A17387:26
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
The old TESTAMENT contains the Law and the Prophets.
The olde TESTAMENT containes the Law and the Prophets.
The Law is expressed in the five books of Moses, called the Pentateuch.
The Law is expressed in the fiue bookes of Moses, called the Pentateuche.
The PROPHETS, comprehend three kinds of writings:
The PROPHETS, comprehend three kindes of writings:
1. History (principally) from Joshua to Job, called the anterior Prophets. 2. Doctrine (principally) from Job to Isaiah, called the Hagiographa. 3. Prophecy specially taken (principally) from Isaiah to the end of Malachi, called the posterior Prophets.
1. History (principally) from Iosua to Iob, called the anterior Prophets. 2. Doctrine (principally) from Iob to Esay, called the Hagiographa. 3. Prophesie specially taken (principally) from Esay to the end of Malachy, called the posterior Prophets.