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The Christian Synagogue · John Weemes

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THE CONTENTS OF THE Chapters, Paragraphe's, and Diatriba's, Contained in this Booke.

In the Prolegomena is contained.

CHAP. I. THE Periods of the World. Page 1.

Chap. II. The Idolatrous worship, which fell out in those Periods, and where the true worship of God remained. 3

Chap. III. The language which the Fathers spake in the first Period of time, vntill the confusion of Babel. 10

Chap. IIII. The divers wayes how God revealed himselfe to his servants extraordinarily. 16

In the first Booke is contained,

Chap. I. The ordinary meanes how God revealed himselfe to his people, and in what language the Bookes of the Old and New Testament were written. 19

Paragraphe

1. The Canonicall Bookes of the old Testament. 24

2. The Apocryphe bookes of the old Testament. 27

3. The Canonicall bookes of the new Testament. 28

4. The sealing of the Canon of the new Testament. 29

5. How the holy Scriptures must be expounded. ibid.

6. The internall light which shews the way to come by the sense of the Scripture. 31

7. The externall helpes to come by the sense of the Scripture. ibid.

Chap. II. The first meane or helpe called foreign, or double reading of the Scripture. 32

Chap. III. The second helpe called foreign, or the right poynting of the Scripture. 38

Chap. IIII. The third helpe called foreign, or collation of Scripture with Scripture. 45

Chap. V. The fourth helpe called foreign, or the translation of the Scripture. 55

Paragraphe

1. The necessitie of a translation. 57

2. The seaventies translation. ibid.

3. The translation that followed after the seaventies. 59

4. The faults that may be in a translation. 64

5. What things are to be observed in a translation. 69

Chap. VI. The fift helpe called foreign, or customes proper to the Iewes. 73

Section 1. Of their Ecclesiasticall customes,

Concerning the time appointed for Gods worship. Paragraphe.

1. Of the Sabbath. 74

2. Of their new Moones. 80

3. Of their yearely feasts. Diatriba.

1. Of the Pascha. 84

2. Of the Pentecost. 85

3. Of the feast of the Tabernacles. 87

4. Of the counting of their yeare. 88

Section 2.

The places appointed for Gods worship. Paragraphe.

1. Of the Temple of Ierusalem. 91

2. Of their Synagogues. 99

3. Of their place of Prayer. 100

4. Of the Temples built without Ierusalem. 101

5. Of the Temple of Heliopolis. 103

Section 3.

The persons appointed for Gods Worship. Paragraph.

1. Of the ordination of the Priests 105

2. Of the high Priest. Diatriba.

1. In what order the stones were set in the breast-plate of Aaron 106. 108.

2. How the high Priest wore his girdle, and what it signified. 109.

3. Of the high Priests apparell. 110.

4. Of the foure and twentie orders of their Priests. 113

3. Of their Sacraments, and first of Circumcision. 114

4. Of the Passeouer. Diatriba.

1. Of the place where they eate the Passeover. 118. 120.

2. Of the number which did eate the Passeover, and how many Suppers concurred together. ibid.

3. Of their common Supper, with which the Passeouer is ioyned. 121

4. Of the third Supper. 122

5. Of the changing of the Passeover into the Lords Supper. 125

5. Of their gestures in Prayer. Diatriba.

1. Of their manner of Prayer. 128. 129.

2. Of their many helpes they had in Prayer. 130

6. Of their Musicke.

7. Of their excommunication. Diatriba.

1. Of the manner how they excommunicate the Samaritans. 135. 137.

Sect. 4.

Of their Ecclesiasticall politickes. Paragraphe.

1. Of their Proselytes. 139

2. Of their first Fruits. 142

3. Of their Tythes. 144

Sect. 5.

Of their Scholasticall Politickes. Paragraphe.

1. Of their Schooles. 148

2. Of their title Rabbi. 151

3. Of their Schollers. 152

Sect. 6.

Of their meere Politickes. Paragraphe.

1. Of their Ciuill times. 155

2. Of their Moneths. 159

3. Of their Yeares. 160

Sect. 7.

Of Ciuill persons. Paragraphe.

Of the honour due to their Kings. 161

Sect. 8.

Of Ciuill places. Paragraph.

