Exposition of the Laws of Moses, Index 3 – Exegesis 9
An alphabeticall Table of the principall diſtinctions, and chiefe matters contained in this Booke
A
Action of the will twofold 20. action of the mind twofold 84.
Adam his knowledge before his fall 25 the meaſure of his knowledge, 26 he gave fit names to all the creaturis, 30. Adam compared with the moſt excellent men, 28.29,
Analogie of faith twofold, 179.
Angels appeared in the likeneſſe of men but not of women, 45. they appeared more glorious than a man ibid what Angell ſtirred the poole 60.
Apoſtles conſidered two wayes 70. they are ſet in order before the Prophets 82.
Arabick tranſlation addeth poſtſcripts to the Evangeliſts 150. the errour of the Arabicke poſtſcrips:
Ariſtophanes keper of Ptolomens librarie in Egypt 144.
Ark not alwayes with urim and thummin, 54 they turned their faces to the ark when they asked counſell, ibid. it was not in the ſecond temple, 59 they ſang pſalmes when it was carried to the temple, 168. 169.
Aſſurance twofold 14.
B
Beginning of things twofold 79.
Booke ſignifieth a relation by word or writ, 120 no canonicall booke loſt, 117 no booke in the ſcripture wanteth any eſſentiall part, 118 bookes neceſſarie for the church, albeit loſt, yet they were found or written again ibid.
Blood not to be caten, a precept given to No…h 41. how this precept is to be underſtood, ibid, why the apoſtles forbid to eat it 42.
Breaſtplate, diſtinguiſhed from Vrim & Thummim, 51. the letters made not up the anſwer ibid. the forme of it 52.
C
Canaan a land bleſſed of god 2.
Chapters and verſes not cited by the ancient fathers 176. at the firſt called titles, and the verſes were called chapters ibid.
Characters in which the ſcriptures were written firſt 88. the Samaritan Character, and why ſo called ibid. why Eſdras changed the character 89. diverſe characters 91.
Chriſt uſeth the helpe of reaſon againſt the Sadduces 16. he excelled Adam in all things 32. the true Salomon 174. the end of the law & the prophets ibid.
Church compared to Canaan 2. taught by tradition 4. how the pillar of truth 84 not the laſt reſolution of our faith 62. her eſtate conſidered three wayes 61.
Conſcience what 35. a twofold act of the conſcience ibid. it is called a painted thing in the Syriack 36. the diverſe ſorts of conſcience 36, 37. the good conſcience not made up by the light of nature ſince the fall 37. when the bad conſcience accuſeth 38. how the bad conſcience bindeth a man, and how long 39. the conſcience gods herauld 38.
Concluſions drawne from the firſt and ſecond principles how they differ 35. concluſions of practiſe drawne from practicall principles 21.
D
David came neareſt to Adam in prudencie 31. he wrote two books of the pſalmes and ſet them in order 166.
Daniel compared with Adam 31. he excelled in the interpretation of dreams ibid.
Defect threefold 117.
Divinitie compared to manna 1, the excellencie of it above all ſciences and arts 1, 2. compared with Metaphyſickes 6. with the mathematicks and phyſicks ibid. with the lawyer and the phyſitian ibid with morall philoſophie ibid, and 7. with grammer and rhetorick 8. it rectifieth all other ſciences 9.
Dough of Egypt called the bread of the poore 2.
Dreams whether more excellent then viſions 49. the prophets had the dreams with the interpretation of them 48. the difference of them ibid. why god taught his prophets by dreames 49.
E
Egypt watered with the feet of men 2. it reſembleth the world ibid. the people of god vnderſtood not the language of it 93.
Elephant hath no proper name in the hebrew 30. it is circumſcribed by other words
Eſdras wrote none of the books over againe which were written before the captivitie but onelyonly ſet them in order 119.
F
Faith the daughter of divinitie 5. the farther it goeth from ſenſe and reaſon, the more diſtinct & leſſe vniverſall 4. how faith, ſenſe and reaſon apprehend things 3. the articles of faith taken generally or ſpeciallie 63.
Faſt of the Iewes for the tranſlation of the bible in greeke 146.
Feaſt of tabernacles the laſt day the greateſt 174. that day the Iewes read three paraſhoth ibid. Salomon bleſſed the people that day ibid. Chriſt the true Salomon taught the people that great day of the feaſt ibid.
G
Gate of knowledge foure fold 26.
Generation three fold 15.
God appeared immediately or mediately by an angell 45. hee appeared in the likeneſſe of an old man 26. the name god put to expreſſe any great thing 27.
H
Haphtorah the originall of it miſtaken 157.
Hebrew tongue the originall 92. the dialects of it 93. many words in the Hebrew hauehave a contrarie ſignification 103.
Hedge fourefold 129.
Helleniſmes and greciſmes how they differ 104
Hereticks labour to ground their hereſies on the ſcripture
I
Iewes orientall and occidentall 109. faithfull keepers of the ſcriptures 110. bad interpreters ibid. the fable of the grecizing Iewes concerning the tranſlation of the Seventy 146. they would write no language but in Hebrew letters 111.
Ignorance damnable 64. ignorance of infirmitie ibid.
Iohn why called a divine 75. he ſaw Chriſt three wayes 43:
Ioſeph came neareſt to Adam in oeconomie 31. Ioſeph put for the whole Iewes 93.
Inſtruments of muſick the Iſraelites kept them in captivitie, 119.
Interpretation the neceſſeitie of it, 162. words vnknowne to the Iewes in the old teſtament interpreted, 132.
Iuſtin martyr of a philoſopher became a divine, 7 he ſtandeth for the tranſlation of the Seventie, 143.
K
King wrote a copie of the law, 118.
Knowledge of the prophets kept by reading, 66.
