The History of the Bible, Exodus
Exodus.
Q. VVhat call you the ſecond booke of Moſes?
A. Exodus.
Q. Ʋ Ʋhy is it ſo called?
A. Becauſe it containeth the going of the children of Iſrael out of the land of Egypt.
Q. VVhat is the ſubſtance of this booke?
A. The eſtate of the children of Iſrael from the death of Ioſeph, vntill the eſtabliſhing of the Tabernacle in the wilderneſſe.
Q. Into how many parts is it deuided?
A. Into two parts: part 1 Their eſtate in the Land of Egypt after the death of Ioſeph vntill their departure: part 2 and their eſtate in the wildernes vntill the eſtabliſhing of the Tabernacle.
Q. How were the children of Iſrael vſed after the death of Ioſeth?
A. They had burdens and afflictions laid vponupon them.
chapter 1 Q. Were they overwhelmed with theſe burthens?
A. No: the more they were afflicted, the mightier they grew.
Q. What lawes did Pharaoh make againſt them?
A. That the midwiues ſhould flay their men children: afterward he commanded them to be caſt into the riuer.
Q. Did the Midwiues obey the King?
A. No.
Q. Did they well in diſobeying him?
A. Yes: becauſe he commanded them an euill worke.
Q. Did the Lord like it?
A. Yes: for he built their houſes and bleſſed them.
Q. Theſe lawes beeing made, how eſcaped Moſes?
chapter 2 A. His mother hidde him three moneths, and when ſhe could hide him no longer, ſhee made a basket of reedes, ſhme and pitch, and laid him among the bulruſhes, by the riuers ſide.
Q. How eſcaped he drowning?
A. Pharaohs daughter came to waſh her ſelf, and found him there.
Q. What did ſhe with him?
A. She put him to nurſe to his owne mother.
Q. What did his mother when ſhe had weined him?
A. She brought him to Pharaohs daughter againe.
Q. What did ſhee with him?
A. She brought him vp in Pharaohs court.
Q. What was the cauſe of his departure from the court?
A. Pharaoh would hauehave killed him, becauſe he had ſlaine an Egyptian, and buried him in the lands.
Q. How long liued Moſes in Pharaohs court?
A. Fourtie yeares.
Q. Whither went he then?
A. Into Midian.
Q. What did he there?
A. He kept Iethros ſheepe, and married Zipporah his daughter.
Q. Had Moſes, any children by her?
A. Yes: a ſonne called Gerſhom.
Q. What befell to him then in Midian?
chapter 3 A. The Lord appeared in a flame of fire out of a buſh, and bad him goe and deliuer his brethren the children of Iſrael out of Egypt.
Q. Was he willing to goe?
A. No: for he propounded fiue obiections.
1. Firſt his owne baſeneſſe.
2. Secondly, his ignorance of Gods name.
3. Thirdly, that they would not heare him.
4. Fourthly, his ſlow ſpeech.
5. Fiftly, he deſired him to ſend another.
Q. How did the Lord anſwer them?
A. To the firſt he ſaid: I will be with thee.
2. Secondly, he told him his name.
3. Thirdly, he gaue him ſignes.
4. Fourthly, he ſaid I will bee with thy mouth, and teach thee what to ſay.
5. He was angrie.
chapter 4 Q. What ſignes did God giuegive Moſes to aſſure him, that he beeing a poore ſhepheard ſhould deliuer them out of the hands of ſo mighty a king?
A. Firſt, he bad him caſt his rod on the ground, and it was turned into a ſerpent, and hee bad him take it by the tayle, and it was turned into a rodde againe.
Secondly, he bad him put his hand into his boſome, & it was leaprous, and he bad him pull it out againe, and it was as his other hand.
Thirdly, he bad him take water and ſprinkle it on the ground, and it was turned into blood.
Q. Whom did God ſend with Moſes to helpe him?
A. Aaron his brother.
Q. Did he then goe?
A. Yes.
Q. Who met him by the way?
A. The Angel of the Lord, who would baue ſlaine him, becauſe he neglected the circumciſion of his ſonne.
Q. Who did circumciſe him?
A. His mother Zipporah tooke a ſharpe knife and cutte the fore-skinne of her ſonne, & caſt it at her husbands feet, ſaying, thou art indeede a bloodie husband vntounto me.
Q. VVho met him then?
A. Aaron his brother.
Q. Did they their meſſage vntounto Pharaoh?
A. Yes.
chapter 5 Q. VVould Phraoh let the people goe?
A. No: hee ſaid, who is the Lord that I ſhould obey him? … people are ….
Q. What commandement gaue he then?
chapter 6 A. He commaunded them to make the whole tale of brick, & to gather ſtraw themſelues.
Q. What did the people then?
A. They murmured againſt Moſes and Aaron.
Q. What did Moſes?
A. He complained vntounto the Lord.
Q. What did the Lord then?
A. He renueth his promiſe concerning their deliuerance & ſendeth Moſes and Aaron againe vntounto Pharaoh.
Q. Did Pharaoh then let them goe?
chapter 7 A. No: the Lord had hardned his heart, and he would not let them goe.
