The History of the Bible, Gospels
THE FOVRE EVANgeliſts.
Q. What doth the now Teſtament teach vsus?
A. The Goſpel.
Q. What is the Goſpell?
A. Glad tidings of our ſaluation in Ieſus Chriſt.
Q. How is this new Teſtament deuided?
A. Into two parts: hiſtorie, and doctrine.
Q. How is this hiſtorie deuided?
A. Into the hiſtorie of Chriſt, & the hiſtorie of his Apoſtles.
Q. How is the hiſtorie of Chriſt deuided?
A. Into three parts: his eſtate before his miniſterie, his eſtate in his miniſterie, and his paſſion.
Q. What doe the Euangeliſts ſet downe before they come to the office of Chriſts miniſterie?
A. The conception of Iohn, Luk. 24.
The conception of Chriſt, Matth. 1.18.
The natiuitie of Iohn, Luk. 1.57.
The circumciſion, Luk. 1.59.
The certifying of Ioſeph, Mat. 1.25.
The natiuitie of Chriſt, Math. 1.
He was reuealed by Angels and ſhepheards, Luk. 2.
His circumciſion. eod.
The comming of the wiſe men, Math. 2.1.
His firſt iourney to Ieruſalemto be preſēted to the Lord, and Marie to be purified, Luk. 2.22.
He was receiued by Simeon and Hannah, Luk. 2.
His flight into Egypt, Math. 2.14.
His returne into Nazareth, Math. 2.23.
His ſecond iourney to Ieruſalem beeing 12. yeares of age, Luk. 2.46.
Q. Who was Iohns father?
A. Zachariah.
Q. Ʋ Ʋho was his mother?
A. Elizabeth, Luk. 2.
Q. What befell to Zachariah for not beleeuing the Angel Gabriel in foretelling him the birth of his ſonne?
A. Hee was ſtricken dumb vntill the circumciſion of his ſonne, Luk. 1.
Q. VVho circumciſed him?
A. Zachariah his father the eight day, Luk. 1.59.
Q. By whom was Chriſt conceiued?
A. By the holy Ghoſt, Mat. 1. Luk. 1.
Q. Why was Ioſeph certified?
A. Becauſe he thought to put away his wife, Mat. 1.
Q. By whom was he certified?
A. By an Angel, Mat. 1.20.
Q. Who was Chriſts mother?
A. Marie, Math. 1.16.
Q. Where was he borne?
A. At Bethlem, Math. 2.1.
Q. Why was he borne there?
A. That the Propheſies might be fulfilled, Math. 2.6.
Q. Why went Ioſeph to Bethlem?
A. That he might be taxed according to the edict of Aug. Caeſar, Luk. 2.4.
Q. By whome was Chriſts birth reuealed?
A. By Angels and ſhepeheards, Luk. 3.8.9.
Q. From whence came the wiſe men?
A. From the Eaſt, Mat. 2.
Q. Why came they?
A. To ſee Chriſt, Math. 2.
Q. What did Herod?
A. He badde them goe to Bethlem, and when they had worſhipped, returne to him, that he might goe and worſhipalſo, eod.
Q. Did they returne?
A. No, for they were warned of God in a dreame, that they ſhould not returne againe to Herod, but returne an other way into their owne countrey.
Q. Why went he firſt to Ieruſalem?
A. To be preſented vntounto the Lord, vt ſupra.
Q. By whom was he receiued?
A. By Simeon and Hannah, Luk. 2.
Q. Why did he ſhe into Egypt
A. 1. Becauſe he was ſo warned of God in a dreame: 2. that the propheſie might be fulfilled, ſaying: Out of Egypt, &c. Mat. 2.
Q. When returned he out of Egypt?
A. After the death of Herod, Mat. 2.19.
Q. Whither returned he?
A. To Galile, to a citie called Nazareth, Mat. 2.
Q. Why did he make a ſecond iourney to Ieruſalem at 12. yeares of age?
A. To diſpute with the Doctours, Luk. 2.46.
Q. What doth the holy Ghoſtſet downe of Iohn Baptiſt?
A. The maner of his life, kis doctrine, his ſacrament, and his troubles.
Q. Whers preached he?
A. In the wilderneſſe.
Q. What was his meate?
A. Locuſts and wild hony, Mat. 3.
Q. What his apparell?
A. A garment of Cammels haire, and a girdle of skin about his loines, eod.
Q. What was his doctrine?
A. Repentance.
Q. What was his Sacrament?
A. Baptiſme, Mat. 3.
Q. What were his troubles?
A. He was put in priſon & beheaded; Mat. 14.4.
Q. Why?
A. Becauſe he told Herod it was not lawfull for him to hauehave his brothers wife, Mat. 14.
Q. How was Chriſt prepared to his ministerie?
A. He was baptized of Iohn beeing thirtie yeares of age, Math. 3. he faſted, chap. 4. he choſe his Apoſtles, Mat. 10. & purged the temple, Mat. 31.
