Exercitations Divine, Author to the reader – Greek word index
Exercitations Divine · Author to the reader – Greek word index
A loving advertiſement to young Students in Divinity, who deſire to come to the knowledge of the holy Scriptures.
LOving Brethren; There be three Schooles in which young Divines muſt bee exerciſed; the ſchoole of Arts and Sciences, the Schoole of grace, and the Schoole of your vocation. It is a great helpe and an introduction to Divinitie, to bee trained up in the firſt Schoole of Arts and Sciences: Moſes was learned in all the wiſedome of the Aegyptians, Daniel in the learning of the Chaldeans, and Dionyſius Areopagita was trained up in Philoſophie. Act. 7. 22.A certaine Schooler amongſt the Jewes asked Dan. 1. 4.one of the R. His Maſter, whether he might read any of the humane Writers or not? he gave him this Anſwere; Act. 17. 34.you may reade them, providing you reade them neither day nor night: this was a fooliſh anſwere, for the Jewes hated all humane learning; therefore they ſay, maledictus qui aluerit Suem, aut didicerit Sapientiam Graecorum, they call all humane learning the wiſdome of the Greekes. But to ſhut up this Schoole, and to take away all humane learning from a Divine, were in effect to make him no Divine. The knowledge of all Arts and Sciences is neceſſarie for him, as of Geometrie, Arithmeticke, Geographie, the knowledge of Phyſicke, but above all the knowledge of the tongues is more neceſſary for him, becauſe they are Vehicula ſcientiarum. But here ye muſt not onelyonly ſtudie that part of the tongues which is called foreign, which is mere Grammer, as to ſtand upon Letters, Accents, Pronounciation and ſuch, but ye muſt goe farther to that part which is called foreign, the true meaning of the words, to interpret them out of one language into another, and to underſtand one Phraſe by another: neither ſhould ye ſtand here, but ye muſt goe further to that part which is called foreign, to cenſure and diſcerne the true reading from the falſe as the Maſoreth did who excelled in this. In the warres there are three ſorts of ſignes to direct the Souldiers, muta, ſemivocalia & vocalia: Muta, as the enſignes, Semivocalia, as the trumpets: Vocalia as the words of the Captaine: So ſome ſignes are Muta, as Arts and Sciences; Semivocalia, as the knowledge of the tongues; and Vocalia, as the meaning of the holy Ghoſt ſpeaking in the Scriptures. The knowledge of theſe is moſt neceſsarie for you who intend to apply your minds to the ſtudie of Divinitie: for by them ye ſhall underſtand the Properties and Phraſes of the holy Gboſt, the ancient cuſtomes of the people of God, and the ſweet alluſions in the third, which otherwayes ye ſhall never bee able to underſtand. And if ye begin to learne theſe tongues when ye are young, to what great perfection may ye attaine unto before ye come to be teachers of others? Cicero maketh mention of Marcus Craſſus, who walking one day Cicero De oratore:upon the ſea ſhore, ſaw a boy who had found a boate there, but he having no helpes to further him to ſaile; firſt he got Oares, then a Maſt, raes, ſailes, and ropes, and then he ſet to the Sea: ſo from little beginnings, if ye be willing, ye may attaine to a great meaſure of knowledge, having ſuch helpes in this age, which your Fathers never knew, and the gleanings of EphraimIud. 8: 2:now, are better than the vintage of Abiezer was then; ye have now many learned and skilfull guides. The Iewes ſay; Qui diſcit a junioribus cui ſimilis eſt? Edenti uvas acerbas, & bibenti è torculari: at qui diſcit à Senioribus cui ſimilis? Edenti uvas maturas & bibenti vinum vetus. Ye need not ſet your teeth on edge with ſowre Grapes, for now ye have ſtore of ripe Grapes gathered by your old Maſters. The ſluggard that keepeth his hand in his boſome, and ſaith, there is a Lyon in the way; alledgeth that the Jewes are but fabulous, and that it Prov. 22. 13.is but loſt time to read them: but remember that hee ſaid well, who ſaid, Malogranatum inveni, corticem abjeci, & quod intus eſt comedi. Caſt away the unprofitable things and make choiſe of that which is profitable. Others ſay, they cannot attaine to ſuch perfection in theſe tongues as the Tranſlators have done who have Tranſlated the Scriptures already: and therefore they will content themſelves with their travels; but how ſhall they know whether they have tranſlated well or not? They muſt give credit onelyonly to the bearer, and if the Trench-man faile them, then they are gone. The Queene of Sheba was much more delighted to heare Salomon himſelfe ſpeake than heare of him by report, for ſhe ſaid ſhe 1 King. 10. 