Q. Did Moſes and Aaron their miracles before Pharaoh?
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 vponupon Pharach and the Egyptians before he would let them goe?
A. Tenne.
chapter 8 Q. Rehearſe them?
A. He turned water into blood, fiſhes died.
2 Frogges ouer the land of Egypt.
3 Lyce.
4 Swarmes of Flies.
5 Murraine amongſt beaſts.
chapter 9 6 Scabs and bliſters.
7 Thunder, lightning, and haile.
chapter 10 8 Graſhoppers.
9 Darkneſſe.
chapter 11 10. All the firſt borne of Egypt were ſlaine.
Q. Did the Sorcerers of Egypt the like?
A. Yes, vntill lice; then they ſaid, Surely it is the finger of God.
Q. Would Pharaoh then let them goe?
A. Yes, at darkneſſe, all ſauing their cattell.
Q. What ſaid Moſes?
A. He ſaid he would not leaue a hoofe behind him.
Q. Did any of theſe plagues hurt the Iſraelites?
A. No.
Q. What did they at their departure?
A. They borrowed of their neighbours the Egyptians, iewels of ſiluer, & iewels of gold.
Q. What aſſurance did God giuegive them that the laſt and greateſt plague ſhould not hurt the Iſraelites?
chapter 12 A. He inſtituted the Paſſeouer.
Q. What was the Paſſe-ouer?
A. A male lambe of a yeere old, without ſpot or blemiſh.
Q. How ſhould it be dreſſed?
A. They ſhould roaſt it.
Q. How ſhould it be eaten?
A. With their loines girded, their ſhooes on their feet, their ſtaues in their hands readie for a iourney, and they muſt eate it in haſt.
Q. What ſhould be done with the blood?
A. They ſhould ſtrike it on their doore poſts, that the Angell ſeeing it, might paſſe ouer them.
Did he let them goe at the laſt plague?
A. Yes.
Q. How many were they that departed?
A. About ſixe hundred thouſand men beſides children.
Q. How long were they in Egypt?
A. Foure hundred and thirtie yeares.
Q. What did the Iſraelites the?
chapter A. They ſanctified all their firſt borne vntounto the Lord.
Q. What did they at their departure?
A. They tooke the bones of Ioſeph with them.
Q. How many yeares were they going out of Egypt into Canaan?
A. Fourtie yeares.
Q. How many iourneys had they?
A. Fourty and two.
Q. How many principall iourneys?
A. Twelue: Piha-hiroth, Marah, the wilderneſſe of Sin, Rephidim, mount Si…i, Kibroth, Hetaauah, Hazeroth, Rithmah in Parā, Cadeſh barnea,Mount Hor, Punā in Zalmonie, and the plaine of Moab.
Q. How many of them are ſet downe in this booke?
A. The firſt fiue, Piha-hiroth, Marah, the wilderneſſe of Sin, Rephidim, and mount Sinai.
Q. How were they conducted into the land of Canaan?
A. The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud to leade them the way, & by night in a pillar of fire to giuegive thē light, that they might goe both by day and by night. chap. 13. verſ. 21.
Q. What befell at Pi-hahiroth?
chapter 14 A. They murmured againſt Moſes, becauſe the redde ſea was before thē the mountaines on either ſide of them, & Pharaoh with all his hoaſt behind them.
Q. What did Meſes?
A. He prayed vntounto the Lord, and the Lord bad him ſtrike the fea with his rodde; and he did ſo: and the ſea was deuided, ſo that the children of Iſrael paſſed through drie-ſhod: But Pharaoh and all his hoaſt following them, were drowned.
Q. What did the children of Iſrael then?
chapter 15 A. They ſang a ſong of thankſ-giuing for their deliuerance.
Q. Whether went they then?
A. To Marah.
Q. What befell there?
A. They murmured againſt Moſes, becauſe the waters were bitter.
Q. What did Moſes?
A. He prayed vntounto the Lord, and the Lord badde him cut downe boughes, & caft the into the waters, and they were made ſweet.
Q. Whither went they then?
A. To Elim, where were 12. fountaines of water, and ſeuentie palme trees.
Q. Whither went they then?
chapter 16 A. To the wilderneſſe of Sin.
Q. What befell there?
A. They murmured againſt Moſes and Aaron for bread, and the Lord ſend them downe Manna.
Q. What did they elſe?
A. They ſanctified the ſabbath.
Q. What did Moſes command them?
A. To keepe a pot full of Manna, for a remembrance to their poſternie.
Q. How long did they eat Māna?
A. Fourtie yeares, till theycame to the borders of Canaan.
Q. VVhither went they then?
A. To Rephidim.
Q. What did they there?
chapter 17 A. They murmured againſt Moſes for water; and the Lord bad him ſtrike the rocke, and there guſhed out water.