Q. What befell at his baptiſm?
A. The H. Ghoſt came down in likeneſſe of a Doue, and a voyce from heauen was heard, ſaying, This is my beloued ſonne, &c. Mat. 4.
Q. How long faſted Christ?
A. Fourtie daies and fourtie nights, and then came the tempter, Mat. 5.
Q. In how many things was he tempted?
A. In three: firſt that hee would make ſtones bread: ſecondly, that hee would caſt himſelfe downe from the Pinacle of the temple: Thirdly,that he would fall downe and worſhip him, eod.
Q. What did Christ anſwer him?
A. To the firſt, Man liueth not by bread onelyonly, &c.
To the ſecond, Thou ſhalt not tempt, &c.
To the third he ſaid, Auoide Satan: for it is written, Thou ſhalt worſhip the Lord thy God, &c. eod.
Q. When the tempter left him who came vntounto him?
A. The angels, and miniſtred vntounto him.
Q. How many Apostles had he?
A. Twelue, Luk. 6.14. Mat. 10.
Q. How oft did he purge the temple?
A. Twice: at his entrance into his miniſterie, and at his going out, Ioh. 2. Mat. 21. Mar. 11. Luk. 19.
Q. What was the ſubſtance of his doctrine?
A. Repentance.
Q. What taught he at Nazareth?
A. He expounded the Prophet Iſaias, and applyed it, and they would hauehave ſtoned him. Luk. 4.
Q. What befell to him at Capernaum?
A. As he was preaching the deuill interrupted him. eod.
Q. What taught he in the Mount?
A. True bleſſedneſſe: the office of his miniſterie: he expounded the commandements: ſome exerciſes of a Chriſtian life, and the way to ſaluation.Math. 5.
Q. How doth Chriſt deſcribe the office of the minesterie?
A. By the parable of ſalt, light, citie.
Q. What Chriſtian exerciſedoth he teach? Mat. 9. &c.
A. Almes, prayer, and faſting, eod.
Q. Did Chriſt teach all things plainely?
A. No, he taught ſome in parables.
Q. Why did he teach in parables?
A. For three cauſes: 1. that ſome might not vnderſtand.
2. That others might more diligently enquire after them.
3. That men might better carrie it away.
Q. How many kindes of parables did Chriſt vſe?
A. Two: parables drawne from things that hauehave life, and parables drawne from things that hauehave no life.
Q. Rehearſe the parables drawn from things that hauehave life?
A. 1. Bridegrome. 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 loafe in the night. Luk. 11. Man that gathered much fruite. Luk. 12.16. Neighbour. Luk. 10.33. Samaritan, Publican, and Phariſie. Luk. 18.9.
5. Seruants. Math. 6.24. No man can ſerue two maſters. Merciful ſeruant. Mat. 18.28. Vnfaithfull ſeruants, Mat. 24.45. Vniuſt ſteward. Luk. 16.
6. Shepheard. Mat. 9.36. for miniſters, Luk. 15.4. he that ſought. Ioh. 10.11. Chriſt. Mat. 25.43. parting ſheepe from goates.
7. Theefe. Ioh. 10. bad miniſters. Mat. 24. Chriſts comming.
8. Vncleane ſpirits. Mat. 12.
9. Woman, Mat. 25. the virgins, Luk. 18.3. the importunate widdow, Luk. 15.8. the woman that loſt the groat. Matth. 24.4. women grinding.
10. Birds, Mat. 6.36. foules of heauen, Mat. 10.16. be innocēt as doues, eod 29. Sparrows ſold. Mat. 23.37. Hen gathering her, &c. Mat. 24.28. the Eagles reſort.