7.beleeved not that which was reported of him; and yet the halfe was not told her: ſo brethren, when ye heare an Interpreter ſpeake, ſcarce the halfe is told you: but when ye ſee it in the originall tongues, then ye will ſay; it was true which was ſpoken, and the wiſdome that is in them exceedeth the report which wee heard. There is ſuch profunditie in the Scriptures, that all the wits of men can never ſound the depth of them; it fareth with them as it did with the widdowes 1 King. 4.Oyle, it laſted as long as the Children brought veſſels: ſo there is much ſtore and plentie in them, that when they have filled the wits and underſtandings of the beſt, yet there is enough to bee gotten out of them, by thoſe who come after. And here I cannot let paſſe how much theſe honourable Patrons are to bee reſpected, who entertaine and cheriſh theſe profeſſors in the tongues, for without ſuch, knowledge would ſoone decay. David made a ſtatute in Iſrael, that they who taried by the ſtuffe ſhould part alike with thoſe who went to battell. The profeſſors of the tongues are they who keepe the ſtuffe, and they ſhould bee as well rewarded as they who goe to the field and fight 1 Sam. 30. 24.in the miniſterie. I have indevoured (brethren) according to my meane meaſure of knowledge to make a little path unto you, to encourage you, and to let you ſee what profit you may have by this kind of ſtudie, and how it may ſerue you in your miniſterie, and if ye reap any benefit by it, be thankefull to the God of heaven the Father of lights from whom all good things deſcend, and then to my Noble Patron my Lord Keeper who doth incourage me much to go on in this kinde of ſtudie. And now when we have made ſome progreſſe in this firſt Schoole, and have attained to ſome meaſure of knowledge, ſee that your knowledge turne not like the waters of Iordan that run into the dead Sea, but let them be like thoſe waters which come from the Sea and returne to the Sea againe, let them returne to the praiſe of him who gave them. Next when ye Eccleſ. 1. 7.are in the Schoole of grace, that ye may underſtand the Spirituall meaning of the holy Scriptures, acquaint your ſelves with prayer. Elias was a man ſubject to the like paſſions as wee are, yet he prayed, Iam 5. 17.and the Heavens were opened and gaue raine: ſo although ye be men, ſubject to the ſame paſsions to which others are ſubject; yet if yee pray earneſtly to the Lord, he will open the heavens, and ſend downe that Spirituall raine upon you, and fit you for the Schoole of your calling. And here ye muſt be carefull Ier. 2. 8.to ſtudie the Law of the Lord, and to handle itforeigndiligently. Ieremiah borroweth this ſpeach from thoſe who are trained in the warres, and they are ſaid Tractare bellum, ye muſt be skilfull and trained before ye enter into this calling, that being entred Num. 31. 27.in it, ye may begin to turne the key of knowledge to open the Scriptures to your hearers, ſo that ye may have ſtore both of new and old to bring forth when your Lord and Maſter ſhall ſet you over his houſhold to give his ſervants their meat in due ſeaſon. And at laſt he will ſay unto you, ye have beene faithfull over Matth. 25. 23:a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Lectio ſtata juvat, varia delecta.Seneca:
Your Loving brother in the Lord, IOHN WEEMSE.
The firſt Table containing the inſcriptions of the particular Exercitations in this Booke.
EXERCITAT. I.
Of the excellency of Divinity above all other Sciences and Arts. Pag. 1.
EXERCITAT. II.
What uſe reaſon hath in Divinity. p. 11
EXERCITAT. III.
That the end of Divinity here conſiſteth rather in practiſe than in contemplation. p. 20
EXERCITAT. IIII.
Of Adams knowledge before the fall. p. 25
EXERCITAT. V.
How the Law is ſaid to be written in the heart of man after the fall. p. 32
EXERCITAT. VI.
Of the ſeven Precepts given to Noah. p. 40
EXERCITAT. VII.
Of the divers wayes how God revealed himſelfe extraordinarily to his Church. p. 43
EXERCITAT. VIII.
Of the neceſſity of the Word written. p. 61
EXERCITAT. VIIII.
