth the king of aram's counsel to the king of Israel.  
He prophesieth plenty to Samaria.  
He prophesied the dearth of 7. years 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 evil in the sight of the Lord, and reigned two years. 1. king. 22.  
Q. How was he plagued?  
A. Moab rebelled, and he fell through the Lattice window of his upper chamber, and fell sick. 2. king. 1.  
Q. What did he then?  
A. He sent to ask counsel of Baalzebub whether he should die or no? eod.  
Q. What did the Lord then?  
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 died, and having no son, jehoram reigned in his stead, which jehoram was son to Ahab, eod.  
Q. What things are recorded of him?  
A. He did evil 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 slain by jehu after he had reigned twelve years. c. 9 lib. 2.  
Q. What Prophets were in his time?  
A. Elisha, and Michaiah.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. jehu.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
A. He slew jehoram and Ahaziah, he caused jesobel to be cast out of a window, c. 9 l. 2.  
He slew 70. of Ahabs' sons, & 42. of Ahaziah's brethren, c. 10. lib. 2.  
He slew Baal's priests and destroyed Baal and his house, and turned it into a lakes, having reigned 28. years, c. 10. l. 2.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. jehoahaz, c. 10. l. 2.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
A. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.  
Q. How was he plagued?  
A. The Lord delivered him into the hands of the Syrians. 2. king. 13.  
Q. Did he continue so?  
A. No, he prayed unto the Lord, and he delivered him. eod.  
Q. Did he take any warning by his troubles?  
A. No: he returned to his former wickedness.  
Q. What became of him then?  
A. He died having reigned 17. years.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. joash his son, 2. king. 13.9.  
Q. What things are recorded of him?  
A. He overcame Benhadad the son of Hazael three times: he took Amaziah king of judah: he broke down the walls of jerusalem, and spoiled the Temple. 2. king. 14.  
Q. What became of him?  
A. He died having reigned 16. years.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. jeroboam his son, eod.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
A. He did evil 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 having reigned 41. years, 23. verse.  
Q. What Prophets were in his time?  
A. Hosea, Amos, and jonah.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. Zachariah, 2. king. 14.  
Q What is recorded of him?  
A. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.  
Q. What became of him?  
A. Shallum slew him after he had reigned six months, 15. ch. and reigned in his stead.  
Q. What became of Shallum?  
A. Menahem slew him after he had reigned one month, ca 15.13. and reigned in his stead.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
A. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.  
Q. How was he plagued?  
A. The king of Ashur came up against him, and Menahem gave him a 1000 talents of silver to departed from him.  
Q. How long reigned he?  
A. Ten years.  
Q. What became of him?  
A. He died.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. Pekahiah his son, cap. 15. lib. 2.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
A. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.  
Q. How long reigned he?  
A. Two years.  
Q. What became of him?  
A. Pekah slew him and reigned in his stead.  
Q. What is recorded of Pekah?  
A. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.  
Q. How was he plagued?  
A. Tiglath-Pileser came against him, and carried many away captive, cap. 15. lib. 2.  
Q. What became of Pekah?  
A. He was slain by Hoshea, having reigned 20. years.  
Q. Who succeeded him?  
A. Hoshea, cap. 15.30.  
Q. What is recorded of him?  
A. He gave licence to the jews to go to jerusalem three times a year: he and the kingdom of Israel were carried caprive by Shalmanazer king of Ashur, cap. 17.2.  
Q. What prophets were in his time?  
A. Ahiah, jehu, Eliah, Michaiah, Elishah, Obadiah, Hosea, Amos, jonas, joel.  
Q. Who were the kings of Syria that vexed Israel?  
A. Benhadad, Rezin, & Hazael.  
Q. Which is the chief city of Syria?  
A. Damascus.  
Q. Which are the kings of Affyria?  
A. Pull, Tiglath-Pileser, Salmanaser, Shenacherib, and Ishardon.  
Q. Which is the chief city of Assyria?  
A. Ninive.  
Regum finis.   

CHRONICLES.  
Q. What call you this book?  
A. Chronicles, or book of days  
Q. Why is it so called?  
A. Because it containeth some times and ages of the world.  
Q. How many ages are there of the world?  
A. Eight.  
1. From Adam to Noah.  
2. From Noah to Abraham.  
3. From Abraham's departing from Vr in Chalde, unto the departing of Israel from Egypt.  
4. From the departing of Israel out of Egyyt, unto the first building of the Temple.  
5. From the first building of the Temple unto the captivity of Babylon.  
6. From the captivity of Babylon to the re-edifying of jerusalem.  
7. From the re-edifying of jerusalem unto the coming of Christ.  
8. From the coming of Christ to the judgement.  
Q. What notable things have been and shall be in these ages?  
A. The creation of the world, the flood, the circumcision, the anointing of Kings, the transmigration of Babylon: the incarnation of Christ: the opening of heaven by the preaching of the Gospel, and the resurrection of bodies to judgement.  
Q. How many of these ages are in this book?  
A. Six: from the first creation, to the re-edifying of jerusalem.  
Q. Rehearse the fathers of the first age?  
A. Adam, Sheth, Enoch, Kenan, etc. ut in Genes. which age containeth 1656. years.  
Q. Rehearse the Patriar●…s of the second age?  
A. Shem, Arpacshad, Shalah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, ut in Gones: which age containeth 363. years and ten days.  
The third age containeth 430. years.  
The fourth age containeth 480. years.  
The fift age containeth 419. years.  
The sixth age containeth 143. years.  
The seventh age containeth 483. years.  
Q. How many of the last age are already expired?  
A. One thousand six hundred and seven years.  
Q. Who was Abraham's son according to promise?  
A. Isaac.  
Q. Who Isaaks?  
A. jacob.  
Q. Which of jacobs' 12. sons had the Kingdom?  
A. judah, and of him came Christ.  
Q. Who had the Priesthood?  
A. Levi.  
Q. What government had the first?  
A. Captains, Moses and joshua.  
Q. What governors had they then?  
A. judges, as before in that book.  
Q. Rehearse the genalogie from judah to David?  
A. Phares, Esrom, Aram, Aminadab, Naasson, Solomon, Boos, Obed, jesse, and David.  
Q. Who succeeded David?  
A. Solomon.  
Q. Who succeeded Solomon?  
A. Rehoboam.  
Q. Rehearse the priests from Aaron to Ahnub?  
A. Eleazar, Phineas, Abishua, Bucci, Vzzi, Zeraiah, Meraioh, Amasiab, Ahitub.  
Q. Why is jehosaphat called king of Israel?  
A. Because God was called the God of Israel, by reason of jacob to whom he promised. Therefore Israel is sometime taken for judah, because judah was the chief people.  
Q. Rehearse the fathers to Christ?  
A. Peruse the third chapter of Luke.  
Finis Chronicorum.   

EZRA.  
Q. Why is this book called Ezra?  
A. It is so called of the name of him that writ it, by that trope of Rhetoric called Metonymia, as when the author and writer is put for the writing.  
Q. What is the substance of this book?  
A. The estate of the children of Israel from the first year of Cyrus to the nineteenth year of Darius Longimanus.  
Q. How is this book divided?  
A. Into two parts: the first containeth the return of the children of Israel from the captivity of Babylon, in the first and second chap.  
The second, the establishing of them in their own land, in the rest of the book.  
Q. At what time did they return?  
chapter 1 A. The first year of Cyrus, which met with the 70. year of their captivity, as jeremy had prophesied.  
Q. Who were the causes of their return?  
A. The first and principal cause was the Holy Ghost, moving the heart of Cyrus to give them liberty to return.  
The second and instrumental cause was Cyrus the King of Persia.  
Q. What did Cyrus for them?  
A. Of captives he made them free, and being poor he furnished them for their voyage.  
Q. How was this deelared?  
A. First, by proclamation, then by writing.  
Q. Israel was carried into captivity by Salmanasar King of Assyria. 1. king. 17.6. and juda was carried into captivity 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 overthrew Essaraddan King of Assur the grandchild of Salmanasar, and joined to the Assyrians to the Monarchy of the Chaldeans, and so had under him the captived Israelites seventy years after Nabuchadnezzar king of Babel had carried juda into captivity. Cyrus' king of Persia with his uncle Darius' King of the Medes, suddenly slew Balthasar king of Babel, Dan. 5. and so had authority to set them free, and to send them home to jerusalem.  