Q. Rehearſe the parables drawne from things without life?
A. 1. Bread. Ioh. 48. Chriſt.
2. Feaſt. Mat. 22.2. of the marriage feaſt. Luk. 14.8. ſitting in the higheſt roomes.
3. Leauen. Luk. 13.33.
4. Light. Mat. 5.14. Miniſters. Ioh. 8.12. Chriſt. mat. 5.16. good miniſters. 6.23. holy Ghoſt. eod. the word.
5. Net. Mat. 13.47.
6. New cloath, new wine.Mat. 9.16.
7. Salt, Mat. 5.13. miniſters, Mar. 9.49. the word.
8. Seed, Mat. 13.3. ſowne in foure grounds, Mat. 13.27. darnell, eod. a graine of muſtardſeed, Mat. 6. ſeed growing and increaſing.
9. Trees, Mat. 3.10. the axe put to the roote, Mat. 7.18. do men gather grapes? Mat. 24.32. fig-tree, Luk. 13.6.
10. Treaſure, Mat. 13. hid in the field. Mat. 7.6. pearles, Mat. 25.15. talent.
11. Vineyard, Matth. 20.2. worke-men ſent thereto, Mat. 21.28. The ſonne bid to labour: the vineyard hired foorth, Ioh. 15.1. Chriſt is the true vine.
Q. How did Chriſt confirme his doctrine?
A. 1. By miracles that Godmight be glorified. Mat. 9.8.
2 That Chriſt might bee knowne to be the true Meſſias, Mat. 11.3.
3 To confirme this doctrine and our faith, Ioh. 20.3.
Q. What miracles did hee worke?
A. 1. He turned water into wine, Ioh. 2.
2 He fed 5000. with fiue loaues, Mat. 14. and 4000. with ſeauen loaues, Mat. 15
3 He gaue ſight to the blind at Betheſda, Mark. 8. as he wēt out of Ieruſalem, to two blind men as he went to Iericho, Mat. 20.29. one that was born ſo at Ieruſalem, Ioh. 9.1.
4 He gaue hearing to the deafe, and ſpeech to the dumb. Mar. 7.32.
5. He reſtored the withered hand, Mat. 1….9.
6. He healed the man that was lame 38. yeares, Ioh. 5.5.
7. He healed the leproſie, Mat. 8.
8. The feauer, eod. Mar. 1.31.
9. The palſie, Mat. 9.1. Mar. 1.1.
10. The bloodie iſſue, Mat. 9.20.
And the dropſie, Luk. 14.2.
11. He calmed the ſeas beeing in the ſhip, Mat. 8.29. walked on the waters. Mat. 14.25.
12. He raiſed from the dead the rulers daughter, Mark. 9. the widowes ſonne, Luk. 7.14. Lazarus Ioh. 11.12.
13. He deliuered from the poſſeſſion of the deuill, at Capernaum, Marie, Luk. 14. Gadarah, Mat. 8.28. Mark. 1. The coaſtes of Tyre and Sydon. the womans ſon of Canaan: mount Thabor.
Q. With whom had Chriſt controuerſie?
A. With Satan, with Peter, with Iames, with Iohn, and with all his Apoſtles.
With Iohns diſciples, Mat. 9.
With his kinsfolkes, countrimen, Nichodemus, Ioh. 3.
With the woman of Samaria, Ioh. 4.
With the Iewes for healing, Ioh. 5. and for doctrine of good ſhepheards, Ioh. 10.
With the Capernites, Ioh. 6.
With the Herodians for tribute, Mat. 22.
With the Sadduces about refurrection, eod.
With the Doctours of the law, eod.
VVith the rulers of the Synagogue for healing on the Sabbath, Luk. 13.14.
VVith Scribes and Phariſiesabout forgiueneſſe of ſinnes Mat. 9.3.
For eating with Publicanes. Mat. 9.1.
For plucking eares of corne. Mat. 12.
For caſting out a deuill. eod.
For healing the man with the withered hand. Math. 12.
For his diſciples eating with vnwaſhed hands. Mat. 15.
About diuorcement. Mat. 9. whoſe ſonne Chriſt ſhould be. Mat. 22.
About a woman taken in adulterie. Ioh. 8.
Q. What controuerſie had he with the high prieſts.
A. For purging the temple. Luk. 20.1.
They ſent fouldiours to take him. Iohn. 7. For raiſing Lazarus they would hauehave killed him, Ioh. 11. they brought him to his paſſion.
Q. When Chriſt came to Ieruſalem, what did he?
A. He purged the temple, the high Prieſts examine him. Luk. 20.2. He fore-told their deſtruction in the parables of the father that bad his ſonnes goe into his vineyard. Matth. 21.28. And of the houſholder that let out his vineyard: and in the parable of the kings feaſt. Math. 22.