Of the ſingular prerogatives which the ſecretaries of the holy Ghoſt had, who wrote the Scriptures. p. 65
EXERCITAT. IX.
Arguments proving the Scriptures to be divine. p. 76
EXERCITAT. X.
In what language the Scriptures were written. p. 88
EXERCITAT. XI.
Of the ſtyle of the Scriptures. p. 101
EXERCITAT. XII.
That the Hebrew Text is not corrupted. p. 109
EXERCITAT. XIII.
That no canonicall booke is periſhed. p. 117
EXERCITAT. XIIII.
That the points were not originally with the Letters from the beginning. p. 124
EXERCITAT. XV.
Of the meanes which God hath uſed to make the Scriptures plaine unto us, as
Of Tranſlation of Scriptures. p. 131
Of the Tranſlation of the Seventy. p. 143
Of the Vulgar Latine tranſlation. p. 152
Of paraphraſing of Scriptures. p. 158
Of interpretation of Scriptures. p. 162
EXERCITAT. XVI.
Of the diviſion of the Scriptures. p. 163
EXERCITAT. XVII.
Of the diviſion of the Pſalmes. p. 166
Of the inſcriptions of the Pſalmes. p. 168
EXERCITAT. XVIII.
Of the diviſion of the Law in haphtaroth and paraſhoth. p. 173
EXERCITAT. XIX.
Of the ſenſe of the Scriptures. p. 177
The Table of the places of Scripture cleared in this Booke, the firſt number ſheweth the Chapters, the ſecond the Verſe, and the third the Page.
Geneſis.
ca.
ver.
pag.
2
24
161
3
1
138
21
160
4
26
159
9
4
41
12
5
161
22
17
133
31
4
92
32
26
160
32
40
34
30
103
36
24
86
37
7
48
47
25
125
48
7
106
17
4
5
40
3
161
37
Ibid
Exod.
ca.
verſ.
pag.
1
8
130
3
2
44
4
24
Ibid
10
17
103
11
5
29
10
2
12
2
12
11
134
34
1
13
19
160
16
15
134
17
21
50
21
8
128
24
8
180
9
146
28
30
51
43
89
31
12
113
114
115
33
13
28
Leviticus.
cap.
ver.
pag.
5
1
103
7
27
41
17
7
45
19
23
35
Numbers.
cap.
verſ.
pag.
16
30
138
19
20
103
21
14
120
24
3
139
20
11
167
55
55
27
21
45
Deutero.
cap.
verſ.
pag.
4
27
103
11
12
2
16
3
2
22
24
103
25
16
161
37
26
134
0
11
80
Ioſhua.
cap.
verſ.
pag.
8
12
128
13
22
138
14
15
137
Iudg.
cap.
verſ.
pag.
7
15
162
16
17
70
20
18
54
23
56
1 Sam.
cap.
verſ.
pag.
6
6
134
14
19
55
37
54
15
4
161
16
6
69
18
10
74
20
20
182
21
25
103
23
2
54
9
Ibid
12
52
26
12
27
48
28
8
50
2 Sam.
ca.
verſ.
pag.
3
29
71
5
33
53
6
6
134
7
12
182
19
Ibid
2
43
27
23
8
137
10
27
1 King.
ca.
verſ.
pag.
3
5
62
4
32
120
29
26
33
120
10
18
30
22
31
21
20
55
22
35
103
49
128
2 King.
4
27
68
8
10
128
9
11
73
18
26
92
1 Chron.
3
5
88
11
11
137
13
3
53
36
166
17
2
69
29
29
121
2 Cron.
29
30
167
33
19
122
Ezra.
2
63
59
4
2
128
Nehem.
7
65
59
8
8
124
Eſth.
9
32
99
10
2
78
Iob.
4
6
104
18
140
12
20
101
13
1
47
23
9
160
24
20
29
28
28
22
Pſal.
7
12
105
14
10
Ibid
18
42
127
22
12
179
41
13
166
45
1
72
2
32
47
30
166
74
3
103
78
25
2
81
5
93
86
13
138
103
7
28
114
1
39
116
6
138
118
19
169
22
ibid
25
ibid
119
9
6
16
169
121
1
ibid
8
29
137
2
119
Prover.
1
4
138
22
Ibid
4
3
130
13
23
51
16
10
57
19
7
128
23
26
128
25
1
121
31
4
128
29
5
Eccleſ.
3
4
128
7
22
38
12
12
74
Cant.
4
5
159
Eſay.