Q. To what end did he send them home?  
A. To build the house of God, who had given him so large an Empire.  
Q. How were those poor men furnished for so great a work?  
A. The king gave them vessels and plate of gold and silver which Nabuchadnezzar had brought from thence.  
Q. How many were they which then returned?  
chapter 2 A. Two and forty thousand three hundred threescore, and of servants, 7337.  
Q. Under whose government did they return?  
A. Under Zorabbabel the captain, and jeshua the priest.  
Q. They being thus returned, which is the first part of this book: how were they established?  
Q. Ezra in setting down the second part of this book showeth, 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 be considered?  
A. Four: the beginning of the work: 2. the hindrances of the work: 3. the removing of those hindrances: 4. the performance and finishing of the work.  
Q. For the beginning of the work, what doth Ezra set down!  
chapter 3 A. Two things: the preparation, and the laying of the foundation.  
Q. Who prepared it?  
A. All the people came to jerusalem as one man.  
Q. What did they?  
A. First they began with the exercises of religion, namely offering of sacrifice, and observing the feast of Tabernacles,  
Secondly, they gathered money, workmen, and matter for the work.  
Q. Who set forward the work for laying the foundation?  
A. Prince, Priests, and people.  
Q. When the builders laid the foundation, what did the people?  
chapter 4 A. They sang a psalm of praise to God, yet many mourned doubting the glory of this house would not be like the first  
Q. Was this so excellent a work hindered?  
A. Yea, the better work the more hindrances,  
Q. By whom?  
A. By the enemies of juda and Benjamin.  
Q. What did they?  
A. First, craftily they pretend to work with them. Secondly, not being admitted, they terrify and trouble the builders. chapter 5 Thirdly, they accusing them by letters to the king, they procure a prohibition & cause them to cease from building.  
Q. How were these lets and hindrances removed, and they set to the work again?  
A. First, the Lord stirred them up by his prophets, Haggia and Zechariah. Secondly, by humble letters to the King▪ and finding the order of Cyrus they obtain a decree for the furtherance of their work.  
chapter 6 Q. Upon how many points doth this decree consist?  
A. Upon three.  
1. A restraint that none should hinder the work.  
2. A commandment to furnish them with all things necessary for the building and sacrifices.  
3 An order that whosoever should hinder it, his house should be pulled down and made a dunghill: of the wood of it a gallows should be set up and he hanged thereon.  
Q. Being thus stirred up by the Prophets, allowed and furnished by the King, did they return to the work?  
A. Yes: they builded it, finished, and kept the feast of dedication with great joy.  
chapter 7 Q. Thus much for the establishing of the estate of religion, now we are come to the establishing of the commonwealth: how many things are we therein to consider?  
A. Three: first who did it, chap. 7.  
Secondly, his journey to do it, chap. 8.  
Thirdly, his acts how he did it, chap. 9 & 10.  
Q. Who had most to do in this work?  
A. The man is described by his name, his ancestors, his learning, his favour, authority, and religion.  
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 favour had he?  
A. He was in favour with the king of Persia. cha. 7.6. with the people of the jews. vers. 6. and with God, vers. 9  
Q. What authority had he?  
A. By patent from Artashashe the king of Persia he had liberty with all the jews that would return to Jerusalem, to carry with him silver, gold, & vessels: to place judges that know the law of God: and to punish offenders by death, banishment, confiscation of goods, or imprisonment.  
Q. What was his religion?  
A. According to the law of God: and he gave himself to the exercise of the same.  
chapter 8 Q. Now to come to the journey in the 8. chapter what is to be observed?  
A. First, his company: secondly, the aid and strength he craved for conducting of them in the journey.  
Q. What were observed of the company?  
A. The people were forward and ready, but the priests were careless and negligent, until by commandment they were brought forward.  
Q. What power had they to conduct them?  
A. Ezra was ashamed to ask aid of the king, and therefore he proclaimed a fast, and did ask aid of God by prayer.  
Q. Now he being come to his journeys end to jerusalem, what were his acts?  
A. First, he delivered the treasure.  
Secondly, they offered a sacrifice.  
Thirdly, he delivered his commission to the King's officers to be executed for the good of the people and the house of God.  
chapter 9 Fourthly, in an assembly of the rulers, complaints of disorders are delivered.  
Q How are the same redressed?  
A. First, they prayed to God.  
Secondly, they made a covenant to do according to the word of the Lord.  
chapter 10 Thirdly, they put away their strange wives, and offered sacrifies for their fins.  
Finis.   

NEHEMIAH.  
Q. Why is this book called Nehemiah?  
A. Because he is a principal doer in the work, set down in this book.  
Q. What is the substance of it?  
A. The repair of jerusalem decayed.  
Q. Into how many parts is it divided?  
A. Into two: the cause of the work, and the work.  
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 jew, by trade of life a courtier, by office the king's butler, and by the place where he was, which was the king's court at Shushan, which whas the chief city of Persia, builded by Darius.  
Q. How was he moved to this work?  
A. By hearing of the misery of the people and city of God.  
Q By whom?  
A. By Hanani and other men of judah.  
Q. What heard he of the misery of the people's  
A. That they were in great affliction and reproach.  
Q. What of the city of jerusalem?  
A. That the walls were broken down, and the gates burnt with fire.  
Q. How procured he means to help them?  
A. Two ways: first to God, next to man.  
Q. How to God?  
A. First he humbled himself by fasting, confessing their sins: next he prayeth for his gracious assistance.  
Q. How prepared he means of man?  
chapter 2 A. He made his suit to the king and queen for leave to go, for letters of safe conduct, & for matter to help to repair the gates and walls.  
Q. What was the event of his suit?  
A. God heard his prayer, inclined the king to grant his request and so he went safe to Jerusalem.  
Q. Concerning the second part, which is the work of the repair of jerusalem, how is it divided?  
A. Into two parts: first the repair of the city walls, cha. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. The second, the repair of the people's manners in the residue of the book.  
Q. In the repair of the walls how many things are to be observed?  
A. Three: first the entrance into the work.  
2. The hindrances of the work.  
3. The finishing of it.  
Q. In the entrance into the work, how many things are set down,  
A. Three: first a view and survey is taken of the wants, c. 2.13.  
Secondly, a consultation with the rulers vers. 17.  
Thirdly, the appointing of the people what to do, and where they should build. ca 3,  
Q. What were the hindrances of this building?  
A. First, they were derided by enemies, chap. 2.19. Secondly, Sanballat, Tobias, and Geshem, conspired against them by battle to hinder the work, chap. 4. Thirdly, a civil dissension amongst themselves, because they were oppressed by the great men, chapter 5. Fourthly; false prophets were hired by fearing them to discourage them from the work. chap. 6.10.  
Q. How were these hindrances withstood?  
A. The principal refuge he had, was prayer to God, who gave him courage to despise their scorns, wisdom to avoid their subtleties, strength to withstand their forces, and power to perform the work, labouring with the one hand, and holding their weapon with 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 keep the city, chap. 7. Secondly, there was a folemne assembly to hear the word which Ezraread out of a pulpit of wood.  
Thirdly, the feast of Tabernacles was kept with thank sgiving, and great joy, cap. 8.  
Q. How was the word read?  
A. They read it distinctly, gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.  
Q. Concerning the second part of the work which was the repair of the manners of the people, what is set down of it?  
A. Four things: 1. they repent their former corruption of life.  
Q. What show was of their repentance?  
A. They assembled with public fasting, sackcloth and earth upon them, chap. 9  
Q. What were the exercises of their fast?  
A. They prayed four times a day, confessing their sins, & the word was read out of a pulpit four times.  
Q. What was the second thing done for the repair of their manners.  
A. They made a covenant with God, writ it, and the Princes and Priests did seal to it.  
Q. What did they promife in their covenant?  
A. First, not to make strange marriages.  
Secondly, to sanctify the Sabbath.  
