A17387:168
Directions for the private reading of the Scriptures wherein besides the number of chapters…Directions for the priuate reading of the Scriptures wherein besides the number of chapters…
Directions for the private reading of the Scriptures wherein besides the number of chapters assigned to every day, the order and drift of the whole Scriptures is methodically set down: and choice rules (that show how to read with profit) are likewise given: the use whereof is showed in the preface. By Nicolas Bifeild preacher of Gods word at Isleworth in Middlesex.Directions for the priuate reading of the Scriptures wherein besides the number of chapters assigned to euery day, the order and drift of the whole Scriptures is methodically set downe: and choice rules (that shew how to read with profit) are likewise giuen: the vse whereof is shewed in the preface. By Nicolas Bifeild preacher of Gods word at Isleworth in Middlesex.
London: printed by E. Griffin for N. Butter near St. Austens gate, 1618London: printed by E. Griffin for N. Butter neere St. Austens gate, 1618
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1: KINGS.
The first book of Kings entreats concerning the kingdom,
THe first booke of Kings intreates concerning the kingdome,
1. In the increase under Solomon, where 1. The instituting of Solomon to be King, ch: 1. 2. The conservation of him in the kingdom, ch. 2. 3. 3. The administration of the kingdom, wherein his glory is showed, 1. In his family, and subjects, ch: 4. 2. In his buildings both of the Temple, and his own house, c: 5. 6. 7. 8. 9 ⟨p. 47⟩3. In his riches, chap. 10. 2. In the decrease, concerning which consider 1. The occasions, or causes of it, viz. The sins of Solomon, and the justice of God. 2. The beginnings of it, where consider 1. The Authors of the division Rehoboam▪ and Jeroboam, of whom ch: 12. 13. 14. 2. Their successors whose reigns are handled More briefly, c: 15. More largely in the reign of Ahab from ch: 16. to the end.
1. In the increase vnder Salomon, where 1. The instituting of Salomon to be King, ch: 1. 2. The conseruation of him in the kingdome, ch. 2. 3. 3. The administration of the kingdome, wherein his glory is shewed, 1. In his family, and subiects, ch: 4. 2. In his buildings both of the Temple, and his owne house, c: 5. 6. 7. 8. 9