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.
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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.
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Byfield, Nicholas, 1579-1622.
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London :: Printed by E. Griffin for N. Butter neere St. Austens gate,
1618.
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Bible -- Reading -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A17387.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2024.
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descriptionPage 69
ESAY.
THe booke of Esay contains Prophesies,
1. Legall, and these
1. Reproue and correct the sinnes of the Iewes, ch. 1. to the 11. with comfort to the Elect, ch. 11. 12.
2. Threaten,
1. The enemies of Gods people, wherenote
The Nations partica∣larly threatned, from ch. 23. to ch. 24.
The generall vses of these threatnings, ch. 24. 25. 26. 27.
2. The Israelites, ch. 28.
3. The Iewes themselus, whose captiuitie is denounced with mixture of comforts
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for the godly in the things of a better world in Christ ch. 29. to ch. 36.
Or thirdly are historicall, ch. 36. 37. 38. 39.
3. Are Euangelicall,
1. Concerning deliuerance from and preseruation in the captiuitie, ch: 40. to 49.
2. Concerning the kingdom of Christ, about which there are eight Sermons or speeches,
1. Of Christ, c. 49. 50. 51.
2. Of God, ch. 52.
3. Of the Prophers ex∣pounding
〈◊〉〈◊〉. The story of Christ, ch. 53.
2. The fruite of the king∣dome of Christ, c. 54.
4. Of God promising, c. 55. Exhorting, ch: 56. 57
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5. Of the Prophet repro∣uing hy pocrisie, c. 58 59. Exciting the Church, chap. 60.
6. Of Christ, ch. 61. 62.
7. Of the Church, ch. 63. 64. 65.
8. Of God, chap. 66.
Iuly. Esay.
18. 1. 2. 3. 4.
19. 5. 6. 7. 8.
20. 9. 10. 11. 12.
21. 13. 14. 15. 16.
22. 17. 18. 19. 20.
23. 21. 22. 23. 24.
24. 25. 26. 27.
25. 28. 29. 30. 31.
26. 32. 33. 34.
27. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39.
28. 40. 41. 42.
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29. 43, 44, 45.
30. 46, 47, 48.
31. 49, 50, 51.
August. Esay.
1. 52. 53. 54.
2. 55, 56, 57.
3. 48, 59, 60.
4. 61, 62, 63.
5. 64, 65, 66.
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