Thirdly, to give allowance for the maintenance of the Priests and the sacrifices.  
Q. What was the third thing that was done?  
A. That jerusalem should not lie waist, but be inhabited, for the better maintenance of the city, for the preservation 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 profaners of the Sabbath, and them that married strange women, breaking the covenant which they had made with God.  
Finis.   

ESTER.  
Q. Why is this book called Ester?  
A. Because that a woman of that name is principally mentioned in it.  
Q. What is the sum and substance of this book?  
A. A great danger whereinto the jews were brought by the wicked, and mercifully delivered by the Lord.  
Q. What is the end of it?  
A. That we through patience and comfort of the Scripture might have hope.  
Q. How is this book divided?  
A. It may be divided according to the estate, either of one particular person, that is of Ester: or of all the jews under the jurisdiction of Ahashuerosh.  
Q. How may it be divided according to the estate of Hester?  
A. Into two parts: first the promoting of her from a mean damsel to be a Queen, wife to so great a Monarch.  
Secondly, her acts after she was Queen.  
Q. How may it be divided according to the estate of the jews?  
A. Into two parts: first, the afflictions and dangers whereinto they were brought. Secondly, their deliverance out of these dangers.  
Q. In setting forth the dangers, what things are to be observed?  
A. 1. First, that God prepared a means for their deiinerance. Secondly, the party that brought them into dangers, & what those dangers were.  
Q. Who was this party propared by God to be the means of their deliverances?  
A. Ester, a poor damsel exalted to be a Queen.  
Q. In this promotion of Ester, what is to be observed?  
A. First, the occasions: secondly, her marriage.  
Q. What were the occasions?  
A. First, the removing of Vashtie the former Queen.  
Secondly, the advise of the king's officers.  
Thirdly, the graces of Ester.  
Q. When was Vashtie removed?  
A. At a great feast kept at Shushan in the third year of the reign of Ahashuerosh.  
Q. Who made it, and to whom was it made?  
A. Ahashuerosh who reigned over 127. provinces, made it; first to all his princes, capraines, & governors: and afterward to the people of Snushan: and Vashtie feasted the women likewise.  
Q. What things are principally to be condemned in this feast?  
A. Two: first, that he sought his own glory and majesty. Secondly, that he continued it so long, seasting every day for an hundred and fourscore days.  
Q. What is principally to be commended in it?  
A. The holy Ghost notes there was no quaffing, and that no man should be compelled to drink more than was for his good.  
Q. Why was Vashtie removed?  
A. Because she disobeyed her busband, and disdained to come when he sent for her.  
Q. By whom was she remooned?  
A. By the seven Princes of Persia the chief of his counsel, who also decreed that wives should honour and obey their husbands.  
Q. Vashtie being thus removed, what was the advise of the king's officers?  
A. That all the beautiful virgins in all his dominions should be brought into his Palace, and she that pleased the king, should be Queen; and amongst them was Ester brought.  
Q. What was Ester?  
A. A poor young damsel, borne and bred a captive, by kindred a jew, fatherless and motherless, brought up by Mordecai her kinsman.  
Q. What were the graces wherefore she was preferred?  
A. She was dutiful, beautiful, modest, and humble: and therefore found favour in the eyes of all, and was beloved of the king above all.  
Q. Did he keep her as a concubine?  
A. No, he took her to wife and made her Queeve.  
Q. With what solemnity?  
A. 1. He set the crown of the kingdom upon her head.  
2 He made a feast to his princes and servants.  
3. He gave rest to his provinces and gifts according to the power of a king.  
Q. Did Mordecai her guardian, when she was taken into the king's house, leave to take care for her?  
A. No: for although she was taken from him, yet he would every day resort to the court, and sit in the king's gate to hear of her.  
Q. What befell while he continued that course?  
A. Two things fell out: the first, he discovered a practice of treason against the King: the traitors were found and hanged, and the prevention of it was recorded in the Chronicles as done by Mordecai.  
Q. What was the second?  
A. A mischievous practice of the confusion of the jews.  
Q. By whom was it devised?  
A. By Haman a proud man, a great courtier, and highly in favour with the King.  
Q. Why did he envy the jews so much as to seek to bring them into such danger?  
A. Because that Mordecai did not bow the knee to him, nor reverence him.  
Q. Why did not Mordecai yield th●… reverence to Haman, it being the king's commandment?  
A. Because that Haman was an Agagite of the stock of the Amalechites, a people hated, forsaken, and cursed of God, because they came first out to fight against Israel in the wilderness, Exod. 17.8.1. Sam. 15.3.  
Q. Was his pride such, that for envy to one man, he sought to destroy the whole kindred of the jews?  
A. Yea.  
Q. By what means did he bring them into this danger?  
A. He used two reasons against them: the first was, that they were troublesome, not keeping the king's law. The second, it should be for the king's profit, for there should be ten thousand talents of silver paid to the king to destroy them.  
Q. Did Haman prevail by these reasons?  
A. Yea, the King gave consent to Haman to do as he pleased: the edict was written, sealed with the king's ring, sent by posts into all his provinces, to kill and destroy all the jews in one day, and especially he prepared a pair of gallows for Mordecai.  
Q. This being concluded, how is it regarded?  
A. It is taken diversly: The King and Haman sit feasting and drinking. The people fall to mourning and crying.  
Q. Thus we have gone through the first part of the book, and have seen the danger devised, concluded and appointed to be executed, and we are come to the second part of the book concerning the avoiding of the danger. How many things have we in this part of the book to consider?  
A. Two: first the means used to prevent this danger: secoudly the event, and success of the same.  
Q. For the first, who are the parties who do seek means?  
A. The parties who first heard of it, as Mordecai and Ester specially; or the people of the jews generally.  
Q. What doth Mordecai?  
A. He doth first humble himself before the Lord by fasting, and seeketh help of him.  
Secondly, he maketh the cause known to Ester, that she might be an intercessor to the king for them.  
Q. Doth Ester follow the cause?  
A. At the first she is fearful, doubteth the king's favour, and maketh excuses.  
Q. How are these removed?  
A. Mordecai with an invincible faith in God's promises, assureth himself of the deliverance of God's people: but threateneth destruction to her & to her father's house, for destituting the cause and the people of God.  
Q. What means doth she and the people then use?  
A. First, she commandeth a fast to all the jews three days and three nights: secondly, she promiseth that she and her maids will do the like: thirdly, thus prepared, she resolveth to go to the king, saying: If I perish, I perish.  
Q. These means being used to God, what means doth she use to the king?  
A. She banqueted the king and Haman day after day, because she knew that he delighted in banquets, and in his company.  
Then she delivered her petition, laying open her danger, and craving aid.  
Q. What success and event followeth hereof?  
A. God turneth all to the best, for he bringeth shame and confusion to his enemies, and deliverance to his people.  
Q. How is this brought to pass?  
A. God causeth the King to remember how he was delivered from treason by Mordecays means, and therefore commanded that in royal raiment upon the King's horse with a crown upon his head, Haman should lead him about the city.  
And this was the beginning of Hamans' shame and Mordecaies honour.  
Q. What doth afterward succeed?  
A. Ester hath her petition granted, and Haman is hanged upon the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai.  
Q. Doth this satisfy Ester to see Mordecai thus honoured, and Haman shamed and hanged?  
A. No, she obtaineth letters from the king into all his provinces, for the comfort & freedom of the jews, and for the destruction of their enemies, amongst whom the ten sons of Haman were hanged.  
Q. How many of their enemies were executed.  
A. In Shusnan 3000. in all the provinces, 75000.  
Q. The jews having received this mercy from God, how do they show themselves?  
A. By Mordecai a feast was appointed to testify a remembrance of God's mercies, and their thankfulness to God for their deliverance, and the people made acovenant to observe the same.  
Q. What became of Mordecai?  
A. He was set over the house of Haman, was second in the kingdom to the king, and procured the wealth of his people.  
Finis.   