Q. What did they then?
Q. They quarrelled with him.
Q. Who quarrelled?
A. The Herodians, Saduces, and Phariſes.
Q. What did he then?
A. He ſhewed them plainly their deſtruction: the deſtruction of Ieruſalem: his ſecond comming: the laſt iudgement, Math. 24.
Q. What doth the Euangelists ſet down of his paſſion.
A. The counſell holden, Mat. 26.
The feaſt of Bethania, eod.
The inſtitution of the Lords ſupper.
His iourney to the garden.
His firſt arraignement before the high Prieſts.
The ſtorie of Peter and Iudas, Math. 26.27.
His ſecond arraignement before Pilate.
How he was vſed of the ſoldiours.
His iourney to the place of execution.
What befell at the place of execution.
His death, burial, and reſurrection.
Q. Where was the counſell holden?
A. In the high preiſts hall, Math. 26.
Q. What was concluded?
A. Chriſts death, eod.
Q. In whoſe houſe was the feaſt kept?
A. In Simons, Mat. 26.26.
Q. What notable things are there recorded?
A. The deed of Marie. The fall of Iudas. Mat. 26.
Q. By whome was the Lords ſupper inſtituted?
A. By Chriſt, Mat. 26.26.
Q. When?
A. After the Paſſeouer in bread and wine, eod.
Q. Whither went he then?
A. Into the garden, Math. 26.36.
Q. Whom tooke he with him?
A. Peter, Iames and Iohn the two ſonnes of Zebedie.
Q. What were they commandedto doe?
A. To watch.
Q. What did Christ?
A. He prayed, Mat. 26.39.
Q. How found he his Apostles?
A. Sleeping.
Q. By whome was he betrayed?
A. By Iudas.
Q. What befell at his apprehenſion?
A. Peter cut off one of the high Prieſts ſeruants eares, Mat. 26.
Q. Whither went they then with him?
Q. Before the high Prieſts.
Q. What did they?
A. They brought falſe witneſſes againſt him, but they could not agree.
Q. What did they elſe?
A. They accuſed him of blaſphemie.
Q. How did they vſe him?
A. They ſpitte vponupon him, they mocked him, and beate him, Mat. 26.27.
Q. What is ſet downe of Peter?
A. He denied Chriſt, Math. 26. his repentance, eod.
Q. Whether had they Chriſt then?
A. Before Pilate.
Q What is ſet downe of Iudas?
A. He hanged himſelfe, Mat. 27.
Q. What would Pilate hauehave done with Chriſt?
A. He would hauehave ſet him at libertie, and therefore ſcourged him, but at the requeſt of the high Prieſt, hee deliuered him to the ſouldiers. Mat. 27.
Q. What did the ſouldiers with him?
A. They ſtript him, they put a crowne of thornes vponupon his head, and a reed in his hand, they mocked him; they carried him to the place of execution.
Q. Who carried his croſſe?
A. Himſelfe, and Simon of Cyren did helpe him: the women alſo beholding him wept.
Q. Whither had they him?
A. To Golgotha, Mat. 27.
Q. What gaue they him to drinke?
A. Vineger mixt with gall.
Q. What did they with his garments?
A. They caſt lots for them.
Q. What writ they ouer his head?
A. This is Ieſus of Nazareth, King of the Iewes.
Q. Who were crucified with him?
A. Two thecues.
Q. What did the paſſers by?
A. They mocked him, Mat. 27.31.
Q. What did the high Prieſts?
Q. They moked him.
Q. What did Christ?
A. He cried out, Eli, Eli, lamaſabacthani, Mat. 27.31.
Q. What befell at his paſſion?
A. The gates of the temple claue, the earth trembled, the rockes rent, 27.51. the ſepulchres opened, and the bodies of the Saints aroſe.
Q. Who buried Chriſt?
A. Ioſeph of Arimathea.
Q. Wherein?
A. In a new ſepulchre, Mat. 27.60.
Q. Who were preſent?
A. Marie Magdalen and the other Marie, Mat. 27.66.
Q. When did Chriſt ariſe?
A. On the third day.
Q. Ʋnto whome did he appeare?
A. VntoUnto the women, to the Diſciples, and his Apoſtles, Mat. 28.8.
Q. What charge gaue he his Diſciples?
A. To preach to all nations, and baptize them in the name of the Father, of the Sonne, and of the holy Ghoſt. Math. 28.19.
Finis quatuor Euangeliſtarum.