Korahs poſteritie died not with him, 176. they wrote ſome of the pſalmes, ibid.
L
Language originall, the Hebrew, 89, 90. Languages that hauehave affinitie with the Hebrew, 93. and know in what language any book is written, 99.
Latine words made Greeke, Latine tranſlation, vide tranſlation.
Law or phyſicke, whether more excellent, 8. Moſes law divided in three parts, 164. in fiftie two ſections, 175. read once in the yeare by the Iewes, ibid. the law written in the heart 34. difference betwixt the law of nature and the law of nations, 39. the breach of the law of nature worſe then of the law of nations, ibid. the law perpetuall where the reaſon of it is perpetuall, 41.
M
Manna the bread of angells, 2. it reſembleth divinitie, ibid.
Mary and Martha reſemble the naturall and ſpirituall life.
Moſes came neareſt to Adams knowledge of gods attributes, 28.
N
Names fitted to the creatures at the beginning, 30. names given to creatures at the beginning which are not …ound now in the ſcriptures, ibid. many names in the ſcripture which are not Hebrew names, 97. proper names of the Chaldeans, Perſians and Aſſyrians, 98.
Nathan wrote vntill the death of Salomon, 121.
O
Obſcuritie three fold, 80.
Order foure fold, 82. order of the Evangeliſts, 83.
P
Paraphraſe what, 158. Paraphraſes of the Iewes, how many, 159. Blaſphemous to be deteſted, ibid. ridiculous to be rejected, 160. paraphraſes clearing the Text are to bee admitted, 161.
Paraſhah miſtaken, 174. diviſion in paraſhoth moſt ancient, 145. paraſhoth divided three wayes, 173 how they diſtinguiſhed the paraſhoth, ibid. divided according to theſe who read them, 176.
Points not from the beginning 124. the Samaritan Copie hath not the Points, ibid. they were not with the letters in the dayes of the Seventy, ibid. other languages derived from the hebrew have no points 126. They were found out by the Maſoreth ibid they are ſometimes put in the text and the letters in the margent 128. poynts ommitted in ſome words 129.
Preſent a thing preſent foure ways 181 Chriſt how preſent in the Sacrament.
Prieſt asked counſell for the people 54 wherein hee might erre 57.
Prophets underſtood what they propheſied 47. their propheſies reſpect the ſecond cauſe or the event 55. they had their humane learning from men 66. they had not their propheſie by habite, 67. they erred not writing the ſcriptures, 68. aſſiſted by the ſpirit three wayes, 72. difference betwixt them and other prophets, 68. betwixt them and the Sybils, 73. they were the mouth of god 68. they are called the men of the ſpirit, 71. the lord ſpake in them, 57. they wrote not with paine and ſtudie, 74. ſome things written by them not as they were prophets, 120. why called the firſt prophets, 164. why the latter, ibid. the ſmall prophets cited as one, 165.
Propheſie how long it endured, 55: beſtowed anew againe, ibid. ſome propheſies not written. 122.
Pſalmes divided in five bookes, 166. pſalmes written hiſtorically or prophetically, 167. the authors of them, 166. their inſcriptions in generall, 168 in particular, ibid. ſome inſcriptions are Notes of muſicke, 170. ſome inſtruments of muſicke, ibid. the diverſe times when they were ſung, ibid. divided according to their ſubiect, ibid. ſome alphabeticall, 171. pſalmes of degrees, 169. the five laſt pſalmes begin and end with halleluiah. 172.
Ptolomeus procured not the tranſlation of the Seventy, 144. his life, 146.
R
Reading the marginall and line reading, 127. marginall and line reading both put in the Text by interpreters, 128. diverſe readings make not up diverſe ſenſes.
Reaſon not a judge in matter divine, not to be ſecluded from divinitie, ib. ſhe muſt not tranſcend her limits. 14.
Revelation two fold, 49. how god revealed himſelfe to his church, 44.
S
Solomon compared with Adam 28. he was a holy man, 72. his writings not profitable, for the whole Church, periſhed, 121.
Samaritan edition not the originall, 112. it differeth as much from the originall as the Seventy, ibid. it addeth and diminiſheth from the originall Text, 113. the writing of it in many parts Kabbaliſticall, 114. 115 116.
Sciences, the birth of reaſon, 3. Sciences fourefold, ibid.
Scriptures approved by Gods outward and inward teſtimony, 76. reaſons proving them to be divine, 87. they are clearely ſet downe, 80. they cohere well 104. the agreement of them, 81. not written to ſatisfie mens curioſitie, 87 ſomethings in them borrowed from the heathen hiſtory, 96. ſome things from the Iewiſh hiſtory, ibid. Scriptures to be interpreted, 162. their diviſion 64. they were not divided in Chapters at the firſt, 175. divided in Haphtaroth and paraſhoth by the Iewes, ibid. of their ſenſe 177. but one literall ſenſe 178. how to finde out the literall ſenſe, 179.
Seventy who and why ſo called, 143.
T
Text the meaning of it knowne by the antecedent and conſequent, 130. threefold corruption 111.
Tranſlation what 131. the tranſlation of the Seventy 142. what a tranſlator ſhould obſerve, 132. 133. 134. vulgar Latine tranſlation 153. by whom finiſhed, ibid.
V
Verity threefold 16.
Viſion twofold, 45. fourefold, 57.
Vrim and Thummim what 51. what ſort of revelation by them ibid. how the Lord taught the Prieſt by them, 53. they asked counſell by them in weightie matters, 55. they were not in the ſecond Temple, 59.
W
Word why God would have it written 62 the certainety of it ibid. conſidered two wayes, 61.
World compared to Egypt,
Y
Yere twofold, 175. the Law read once in the yeare, ibid.