JOB.  
Q. What doth this book contain?  
A. The history of job, which setteth forth the inconstant estate of man in this life, either in his body, soul, friends, or wealth of the world.  
Q. What is the principal scope and purpose of this book?  
A. To teach man patience, to know the mercies of God, and to trust in them, jam. 5.11.  
Q. How is this book divided?  
A. Into two parts, the first is an history, the second a disputation between job and his friends.  
Q. In reading this history, how many things have we principally to consider?  
A. Four, which are also to be considered for the knowledge and understanding of all histories.  
The time, the place, the parties, and the matter.  
Q. In what time were these things done?  
A. I cannot define the time certain, but I suppose it was before the law was given, about the time the children of Israel were in the land of Egypt.  
Q. What reasons have 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 Abraham's wife.  
Q. How gather you it by the exercise of religion?  
A. Because if that the law had been then given, he should according to the law not have offered sacrifice any other where, but before the Ark, or the Tabernacle of God, without an especial commandment.  
Q. In what place or country did this befall?  
A. In the land of Vz.  
Some think so called of Us the son of Aram, the son of Shem, Gen. 10.33.  
Others think of Sishan the son 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 history?  
A. The persons are indeed either celestial, as God, and his holy angels, or else they are terrestrial, as job, his wife, children, servants, friends, and enemies, as the Sabees & the Chaldees, or else they are infernal, as Satan and his angels.  
Q. Now for the fourth point, the matter of the history, how is that divided?  
A. Into two parts: first, his decay and alteration from such great prosperity to most extreme adversity, to the latter end of the second chapter. The second, the restoring of him to his estate again, chap. 42.10.  
Q. What was his estate in prosperity?  
A. He had a wife, ten children very obedient unto him, loving and kind one to an other: also he had many sheep, oxen, asses, camels, a great family, large possessions, many friends, great authority and power, health of body, and above all quietness of mind.  
Q. Into what adversity was he brought?  
A. He lost his cattle, his goods, his servants, his children, the health of his body: he was smitten with sore and grievous boils from the very sole of his foot, to the crown of his head: his wife and his friends vexed him, his soul was full of trouble and anguish.  
Q. What brought him to this adversity?  
A. God was the principal cause, who did it only to try him. Satan as a servant, of malice & hatred only to destroy him: the Sabees and Chaldees to satisfy their cruelty and covetousness, killed his servants, and stole away his cattle: the fire from heaven burnt his sheep, the wind blew down the house & killed his children, and the contemptuous scorns of many entered into his soul.  
Q. How many things observe you in this disputation?  
A. Three: the parties, the occasion, and the matter.  
Q. Who were the parties?  
A. The opponents were jobs friends, Eliphas, Bildad, and Zophar. job was defendant and answerer: the moderators of the disputation were Elihu, and God.  
Q. What were the occasions they entered into disputation with him?  
A. The occasions were two: first, the beholding of his misery: the second, the hearing of his bitter complaint which he delivered from the anguish of his heart.  
Q. What is the matter disputed of between them?  
A. Whether these afflictions were laid upon job for his sins, or no.  
Q. What part doth his friends take?  
A. They unwisely judging of his estate, affirm that he is smitten for his sins, and so they do not comfort him, but rather add affliction to his affliction.  
Q. What doth job in his answer?  
A. He defended the contrary with many passions, proceeding from the conflicts & combats between the flesh & the spirit; trust and distrust, hope & despair. And this disputation beginneth at the 4. chap. and continueth to the 32.  
Q. How do the moderators conclude this disputation?  
A. Elihu is angry with both parties, and refuted them: God findeth fault with job for desiring to plead with him, showing he is not able to contend with his creature, especially Behemoth and Leviathan, much less with him.  
Q. What effect took this?  
A. job repent, served God and prayed, and so God justified him, and condemned his friends.  
Q. We are come to the last part, which is his restoring again: who restored him?  
A. God, the gluer of every good gift.  
Q. How did he restore him?  
A. First, with the favour of his kindred, friends, & acquaintance. Secondly, he doubled his wealth. Thirdly, with ten children more, and to see his posterity to the fourth generation. Fourthly, with a long life and blessed end.  
Finis.   

THE FOUR EVANgelists.  
Q. What doth the now Testament teach us?  
A. The Gospel.  
Q. What is the Gospel?  
A. Glad tidings of our salvation in jesus Christ.  
Q. How is this new Testament divided?  
A. Into two parts: history, and doctrine.  
Q. How is this history divided?  
A. Into the history of Christ, & the history of his Apostles.  
Q. How is the history of Christ divided?  
A. Into three parts: his estate before his ministery, his estate in his ministery, and his passion.  
Q. What do the Evangelists set down before they come to the office of Christ's ministery?  
A. The conception of john, Luk. 24.  
The conception of Christ, Matth. 1.18.  
The nativity of john, Luk. 1.57.  
The circumcision, Luk. 1.59.  
The certifying of joseph, Mat. 1.25.  
The nativity of Christ, Math. 1.  
He was revealed by Angels and shepherds, Luk. 2.  
His circumcision. eod.  
The coming of the wise men, Math. 2.1.  
His first journey to jerusalem to be presented to the Lord, and Marie to be purified, Luk. 2.22.  
He was received by Simeon and Hannah, Luk. 2.  
His flight into Egypt, Math. 2.14.  
His return into Nazareth, Math. 2.23.  
His second journey to jerusalem being 12. years of age, Luk. 2.46.  
Q. Who was john's father?  
A. Zachariah.  
Q. Who was his mother?  
A. Elizabeth, Luk. 2.  
Q. What befell to Zachariah for not believing the Angel Gabriel in foretelling him the birth of his son?  
A. He was stricken dumb until the circumcision of his son, Luk. 1.  
Q. Who circumcised him?  
A. Zachariah his father the eight day, Luk. 1.59.  
Q. By whom was Christ conceived?  
A. By the holy Ghost, Mat. 1. Luk. 1.  
Q. Why was joseph 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 Christ's mother?  
A. Marry, Math. 1.16.  
Q. Where was he borne?  
A. At Bethlem, Math. 2.1.  
Q. Why was he borne there?  
A. That the Prophecies might be fulfilled, Math. 2.6.  
Q. Why went joseph to Bethlem?  
A. That he might be taxed according to the edict of Aug. Caesar, Luk. 2.4.  
Q. By whom was Christ's birth revealed?  
A. By Angels and shepherds, 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 bad them go to Bethlem, and when they had worshipped, return to him, that he might go and worshipalso, eod.  
Q. Did they return?  
A. No, for they were warned of God in a dream, that they should not return again to Herod, but return an other way into their own country.  
Q. Why went he first to jerusalem?  
A. To be presented unto the Lord, ut supra.  
Q. By whom was he received?  
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 dream: 2. that the prophesy might be fulfilled, saying: Out of Egypt, etc. Mat. 2.  
Q. When returned he out of Egypt?  
A. After the death of Herod, Mat. 2.19.  
Q. Whither returned he?  
A. To Galilee, to a city called Nazareth, Mat. 2.  
Q. Why did he make a second journey to jerusalem at 12. years of age?  
A. To dispute with the Doctors, Luk. 2.46.  
Q. What doth the holy Ghost set down of john Baptist?  
A. The manner of his life, kiss doctrine, his sacrament, and his troubles.  
Q. Whers preached he?  
A. In the wilderness.  
Q. What was his meat?  
A. Locusts and wild honey, Mat. 3.  
Q. What his apparel?  
A. A garment of camels hair, and a girdle of skin about his loins, eod.  
Q. What was his doctrine?  
A. Repentance.  
Q. What was his Sacrament?  
A. Baptism, 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 lawful for him to have his brother's wife, Mat. 14.  
Q. How was Christ prepared to his ministery?  
A. He was baptised of john being thirty years 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 likeness of a Dove, and a voice from heaven was heard, saying, This is my beloved son, etc. Mat. 4.  
