A17387:194
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.
ESTER.
The book of Ester contains a story of the deliverance of the Jews, and that miraculously, where you may note
THe booke of Ester containes a story of the deliuerance of the Iewes, and that miraculously, where you may note
1. The means of it, viz. Esther chap. 1. 2. 2. The manner of it, where note 1. The greatness of the danger, ch. 3. 2. The degrees of deliverance: 1. The intercession of the Queen, chap. 4. 5. 2. The frustrating of the ⟨p. 61⟩devise of Haman, chap. 6. 7. 3. The consummation of it, where The revocation of the decree, chap. 8. The punishing of adversaries, ch. 9. The tranquillity of the Jews, ch. 10.
1. The meanes of it, viz. Hester chap. 1. 2. 2. The manner of it, where note 1. The greatnesse of the danger, ch. 3. 2. The degrees of deliuerance: 1. The intercession of the Queene, chap. 4. 5. 2. The frustrating of the ⟨p. 61⟩