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SO called of DEVTEROS & NOMOS•• that is, of the second rehearsall and pub∣lishing of the lawe: for whatsoeuer is pro∣pounded in Exodus and Leuiticus, concer∣ning moral, Ceremoniall & Iudicial lawes the same Moses doth almost repeate in thi•• booke. For it was very requisite, that th•• people beeing punished for their disobed••∣ence, should againe bee brought to the ob∣seruing
of the lawe. Moses therefore repea∣ted the Law again, with all things that hap∣pened vnto them. Besides, what pertayned to the priesthood: & from the 9, chap, hee declareth all those matters which pertained either to spiritual or corporall gouernment; all which he applyeth to this end, that they might draw vs vnto Christ, of whome hee prophesyeth plainly in the 18. chap, I will raise vppe a prophet for them from among their brethren, &c. For the law is a school∣maister vnto Christ, and the end of the law is Christ.
1 From the beginning to the 5. chap, are rehearsed some of Gods works & benefits past vnto thē, wherby the people are sharp¦ly admonished both of their own vnthanke∣fulnesse and disobedience, and also put in mind of Gods goodnesse, thereby to obey him.
2 From the fift to the 20, he repeateth those things which eyther might further or hinder faith, & which do chieflye concerne spiritual gouernment and the true worship of God in the first Table: for first vnto the 13 chap, hee repeateth the ten Commaun∣dements,
with weighty admonitions & ex∣hortations to the feare of God and keeping the x. commandements of God, & with ex∣hortations from the Idolatry of the gentils; especially after the inioying of the lande of Canaan, with a recitall of some stories. Thē he faithfully repeateth the ecclesiastical or∣dinances concerning ministers, and the mi∣nistery of the word, Tithes, the yeare of Iu∣bile, the principal feasts, choise of magistra▪ right of the priesthood, and the Cities of re∣fuge.
3 From the 13, chap, to the 20, all those things which belong to ye worship of ye first Table.
4 From the 20, to the 31, hee repeate•• those things that might either work or hin∣der charity.
In the second Table, that which conce•••• outward gouernment, as political ordinan∣ces.
Hereunto are added punishmentes for the
breach of Gods commandement, and re∣wards for keeping them: and that which is most comfortable he sheweth in the 30, ch, that thorowe repentance there is a waye for sinners to the mercy of God.
5 From the 31, cha. to the end of the book, are set forth those thinges which happened about the death of Moses. For first he com∣forteth the people, least they should greeue and be discouraged because of his death, thē with a notable song hee giues thankes vnto God, and foretelleth what shal come to pas in the land of promise. Afterward he bles∣seth the people; and after the example of the Patriarch Iacob. Gen 49, he blesseth e∣uery seuerall tribe, taking his leaue of them, and prophesieth what shal befall vnto then▪
Lastly, he goeth vp to the mountain, and receiuing comfort from God departeth this life; and as it is thought, he was both with body and soule carried vp into heauen, as he appeared with Eliah in mount Thabor.
Thus farre of the Pentatenk of Moses, which is so called of the number fiue, and of the laste ve▪ be Tencho, which signe is to giue instruction; as if it were an in∣strument which is of fiue stringes: hauing
respect to the only Lord Iesus Christ, as he himselfe else-where, but especially in the last of Luke doeth testifye, saying: Those thinges which are written of the sonne of man in Moses, &c. also there are diuers places in the new Testament alledged out of Moses.