Q. How long fasted Christ?  
A. Forty days and forty nights, and then came the tempter, Mat. 5.  
Q. In how many things was he tempted?  
A. In three: first that he would make stones bread: secondly, that he would cast himself down from the Pinnacle of the temple: Thirdly, that he would fall down and worship him, eod.  
Q. What did Christ answer him?  
A. To the first, Man liveth not by bread only, etc.  
To the second, Thou shalt not tempt, etc.  
To the third he said, Avoid Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, etc. eod.  
Q. When the tempter left him who came unto him?  
A. The angels, and ministered unto him.  
Q. How many Apostles had he?  
A. Twelve, Luk. 6.14. Mat. 10.  
Q. How oft did he purge the temple?  
A. Twice: at his entrance into his ministery, and at his going out, joh. 2. Mat. 21. Mar. 11. Luk. 19  
Q. What was the substance of his doctrine?  
A. Repentance.  
Q. What taught he at Nazareth?  
A. He expounded the Prophet Isaias, and applied it, and they would have stoned him. Luk. 4.  
Q. What befell to him at Capernaum?  
A. As he was preaching the devil interrupted him. eod.  
Q. What taught he in the Mount?  
A. True blessedness: the office of his ministery: he expounded the commandments: some exercises of a Christian life, and the way to salvation. 
Math. 5.   
Q. How doth Christ describe the office of the minesterie?  
A. By the parable of salt, light, city.  
Q. What Christian exercise doth he teach? Mat. 9 etc.  
A. Alms, prayer, and fasting, eod.  
Q. Did Christ teach all things plainly?  
A. No, he taught some in parables.  
Q. Why did he teach in parables?  
A. For three causes: 1. that some might not understand.  
2. That others might more diligently inquire after them.  
3. That men might better carry it away.  
Q. How many kinds of parables did Christ use?  
A. Two: parables drawn from things that have life, and parables drawn from things that have no life.  
Q. Rehearse the parables drawn from things that have life?  
A. 1. Bridegroom. Math. 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 loaf in the night. Luk. 11. Man that gathered much fruit. Luk. 12.16. Neighbour. Luk. 10.33. Samaritan, Publican, and Pharisie. Luk. 18.9.  
5. Servants. Math. 6.24. No man can serve two masters. Merciful servant. Mat. 18.28. Unfaithful servants, Mat. 24.45. Unjust steward. Luk. 16.  
6. Shepherd. Mat. 9.36. for ministers, Luk. 15.4. he that sought. joh. 10.11. Christ. Mat. 25.43. parting sheep from goats.  
7. Thief. joh. 10. bad ministers. Mat. 24. Christ's coming.  
8. Unclean spirits. Mat. 12.  
9 Woman, Mat. 25. the virgins, Luk. 18.3. the importunate widow, Luk. 15.8. the woman that lost the groat. Matth. 24.4. women grinding.  
10. Birds, Mat. 6.36. fowls of heaven, Mat. 10.16. be innocent as doves, eod 29. Sparrows sold. Mat. 23.37. Hen gathering her, etc. Mat. 24.28. the eagle's resort.  
Q. Rehearse the parables drawn from things without life?  
A. 1. Bread. joh. 48. Christ.  
2. Feast. Mat. 22.2. of the marriage feast. Luk. 14.8. sitting in the highest rooms.  
3. Leaven. Luk. 13.33.  
4. Light. Mat. 5.14. Ministers. joh. 8.12. Christ. mat. 5.16. good ministers. 6.23. holy Ghost. eod. the word.  
5. Net. Mat. 13.47.  
6. New cloth, new wine. Mat. 9.16.  
7. Salt, Mat. 5.13. ministers, Mar. 9.49. the word.  
8. Seed, Mat. 13.3. sown in four grounds, Mat. 13.27. darnel, eod. a grain of mustardseed, Mat. 6. seed growing and increasing.  
9 Trees, Mat. 3.10. the axe put to the root, Mat. 7.18. do men gather grapes? Mat. 24.32. figtree, Luk. 13.6.  
10. Treasure, Mat. 13. hid in the field. Mat. 7.6. pearls, Mat. 25.15. talon.  
11. Vineyard, Matth. 20.2. workmen sent thereto, Mat. 21.28. The son bid to labour: the vineyard hired forth, joh. 15.1. Christ is the true vine.  
Q. How did Christ confirm his doctrine?  
A. 1. By miracles that God might be glorified. Mat. 9.8.  
2 That Christ might be known to be the true Messias, Mat. 11.3.  
3 To confirm this doctrine and our faith, joh. 20.3.  
Q. What miracles did he work?  
A. 1. He turned water into wine, joh. 2.  
2 He fed 5000. with five loaves, Mat. 14. and 4000 with seven loaves, Mat. 15  
3 He gave sight to the blind at Bethesda, Mark. 8. as he went out of jerusalem, to two blind men as he went to jericho, Mat. 20.29. one that was born so at jerusalem, joh. 9.1.  
4 He gave hearing to the deaf, and speech to the dumb. Mar. 7.32.  
5. He restored the withered hand, Mat. 1●. 9.  
6. He healed the man that was lame 38. years, joh. 5.5.  
7. He healed the leprosy, Mat. 8.  
8. The fever, eod. Mar. 1.31.  
9 The palsy, Mat. 9.1. Mar. 1.1.  
10. The bloody issue, Mat. 9.20.  
And the dropsy, Luk. 14.2.  
11. He calmed the seas being in the ship, Mat. 8.29. walked on the waters. Mat. 14.25.  
12. He raised from the dead the ruler's daughter, Mark. 9 the widows son, Luk. 7.14. Lazarus joh. 11.12.  
13. He delivered from the possession of the devil, at Capernaum, Marie, Luk. 14. Gadarah, Mat. 8.28. Mark. 1. The coasts of tire and Sydon. the woman's son of Canaan: mount Thabor.  
Q. With whom had Christ controversy?  
A. With Satan, with Peter, with james, with john, and with all his Apostles.  
With john's disciples, Mat. 9  
With his kinsfolks, countrymen, Nichodemus, joh. 3.  
With the woman of Samaria, joh. 4.  
With the jews for healing, joh. 5. and for doctrine of good shepherds, joh. 10.  
With the Capernites, joh. 6.  
With the Herodians for tribute, Mat. 22.  
With the Sadduces about resurrection, eod.  
With the Doctors of the law, eod.  
With the rulers of the Synagogue for healing on the Sabbath, Luk. 13.14.  
With Scribes and pharisees about forgiveness of sins Mat. 9.3.  
For eating with Publicans. Mat. 9.1.  
For plucking ears of corn. Mat. 12.  
For casting out a devil. eod.  
For healing the man with the withered hand. Math. 12.  
For his disciples eating with unwashed hands. Mat. 15.  
About divorcement. Mat. 9 whose son Christ should be. Mat. 22.  
About a woman taken in adultery. joh. 8.  
Q. What controversy had he with the high priests.  
A. For purging the temple. Luk. 20.1.  
They sent fouldiours to take him. john. 7. For raising Lazarus they would have killed him, joh. 11. they brought him to his passion.  
Q. When Christ came to jerusalem, what did he?  
A. He purged the temple, the high Priests examine him. Luk. 20.2. He foretold their destruction in the parables of the father that bade his sons go into his vineyard. Matth. 21.28. And of the householder that let out his vineyard: and in the parable of the king's feast. Math. 22.  
Q. What did they then?  
Q. They quarreled with him.  
Q. Who quarreled?  
A. The Herodians, Saducees, and pharisees.  
Q. What did he then?  
A. He showed them plainly their destruction: the destruction of jerusalem: his second coming: the last judgement, Math. 24.  
Q. What doth the Evangelists set down of his passion.  
A. The counsel holden, Mat. 26.  
The feast of Bethania, eod.  
The institution of the Lords supper.  
His journey to the garden.  
His first arraignment before the high Priests.  
The story of Peter and judas, Math. 26.27.  
His second arraignment before Pilate.  
How he was used of the soldiers.  
His journey to the place of execution.  
What befell at the place of execution.  
His death, burial, and resurrection.  