Q. What befell there elſe?
A. They fought a battel with the Amalekits, and builded an altar.
Q. Who had the victorie?
A. When Moſes held vp his hands, Iſrael preuailed, but when he held them down, the Amalekits ouercame.
Q. What beſell after this?
chapter 18 A. Iethro Moſes father in lawe came to ſee him, and gaue him counſell for the chooſing of Magiſtrates.
Q. What maner of men ought they to be?
A. Men of courage, fearing God, hating couetouſnes, and louing the truth.
Q. What muſt theſe Magiſtrates doe?
A. They muſt bring the hard cauſes vntounto Moſes, and iudge ſmall matters themſelues.
Q. Whither went they then?
A. To Mount Sinai.
Q. What befell there?
chapter 19 A. Iſrael is choſen from among all other nations: The people promiſed to obey God: He that toucheth the hil dieth: The Lord appeared vntounto Moſes, and gaue the law in thunder and lightening.
Q. Why was the lawe ſo giuen?
A. That it might compell them to obey and follow it with feare and trembling.
Q. Why was the Gospell giuenin triumph and ioy?
A. That it might entice men to follow it ioyfully and willingly.
Q. In how many tables was the law giuen?
A. In two tables of ſtone.
Q. Why were they written in ſtone?
A. Becauſe it was more eaſie to write them in ſtone then in mans heart.
Q. How many commandements doth the firſt table containe?
chapter 20 A. Foure; wherein is ſet downe our dutie towards God.
Q. How many commandements doth the ſecond table containe?
A. Sixe; wherein is ſet down our dutie towards our neighbour.
Q. Who writ this law?
A. God.
Q. Were there no more lawesnen but the ten commandements?
A. Yes, but thoſe are the ſumme of all: for there were iudiciall and ceremoniall lawes giuen alſo.
Q. VVhat did the 21. chap. containe?
A. Certaine lawes for the preſeruation of mans bodie, which were giuen to bridle our corrupt nature.
Q. What doth the 22. cha. containe?
A. Certaine iudiciall lawes concerning buying and ſelling, vſurie, reuerence to Magiſtrates, &c.
Q. What doth the 23. chapt. containe?
A. Certaine ceremoniall lawes of feaſts.
Q. What did the Lord promiſe them that would obey and keepe his commandements?
A. He ſaid, I will be an enemie to thine enemies, and I will afflict them that afflict thee, &c. verſ. 22.23.
Q. What doth the 24. chap. containe?
A. The confirmation of the law.
Q. How long was Moſes in the Mount?
A. Fourtie daies and fortie nights.
Q. How many things did the Lord appoint Moſes to make?
A. Nine.
Q. Which be they?
chapter 25 A. 1. The Tabernacle. 2. Arke. 3. MercieMercy feate. 4. Table of ſhewbread. 5. Candleſticke. 6. Altar of burnt offering. 7. Altar of perfume. 8. Lauar. 9. Prieſts garments.
Q. Who ſhould make them?
chapter 31 A. Aholiab and Bezaleel,
Q. Whereof ſhould they make them?
A. Of thoſe things which the people brought, viz. of gold, ſiluer, braſſe, blew ſilke, purple, skarlet, fine linnē, goates haire, rammes skins died redde, badgers skinnes, and Shittim wood.
Q. Whileſt Moſes was in the Mount, what did the people?
chapter 32 A. They made a Calfe and worſhipped it.
Q. What did the Lord then?
A. He bad Moſes go down to them.
Q. What did he when he came downe?
A. He caſt the two tables out of his hands, & brake them beneath the Mount, and hee tooke the Calfe, and burned it in the fire, and grounded it vntounto powder, and ſtrewed it vponthe water, and made the children of Iſrael to drinke of it.
Q. What did Moſes then?
A. He went and ſtood in the gate of the camp, and ſaid, who pertaineth to the Lord, let him come to me.
Q. Who came then vntounto him?
A. The Leuites.
Q. What ſaid he to them?
A. Put eueryevery man his ſword by his ſide, and go to and fro from gate to gate through the hoaſt, and ſlay eueryevery man his brother, and eueryevery man his cō panion, & eueryevery man his neighbour: and they did ſo; for which their hands were ſanctified.
Q. How many were ſlaine that day?
A. About 3. thouſand men.
Q. What befell after this?
A. The Lord was angry & denied to go with them.
Q. What did Moſes then?
A. He prayed vntounto the Lord, and he promiſed to goe with them.
Q. What did Moſes elſe?
A. He deſired to ſee the glorie of the Lord.
Q. Did the Lord graunt his requeſt?
A. Yes: for he couered him in the cleft of a rocke whilſt he paſſed by.
Q. What did the Lord after this?
A. He bad Moſes hew two tables of ſtone like to the former, and to come vp to the top of the Mount.
Q. Did he ſo?
A. Yes.
Q. How long ſtayed he in the mount?
A. Fourty daies and fourty nights.
Q. Whence ſhould they hauetheir prouiſion to make thoſe things which were appointed?
A. From the people.
chapter 33 Q. Did they bring enough?
A. Yes, they brought ſo much, that they were bidden to ſtay.
Finis Exodi.