Vindiciæ literarum, the schools guarded, or, The excellency and vsefulnesse of humane learning in subordination to divinity, and preparation to the ministry as also, rules for the expounding of the Holy Scriptures : with a synopsis of the most materiall tropes and figures contained in the sacred scriptures : whereunto is added, an examination of John Websters delusive Examen of academies / by Thomas Hall ... ; in the end is annexed an elaborate defence of logick by a learned pen.

Title

Vindiciæ literarum, the schools guarded, or, The excellency and vsefulnesse of humane learning in subordination to divinity, and preparation to the ministry as also, rules for the expounding of the Holy Scriptures : with a synopsis of the most materiall tropes and figures contained in the sacred scriptures : whereunto is added, an examination of John Websters delusive Examen of academies / by Thomas Hall ... ; in the end is annexed an elaborate defence of logick by a learned pen.

Author

Hall, Thomas, 1610-1665.

Publication

London :: Printed by W.H. for Nathanael Webb, & William Grantham ...,

1655.

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Subject terms

Webster, John, 1610-1682. -- Academiarum examen.

Clergy -- Training of.

Humanities.

Preaching -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800.

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"Vindiciæ literarum, the schools guarded, or, The excellency and vsefulnesse of humane learning in subordination to divinity, and preparation to the ministry as also, rules for the expounding of the Holy Scriptures : with a synopsis of the most materiall tropes and figures contained in the sacred scriptures : whereunto is added, an examination of John Websters delusive Examen of academies / by Thomas Hall ... ; in the end is annexed an elaborate defence of logick by a learned pen." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A45342.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2025. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• Reverendis Evangelii Ministris, tam Doctrinâ & industriâ, quàm Pi∣etate & Zelo, conspicuis, Dno Mar∣tino Topham, D. Petro Watkinson, D. Tho. Shelmerdine, D. Rob. Porter, D. Ioh. Oldfeild, D. Everardo Poole, cae∣teris{que} Presbyterii Wirksworthiensis in comitatu Derbiensi Symnistis cha∣rissimis: Omnia quae ad , & pertinent.
• title page
• To the Candid and Courteous Reader.
• CHAPTER I.
  • The second ARGUMENT.
  • The third ARGUMENT.
  • A fourth ARGUMENT.
  • A fifth ARGUMENT.
  • A sixth ARGUMENT.
  • The seventh ARGUMENT.
  • The eighth ARGUMENT.
  • The ninth ARGUMENT.
  • The tenth ARGUMENT.
• Diluuntur Sophismata. CHAP. II.
  • The second OBIECTION.
  • The third OBIECTION,
  • The fourth OBIECTION.
  • The fifth OBIECTION.
  • The sixth OBIECTION.
  • The seventh OBIECTION.
  • The eighth OBIECTION.
  • The ninth OBIECTION.
  • The tenth OBIECTION.
• CHAP. III. Ten Cautions.
  • CORONIS.
  • Sam: How the Preaching Cobler, or the Cobling Preachers Epi∣taph, by R. O.
  • An Answer to R. O. his Verses made in commendation of a Book of Sa∣muell How, a Cobler.
  • On Samuell How the Cobler, lately turned Preacher, &c.
• title page
• To the Candid and Cour∣teous Reader.
• Rules to be observed for the right Interpreta∣tion of Scripture.
  • 44. Of Scripture Weights and Measures.
  • 16. Rules to direct us in the right ex∣pounding of the Law.
• title page
• To the Christian Reader.
• text
• An Index of all the Fi∣gures contained in this Tract.
• An Alphabeticall In∣dex, for the speedier find∣ing out of the most materiall points in this Treatise.
  • part - A
  • part - B
  • part - C
  • part - D
  • part - E
  • part - F
  • part - G
  • part - H
  • part - J
  • part - K
  • part - L
  • part - M
  • part - N
  • part - P
  • part - Q
  • part - R
  • part - S
  • part - T
  • part - W
• title page
• The Preface to the Reader.
• Examen Examinis: OR, A word to Mr Webster, concerning his examina∣tion of ACADEMIES.
  • Examen Examinis. An Examination of Mr WEBSTERS Illogicall Logick, and Reasoning even against Reason.
• Books Printed, and are now to bee sold by Nathanael Webb and William Grantham, at the Black Bear in St Pauls Church-yard, neer the little North - Doore of Pauls Church.
  • Sermons in 4.
  • Octavo.
• ERRATA.