Q. Where was the counsel holden?  
A. In the high priests hall, Math. 26.  
Q. What was concluded?  
A. Christ's 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 judas. Mat. 26.  
Q. By whom was the Lord's supper instituted?  
A. By Christ, Mat. 26.26.  
Q. When?  
A. After the Passeover in bread and wine, eod.  
Q. Whither went he then?  
A. Into the garden, Math. 26.36.  
Q. Whom took he with him?  
A. Peter, james and john the two sons of Zebedie.  
Q. What were they commanded to do?  
A. To watch.  
Q. What did Christ?  
A. He prayed, Mat. 26.39.  
Q. How found he his Apostles?  
A. Sleeping.  
Q. By whom was he betrayed?  
A. By judas.  
Q. What befell at his apprehension?  
A. Peter cut off one of the high Priests servants ears, 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?  
A. They accused him of blasphemy.  
Q. How did they use him?  
A. They spit upon him, they mocked him, and beat him, Mat. 26.27.  
Q. What is set down of Peter?  
A. He denied Christ, Math. 26. his repentance, eod.  
Q. Whether had they Christ then?  
A. Before Pilate.  
Q What is set down of judas?  
A. He hanged himself, Mat. 27.  
Q. What would Pilate have done with Christ?  
A. He would have set him at liberty, and therefore scourged him, but at the request of the high Priest, he delivered him to the soldiers. Mat. 27.  
Q. What did the soldiers with him?  
A. They stripped him, they put a crown of thorns upon his head, and a reed in his hand, they mocked him; they carried him to the place of execution.  
Q. Who carried his cross?  
A. Himself, and Simon of Cyren did help him: the women also beholding him wept.  
Q. Whither had they him?  
A. To Golgotha, Mat. 27.  
Q. What gave they him to drink?  
A. Vinegar mixed with gall.  
Q. What did they with his garments?  
A. They cast lots for them.  
Q. What writ they over his head?  
A. This is jesus of Nazareth, King of the jews.  
Q. Who were crucified with him?  
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 clave, the earth trembled, the rocks rend, 27.51. the sepulchres opened, and the bodies of the Saints arose.  
Q. Who buried Christ?  
A. joseph of Arimathea.  
Q. Wherein?  
A. In a new sepulchre, Mat. 27.60.  
Q. Who were present?  
A. Marry Magdalen and the other Marry, Mat. 27.66.  
Q. When did Christ arise?  
A. On the third day.  
Q. Unto whom did he appear?  
A. Unto the women, to the Disciples, and his Apostles, Mat. 28.8.  
Q. What charge gave he his Disciples?  
A. To preach to all nations, and baptise them in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the holy Ghost. Math. 28.19.  
Finis quatuor Euangelistarum.   

THE ACTS OF THE Apostles.  
Quest.  
HOw are the acts of the Apastles divided?  
A. Into the acts of the Apostles generally, and into the acts of Paul and Barnabas particularly.  
Q. What is set down of all the Apostles generally?  
A. Their acts whilst the Church was in bounds of jerusalem, and when it was scattered on the face of the earth.  
Q. What is set down of the Church whilst it was in the bounds of jerusalem?  
A. The conversation of Christ among his Apostles. The counsel holden. The coming of the holy Ghost. The healing of the lame man. The story of Ananias and Zaphira. The choosing of Deacons, and the story of Steven.  
Q. How long was Christ conversant among his Apostles?  
A. Forty days, chap. 1.  
Q. What did he in those forty days?  
A. He taught them things belonging to the Kingdom of God.  
Q. What befell at his ascension?  
A. As they were looking after him, two Angels appeared unto them, saying. Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up to heaven? etc.  
Q. What did the Apostles then?  
A. They went to jerusalem.  
Q. What did they there?  
A. They held a Council.  
Q. What was decreed?  
A. The choosing of an Apostle.  
Q. Where was the counsel kept?  
A. In a chamber.  
Q. What exercise did they use?  
A. Ordinary and extraordinary.  
Q. What was the ordinary?  
A. Preaching and prayer.  
Q. What were the extraordinary?  
A. Casting of lots.  
Q. Who was chosen?  
A. Mathias.  
Q. When came the holy Ghost?  
A. Upon the day of Pentecost. chap. 2.  
Q. In what likeness?  
A. In the likeness of fiery and cloven tongues.  
Q. What was the effect of it?  
A. They were filled with the holy Ghost, and spoke with divers tongues and languages.  
Q. What said the Jews and the people?  
A. Some were astonished, and some said they were full of new wine.  
Q. What said the Apostles?  
A. Peter made an apology.  
Q. What did he in his sermon?  
A. He preached Christ, and defeuded himself.  
Q. How many were won 〈◊〉 his sermon?  
A. About three thousand men.  
Q. Who healed the lame man?  
A. Peter and john, cap. 3.  
Q. Where?  
A. At the gate of the Temple called Beautiful.  
Q. How long had he been lame?  
A. From his mother's womb.  
Q. What did the people?  
A. They ran together astonished.  
Q. What said the high Priests.  
A. They laid hands on them, and cast them in prison, chap. 4.  
Q. What did they then?  
A. They asked them in whose name they did these things.  
Q. What did the Apostles?  
A. Peter made an apology.  
Q. What did the high Priests then?  
A. They let them go, charging them to preach no more in that name.  
Q. What said they?  
A. They asked them whether it was better to obey God or man.  
Q. What did the Apostles then?  
A. They praised God.  
Q. What was set down of Ananias and Zaphirah?  
A. They sold their possessions, & brought part, and laid it down at the Apostles feet.  
Q. What became of them?  
A. They both fell down dead.  
Q. What troubles were then in the Church?  
A. The Apostles were put in prison by the high priests.  
Q. Who delivered them?  
A. The angel, who bade them preach in the temple.  
Q What counsel took the high priests against them?  
A. They would have killed them.  
Q. How were they delivered?  
A. By the counsel of Gamaliel.  
Q. What troubles were then?  
A. The Grecians murmured because their widows were neglected in the daily ministering.  
Q. What did the Apostles then?  
A. They chose Deacons.  
Q. What manner of men were they?  
A. Men of good report, full of the holy Ghost and wisdom.  
Q. Who were they?  
A. Steven, Philip, Prochorus, Nichanor, Timon, Parmenias, and Nicholas.  
Q. What is set down of Steven?  
A. He was full of the holy Ghost, and proved by Scripture, that Christ was the true Messias.  
Q. What did the jews?  
A. They brought false witnesses against him, and accused him of blasphemy.  
Q. What did Steven?  
A. He defended himself, 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 Steven.  
Q. In what places was it then dispersed?  
A. In Samaria, Aethiopia, Damascus, Lidda, Saron, joppa, Caesarea, Antioch.  
Q. What was Samaria?  
A. The chief city of the kingdom of Israel.  
Q. By whom was it builded?  
A. By Omri.  
Q. By whom was the Gospel planted there?  
A. By Philip, to whom Peter and john were sent.  
Q. What notable thing is set down of any man there?  
A. The story of Simon Magus.  
Q. What is set down of him?  
A. He would have bought the holy Ghost for money.  
Q. What said Peter?  
A. Thy money perish with thee.  
Q. What is Aethiopia?  
A. A country called in Hebrew Chush, of one of the sons of Cham.  
Q. By whom was the Gospel planted there?  
A. By an Eunuch of Candaces' Queen of Aethiopia.  
Q. Who converted the Eunuch?  
A. Philip.  
Q. What is Damascus?  
A. A city in Syria builded in that place where Cain slew Abel, as some writ, and therefore call it Damaseck, that is, a bag of blood.  
Q. By whom was the Gospel 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 jerusalem.  
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 kick against the prick.  
Q. What became of him?  
A. He was blind.  
Q. How was he restored to sight?  
A. Ananias was showed him in a vision, who laid his hands on him, and he received 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 city called in Hebrew Lod, built by one Shemum of the tribe of Benjamin.  