1. Of their Iudicatories. Diatriba.

1. Of the number which sate in this Iudicatory. 167

2. The persons who sate in this Iudicatory. 168

3. Of the manner of their electio. ib.

4. Of the properties required in them. 169

5. Of the matters which they iudged. 170

2. Of the second Iudicatory. Diatriba.

1. The place where they sate. 171.

3. Of the third Iudicatorie. 172

4. Of the time when they iudged. ibid

5. Of their foure capitall punishments, which they call deaths. Diatriba.

1. Of the place of execution. 175. 179

6. Of their punishments not capitall. Diatriba.

1. Of their Whipping. 180. 181

2. Of their mutilation. 183

3. Of the tortures vsed by the tyrants against the godly. 185

7. Of their ciuill contracts and bargaines. 186

8. How they measured their ground. 188

9. How the ancients reckoned their yeares. ibid

10. Of their measures and weights, for liquid and dry measures. Diatriba.

1. Of their Shekle. 190. 163.

11. Of their marriage. Diatriba.

1. The time betwixt the affiancing and the marriage. 194. 195.

2. The time of their marriage. 196

3. Of their divorce. 198

12. Of their feasts. Diatriba.

1. Of the forme of their Tables. 202. 205.

13. Of their apparell. 207.

14. Of their warres. Diatriba.

1. Of the forme of their Campe. 210. 212.

2. Of their Colours or Ensignes. 214. 219.

15. Of their Burialls. Diatriba.

1. The place of their Burialls. 218.

2. How they called the place of Buriall. 221

In the second Booke is contained,

CHAP. I. THE sense of the Scripture. 223

Chap. II. The manner how to obserue Doctrine out of the Scriptures, from affirmations and negations in a Text. 230

Chap. III. The gathering of Doctrine from the proprietie or manner of speech in a Scripture. 237

Chap. IIII. The morall instructions gathered from the Morall Law. 249

Chap. V. How the Scriptures teach vsus by Examples. 258

Chap. VI. The gathering of doctrine from the externall meanes. 264

In the third Booke is contained,

CHAP. I. THE confirmation of doctrine. 267

Chap. II. The Illustration of doctrine by comparisons. 274

Chap. III. The application of doctrine. 284

Chap. IIII. The consolation of doctrine. 293

Chap. V. The comfort that a Christian hath, who is stained with some great sinne. 303

Chap. VI. The manner how the Priests vnderunder the Law blessed the people. 307

❧ The Names of the Authours mentioned in this Volume.

A.

ABenezra.

Aelianus.

Adrian. turneb.

Alex. ab Alexandro.

Ambrosius.

Anaxagoras.

Anton. histor.

Anton. Nebriss.

Aquila.

Aratus poeta.

Arias montan.

Aristeas.

Aristophanes.

Aristoxenus music.

Athanasius.

Augustinus.

Aynsworth.

B.

BAronius.

Basilius.

Beda.

Beiffius.

Bellarminus.

Benjam. Tudel.

Bernardus.

Bertramus.

Beza.

Bias.

Broughton.

Bucer.

Buxtorf.

Gramm.

Lexicon.

Mazora.

Tiberias.

Abbrev.

Synag. Iudaea.

C.

CAelius.

Caninius.

Carolstadius.

Castalio.

Causabonus.

Chrysostomus.

Chron. templ. Secund.

Clem. Alexand.

Clem. Anaclet.

Cleobolus.

Cornel. Tacit.

Consil

Aurel.

Baccarae.

Carthag.

Chalced.

Constant.

Ephes.

L…odic.

Nicen.

D.

DAmascenus.

Diodor. sicul.

Dionys Halicarn.

Drus.

In Pentareuch.

In Prophet.

Praeter.

Quaesit. per.

Quaestiones.

E.

ELias Levita.

Epimenides.

Epiphanius.

Eusebius.

F.

FAbricius.

Fuller. Miscel.

G.

GRatianus.

Gersom.

Greg. Nazianz.

Greg. Neocaes.

Greg. de Valent.

H.

HAscuni.

Hegesippus.

Herodotus.

Hieronymus.

Horatius

Hugo Cardinal.

I.

IOan. Isaac. Levita.

Iosephus.

Iunius.

Iustinus.

Iuvenalis.

L.

LActantius.

Lyranus.

M.

MAimonides.

Misnerve.

Mos. Gerund.

Munsterus.

N.

NAtal. Comes.

Navarra.

Novatus.

Nicepho…us.

O.

OCcam.

Origenes.

Orpheus.

Ovidius.

P.

PAcuvius.

Perkins.

Peronius.

Per…eus.

Petrus.

Comestor.

Crinitus.

Cunaeus.

Galatinus.

Lombardus.

Victor.

Peucerus.

Philo Iudaeus.

Pic: Mirandula.

Plinius.

Plutarchus.

Polybius.

Pomponius.

Prudentius.

Q.

QVintilianus.

Q. Curtius.

R.

RAb.

Aquila.

David Kimchi.

Iuda Barcel.

Salomon.

Rheinoldus.

Ruffinus.

S.

SAlustius.

Scal.

Canon Isag.

Elench Trihaer.

Emend temp.

Eusebian.

Opuscula.

Scotus.

Seneca.

Shindlerus.

Sigonius.

Sozomenes.

Symmachus.

T.

TAlm.

Babylon

Ierusol.

Targ.

Ionathan.

Onkelos.

Vzziell.

Tertullianus.

Theodoretus.

Theodor, Gaza.

Theodotion.

Theophylactus.

Thomas Aquin.

Trans.

Genev.

Hieron.

Nova.

Samarit.

Septuag.

Syrian.

Tremellius.

Tripart. hist.

V.

VArro.

Virgilius.

Vitruvius.

Z.

ZEnophon.

Zonoras.