3
2
138
6
1
47
6
9
184
8
1
79
118
10
8
65
19
103
19
18
8
24
5
39
29
11
89
38
1
55
39
21
107
41
22
79
42
15
11
62
11
186
Iere.
10
11
84
15
1
164
19
68
31
15
183
39
128
36
2
73
17
74
39
3
97
40
1
107
47
15
103
51
3
129
Ezek.
3
27
44
12
16
103
13
9
27
28
3
31
33
35
41
Dan.
7
9
46
8
17
47
27
44
5
25
89
Hoſe.
1
1
75
2
16
37
4
11
113
9
7
71
Ioel.
2
28
49
Ionah.
3
4
55
4
6
135
Mich:
3
6
58
Nahum.
3
8
135
Habak.
2
2
118
Zeph.
3
8
110
Hagg.
1
8
58
2
9
59
Zach.
9
9
186
11
24
103
12
10
113
Matth.
1
1
82
5
97
2
23
165
5
4
136
29
179
6
23
117
7
1
179
12
33
16
31
25
136
10
16
138
11
11
103
13
25
139
19
24
96
21
41
38
22
37
31
40
165
26
26
180
30
170
39
103
27
46
123
Mark.
5
4
134
14
3
139
16
5
46
Luk.
10
11
167
11
7
161
13
36
179
18
12
176
Iohn.
1
5
99
9
39
18
44
29
103
3
12
88
7
37
174
8
17
110
9
24
186
10
1
100
35
83
13
18
186
17
3
21
19
39
183
20
28
4
Act.
2
4
70
3
16
26
24
164
6
9
138
7
27
27
8
32
137
9
2
96
13
8
132
15
162
15
21
42
16
10
162
19
9
139
23
136
21
4
69
Rom.
9
21
103
12
20
179
14
23
37
1 Cor.
8
9
183
13
1
2
14
11
131
2 Cor.
7
8
69
8
15
188
10
10
110
Gala.
1
12
65
2
14
70
3
10
134
6
6
21
Epheſ.
1
4
79
3
8
8
26
20
8
5
13
56
Philip.
2
25
136
Coloſ.
2
16
174
1 Theſſ.
2
13
76
4
4
103
1 Timot.
5
23
9
2 Timot.
1
15
168
4
20
67
Heb.
7
2
90
17
16
10
28
60
11
22
116
12
21
44
Iames.
4
6
83
9
4
135
2 Pet.
1
19
67
21
68
5
3…
137
1 Ioh.
2
16
13
Iud.
9
96
Revel.
1
14
49
15
3
172
18
3
104
22
1
3
A Table of the chiefe Hebrew words explained in this Booke.
foreign
foreign
41
foreign
58
foreign
ibid
foreign
56
foreign
ibid
foreign
27
foreign
foreign
75
foreign
30
foreign
161
foreign
foreign
23
foreign
99
foreign
87
foreign
foreigndemonſt.
51
foreignlocale
138
foreign
30
foreign
171
foreign
86
foreign
140
foreign
172
foreign
102
foreign
168
foreign
foreign
182
foreign
126
foreign
foreign
102
foreign
104
foreign
132
foreign
ibid
foreign
foreignminima litera
116
foreign
86
foreign
52
foreign
32
foreign
74
foreign
foreign
77
foreign
167
foreign
128
foreign
130
foreign
168
foreign
139
foreign
168
foreign
148
foreign
93
foreign
44 130
foreign
138
foreign
Ibid
foreign
128
foreign
foreign
126
foreign
125
foreign
60
foreign
168
foreign
136
foreign
176
foreign
164
foreign
163
foreign
168
foreign
foreign
170
foreign
164
foreign
80
foreign
104
foreign
foreign
173
foreign
102
foreign
129
foreign
120
foreign
126
foreign
103
foreign
foreign
32
foreign
137
foreign
141
foreign
41
foreign
ib
foreign
ibid
foreign
ibid
foreign
ibid
foreign
128
foreign
ibid
foreign
foreign
173
foreign
46
foreign
foreign
99
foreign
163
foreign
30
foreign
foreignproforeign
128
foreign
50
foreign
foreign
162
foreign
101
foreign
31
foreign
116
foreign
139
foreign
45
foreign
foreign
36
foreign
ibid
foreign
56
foreign
31
foreign
182
foreign
146
foreign
156
A Table of the Greeke vvords expounded in this Booke.