Q. Who planted the Gospel there?  
A. Peter.  
Q. What notable things were done there?  
A. The curing of Aeneas who had kept his bed 8. years, and the raising of Tabytha to life at joppa.  
Q. What were Lidda, Saron, and joppa?  
A. Haven towns.  
Q. What was Caesarea?  
A. A city whereof there were two, one in Palestina, another in Phenicea.  
Q. What was done there?  
A. Cornelius was converted.  
Q. How came Peter to Caesarea?  
A. An angel appeared unto Cornelius in a vision, and bade him send to joppa for Peter.  
Q. How durst Peter come unto him, he being a Gentile?  
A. The choosing of the Gentiles was revealed to him in a vision, cap. 10.  
Q. What was Antioch?  
A. A city on the flood Orentine, it is now called Aleppo: there were sixteen of that name built by Seleucus son of Antiochus.  
Q. By whom was the Gospel planted there?  
A. By the dispersed disciples.  
Q. What was done there?  
A. There the disciples were first named Christians.  
Q. What is set down there else?  
A. Agabus fortelleth a famine.  
Q. What persecution followed then?  
A. Herod slew james, and put Peter in prison.  
Q. How was Peter delivered?  
A. By an angel.  
Q. How was Herod punished?  
A. The angel of the Lord smote him, and he was devoured of worms, because he gave not glory unto God.  
Q. Rehearse Paul's first journey?  
A. Saleucia, Cyprus, Perga, Antiochia, Iconium, Lystra, Derbe.  
Q. Who went with Paul?  
Q. Barnabas, cap. 13.  
Q. What is Saleucia?  
A. A city of Syria, now called Solda.  
Q. Whether went he then?  
A. Unto Cyprus an Island.  
Q. Where landed they?  
A. At Salamis.  
Q. What did they there?  
A. They preached and had john their minister.  
Q. Wither went they then?  
A. To Paphos the chief city of the Island.  
Q. What did they there?  
A. They converted Sergius Paulus, and confounded Elimas the sorcerer.  
Q. Wither went they then?  
A. Unto Perga, a city in Pamphilia.  
Q. What befell there?  
A. john departed from them.  
Q. Wither went they then?  
A. Unto Antioch in Pisidia.  
Q. What did they there?  
A. They converted many Gentiles, and the jews raised persecution, and he shook the dust off his feet, and he went to Iconium.  
Q. What did he there?  
A. He won many jews and Gentiles, chap. 14.  
Q. Whither went he then?  
A. Unto 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 down unto us in the likeness of men: and the priest brought bulls, and would have sacrificed unto them.  
Q. What did Paul?  
A. He preached, and the people stoned him, but he rose up and went to Derbe.  
Q. What did Paul then?  
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 used he in this visitation?  
A. Three: prayer, preaching, and fasting.  
Q. What did he betwixt his first and second journey.  
chapter 15 A. He went to the Council at jerusalem about the deciding of a controversy.  
Q. What was the controversy?  
A. Whether they could be saved without the circumcision.  
Q. What was concluded?  
A. That the Gentiles should not be troubled with ceremonies.  
Q. Rehearse Paul's second ●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 country, Cilicia a country now called Carmenia.  
Q. What did he at Lystra?  
A. He circumcised Timotheus a Grecian.  
Misia, is a country of Anatolia. Troas, a city called Antigone.  
Q. What befell there?  
A. A man of Macedonia appeared unto Paul in a vision, who said, Come and help us.  
Samothracia, is an Island.  
Neapolis, a haven town in the borders of Thracia, & Macedonia.  
Philippi, a City of Macedonia, where Alexander the great was borne, now called Philippis.  
Q. What did Paul there?  
A. He converted Lydia, and delivered a maid from the possession of the Devil.  
Q. What became of Paul then?  
A. He was beaten and cast into prison.  
Q. What did he then?  
A. He converted the jailor.  
Q. By whom was he delivered?  
A. By the Magistrates, because he was a Roman.  
Q. Whether went he then?  
A. To Amphipolis and Apolloma.  
Q. Whether went he then?  
A. To Thessalonica.  
Q. What did he there?  
A. He converted many people.  
Q. What did the jews?  
A. They persecuted him.  
Q. Whither went he then?  
A. To Athens, the most flourishing University 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 converted 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 converted Crispus the ruler of the Synagogue.  
Q. Wither went he then?  
A. To Cencrea, where he shore his head.  
Q. Wither went he then?  
A. To Ephesus.  
Q What did he there?  
A. He preached: he bade them farewell, with a promise to return: Apollo's preached there.  
Q. Wither went he then?  
A. To Caesarea Stratoris: and so to jerusalem, and Antioch in Syria.  
Q. Rehearse Paul's third journey?  
A. Phrygia, Galatia, Ephesus, Grecia, Macedonia, Philippi, Troas, Assos, Miletene, Chios, Samos, Trogilium, Miletum: Choos, Bhodes, Patara, Phenicea, Tyrus, Ptolomais, Caesarea, and jerusalem.  
Galatia, is a country now called Galogrecia.  
Q. What did he at Ephesus?  
chapter 19 A. He preached, he burned the conjurers books: 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 city of Mysia: now Apollonia.  
Mitelene, an Island in the sea Aegaeum.  
Chios, an Island.  
Samos, an Island.  
Trogillium, a city of Lydia.  
Miletum, a city of Carea, where he sent for the Elders of Ephesus.  
Q. What did he then?  
A. He committed Christ's flock unto them. He warned them of false teachers: he prayed with them, and bade them farewell: and so went to Choos, Rhodes, Patara, Phenicea a country.  
Ptolomias, a city of Phenicea.  
Tyrus a city of Phenicea.  
Q. Where did he lodge there?  
A. In a house of Philip one of the seven 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 jerusalem.  
Q. What did he there?  
A. He rehearsed the wonderful works of God done by his hands.  
Q. What counsel did they give him?  
A. To purify himself.  
Q. What befell to him as he was purging himself?  
A. The people would have killed him.  
Q. How escaped he?  
A. The chief captain Lysias delivered him, and carried him into the Castle.  
Q. What did he with him?  
chapter 22 A. He let him yield an account of his doctrine before the jews.  
Q. What would they have done with him?  
A. They would have whipped him.  
Q. How escaped he?  
A. Because he was a Roman.  
Q. What was done with him then?  
A. He brought him before a Council.  
Q. What was done with him then?  
chapter 23 A. He was smitten at the commandment of Ananias the high Priest.  
Q. How was the council dissolved?  
A. The Sadduces and pharisees contended about the resurrection.  
Q. Whither went Paul then?  
A. He was brought unto Caesarea before Felix.  
Q Why was he sent thither?  
A. Because the jews sought to kill him.  
Q. What did he at Caesarea?  
A. He yielded an account of his life and doctrine before Felix, Festus, and King Agrippa.  
Q. Who were his accusers?  
chapter 24 A. The high Priests and Tertullus an orator.  
Q. Why did not Felix lose him?  
A. Because he looked for a bribe.  
Q. Why did he leave him in prison?  
A. To pleasure the jews.  
Q. Why did Paul appeal to Caesar.  
chapter 25 A. Because Festus would have carried him to jerusalem.  
Q. Who was with Agrippa?  
A. Bernice.  
Q. Rehearse Paul's fourth journey?  
A. Sydon, Cyprus, Cilieia, Pamphilia, Mira, Gnidum, Creta, Salmona, Fair havens, Clauda, Malta, Syracuse, Rhegium, Puteoli, the market of Appius, three Taverners, and Rome.  
Q. Who went with Paul?  
A. julius the Centurion, & Aristarchus of Macedonia.  
Sydon a city in Cilicia.  
Cyprus, an Island in the Mediterranean sea.  
Cilicia, a country in Asia minor, binding the Mediterranean sea.  
Mira, a city in Licia.  
Gnidum, a city of Carea in Peloponnesus.  
Creta, an Island in the Mediterranean sea called Claudia.  
Salmona, a promontory in Candia.  
Fair havens, a place in ●…dia.  
Clauda, an Island by Creta.  
Q. What befell to Paul then?  
A. He was in great tempests.  
Malta, is an Island in the Mediterranean sea.  
