The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings.

Reason of the Order.

TO clear the subsequence of this Section to that preceding, needeth no more ado, but seriously to consider the progress of the story hither, and to observe the pro∣gress of it from hence a step or two forward. For although Luke hath laid it so close to the story of the temptation, as if it did immediately follow, and as if it were the first journey that Christ took into Galilee after, yet is the parallel story in Matth. 4. 12. so plainly pointed out to have been after Christ heard that John was imprisoned, that it leaves no more doubting of the method and of the time of this story. Jesus indeed de∣parted into Galilee presently after his temptation in the wilderness, of which we have the story John 1. 43. and there he turned water into wine at Cana, Joh. 2. 16. &c. and abideth a while at Capernaum, verse 11. and from thence goeth to the Passover at Hie∣rusalem, vers. 13, &c. and there and in Judea he stayeth till towards the latter end of our November, as was observed before; and all this while was John the Baptist preaching at liberty, John 3. 23. but then Jesus heard of his imprisonment, and foresaw his own danger if he should continue in Judea, therefore he makes for Galilee, and goeth through Samaria, John 4. 1. &c. comes up to Cana in Galilee, and there healeth the Rulers Ser∣vant

at distance, vers. 43, 46. and now begins to be famous by these miracles, and so be∣gins to preach in their Synagogues. So that the beginning of this Section may be sup∣posed as an Epiphonema to the story foregoing, the first word being changed from And to Thus. Thus Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and the like of Mat∣thew, Thus when Jesus heard that John was committed to prison, he returned to Galilee.

Nor is it a strange thing in Scripture to lay stories so close together, as Luke hath done these two, when yet there was a long space of time, and a large Catalogue of occurences came between, as in this Evangelist, Acts 9. 25, 26. compared with Gal. 1. 17, 18. Mat. 19. 1. compared with John 7. 10. to John 10. 40. and in other places.

And as the order of this Section is thus cleared and asserted, by the current of the story hitherto, so will it be the more confirmed by the continuance of it henceforward, it be∣ing observed how Matthew, Mark, and Luke fall in together at the next Section in one and the same story, and so continue it as a three twisted coard not easily broken, of which thing the Readers own eyes may be his Judge.