Q. What befell there?  
A. Paul suffered shipwreck; a viper did hang on his hand, and he not hurt: he healed Publius of a fever.  
Syracuse, a haven in Silicia, in times past called Sieania, Trinacria, Triquetra, because it was three cornered.  
Rhegium, a city of Calabria in Italy, now called Rhegio.  
Puteoli, a city in Campania.  
Q. What did Paul there?  
A. He remained 7. days with the brethren.  
Appi●forum, is a way so called, made by the soldiers of Apprus Caecus, in which way were three taverns.  
Rome, the chief city of Italy.  
Q. What did the Centurion with him?  
A. He delivered the prisoners to the general captain, but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself, with a soldier that kept him.  
Q. What did he then?  
A. He assembled the jews and yielded an account of his imprisonment.  
Q. How long remained he in Rome?  
A. Two years, preaching the word to all that came unto him, and at length he was beheaded by Nero.  
FINIS.   

Revelation.  
Q. Why is this book called the Revelation?  
A. Because it containeth things revealed to john.  
Q. Where were they revealed?  
A. In Patmos, whither he was banished by Domitian the Emperor.  
Q. What was Patmos?  
A. An Island in the sea called Aegaeun, one of those islands called Sporades.  
Q. Where lieth this sea Aegaeum.  
A. It is between Greece and Asia the less, and in that place the division between Eucope and Asia.  
Q. When was this revealed?  
A. On the Lord's day?  
Q. By whom?  
A. By God the Father, who sent it by his Angel, Christ jesus.  
Q. What is the end of this book?  
A. The end is, that we by reading, hearing, and keeping it, might become blessed.  
Q. How is this book divided?  
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 seven Epistles to the seven Churches of Asia the less, figured by the seven candlesticks.  
Q. What call you those seven Churches?  
A. Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamus, Thyatyra, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.  
Q. How are those Epistles divided?  
A. Every of those Epistles do receive a like division, that is, first an Exordium or entrance: the second, an Advertisement: the third is the Conclusion.  
Q. What is principally to be observed in the Exordium?  
A. He taketh a special title to stir up them to whom he writeth, and to give 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 every Church. Secondly, he reproveth the evil.  
Q. What doth he in the Conclusion?  
A. Every 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. He that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, and walketh in the midst of the seven golden candelesticks.  
Q. What commendeth he in that Church?  
A. Their labour, patience, trial of teachers, and hating the work of Nicholaitans.  
Q. What is reproved?  
A. The leaving their first love.  
Q. In the conclusion what is his exhortation?  
A. Let him that hath ears to hear, hear: 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 alive.  
Q. What is commended?  
A. The works of faith, patiented bearing of tribulation, and poverty.  
Q. What is reproved?  
A. The blasphemy of hypocrites, which say they are jews, but are not, but the Synagogue of Satan.  
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 sharp sword with two edges.  
Q. What is commended?  
A. Their constancy in the days of trial, and in a place dangerous.  
Q. What is reproved?  
A. The doctrine of Balaam and of the Nicholaitans.  
Q. What is his promise?  
A. Manna hidden, and a white stone with a new name in it.  
Q. In the epistle to the Church of Thiatyra what is his title?  
A. The son which hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet like fine brass.  
Q. What is commended in that Church?  
A. Work, love, faith, patience, better at the last then at the first,  
Q. What is reproved?  
A. jesabel a false Prophetessete aching fornication, and to eat things offered to Idols.  
Q. What is the promise?  
A. The morning star.  
Q. In the Epistle to the Church of Sardis, what is his title?  
A. He that hath the seven spirits of God, and the seven stars.  
Q. What is commended in that Church?  
A. A few which have not defiled their garments, but waiked in white.  
Q. What is reproved?  
A. A name to live, but are dead, works unperfect.  
Q. What is the promise?  
A. White array, their names to be put in the book 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 David, which openeth and no man shutteth, which shutteth and no man openeth.  
Q. What is commended in that Church?  
A. A little strength kept my word, not denied by name.  
Q. What is reproved?  
A. The Synagogue of Satan, which say they are jews and are not, but lie.  
Q. What is the promise?  
A. To be a pillar in the house of God, to have written upon him the name of God, and of the city of God, and to have a new name.  
Q. In the Epistle to the church of Laodicea, what is his title?  
A. Amen, the faithful and true witness, 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 reproved?  
A. Neither hot nor cold, vainglory, it is miserable, wretched, poor, blind, and naked.  
Q. What is the promise?  
A. To sit with Christ upon his throne.  
Q. What doth the second part of this book contain?  
A. Things that were to come afterward, chap. 5.1.  
Q. How is the second part divided?  
A. Into two parts: first, the oration of the Revelation, ch. 5. the second, the declaration of the same in the rest of the book.  
Q. Who was the occasion of this Revelation?  
A. God the Father, who is described, first, by his Throne, 5.2. Secondly, by his company attending upon him, vers. 4. Thirdly, by the worship given to him, vers. 8.  
Q. How is this Revelation declared?  
A. It is delivered and declared in two books: of the first 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 book.  
Q. What is said of the first book?  
A. Three things: first of the book itself: secondly, who should open the book: thirdly of the matter in it.  
Q. What is said of the book itself?  
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 seven seals. chap. 5.7.  
Q. What saith the holy Ghost of the opening of this book?  
A. First, an angel seeks for one to open it: vers. 2. secondly, john weeps because there is not one sound to open it: thirdly, an Elder showed that the Lion of the tribe of juda, the Lamb which was killed should open the book.  
Q. How is the matter of this book set forth?  
A. The Lamb openeth the seven seals, at the opening of every seal a several vision is showed.  
Q. What vision appeared when the first seal was opened?  
A. A white horse, & he that sat on him had a bow and a crown.  
Q. What appeared when the second book was opened?  
A. A red horse, and he that sat on him had a great sword.  
Q. What appeared when the third was opened?  
A. A black horse, and he that sat on him had balances.  
Q. What appeared when the fourth was opened?  
A. A pale horse, death sat on him, and hell followed him.  
Q. What appeared when the fifth was opened?  
A. The souls of them which were killed for the word of God.  
Q. What appeared when the sixth was opened?  
A. A great earthquake, the sun was black, & the moon like blood, an angel sealing Gods children, that the destroyers should not touch them.  
Q. What appeared when the seventh seal was opened?  
A. Seven Angels with seven Trumpets, to forewarn the world of God's vengeance.  
Q. Having thus gone through the first book, we are come to the little book, what doth this see down tous?  
A. First, the estate of the Church in this life, secondly, the glory of it in the world to come.  
Q. What doth he set down of the Church in this world?  
A. First, her comfort by the ministery of the word in the 10. and 11. Chapters: secondly, her afflictions.  
Q. What is said for the ministery?  
A. First, the book is given to john to eat, & he is commanded to prophesy. Secondly, it is confirmed and established by the two witnesses, two Olive trees, and two candlesticks, and the same continued by reviving the two witnesses which were slain.  
Q. By whom was the Church afflicted?  
A. First, by the beast out of the bottomless pit: secondly by the red dragon that old Serpent: thirdly, with the beast with seven heads & ten horns: four, by the beast with two horns like the Lamb: fifthly, the whore of Babylon: sixtly, the beast with the false Prophet: Seventhly, by Gog and Magog.  
Q. Is the Church overwhelmed 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 Lamb by the everlasting Gospel comforteth his: thirdly, the seven angels sing the song of Moses.  
Q. What becometh of the adversaries?  
A. Michael and his Angels fight against the dragon: secondly the seven Angels power out the seven vials of wrath upon them: thirdly, the beast, the false prophet, the whore of Babylon, Gog and Magog, and the old serpent are all overthrown, and God's people freed from them.  
Q. Having thus described the afflictions of the Church militane in this world, what saith he of the glory of it.  
A. In setting forth the Church triumphant, he doth describe, first ' the making of all things new fitting for the bride: secondly, the glory and excellency of the lambs wife: thirdly, the earnest desire of the elect, saying: Come, Lord jesus.  
FINIS.